Ahead of the Minnesota Timberwolves' debut of their new tandem, Rudy Gobert offered LaMelo Ball advice. After Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch commended Ball's giddiness as one of the many things the guard brings to the team, Gobert made one request.
On his screens, Gobert is asking Ball to slow down as he adapts to the quick guard's approach, per Timberwolves reporter Dane Moore.
“The main thing I tell him is to just slow down with me. You don't need to go fast because I'm going to give you an advantage,” Gobert said. “I told him to watch some clips of me and Joe Ingles ‘ pick-and-rolls. You don't need to go fast; I'm going to give you an advantage. You can walk.”
Asked Rudy Gobert what he's learned about screening for LaMelo Ball.
"The main thing I tell him is to just slow down with me. You don't need to go fast, because I'm going to give you an advantage. I told him to watch some clips of me and Joe Ingles pick and rolls. You don't need… pic.twitter.com/saVkOtJ5Vr
— Dane Moore (@DaneMooreNBA) October 13, 2026
Chris Finch on LaMelo Ball's addition to Timberwolves
“He's always in a great mood. Always comes in smiling,” Finch said of Ball. “He and Anthony have a shared quality: they're really hard to stay mad at. And they do some things that you want to get mad at. They have a reflective joy…We referred to ourselves as a moody team in the last couple of years, at times, and it's probably gotten in our way. We've traded moodiness for giddiness. So, we've gotta get to some sort of happy medium.”
The Timberwolves will host the Pistons as they continue their preseason schedule on Wednesday.