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The Minnesota Timberwolves are on a break from the 2025 NBA Playoffs, after defeating the Golden State Warriors in five games during the Western Conference semifinals. Their run will resume on Tuesday, against the winner of game seven between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Denver Nuggets, on Sunday.
Throughout the first two rounds, big man Rudy Gobert has played a huge role in Minnesota’s first two series wins, especially in both of their closing game fives. The 7-foot Frenchman put up 27 points and 24 rebounds in game five against the Lakers and went for 17 points and 8 rebounds (+21 +/-) in the final game against the Warriors.
Rudy Gobert kicks pregnant girlfriend out of house
Unfortunately, for what seemed to be a blossoming Rudy Gobert family, it sounds like he and his newly pregnant girlfriend are on much more than a break. According to a report out of TMZ Sports late Friday afternoon, Gobert broke up with and kicked his pregnant girlfriend, Julia Bonilla, and their 1-year-old son, Romeo.
Rudy Gobert broke up with his pregnant girlfriend, told her to move out of his home and take their one-year-old son with her right at the start of the NBA playoffs, TMZ Sports has learned.
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The break up happened, per TMZ Sports, just before the start of the Minnesota Timberwolves playoff run. We don’t know what led to the break up but apparently, everything started to change back when Bonilla first revealed that she was pregnant with what’s believed to be their second child.
MN Timberwolves big man not happy…
TMZ got their scoop verified buy multiple Timberwolves wives and girlfriends, who were shocked when they heard originally heard the news. Bonilla was last seen at Target Center in April, at the very last regular season game of Minnesota’s season.
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Now, Bonilla wants to go back to France, but Gobert and his lawyers will not allow her to leave the country with their son, Romeo, until they get a custody agreement on paper.
Sources close to the wives and girlfriends of Timberwolves players tell us the split was a bit of a shocker … considering Julia Bonilla and baby Romeo were spotted at Minnesota’s final regular season game on April 13.
In fact, 32-year-old Gobert went up to them after the game for a warm embrace … so all appeared to be completely normal with the family. But, we’re told things changed some time after Bonilla revealed she was pregnant with their second child … and Gobert is now a single man.
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This is a wild story. TMZ reached out to Gobert’s agent, who told them that the agency “has zero interest in ever speaking with TMZ Sports about any of its clients”. Thus, we are left wondering what in the world happened between Gobert and Bonilla.
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Because let’s be honest, kicking your pregnant wife and your 1-year-old out of the house is not a good look. But there is always two sides to every story, and I’m sure there is more to this one that we have yet to find out.
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