Charles Barkley declared that Rudy needs to be benched. Paul Pierce believed that to beat the Suns, Rudy needed to be benched. He has been clutch throughout the playoffs offensively and defensively and is a key reason the Wolves made their first WCF after 20 years.
Just 7 months ago, this is what people were saying about the Rudy Gobert trade: https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/17lklza/chuck_on_katgobert_that_was_one_of_the_stupidest/
by JaderMcDanersStan
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Why does he get so much Slander. I will admit I felt it was overkill when we traded some much 1st Round Picks for him. But dude has been a Vital Part of our defense and has helped KAT out being the Anchor on the paint.
He’s inconsistent on offense, but his defense is invaluable
Rudy has so much in terms of intangible impact too.
All year we’d watch guys start their drive, see Rudy adjust to the play… and just “nope” out of whatever they were doing. They pass out of that drive, or even the most hilarious… turn around and dribble back to the 3 point line. Doesn’t show on the stats, but the dude has a **presence** impact.
It’s fun to watch.
It also helps that he’s got a lot of defensive help, he fouled out late last night, but then a fresh KAT came in. Rudy doesn’t have to sweat being the last line of defense and once he fouls out Joker eats everyone alive. He knows he has help.
That’s good and all but counterpoint: Steph Curry spin clip from 2017 so he must be a shit defender
Chuck said to bench him for the second half if we wanted to win
A good barometer of someone’s NBA knowledge is their opinion on Rudy. Everything he sucks at is blatantly obvious. Everything he does well is subtle and often not on stat sheet.
Not saying he’s a top 10 guy but Rudy is a very very good player & has played extremely well extremely consistently all year. The guys saying bench him last game havent watched Rudy at all.
Until last night I could ascertain a person’s basketball knowlege based on what they thought about Rudy. If they told me he “gets played off the floor” in the playoffs, I would then know not to take their opinions seriously. As a Mavs fan I remember how god awful the Jazz perimeter defense was in the 2022 series, Rudy was the only thing keeping them together on the defensive end. He has always been an easy scapegoat for the biased/uninformed.
Rudy best fadeaway shot since LeBron on Toronto
Here’s what I notice about Rudy, when opposing bigs and guards want to drive the paint and he’s there, they hesitate, it changes the game.
Especially good considering he missed the 26 point blow out in game 2. Rest of the team has an extra +20 from that game yet gobert still leads the on +/-
“No GM would trade Walker Kessler for Rudy Gobert straight up at this point”
Wheres the stat where DPOY beat MVP in the playoffs.
People don’t understand how Gobert changes the shot profile of another team. When Naz Reid gets a block on Jokic in the post, people think that’s better than Jokic not even attempting that shot when Gobert is in the game. When KAT and Jokic battle in the post and KAT is holding his own, people think that’s better than Jokic just throwing the ball across the court so MPJ can take contested 3. Teams don’t even try to score in the paint with Rudy, but that’s not flashy or obvious to people. He allows everyone to be aggressive and deters anyone who get past the first line of defense.
draymond ruined his own broadcasting career as an analyst lmaoooo
His defense is next level. Instead of contesting or blocking the shot and make the opposing player miss the shot he prevents the shot from happening.
As a Gobert truther, I’ve been enjoying this post-season. Let’s fuckin’ go Minny.
Take THAT for data!
But fr I’m excited/scared for this series
Rudy missed the blow out game 2 against the Nuggets as well.
I feel like 2029 for could have been a swap.
And what’s his next contract going to be
Shaq and Draymond were full of shit. Nothing new.
People think this because the Jazz are small market, but weren’t great. He was a monster. Now he’s on a top team and people still think to bench him. Insane. +111 when he’s on the floor. People need to chill out on him. I’m glad he doesn’t watch TNT or ESPN.
He did look like the problem in the first half tho lol. Not because he’s bad, because his defense was not affecting Denver and he kept getting touches on offense where he was forced to make decisions and it kept ending poorly
I’m glad the narrative that we lost in 2021 because of Rudy is finally being exposed for the stupidity it always was. We lost because Donovan and Mike were both hurt and our perimeter defense was utter dogshit. Hope to see Rudy and Mike claim a ring.
We also won because of rebounds. We rebounded hard in the second half
the only drive gordon had in the entire 4th got shut off by rudy, so i buy it
Soul-stealing is a perfect description for that midrange fadeaway
Joel Embiid
What is it in France that creates these types of defence monsters?
Always bet against Charles Barkley
If NBA teams were a band, Rudy Gobert is the bass player. He’s absolutely critical to a good performance, but if you notice him too much, it probably means he made a mistake. This means people without a good ear just blame him for mistakes because they don’t realize all the other times they don’t notice him he’s cooking. Of course, sometimes a bass player gets a moment to shine, and that bass solo is known as the fadeaway jumper over Jokic’ face.