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That was not the only reason the Wolves wanted to move Russell, however.
Timberwolves beat writer Jon Krawczynski of The Athletic made an appearance
on Dan Barreiro's radio show on KFAN in the Twin Cities on Thursday and
detailed the broken relationship between Russell and Rudy Gobert.
It was an open secret that Russell did not like the big man and was not
interested in trying to make the partnership work. Here's Krawczynski:
簡單的說,灰狼會交易DLO不只是因為他是到期約怕白白放走他,還有其它理由
DLO不喜歡狗貝,沒興趣跟他當隊友.
"I do think there were some chemistry issues. I don't think it was Jimmy
Butler level, I don't think it was a five-alarm fire or anything like that,
but it was very clear to me, really for much of the season, but especially
over the last three or four weeks.
"The team has had issues incorporating Rudy Gobert, figuring out how to play
with him, things like that. D-Lo wore those issues on his sleeve. He was very
frustrated, often, with Rudy, with him not being able to catch some passes,
with him missing layups and bunnies near the rim, with his offensive
struggles this season for the Timberwolves. That frustration was palpable
within the Timberwolves locker room. I'm sure there's other players who had
some frustrations as well, but I think were able to say, 'hey, look, Rudy
Gobert is a $40 million player, we just gotta figure out a way to make this
happen.'
"D-Lo tried to make it work, but it was uncomfortable at times. We would come
into the locker room and you could hear him actively bemaoning the situation.
I've talked to coaches and players from other teams who heard him getting
down on Rudy during games. There was this perception that D'Angelo Russell
was very frustrated with Gobert and didn't seem as open to working with him
or trying to find a happy medium as maybe some of the other players were
trying to do, to make what has so far been a disappointing trade, try to make
it work somehow."
記者Krawczynski說他不認為這有到Jimmy Butler等級的氣氛 ，但確實存在化學效應的問
題。灰狼在整合狗貝時遇到了問題。
DLO對狗貝的奶油手很沮喪，狗貝接不住一些傳球，錯失了上籃和吃餅的機會。
以及他本賽季一直為灰狼隊的進攻掙扎。這種挫敗感在灰狼隊的更衣室裡顯而易見。
Krawczynski相信還有其他球員也有一些挫折。
但Krawczynski認為，狗貝是一名四千萬美金的球員，
必須找到方法來實現整合狗貝的目標。
DLO有嘗試跟狗貝合作，但有時不太見效。在更衣室裡可以聽到DLO主動抱怨這種情況。
Krawczynski也跟一些教練和其他球隊球員談過，這些人曾聽過DLO在比賽時也在碎唸狗貝
有人認為DLO對狗貝感到很挫折,似乎不像其他球員願意跟狗貝合作。