Rudy Gobert Articles - Page 16

Jose Alvarado has emerged as a crowd favorite not only for the New Orleans Pelicans but for a lot of NBA fans from around the world as well. The undrafted rookie has made a name for himself all season long with his relentlesses and the unbridled energy he brings to the court. Surely, fans are […]

Overall, the Toronto Raptors had a successful season this year. After starting the campaign at 4-14, they were able to turn it around and secure the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference. Their 48-34 record and the great number of lengthy defenders made them a frightening postseason matchup. Even so, they were not enough of […]

The Utah Jazz once again failed to meet their postseason aspirations. Despite not having Luka Doncic for the first three games of the series, the Dallas Mavericks were still able to boot out the Jazz in a convincing fashion. The Jazz have made the NBA Playoffs for the past six seasons but have failed to […]

Philadelphia 76ers superstar Joel Embiid and Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert could soon become teammates, albeit not in the NBA. According to Eurohoops (citing a report by French outlet RMC Sport), Embiid has apparently started the process of obtaining French nationality that will allow him to compete as part of the France national basketball team […]

After the Utah Jazz were bounced from the NBA Playoffs in the first round by the Dallas Mavericks, questions have arisen regarding the future of the team. A rumor surfaced Monday indicating that Rudy Gobert had gone to the Jazz demanding the organization trade him or Donovan Mitchell this offseason. Gobert has apparently caught wind […]

The Dallas Mavericks survived Luka Doncic’s calf injury and defeated the Utah Jazz. Ahead of their next matchup in the NBA playoffs against the Phoenix Suns, Mavs head coach Jason Kidd is kicking the Jazz while they are down by blasting one of their stars, Rudy Gobert. Ahead of Monday night’s Game 1, Kidd explained […]

The Golden State Warriors have thrived using their small ball lineup, but there is no denying they have a gaping hole at center with their lack of big man. Interestingly, they could address that problem in the offseason with a potential push for Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert. Speaking on his Hoop Collective podcast on […]

The future of the Utah Jazz is anything but positive right now. After a disappointing loss in the NBA playoffs to a temporarily short-handed Dallas Mavericks team, it seems like a massive overhaul is needed. Despite having two All-Stars in Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell, they continue to flop in the playoffs. To make matters […]

It’s back to the drawing board for the Donovan Mitchell, Rudy Gobert Utah Jazz. Losing to the Dallas Mavericks in the first round of the NBA playoffs when Luka Doncic only played half of the series is a new low. Change is needed, and it should start with the man in the middle. You don’t […]

The Utah Jazz have some major decisions to make this offseason. After yet another early playoff exit, there’s likely going to be great pressure to make some wholesale changes. The largest tradable asset Utah owns, both literally and figuratively, is All-Star center Rudy Gobert. The 3-time DPOY winner has been a defensive juggernaut for nearly […]

This iteration of the Utah Jazz seemed doomed for a while as they struggled down the stretch of the regular season and had rumors swirling around them about shaking things up in the future if there was no deep playoff run. Sure enough, the Jazz just lost to the Dallas Mavericks in six games, despite […]

The Utah Jazz is down one game to the Dallas Mavericks in the first-round series. They will attempt to keep their season alive with a Game 6 win at home Thursday night. However, one of their top contributors suffered a rather unusual injury ahead of the matchup. Rudy Gobert told the media Thursday afternoon that […]

The Utah Jazz made a statement in Game 4 by finding a way to win despite the return of Luka Doncic. The exclamation point was put on the game by Rudy Gobert slamming home an alley-oop to put the Jazz on top with 11 seconds still to play. This was a massive win for Utah […]

The Utah Jazz shifted the momentum to their side by spoiling the return of Luka Doncic in Game 4 of their series against the Dallas Mavericks with a 100-99 win. The tightly contested victory evened the series at two games apiece as the series goes back to Texas for Game 5.   It was surely […]

To say the Utah Jazz have gone through some growing pains this season would be a massive understatement. The same issues that plagued them during the regular season have largely been prevalent in their first-round series against the Dallas Mavericks. While they were outplayed by a Mavs side that didn’t have Luka Doncic in their […]

When Donovan Mitchell threw the lob to Rudy Gobert to win Game 4 against the Dallas Mavericks, a lot of people were surprised. After all, for so long the talk has been how the Utah Jazz guard rarely passes to his French teammate. Naturally, Mitchell was asked about the assist to Gobert and what it […]

The Golden State Warriors have taken care of business through the first three games of the NBA Playoffs. But it hasn’t been as easy for other teams and players around the league. Draymond Green made sure to point that out. After Golden State’s Game 3 win to go up 3-0 on the Denver Nuggets, Draymond […]

The Utah Jazz are in trouble. The Dallas Mavericks lead them 2-1 in the NBA playoffs and have torched them in each of the past two games. The Mavs have made mincemeat out of the Jazz defense and could obliterate them even further when Luka Doncic returns. Game 4 is when Dallas is planning to […]

The Utah Jazz blew a 10-point halftime lead and eventually lost to the Luka Doncic-less Dallas Mavericks in Game 2 on Monday in a rather brutal defensive performance and Stephen A. Smith is not pleased. The ESPN analyst absolutely destroyed the Jazz for allowing Jalen Brunson to go off for 41 points while also taking […]

