Rudy Gobert and the Minnesota Timberwolves have agreed to a three-year, $110 million contract extension, ESPN’s Shams Charania reports.
News of the deal broke just minutes before the Timberwolves opened their season Tuesday against the Los Angeles Lakers. The deal secures Gobert’s services in Minnesota through the prime of his career as he begins his third season with the Timberwolves.
Gobert, 32, arrived in Minnesota during the 2022 offseason in a stunning trade with the Utah Jazz. The Timberwolves parted with a package that included four first-round draft picks to get Gobert on a roster that already had an established All-Star center in Karl-Anthony Towns.
Towns slipped to a power forward when the Timberwolves ran with two bigs on their front and then developed into a contender in the West with the ascension of Anthony Edwards. After earning the No. 3 seed and advancing to the Western Conference finals last season, it was Towns who finished the odd man out.
The Timberwolves traded Cities to the New York Knicks this offseason with a package that included Julius Randle, leaving the post like Gobert’s alone in Minnesota’s starting lineup.
Gobert remains one of the game’s most dominant defensive forces and won his fourth Defensive Player of the Year award last season while averaging 14 points, 12.9 rebounds, 2.1 blocks and 0.7 steals per game.
