NBA Announces Rudy Gobert Suspension
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The Minnesota Timberwolves won't have center Rudy Gobert when the team takes the court for Tuesday's game against the Milwaukee Bucks. Gobert was issued a one-game suspension from the NBA on Monday after he was called for a flagrant foul during the Timberwolves' narrow 104-103 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday.
The NBA has suspended Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert after his latest flagrant foul. Here's what happened and why the problem could linger.
The NBA announced Monday that Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert has been suspended for one game after accruing his sixth flagrant-foul point of the 2025-26 season during Sunday's 104-103 win over the Portland Trail Blazers.
The Minnesota Timberwolves face the Milwaukee Bucks tonight but will be without the services of Anthony Edwards and Rudy Gobert.
Gobert will be suspended for Tuesday's game and will face additional suspensions for each subsequent flagrant.
Rudy Gobert is playing some of the best basketball of his career—and hardly anyone seems to be noticing. The four-time Defensive Player of the Year and three-time All-Star has been dominant over the past several weeks,
At 33 years old and in his 13th year in the league, the Timberwolves' center is playing as well as he has ever played.