When the Minnesota Timberwolves traded four first-round picks, two pick swaps, Walker Kessler, and three more players to the Utah Jazz for Rudy Gobert, it was widely criticized by many around the NBA. Some said they overpaid, others debated whether or not the on-court fit between Gobert and franchise center Karl-Anthony Towns would ever work, and some called it the worst trade in NBA history.
After last year’s disappointing season that was mired by injury, those that ripped the trade began to feel vindicated that their initial reaction was correct and Minnesota made a grave error trading so many assets away.