The French international pivot of Jazz spoke of the (many) negative comments from the US interior of Golden State about him.
Rudy Gobert and Draymond Green will not be going on vacation together… Triple best defender in the NBA, the first named is one of the main candidates for the trophy again this season, with the double MVP and winner of the title of best defender in 2020 Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee ), Mikal Bridges (Phoenix) and Jaren Jackson Jr. (Memphis). Green too, even though the interior of Golden State has only played half of his team’s matches (34 of 60). A little light to claim this kind of reward, especially since he will not find his way to the floors for a handful of weeks. Perhaps it is necessary to look in this direction to understand the enmity that said Green nourished against the international pivot tricolor. Unless it’s just ordinary contempt for a European player…
In any case, this enmity exists. Draymond Green demonstrates this as soon as you hand him a microphone and talk about the case of Gobert, who averages 15.7 points, 14.8 rebounds and 2.3 blocks this season. Above all, it allows Utah to be one of the best defenses in the US League. Its impact is not only measured in numbers. Whatever: the truculent Green, emotional leader of the Warriors three times NBA champion in recent years (2015, 2017, 2018) and in the race for the supreme title in 2022, scratches the giant Picard again and again. “Don’t quote me in the same sentence as him“, he launched last weekend, during the All Star Game, after having already mocked the Frenchman before the star game.
“The more noise there is, the more difficult it is to take these people seriously. »
Rudy Gobert
Obviously, it wasn’t the first time… Asked at a press conference before facing Dallas tonight, Rudy Gobert, 29, preferred to gain height. Not without a big scratch…”It’s just noise to me… When people talk about you, in any term whatsoever, it’s because you’re right. I’m just going to continue to be the best I can be, on and off the court and for my team. The more certain people will try to discredit me, to discredit my team, it means that we are in the right“, he asserts. And to continue:The more noise there is, the more difficult it is to take these people seriously. When you have access to such a platform, it’s a shame to only use it to put on a show like that… It doesn’t grow anyone to speak ill of someone else… When you’re big at what you do, you don’t need to criticize anyone. The world will recognize you for who you are and what you do. It’s my state of mind. It’s just noise.»
Recall that Rudy Gobert, who went through the formation of Cholet Basket before heading to the United States and chosen in 27th position in the 2013 Draft, hence the number 27 he wears in the NBA, played last weekend his third All Star Game. With Donovan Mitchell, he will try to offer the Salt Lake City club the first league title in its history next June. Jazz is not the favourite, however, but you can imagine that this outsider status is not the type to calm the ardor, the ambitions of Olympic vice-champion Rudy Gobert…
