Comeback Kid... Rudy

By: Eric Krueger

Now some may hate this man or think he’s overrated getting traded to the frozen tundra of Minneapolis at Target Center but I will tell you, this dude can ball! And no I’m not talking about Notre Dame football in a classic 1993 movie, it’s none other than Rudy Gobert the Frenchmen. Another dominate performance tonight against San Antonio and the Alien himself Victor Wimbanyama. Rudy grabbed 21 rebounds, let me repeat 21 god blessed rebounds and ended with a plus/minus of +29 when the team only won by 8. National media hates this dude and I don’t quite get why. He is everyone’s favorite punching bag because we all know a middle school bully with zero brain power that picks on the little nerdy kid which is the equivalent of mainstream media and half brains on social media. Look at some basic stats this year and my god you will better understand why Rudy is a huge reason why the wolves are winning games. And man do I love Anthony Edwards as the second coming of Michael Jordan which I admit certainly helps but still this man Rudy in the paint brings the pain. Even in a new age nba where every six year old kid learns to shoot the new 4 point shot playing 2K in VR we cannot forget about the simple basis idea of basketball that size and length wins games consistently. 

Sure he’s a little awkward and for the love of god last time I watched him in person he went 2 for 11 at the charity stripe which is abysmal to say the least. That night I almost ran onto the Target Center floor where I once competed in the MN Catholic Knights of Columbus free throw state championships as a young Catholic lad and jumped up from my section 116 seats and stole the ball from Rudy to shoot the shots myself. But even with that he’s the top defensive big man and the wolves are riding the hottest win streak in franchise history at now 16-4. I’m been a wolves fan my entire life but this journey is one hell of a great ride!