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Rudy Gobert was supposed to take the Minnesota Timberwolves to the next level. A three-time Defensive Player of the Year, Gobert was supposed to slot in next to Karl-Anthony Towns as a big and give Minnesota the vaunted defensive presence it needed. A year after the Timberwolves made the playoffs for the first time in half a decade, Gobert was the missing trade piece from the Utah Jazz.
