After a week in the NBA and only three official games in his new franchise, we can safely say that Rudy Gobert is succeeding in his change of environment. The Choke Tower it even gets a historic start in a very specific category, the rebound.
Entering a franchise record after three games is obviously good news and even better when Rudy Gobert is signed. 16-23-15, no, these are not the numbers to pocket the lottery jackpot and shoot yourself in the sun, but the rebounds taken by the Saint-Quentin native since he officially turned into a wolf. Gobzilla then collected 54 rebounds in three outings, for an average of 18 balls swallowed per game, making him the NBA’s best rebounder since the second half. A performance that is also explained by the long distance address of the franchise which is not the best in the country … With the triple, the Wolves have the third worst percentage of the league with 29.5% of successes. But the Rudy Gobert threat looms on both sides of the field, the bastard is thus the second chance assigned to the Wolves with 6.3 offensive rebounds, but also the one who cleans up the opponent’s offensives with 11.7 balls captured in defense. Needless to say, no Wolves player has ever scored so many rebounds in his first three games in the Great Lakes series. Time to write a new page in Minny’s history book.
already breaking franchise records. pic.twitter.com/Szf4AEsh1e
– Minnesota Timberwolves (@Timberwolves) October 24, 2022
A franchise record that does not eat bread and that above all demonstrates the usefulness and effectiveness of Gobzilla within the pack in these first games. That the whole country keeps calm, our international Rudy shouldn’t swing a Wilt-style season in terms of rebounds and his average will definitely drop to stabilize between 12 and 15 swells collected, which is enough. Anyway, Rudy Gobert just broke a record in Minnesota, you know, this franchise that has seen pretty decent interiors like Karl-Anthony Towns, Kevin Garnett or Kevin Love. To make a comparison, even if the profiles and circumstances are diametrically opposed (necessarily they were rookies), KG only exceeded 50 rebounds after 13 games, 8 for LeBron’s friend and 6 for KAT were enough.
Rudy Gobert didn’t win anything, he just did his job. But the beginnings are promising and Gobzilla is writing his new chapter in the best possible way with this very interesting statistic. Records that could bring other rewards because the rebounds are good, but the rings are better.
Text source: Minnesota Timberwolves, NBA.com.
