Rudy Gobert

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Basketball player
Rudy Gobert
Rudy Gobert
Player information
Full name Rudy Gobert-Bourgarel
birthday 26th June 1992 (age 28)
place of birth Saint-Quentin , France
size 216 cm
Weight 111 kg
position center
NBA draft 2013 , 27th pick, Denver Nuggets
Club information
society Utah Jazz
league NBA
Jersey number 27
Clubs as active
2010–2013 Cholet Basket Since 2013 Utah Jazz 2013–2014 → Bakersfield Jam ( D-League ) FranceFrance
0United StatesUnited States
United StatesUnited States
National team 1
Since 02012FranceFrance France 68 games
1 As of October 13, 2019

Rudy Gobert-Bourgarel (born June 26, 1992 in Saint-Quentin ) is a French basketball player who is currently under contract with the Utah Jazz in the NBA . Gobert is best known for his strong defense and is considered one of the best players in the league when it comes to blocking opposing throws. He has already won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award twice in his career . Gobert was voted All-Star for the first time in the 2019/20 season .

Europe

Rudy Gobert was born to a French woman and the Guadeloupe former French national basketball player Rudy Bourgarel. Gobert first attracted attention at the 2010 U-18 basketball world championship in Lithuania , where he was the best shot blocker and rebounder of his team and came seventh with France.

Gobert initially played at club level for the local clubs JSC St-Quentin and Saint-Quentin Basket-Ball club , before he was active for Cholet Basket in the French league from 2010 to 2013 . During the 2010–11 season he scored 4.0 points and 6.0 rebounds per game. In the following season he scored 4.1 points and 3.7 rebounds per game. In the 2012–13 season, Gobert scored 8.3 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game.

NBA

Draft and rookie season (2013-14)

Even in the run-up to the draft , Gobert was considered one of the great European talents. During the measurements, the 2.16 m tall Frenchman had an arm span of 2.37 m, which was a record at the time. In the 2013 NBA Draft , Gobert was recruited in the first round in 27th place by the Denver Nuggets and shortly thereafter transferred to the Utah Jazz .

In his first year Gobert did not see much playing time and switched between jazz and the then farm team of jazz, the Bakersfield Jam . In 45 NBA games, he achieved 2.3 points, 3.4 rebounds and 0.9 blocks per game in Utah in an average of 9.6 minutes.

Sophomore year (2014-15)

Gobert made his breakthrough in his second year. With his defensive presence he earned more playing time. After the transfer of the nominal center Enes Kanter , Gobert was promoted to starter. He also took part in the NBA All-Star Weekend Rookie Challenge and scored 18 points and 12 rebounds in the victory of the world selection against the American selection. After the All-Star Break, the Jazz improved not least thanks to Gobert, who improved the team's defense. On March 3, 2015, Gobert set a career record of 24 rebounds in the 93-82 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies . Gobert played in all 82 games, scoring 8.2 points, 9.5 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game. At the end of the season, he became the fourth best shot blocker of the past NBA season. He also took third place for the most improved player of the season and fifth place in the election for the best defender of the season . With the Jazz, however, he missed the playoff qualification for the second time in a row.

Third and fourth year and sporting breakthrough (since 2015)

In the 2015-16 season, Gobert had to struggle with many minor injuries and missed 21 games of the season. Nevertheless, he set new career highs with 9.1 points and 11.0 rebounds on average. With Utah, however, he again narrowly missed making the play-offs. In October 2016, Gobert signed a four-year contract worth 102 million with Jazz. On March 20, 2017, Gobert set a new career record with 8 blocks against the Indiana Pacers . Two days later, in the 108-101 victory of Jazz over the New York Knicks , Gobert set a new career record with 35 points. With the jazz Gobert reached the playoffs for the first time. There the jazz reached the second playoff round. Gobert was named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team and the All-NBA Second Team at the end of the season for his outstanding performance . In the choice of the best defender of the season , Gobert took second place , behind Draymond Green . In the vote for the most improved player of the season , Gobert took third place.

In the 2017-18 season, Gobert suspended almost 30 games due to many minor injuries. After his recovery in January 2018, he returned to the field and led Jazz to many important victories and the subsequent playoff qualification towards the end of the season. The Jazz were able to win 30 of the last 35 games of the season, which was also thanks to Gobert's return. Gobert then won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award for the first time . After Mark Eaton (1985 and 1989), he is the second jazz player to do this.

In the 2018-19 season, Gobert was able to play 81 games of the season and led the Jazz into the NBA playoffs. Once again he won his second award for Defender of the Year in a row and set several career records in points, rebounds and assists. In the 2019/20 season, Gobert was appointed to the 2020 NBA All-Star Game for the first time in his career .

