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<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nThe Timberwolves and the 32-year-old center reportedly agreed to a three-year, $110 million extension on Tuesday ahead of the team\u2019s opening game against the host Los Angeles Lakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Per the report by ESPN, Gobert gave up a $46.6 million player option he held for the 2025-26 season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The extension reportedly features another player option year, for 2027-28, as well as a trade kicker (a bonus paid to the player in the event he is traded).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Gobert was chosen the NBA\u2019s top defender last year, he matched the two other four-time winners of the honor, Dikembe Mutombo and Ben Wallace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gobert averaged 14.0 points, 12.9 rebounds and 2.1 blocked shots per game last season. His career averages are 12.7 points, 11.8 boards and 2.1 blocks in 757 games (665 starts).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He spent his first nine NBA seasons (2013-14 to 2021-22) with the Utah Jazz before he was dealt to Minnesota in July 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gobert has led the NBA in field-goal percentage three times. He also topped the league with a career-best average of 14.7 rebounds in 2021-22 after leading the NBA in blocks shots at 2.6 per game in 2016-17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He might be asked to take on a bigger inside role this season after the Timberwolves dealt forward Karl-Anthony Towns to the New York Knicks in the offseason, a trade that sent Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo and a first-round draft pick to Minnesota.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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