[Krawczynski] LaMelo and Ant are going to France to work out with Rudy Gobert: “They’re not going to the Bahamas, they’re not going to Turks and Caicos, they are going right into Rudy’s backyard.”
They’re going to France instead of the Caribbean for their Summer vacation? Well, I certainly don’t envy them!
Acting like they all locked themselves in some Minnesota high school gym for a month.
You’re not giving them enough credit, the south of France is akin to Edmonton in January
No one in this subreddit has familiarity with either the south of France or Edmonton, but cheers to the comparison
I was gonna say I have no clue about any of those places
Wait what? Edmonton has beaches, 5 star hotels, phenomenal food, and super hot European trophy wives who are DTF when their husbands are out of town?
I need to learn more about Canada apparently
It’s got a great brewery. Soon to be able to ship to 9⁄10 provinces.
I think they also have a world class coffee roaster.
Say more
Monaco.
😂I love those maps. Peoole are clueless
Except it is July
They’ve basically been working out in Minnesota since the trade.
One thing about Lamelo is he literally lives in the gym.
He’s been here in Minnesota working out since the trade was finalized. Ant joined him soon after.
There’s a video of them both having a half court shooting contest already.. which was pretty funny.
Edit: Here’s the video.
Bro how you gonna hate on hitting up lake superior in July
Been to both Lake Superior and France in July. Love em both, but I will definitely take France.
Shit is still cold
It’s been 95ish degrees for like two weeks in Minneapolis lately, so the cold sounds good to me. I’ve been craving it
It is so gorgeous up on the North Shore, definitely very cool temps for the summer but give me 60-65 degree highs all day. I love it
The takeaway should probably be more that the 3 of them have decided to spend (some of) their break working out together (which is particularly important with a new teammate), rather than just have their individual holidays and not share a court until preseason.
I know this is reddit, but I don’t know why we are all shitting on that.
It’s the most important trio to get some reps. The rest of the team are plug and play to a varying degree. I love it for the team.
Can’t wait for the LaMelo PnR with Rudy with Ant ready to pop
The idea makes sense.
Because most Redditors can’t fathom the idea of other humans wanting to be around them
Even the Lebron stuff people come up with all these deluded reasons but the truth is he probably just going to pick the 2-3 guys he wants to play with most and likes personally.
Because people love to be negative, especially when it comes to LaMelo, Rudy, and MN
Is $100 million enough to support them going to France?
I’ll chip in $10 for a bag of doritos at the airport if needed. They will have to share it though.
I hope they have air conditioning.
I’m sure they do brother
If only something they have an insane amount of could solve that problem
For real. Pretty sure that’s a vacation destination for a lot of people.
Sounds like they’re staying in a backyard. I do not envy them.
They’re obviously going to the French Caribbean
Right into Rudy’s bed…I mean backyard
Is he trying to make France out to be some non vacation rough spot lol
Now you got me thinking, what is the Galveston of Europe? Lmao
England
/s
Can do away with that /s lol
Bradford specifically
Blackpool
okay that’s fucking funny
Judging by the movie war dogs it’s gotta be Albania
I was there in the late winter/early spring, so I didn’t fully get to experience either, but Albanian beaches and mountains are supposed to be incredible
Can confirm what I saw was beautiful though
Went on vacation to Albania last year. Would go again. The beaches are amazing and you can also do hiking or visit historical sites if that’s your thing. USD goes far there relative to more popular European destinations
not too much on my homeland
Transnistria
Malta
added: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1TnzCiUSI0
Malta is near the top of my favorite places I’ve ever been
2005 YouTube videos always hit.
Wow. I remember that joke on a birthday card before the internet was even a thing.
9 year old me cried laughing at “sheet on the bed”
I forgot about this video and still knew what this link was going to be
Northern Germany on the Baltic
Bulgaria
benidorm
If it’s Gobert’s city of Saint-Quentin that’s not exactly a highly desirable vacation destination… But if they’re going to the South or something then your point would definitely stand
French farmland (outside Saint-Quentin) can be relaxing, but it is definitely not the same.
Relaxing is one way of putting it haha
Never been to Saint-Quentin specifically, so I don’t know, but driven from Paris down south to Italy and then spent time in the Avignon/Arles region on the same trip. That was over 20 years ago, so that’s my frame of reference. If there’s shit I don’t know about Saint-Quentin, I’m absolutely willing to listen.
I mean American farmland can be relaxing. Boring is also another word for it. Sometimes, “depressing as all hell” is the correct phrase for it.
That sounds like a very pleasant route you took. Saint-Quentin is north of Paris, and generally, the more north you go in France, the more depressing it gets. Then you hit Belgium and the depression doubles.