In mid-March 2020, Gobert was the first NBA player whose infection with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus became known. As a result, the NBA suspended the 2019/20 season. Gobert then publicly apologized to the people he had put in danger by deliberately touching all of the reporters' microphones. At the time, he did not know that he was carrying the pathogen. He classified his behavior as irresponsible. Later, an examination for SARS-CoV-2 also found a positive result for Donovan Mitchell , his teammate at the Utah Jazz.

statistics

Legend
  GP Matches played (Games Played)   GS  Games from the beginning (Games started)  MPG  Graduated minutes per game (Minutes per game)
 FG%  Throw rate from the field (field goal percentage)  3P%  Throwing quota three-point throws (3-point field-goal percentage)  FT%  Free throw rate (free-throw percentage)
 RPG  Rebounds per game (rebounds per game)  APG  Assists per game (assists per game)  SPG  Steals per game (steals per game)
 BPG  Blocks per game (blocks per game)  PPG  Points per game (points per game)  FAT  Career record

Regular season

season team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2013-14 Utah 45 0 9.6 .486 .000 .492 3.4 0.2 0.2 0.9 2.3
2014–15 Utah 82 37 26.3 .604 .000 .623 9.5 1.3 0.8 2.3 8.4
2015–16 Utah 61 60 31.7 .559 .000 .569 11.0 1.5 0.7 2.2 9.1
2016–17 Utah 81 81 33.9 .661 .000 .653 12.8 1.2 0.6 2.6 14.0
2017-18 Utah 55 55 32.4 .615 000 .681 10.7 1.4 0.8 2.3 13.5
2018–19 Utah 81 80 31.8 .669 000 .669 12.9 2.0 0.8 2.3 15.9
2019-20 Utah 68 68 34.3 .693 .000 .630 13.5 1.5 0.8 2.0 15.1
total 474 382 29.5 .640 .000 .631 11.0 1.4 0.7 2.2 11.7

Play-offs

season team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2016–17 Utah 9 9 27.3 .635 .480 9.9 1.2 1.0 1.3 11.6
2017-18 Utah 11 11 34.8 .655 .603 10.7 1.0 0.9 2.3 13.2
2018–19 Utah 5 5 30.4 .594 .783 10.2 1.4 0.6 2.6 11.2
total 25th 25th 31.2 .637 .588 10.3 1.2 0.9 2.0 12.2

National team

Gobert took part in the 2011 U-20 European Championship with the French U-20 national team. He won the bronze medal. In 2012 he won the silver medal with France at the U-20 European Championship. Gobert was also part of the senior national team in preparation for the 2012 Olympic Games. He took part in two friendly games. In 2016 he was a member of the Olympic team in Rio, but the French did not win a medal.

With the national team, Gobert came third at the 2014 Basketball World Cup in Spain. At the 2015 European Basketball Championships and the 2019 World Cup , he also won the bronze medal with France.

Others

Gobert's father is former French basketball player Rudy Bourgarel. He played for the American Marist College near New York in the 80s . His teammate at Marist at the time was Rik Smits from the Netherlands . After his college career, he continued his professional career in France, where he was active for various teams. Bourgarel was also a member of the French national basketball team at the end of the 80s , for which he played 19 international matches.

Achievements and Awards

NBA

National team

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ International match statistics
  2. ↑ Equipe de France: une histoire de famille ... (French)
  3. ↑ Rudy Gobert, un ancien basketteur de Saint-Quentin (02) en NBA la Saison prochaine (French)
  4. ↑ Jazz Acquires Draft Rights to Rudy Gobert from Denver . nba.com. June 27, 2013. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  5. ↑ Friday, February 13, 2015
  6. ↑ Butler is the Most Improved Player, Gobert third
  7. ↑ Leonard is Defensive Player of the Year
  8. ↑ Jazz Sign Rudy Gobert to Multi-Year Contract Extension
  9. ↑ Rudy Gobert drops career-high 35 in NBA's most efficient game this season
  10. ↑ Jazz star Rudy Gobert is runner-up for Defensive Player of the Year
  11. ↑ NBA Awards 2018: Jazz's Rudy Gobert wins Defensive Player of the Year, beats out Joel Embiid, Anthony Davis
  12. ↑ NBA Awards 2019
  13. ^ Rudy Gobert après son premier All-Star Game: “Je voulais juste m'éclater” - Basket - NBA - ASG. Retrieved March 13, 2020 (French).
  14. ↑ NBA: Rudy Gobert touché par le coronavirus, la ligue suspend la Saison - Basket - NBA - Coronavirus. Retrieved March 12, 2020 (French).
  15. ↑ Jeff Zillgitt: Rudy Gobert apologizes for being 'careless' about coronavirus in Instagram post. Retrieved March 13, 2020 (American English).
  16. ↑ https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/hauts-de-france/aisne/saint-quentin/basket-bleus-nando-colo-rudy-gobert-decrochent-bronze-au-mondial-2019-1722773.html
  17. ↑ `canes Rally On The Road, Beat Marist 79-76 In Ot
  18. ↑ BasketActu.com: Rudy Gobert remporte le Trophée Alain Gilles 2019. October 12, 2019, accessed on October 12, 2019 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Gobert, Rudy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint-Quentin , France