Minnesota Timberwolves heart Rudy Gobert has reached a three-year, $110 million contract extension, sources advised ESPN on Tuesday evening.
The Timberwolves and Gobert’s agent, Bouna Ndiaye of Comsport, negotiated the brand new deal and finalized an settlement earlier than tipoff of Tuesday’s season opener in opposition to the Los Angeles Lakers, locking within the league-record four-time Defensive Participant of the 12 months in Minnesota.
Gobert declined his $46.6 million participant possibility for 2025-26 and obtained a contemporary multiyear deal, offering the Timberwolves with important flexibility because the franchise juggles rising wage cap payments.
As negotiations went on, Gobert expressed religion within the Timberwolves’ method to rivalry and exploring a inventive path to obtain monetary safety and permitting the group to proceed including items.
Gobert’s deal features a participant possibility in 2027-28 and a commerce kicker, sources mentioned.
Gobert, 32, performed an important position because the Timberwolves went 56-26 and superior to the Western Convention finals final season, solely the second time in franchise historical past that Minnesota bought previous the primary spherical of the playoffs. He averaged 14.0 factors, 12.9 rebounds and a pair of.1 blocks en path to his fourth Defensive Participant of the 12 months award.
It was the eighth straight season that Gobert, a three-time All-Star and four-time All-NBA choice, has averaged a double-double.
Gobert spent the primary 9 seasons of his profession with the Utah Jazz earlier than being dealt to Minnesota in a blockbuster commerce throughout the 2022 offseason, when the Timberwolves gave up a package deal that included 4 first-round picks and several other gamers to accumulate the defensive anchor.
ESPN’s Tim MacMahon contributed to this report.