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Rudy Gobert. Image via: Stephen Maturen\/ Getty Images Rudy Gobert is entering his 13th NBA season with more than just defensive dominance on his r\u00e9sum\u00e9. The Minnesota Timberwolves center recently surprised fans with a striking new look, going completely bald. In a photo shared on Instagram, Gobert showed his shaved head while putting in offseason work at the gym, his sculpted abs stealing just as much attention as the hairstyle change.<\/p>\n
Rudy Gobert debuts bald look ahead of new NBA season<\/p>\n
The three-time Defensive Player of the Year, Rudy Gobert, has experimented with different hairstyles before, including dyeing his hair bright green in 2022 during his Utah Jazz days, but this marks his most drastic switch yet. Going bald is not common in today\u2019s NBA, but Gobert now joins players like Derrick White and Alex Caruso, who previously embraced the look.Gobert, 33, is preparing for his fourth season with the Timberwolves after the blockbuster trade that sent him from Utah to Minnesota. Despite heavy criticism throughout his career, he remains a defensive anchor. Last season, he appeared in 72 games, averaging 12.0 points, 10.9 rebounds, and 1.4 blocks while shooting an efficient 66.9 percent from the field.The French big man also showed his commitment to conditioning this offseason. From the same post, it was clear he has spent considerable time in the gym, signaling his determination to extend his career and remain impactful on both ends of the floor.<\/p>\n
Rudy Gobert continues to prove his value with Minnesota Timberwolves<\/p>\n
Gobert\u2019s transformation comes at an important moment for Minnesota. The Timberwolves are fresh off one of the best seasons in franchise history, reaching the Western Conference Finals in 2024. Though they fell short of a Finals berth, Gobert\u2019s defensive presence and playoff performance silenced some critics, even drawing backhanded praise from Shaquille O\u2019Neal, who said, \u201cI never thought I would say these words that are coming out of my mouth: Rudy Gobert is dominating.\u201dThe Timberwolves will get an early test against Gobert\u2019s former team, the Utah Jazz, with back-to-back meetings in November as part of the NBA Cup. Gobert has held a strong record against Utah since the trade, going 6-2 overall and remaining unbeaten in Salt Lake City.Also Read: \u201cI really need to have that\u2026\u201d \u2013 Stephen Curry\u2019s mom Sonya Curry revealed one thing she can\u2019t live without<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rudy Gobert. Image via: Stephen Maturen\/ Getty Images Rudy Gobert is entering his 13th NBA season with more…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274048,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3782],"tags":[7,307,152,26218,3954,6,373,45633,45635,45634,308],"class_list":{"0":"post-274047","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-timberwolves","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-minnesota","10":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves","11":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves-news","12":"tag-minnesotatimberwolves","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-rudy-gobert","15":"tag-rudy-gobert-bald-look","16":"tag-rudy-gobert-instagram-photo","17":"tag-rudy-gobert-stats","18":"tag-timberwolves"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115172298275696839","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}