FOCUS – Return, in figures, on the already stratospheric career of the now triple All Star.
2 – The French pivot has twice received the player of the week trophy, in March 2019 and November 2021.
3 – After 2020 and 2021, Rudy Gobert is selected for the All Star Game for the third time. Nationally, it’s a small event. Before him, only two other French players had the honors of a summons for the star game, Tony Parker (6 caps) and Joakim Noah (2 caps).
3 – It is also the number of Best Defender trophies that adorn the trophy cabinet of the person concerned (2018, 2019, 2021), which is one of the main candidates for a fourth crown at the end of the season. Gobert would join, if necessary, the record holders Dikembe Mutumbo and Ben Wallace.
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4 – In addition to his exploits on the other side of the Atlantic, the 29-year-old pivot is also a Les Bleus executive, with 74 caps on the clock. He won four international medals with the French basketball team, bronze at the 2014 and 2019 World Cup as well as at Euro 2015, and silver last summer at the Tokyo Olympics. Rudy Gobert was also in the best five of the Japanese Olympic tournament.
7 – After Antoine Rigaudeau, Mickaël Gelabale, Nando de Colo, Rodrigue Beaubois, Kévin Séraphin and Killian Hayes, Rudy Gobert is the seventh NBA player trained at Cholet Basket.
8 – It’s hard to remember, but Gobert’s debut in the NBA was not idyllic. He even made two stints in the G-League, with the Bakersfield Jam, in December 2013 and January 2014. Time to play eight games, with 13.9 points, 11.4 rebounds and three blocks on average.
9 – Rudy Gobert was entitled to nine citations in the best five at the end of the season. Five times he appeared in the defensive best five (2017-21). And four times he has invited himself to one of the five All-NBAs, once in the second (2017) and three in the third (2019-21). A nice little collection…
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16 – The Jazz pivot has 16 points, 15.1 rebounds, 70.7% in shots and 69% in throws since the start of the season (42 games). These are the best averages of his career! For the rest and to be complete, he posted 2.3 blocks per game, the routine for him, 1.2 assists and 0.8 interceptions in 32.5 minutes. Note that his 15.1 rebounds per game make Gobert the current best rebounder in the NBA.
27 – The Denver Nuggets drafted the former Choletais in the 27th position in 2013. He was immediately sent to Utah against the so-called Erick Green and money. Which Erick Green has played in all and for all 52 games in the North American league, with 3.1 points, 0.7 rebounds and 0.8 assists on average. 27 is his jersey number at the Salt Lake City club and it’s obviously no coincidence.
35 – His points record. This dates back to March 22, 2017, and a 108-101 win over the New York Knicks at Vivint Smart Home Arena. He had gone 13 of 15 shots and nine of 12 shots that day. His other outstanding records? 28 rebounds in 2020-21 and nine blocks, also in 2020-21.
53 – With his 1,315 career blocks, the Saint-Quentin giant appears in 53rd position in the ranking of the best blockers in NBA history. Soon the Top 50…
65,03 – Since his NBA debut, Gobert has converted 65.03% of his shots in the regular season. In all of NBA history, only one man has done better: current Lakers player DeAndre Jordan (67.38%). In the play-offs, the Frenchman runs at 66.47%. This is THE best brand in history!
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205 – After a first big contract at $ 102 million over four seasons in October 2016, the native of Saint-Quentin signed, in December 2020, a monstrous deal of $ 205 million over five years which will come into effect this summer. It will receive $35.3 million in 2022-23, then 38.2, 41, 43.8 and 46.7. The final year is optional.
587 – Rudy Gobert has played 587 regular season appearances so far, including 495 in the five. In five campaigns, he has also played 43 play-off matches, all as a starter.
