Minnesota Timberwolves Rudy Gobert joined the ever-growing ranks of NBA players who've publicly criticized officials Wednesday. On Friday, the league announced Gobert and Minnesota coach Chris Finch will pay for their comments.
to the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday night where he claimed officials have tried to help the Timberwolves' previous three opponents because they're all playoff contenders.."Every night. I've been in this league for 10 years and I try to always give the benefit of the doubt, but it's hard for me to think they're not trying to help them win tonight. It's hard for me to think they didn't try to help the Warriors win the other night or Sacramento Kings the other night.
"... We understand that we're not the biggest of the markets and we're a team that — I think you want to see [Kevin Durant] in the playoffs, Steph [Curry] in the playoffs, you want to see LeBron [James] in the playoffs. Timberwolves are not there yet." on the floater with minimal contact, if at all. Then they call a bunch of illegal screens down on the other end. But weren't illegal screens. They were physical plays. Durant leads with his elbow into Rudy's face, which is something that happens all around the league, right. Then, somehow, they tag Rudy for it."
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