But then you just stay in Bruxelles and drink the best beer in the world and it’s okay again
Brussels such a great city
It depends on if it is nice happy pastoral farmland or sad industrial farmland.
Johnny Cash really hated every inch of that place. I don’t envy them.
Even I wouldn’t go vacation in Saint Quentin… And I spent most of my childhood vacationing in Picardie.
I mean, do you know how many French people there are in France?
Almost all of em
The Bahamas reference is to the fact that Rosas and KAT paid for the 2019-20 Wolves team to go to Bahamas before training camp and well, the vibes were good coming off that, but we know the results. Wolves didn’t even make the bubble.
inb4 they’re going to St. Tropez
You obviously have never been to District B13.
can you afford gated vila + personal body guards ? if so , very nice place. If you are generic joe shmo who rents bnb in downtown paris or marseille and just want to roam old town on ur own…. I prefer not to speak, If I speak, I am in big trouble.
For people with money? Yeah?
He’s not talking about us lmao.
voluntarily spending your summer with the dorky foreign exchange student shows restraint
France is not on the top of minds for most ppl’s vacation spots
Not LaMelo on those narrow ass roads
The league isn’t ready for urbanism-pilled Melo
“If I had a walkable community I wouldn’t be a menace on the streets… huh”
Chaotic Good melo lmao
LaWalkable Cities
You joke, but seriously…
I might swerve bend that corner, whoooo-whoah
He has a driver
If LaMelo is actually driving there we’ll find out very quickly because he’s 100% killing someone within 10 minutes
At least this time, he’ll naturally be on the correct side of the road
I believe he hired a driver
He’s really trying to make it sound like going to a Wealthy Frenchmen’s property is like storming Normandy.
You have to be careful when visiting France. One wrong train connection and you can easily end up in Marseille or maybe even Monaco.
I want to personally thank that man for the very long dead pan. That is the perfect response
But Wemby is somewhere deep in the Amazon Jungle
Wemby adopting every ancient faith until one works like the guy with all the necklaces from The Mummy.
Shades of Homer Simpson screaming “Allah Jesus Buddah, someone save me!”
The dude is 100% communing in peru with a shaman in the Sacred Valley
(The Sacred Valley is an amazing place to visit btw)
HELP ME TOM CRUISE
Use your witchcraft to get the fire off of me!!
People hating on this are either completely missing the point or just being obtuse. This is a really cool gesture for them both to go together and connect with Rudy. They are the big 3, and they need to be in sync with each other. Off the court bonding is huge. Its two 24 year olds creating that bridge too, which is extra cool. Most their age would just hang and vacation with their crew instead
Oh god, they have to vacation in France now? The horror.
“France is not Syria, mate”
Genuinely Lamelo and Rudy should be a good fit they complement each others game.
True - every comment is about France being a good vacation spot and I’m just thinking plan the TWolves parade
Damn straight. Rudy is the best PnR partner and defender LaMelo has ever played with. LaMelo totally unlocks Rudy as a lob threat. They could both have their best ever season. And now Ant is free to move off ball and harder to double. Could be his best season too. Offensive load not on Jaden means he could have his best season ever…
I’m with you. I’m not a Wolves fan but it’s a fun move. Hopefully there is enough solid leadership in the dressing room to keep Lamelo focused and not crashing cars.
Oh no not France
I hope LeBron likes France
I mean, LeBron sounds like a French name.
LéBrôn
The closest real family french name is LeBrun, so you don’t need to change much, LeBron works very well, obviously with a french accent and another meaning than jerking off in verlan (meaning reverse, a slang language where we swap syllabes, hello becomes lo-hel for example)
LeBron is also a slang term in french (Verlan to ve précise) which means “to masturbate”
Lebron loves france given how much of the offseason he usually spends in the south of france lol
This whole thread is just people trying to farm upvotes by saying “lol why’s he acting like France is horrible hurr durr”
That’s not his fucking point and it takes basic literacy to understand that. So, I can’t tell if y’all are just stupid or if you go into every thread trying to regurgitate some “clever” comment so you can get some internet points. Either way, its horrible.
Thank fuck somebody else noticed it I thought I was going crazy
Welcome to the Salty Spitoon, how tough are ya?
How tough am I??? I didn’t vacation in the Bahamas! I vacationed in France…
Rudy recruiting them for the France Olympics team.
We definitely need guards
LaMelo already sounds kinda French
His middle name is LeFrench
Even better than LeFrench, its LaFrance wich means France exactly as someone who would have United States as its middle name.
