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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:
简单的说,灰狼会交易DLO不只是因为他是到期约怕白白放走他,还有其它理由
DLO不喜欢狗贝,没兴趣跟他当队友.
"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."
记者Krawczynski说他不认为这有到Jimmy Butler等级的气氛 ，但确实存在化学效应的问
题。灰狼在整合狗贝时遇到了问题。
DLO对狗贝的奶油手很沮丧，狗贝接不住一些传球，错失了上篮和吃饼的机会。
以及他本赛季一直为灰狼队的进攻挣扎。这种挫败感在灰狼队的更衣室里显而易见。
Krawczynski相信还有其他球员也有一些挫折。
但Krawczynski认为，狗贝是一名四千万美金的球员，
必须找到方法来实现整合狗贝的目标。
DLO有尝试跟狗贝合作，但有时不太见效。在更衣室里可以听到DLO主动抱怨这种情况。
Krawczynski也跟一些教练和其他球队球员谈过，这些人曾听过DLO在比赛时也在碎唸狗贝
有人认为DLO对狗贝感到很挫折,似乎不像其他球员愿意跟狗贝合作。