The Minnesota Timberwolves shocked many people by trading a boatload of assets for Rudy Gobert. Whether that was a smart move or not is still up in the air. One of the other pressing questions is whether or not Rudy Gobert was even worth all of those assets as a player.

The Timberwolves finally made the playoffs last season by the skin of their teeth via the play-in games. They took two games off of the Memphis Grizzlies but fell short in the first round. So, the person to take them from losing in the first round to a championship is Rudy Gobert?

Parting ways with the leader and heart of their team in Patrick Beverley, the young talent in Malik Beasley and Jarred Vanderbilt, the new draft pick in Walker Kessler, and FOUR unprotected picks with an added pick swap is a helluva lot of assets. This means that Minnesota thinks this team is winning a championship within the next couple of seasons.

One question is, who takes the role of leader and dirty work guy? Beverley played that role perfectly for this team. Karl-Anthony Towns is not that kind of player along with D’Angelo Russell and Rudy Gobert. So, does that mean Anthony Edwards has to grow into it?

As we all know, defense is one of the biggest needs in Minnesota. Gobert does satisfy that need, but does he make their defense good enough to limit high-powered offenses all while being able to outscore the other team?

Maybe a four-out, one-in type of offensive scheme works well with Gobert inside. This would force Towns to play primarily from the perimeter, which wouldn’t be a problem until you realize that 58.8% of his field goal attempts come from 0-10 feet from the rim.

Clogging the lane as a defensive scheme starts to sound quite successful.

That being said, we aren’t too confident in Gobert being the missing piece for this Timberwolves team. What do you think, let us know in the comments on the video below!