Bro treating France like it’s Germany during WWII
Treating France like it’s France during WWII
My poor young multimillionaires forced to go to one of the hottest summer travel destinations, eat the best food in the world and train in world class facilities.
making it sound like prison like they’re not going to have a lovely vacation in france while also working out a little
Shoot dah bih
Why he kinda looks like a bloated messi
I’ve never heard that but I see it
That’s so cool. Big Ru!
LaMelo probably knows Europe a little since he played in Lithuania
Can Beringer come too or nah?
LaMelo LaFrance Ball going to France
LaMelo driving on tight European roads could be the most dangerous event in Europe since the Yugoslav wars.
God I can’t wait for the season to start. Never been more excited for a Wolves team in my life!
New French baby mother dropping soon
Oh good lord what ever will they do vacationing in France instead of the Bahamas?
I can’t think of a better way to practice rim finishing than to go at Gobert a thousand times
Donovan Mitchell would never
Crazy, I bet the south of France is just awful this time of year. No way they’d have any interest in going there.
They need to teach the man to shoot a fucking free throw i’m not gonna lie. Teams can foul him whenever they want because they know he can’t shoot them.
Now, last year was horse shit for Rudy’s FTs, but I believe the man can get back to being a 67% shooter. Which is frankly fine, and prevents the hack-a-Rudy, to a degree.
In the meantime, Ant’s lawyers are looking up French child support case laws
I like Jon but cmon
Everyone missing the point in here lol
$100 they end up in the south of France on a boat for a week
They’re going to Kandahar, France
They’re not going to Dubai. They’re not going to Barcelona. They’re not going to Epstein’s Island. They’re not going to Tokyo. They’re not going to Chuck E Cheese.
They are going right into Rudy’s absolute bonafide motherfucking back ass yard 😤
Lamelo finally à Lamaison
Oh, the sacrifice of taking a summer vacation in France.
He said that as if France isn’t a beautiful vacation spot compared to the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos lol
Wow only France for a summer vacation instead of the Caribbean what discipline!
Guys lamelo brand is literally named LaFrance I think he might like France idk
I’m sorry they are going into Rudy’s what?
Whether it is the north of France, Paris itself, Nice, Cannes or Monaco. I think they’ll be alright.
They’re gonna be sipping on the Gobert cognac
We skate to one song and one song only
I think his point is that they’re working instead of vacationing, not that France is a bad place to go.
Either way, he should’ve just talked about it as an example of the guys being friends and building chemistry or something.
They’re going to Nice, France lool
They’re going to those places too, don’t worry.
France is a pretty good shithole too I hope it’s not Paris .
Thoughts and prayers
France is the summer time, oh how unbearable.
Those poor guys, traveling to horrible France and staying in a presumable palace there. How will they possibly recover from not going to the Bahamas or Turks and Caicos this summer?! People never think about the sacrifices these guys make and that makes me so fucking mad.
LaMelo gonna buckle down huh? 🤣 Believe that shit when I see it.
Oh no, France, who would ever want to vacation there
make no mistake. the ladies are definitely in France this summer.
Rudy’s backyard: the garden of a chateau from the 16th century
NBA player does their job
practically like locking yourself into the bubble
Nate Dogg said Hoes in different area codes.
Rudy must have a crazy nice backyard he already passed Shaq and Carmelo Anthony in career earnings and will pass Kobe by the time his current deal is up
And what would be wrong with taking vacation. They’ve been off for months and I’m sure they’ve been vacationing right through that. I wouldn’t even do any basketball until September unless it’s a precommitted program. Problem is not blowing up to Zion levels.
that team hot ass
It’s still a vacation, regardless of them stopping off at their multi-millionair teammates house to hang out in his backyard.
Ok?
Pause
“They’re going to a millionaires home in Europe” these reporters must be so bored
Southern France in summer..oh no…
They say this as if France isn’t a major vacation destination lmao
Rudy might be like, “can you not” (in French).
Poor bastards. Having to go to France.
I mean, some people had to grow up with extended family in fucking Minneapolis and got dragged there on a road trip and had their parents call it “vacation”.
Shoutout Turks and Caicos
Qui qui
Instead of being the 944th person to point out that France is a desirable vacation spot I’ll just say that I love this. Rudy takes his conditioning and training very seriously and it’s cool that Ant and LaMelo want to be a part of it.
LaMelo played in the Lithuania in HS, and while I don’t think he was a fan of it, I think it shows that he doesn’t really care where he might have to play/train. Plus France is becoming a basketball hot spot so like… who cares
France has recovered since ww2
Wemby about to block them from France
Man, they’re really roughing it. Who goes to France on vacation?
Over under on children born with dual citizenship next spring?
lets hope they aren’t working on their shots there
Ohh this is the same game who touched all the microphones when he was infected with Covid and probably got a bunch of ppl sick??