MINNEAPOLIS — Rudy Gobert may punch me for this, but Friday night would be a good time for him to prove he's mature enough to be a franchise player.
Those calling the Timberwolves' play-in game on Friday night "big'' or "important'' or — in the current parlance — "huge'' are demonstrating a severe lowering of standards for even Minnesota sports.
It's a play-in game. It's not even a play-in game for the seventh seed. It's the lesser conclusive play-in game, against a team that is building for the future and finished 10th out of 15 teams in the Western Conference.
