Posted on 05/07/2024 6:00:18 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Former NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas criticized Timberwolves defensive star Rudy Gobert for missing Monday’s Game 2 win against the Nuggets in their second-round playoff series due to the birth of his baby boy Monday morning.
“It’s a baby, bro. It’s gonna be there when you get back, we hope,” Arenas said on his “Gil’s Arena” show before Minnesota’s 106-80 road win to grab a 2-0 series lead. “I’m just saying, the baby, whatever you think you about to do, he going to be asleep.”
Gobert, the three-time Defensive Player of the Year, was questionable entering Monday’s game after his baby boy was born, according to ESPN.
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The Nuggets do not suck and I am a big Niclola Djokic fan. But they have looked anemic in two home games and have not even been competitive. I don't see how they climb out of this... and yes, the Timberwolves are for real.
Last night, the Timberwolves delivered an old-fashioned ass-kicking upon the Nuggets. In Denver. And yeah, made a believer of me too. Although I’m not discounting the Mavs.
Maybe he will, maybe he won't. Maybe Mom will, maybe she won't.
Perhaps it should be stipulated in the contract that if you miss a playoffs game due to the birth of the child, you won't get paid for that game.
He probably still would have missed the game. And the team would look like a jerk if they put that clause in there. Of course, I don’t remember Shawn Kemp missing a game when a kid was born and he had a bunch of them.
What did you think of Sandy Koufax missing a World Series game for Yom Kippur? Sometimes people answer to a higher power.
It's fine that he missed the game. But he should have to pay a fine.
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