If you scroll through Rudy Gobert's Instagram of the past months, you'll see photos of him taking in gorgeous views and enjoying the movie-like scenery in places like the Hamptons, France, Japan and Abu Dhabi.
But perhaps no trip the Timberwolves center took during the offseason was as significant to him as the one he took to southern Oregon.
Nestled in the woods there are three small cottages built by Sky Cave Retreats, which runs "darkness retreats." People are left alone in a room with basic necessities — food, water, a bathroom and a bed— but they are alone, in darkness, for days, cut off from the outside world.