The Utah Jazz had a prime opportunity to take a 2-0 series lead over the Luka Doncic-less Dallas Mavericks on Monday night. After leading for much of the game, the Jazz held a 93-86 lead with just over eight minutes to play. They just needed to buckle down and execute in crunch time to secure […]

The Utah Jazz beat the Dallas Mavericks in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series. The Mavs kept it close, but without Luka Doncic, the Jazz were able to pull out a 99-93 win away from home. Doncic’s status for Game 2 remains very much in doubt, so the Jazz have a golden opportunity to […]

Whether he wins the 2022 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award or not, Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert is still going to be regarded as a monster on that end of the floor. There is arguably no more impactful player defensively than the Stifle Tower, whose ability to wreak havoc with his defense is […]

The Utah Jazz enter their first round matchup against the Dallas Mavericks as the favorites. That’s despite the Mavs holding home court advantage. The line initially opened with Dallas as the betting favorites, but news of Luka Doncic’s injury changed that. It’s still not known exactly if Doncic will return in time for this series, […]

Rudy Gobert had a historic season for the Utah Jazz. You can take that statement quite literally with the three-time Defensive Player of the Year winner achieving a trio of first-time feats in what was a truly memorable campaign for him. Gobert set no less than three records in both league and Jazz franchise history […]

Rudy Gobert could be a fit in Golden State? It seems preposterous to even consider the possibility of Utah trading their star big man to one of their rivals. But an anonymous west exec believes it could happen. “If Rudy Gobert becomes available this summer, I think you’d find a lot of those veterans with […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder have a slew of draft picks in the coming years, and it has been a slow rebuilding process for the squad after the departures of Russell Westbrook, Chris Paul, and Paul George over the past seasons. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Josh Giddey, and Lu Dort are some of the names who will likely […]

The Utah Jazz have a choking problem. All season long, Rudy Gobert, Donovan Mitchell, and the rest of the team have had troubles closing out huge leads. It’s been a recurring problem for this team as they face multiple struggles throughout the year. Their latest blown lead involve a 17-point Jazz lead over the Phoenix […]

Rudy Gobert has won the Defensive Player of the Year award three times in the last four years. Right now, however, the Utah Jazz star is not considered to be the frontrunner to defend his title. Gobert himself has spoken out about what he clearly feels is an atrocity. The Jazz big man heaped praise […]

It’s been nearly two years since Rudy Gobert emerged as the first NBA player to test positive for COVID-19. The moments that led up to the Utah Jazz star’s infection were not exactly Gobert’s best moments, and there are still some folks who believe that he was responsible for starting the COVID outbreak within his […]

The Portland Trail Blazers’ immediate focus once the regular season mercifully comes to a close on Sunday will be the NBA draft. Locked into the league’s sixth-highest lottery odds, Portland is guaranteed a top-10 pick and could net a second lottery selection if the New Orleans Pelicans are ousted from the play-in tournament. But with […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo and Rudy Gobert are the favorites to win the 2021-22 Defensive Player of the Year award, but Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green doesn’t want the voters to forget about one player who is equally or more deserving. Phoenix Suns wing Mikal Bridges. In the latest episode of his show, Green said Bridges […]

The Utah Jazz had lost six of their last seven games before the team’s huge overtime win over the Golden State Warriors Tuesday night. The slump seems to be over, but what changed? On Monday, two days after the loss to the Warriors and one day before they took on the Grizzlies, the Jazz held […]

The Utah Jazz have compiled the Western Conference’s sixth-best record this year, as they’ve managed to avoid the NBA’s play-in tournament- for now. Led by Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert, the Jazz are poised for their sixth straight playoff berth. However, things haven’t been so rosy for the franchise all year, as there has been […]

The Dallas Mavericks lost their cornerstone big man last February when they sent Kristaps Porzingis to the Washington Wizards in exchange for Spencer Dinwiddie and Davis Bertans. Dwight Powell has been pretty good, but he isn’t exactly the type of center that the Mavs would like to build around. As it turns out, Dallas could […]

For years, Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert has been considered one of the, if not the, best defensive players in the NBA. Once again, he is at or near the top of the Defensive Player of the Year discussion. Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart is not a believer though. But Smart didn’t just talk a […]

Utah Jazz big man Rudy Gobert was not a happy man Tuesday night as he watched his team lose to the Los Angeles Clippers on the road, 121-115. It was an especially frustrating setback for the Jazz, as they had a lead that ballooned to as big as 25 points that eventually evaporated into thin […]

The Utah Jazz suffered a rough loss to the Charlotte Hornets Friday night. In the loss, Rudy Gobert put up 11 points and 19 rebounds, while Donovan Mitchell had 26 points and seven assists. The Jazz’s inability to pull out a win despite the stars’ performances caused a lot of frustration for the duo. Gobert […]

The Utah Jazz just got a rude awakening at the hands of the Boston Celtics, who have been on a complete tear as of late. Utah got to feel what it was like to get dismantled by one of the league’s hottest teams. In the process, they got real about what they needed to start […]

The back-and-forth between Golden State Warriors’ Draymond Green and Utah Jazz’s Rudy Gobert seems to have no end in sight. The most recent clapback from the Frenchman specifically on Dray’s comments as a member of Team USA flicks a little more fuel into the ongoing fire. In a sitdown interview with Bleacher Report’s Taylor Rooks, […]