{"id":501863,"date":"2026-06-20T16:12:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T14:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=501863"},"modified":"2026-06-20T16:12:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T14:12:04","slug":"rudy-gobert-boston-celtics-derrick-white-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/rudy-gobert-boston-celtics-derrick-white-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Celtics show interest in Rudy Gobert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Boston Celtics<\/strong> have explored a potential trade for <strong>Rudy Gobert<\/strong>, the <strong>Minnesota Timberwolves<\/strong> center.<\/p>\n<p>According to <strong>Jake Fischer<\/strong> of <em>The Stein Line<\/em>, Minnesota\u2019s interest in <strong>Derrick White<\/strong> could create a possible salary-matching path for a larger deal. Boston had already inquired about Gobert before, most recently at the February trade deadline.<\/p>\n<p>The Timberwolves are not actively shopping the four-time <strong>Defensive Player of the Year<\/strong>, but both Minnesota and Boston are reportedly open-minded about possible roster changes around their franchise cornerstones.<\/p>\n<p>Gobert, 33, is entering the second season of a three-year, $109 million contract, with a player option in the final year. In 2025-26, he averaged <strong>10.9 points, 11.5 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.6 blocks<\/strong> in 76 games while shooting 68.2% from the field.<\/p>\n<p>For Boston, adding Gobert would bring rim protection, rebounding and playoff experience. The key question would be the cost, with White viewed as one of the Celtics\u2019 most reliable two-way players.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Jake Fischer, Minnesota\u2019s interest in Derrick White could create a possible salary-matching framework<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":371685,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[407],"typology":[183],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-501863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","rumors-basket-rumors","typology-rumors"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/02\/Boston-Celtics.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501863"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=501863"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=501863"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=501863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}