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Utah Jazz are traded three-time Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Goberte For the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Rudy Gobert #27 of the Utah Jazz warms up before Game 6 of the Western Conference First Round Playoffs against the Dallas Mavericks at Vivint Smart Home Arena on April 28, 2012 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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sending the timberwolves According to Wojnarowski, Malik Beasley, Patrick Beverly, Jared Vanderbilt, Leandro Bolmaroo, No. 22 picked four picks in the first round for Walker Kessler and Jazz.
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Apart from the players, Utah will receive the unprotected pick in 2023, 2025 and 2027 and the top-five-protected pick in 2029, the sources said.
Gobert is widely regarded as the league’s best rim defender and will join Minnesota’s Star Shooter Karl-Anthony Towns,
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On Thursday, both the players agreed to increase the supermax. Gobert signed a five-year contract worth $205 million that keeps him under contract until the 2024-25 season. While Towns agreed to an extension of $224 million for four years.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.