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PRudy GobertDraft-control avalanche · July 6, 2022
Minnesota's enormous Rudy Gobert frontcourt bet
Minnesota acquired Rudy Gobert for five players, four future firsts and a first-round swap.
See where this happened in the 2022 offseason →The original receipt
Every asset in the deal
The arrows show what each team received—not which direction a player left.
UTAReceived
Utah Jazz
PPatrick Beverley
PMalik Beasley
PJarred Vanderbilt
PLeandro Bolmaro
+Draft rights to Walker Kessler · No. 22
#2023 Minnesota first
#2025 Minnesota first
S2026 Minnesota swap rights
#2027 Minnesota first
#2029 Minnesota first
Why it happened
The bet each side made
The Timberwolves believed the league's premier rim protector could elevate an Anthony Edwards–Karl-Anthony Towns core. Utah chose a sweeping reset.
Why history remembers it
The initial price reset the star market, but Gobert won another Defensive Player of the Year award and Minnesota reached the 2024 conference finals while Utah began rebuilding through Kessler and long-term draft control.
The family tree
Where the picks and rights went
Selections, swaps and later trades are traced separately so a downstream player is not mistaken for a direct one-for-one return.
- 01
Walker Kessler rights · selected
Walker Kessler · No. 22
The rookie center immediately became the clearest young player in Utah's direct return.
- 02
2023 Minnesota first · selected
Keyonte George · No. 16
Utah used the first conveyed selection on the Baylor guard.
- 03
2025–29 draft control · modified
Long-term firsts and swap rights
The remaining value stretches across several Minnesota roster cycles rather than one completed draft class.
What changed
The consequences
- Minnesota reached the 2024 Western Conference finals.
- Gobert won the 2024 Defensive Player of the Year award.
- Utah obtained one of the longest draft-control timelines in a single-player deal.
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