35 Burst results for "Rudy Gobert"
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Wolves suspend Gobert post-punch for play-in game vs. Lakers
"The Minnesota Timberwolves suspended center Rudy Gobert for their play in game against the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday after the ten year veteran threw a punch at teammate Kyle Anderson in an argument in the huddle during a timeout in the team's regular season finale. Gobert took a swing at Anderson and hit him in the upper chest in the second quarter of Minnesota's game against New Orleans on Sunday when the flustered Timberwolves were trailing by 12 points. The Timberwolves rallied to beat the pelicans one 13 to one O 8 and take 8th place in the Western Conference. I'm get some cool ball.
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Edwards leads Wolves rally past Pelicans, after Gobert punch
"Ingram's 5th career 40 point game wasn't enough to keep New Orleans out of the playground tournament. Instead, the pelicans finished 9th and will host the tenth seed thunder on Wednesday. Minnesota's win was marred by an incident on its bench in which Rudy Gobert punched teammate Kyle Anderson and was removed from the court. The Timberwolves earned the 8th seed and will visit the 7th seed Lakers in a play in game on Tuesday.
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Timberwolves cruise to 128-98 win against Jokic-less Nuggets
"The nuggets absorbed a one 28 98 loss to the Timberwolves after head coach Michael Malone elected to sit Nikola Jokić and three other starters on the second night of back to backs. D'angelo Russell delivered 14 of his 18 points in the first quarter and finished with ten assists Anthony Edwards had a team high 20 points for the wolves who never trailed and led by 20 in the second quarter. Rudy Gobert chipped in 16 points to Minnesota's 7th win in ten games. Michael Porter, junior was the lone Denver regular in the lineup, scoring a team high 22 points. I'm Dave ferry.
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Kessler's 20 points, 21 rebounds help Jazz beat T-Wolves
"Rookie walker Kessler provided season highs of 20 points and 21 rebounds that jazz prevailed in overtime, one 26 one 25 at Minnesota. Kessler victimized the team that drafted him before packaging him in a trade that brought Rudy Gobert to Minnesota, Colbert left this game early with lingering groin soreness. Jordan Clarkson had 21 points for the jazz who rallied from a ten point deficit in the fourth quarter. Anthony Edwards scored 17 of his 29 points in the third quarter and D'angelo Russell added 21 points for Minnesota. Kyle Anderson had a triple double 13 points, 11 boards in ten assists. I'm Dave ferry.
AP News Radio
Edwards, Towns lead Timberwolves to rout of Magic, 126-108
"Anthony Edwards and Carl Anthony towns love the Timberwolves one 26 one O 8 romp over the magic Edward scored 35 points and towns added 30 Both season highs for a team that led by 27 in the first half and shot 52% from the field in its largest margin of victory this season Rudy Gobert had 16 points and 8 boards for the wolves who have won back to back road games for the first time this season Led the magic with a career high 26 points and added 6 rebounds and 6 assists for Orlando I'm Dave ferry
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Booker scores 30; Paul-less Suns beat Wolves 129-117
"Devin Booker and Michael bridges each scored over 30 points in the sun's one 29 one 17 victory at Minnesota Booker delivered 32 points and a season high ten assists Bridges scored 13 of his 31 points in the first quarter Cameron Payne chipped in 23 points starting in place of Chris Paul who sent out with right heel soreness Phoenix led by as many as 27 and rebounding from Monday's loss to the 76ers Rudy Gobert returned to Minnesota's lineup after a two game absence due to health and safety protocols Colbert scored 13 of his team high 25 points in the third quarter I'm Dave fairy
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Jazz rally to beat Wolves 132-126 in OT reunion with Gobert
"The jazz are two and zero after knocking off former teammate Rudy Gobert in the Timberwolves one 32 one 26 in overtime Jordan Clarkson scored 29 points hitting 7 of 12 from three point range Laurie Martin had 24 points grabbed 13 rebounds and hit a leaner in the lane with 12 seconds remaining to give Utah a four point edge Mike Connolly delivered the go ahead Trey with one O one to play Gobert hauled in 23 rebounds but he missed a dunk and two free throws over the final 34 seconds to finish with 9 points I'm Dave ferry
The Right Time with Bomani Jones
Bomani Jones on Why Tyler Herro Isn't Going Anywhere Near Utah
"Guys may have heard Utah, it seems like it stopped pretending, and they'd be like, hey, who wants that up in Mitchell? If you want Donovan Mitchell, you can come highlight us and you can get Donovan Mitchell. And so Miami Heat fans are under the belief that they can just purge all the white dudes off their roster, and that's all they have to do. In order to get Donovan Mitchell they're like, yeah, give them ducking Robinson and Tyler hero, maybe a first round pick, right? In a world where Rudy Gobert got four first round picks. That's what they think. Okay, but every time somebody tells about senator hero to Utah, I keep trying to explain this to people. That boy would retire before he went to the Utah Jazz sooner or a tire, right? And so there's always like the Utah defenders. He's like, yeah, yeah, we know. And then because they, you know, and Utah, they're a little sensitive about the fact that people don't want to play here. And so some guy hit me up and was like, well, he's from the suburbs of Milwaukee and he went to Kentucky. Why would he have a problem? 'cause he spent three years in Miami in like I imagine Tyler hero going to Miami would be like, if your foot was a size 12 and you'd been wearing a size ten year whole life and you didn't realize it until somebody gave you a 12. And you're like, oh my God, this is how she was supposed to fit.
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AP Sports SummaryBrief at 7:24 p.m. EDT
"AP sports I'm Dave ferry A person with knowledge of the deal says set of Rudy Gobert has been dealt by the jazz to the Timberwolves for four first round draft picks between 2023 and 2029 along with Patrick Beverly Malik Beasley and the rights to 2022 first rounder walker Kessler Two American men advanced to the fourth round of Wimbledon on Friday while two were ousted Francis TFO and Tommy Paul advanced Yannick center beat John Isner and Steve Johnson was beaten by Cameron nori Top seed Novak Djokovic lost just 7 games in his straight sets victory Metz pitcher Max Scherzer is now scheduled to make his return Tuesday against the reds More than a month after straining his left oblique The three time Cy Young award winner hasn't pitched since May 18th against the Cardinals Jim Montgomery is the new head coach of the bruins the 53 year old Montgomery spent the past two seasons as an assistant with the blues The sharks have fired bob bugner and his staff two months after the season ended the decision comes as San Jose remains in the market for a new general manager I'm Dave ferry AP sports
WTOP
"rudy gobert" Discussed on WTOP
"River, technology decisions aren't black and white. Think red, and here is Frank hammerhand Well, I just went final the nationals lose to the Marlins 6 to three at nationals park, as they had a two run Homer from kybert Ruiz, but that was pretty much it offensively Josiah grade didn't have it. Got the start went 5 and two thirds allowed ten hits, 6 earned runs. He did strike out 6. But he takes the loss as Rogers gets to win for the Marlins. He went 5 innings and struck out four as he only allowed one earned run 6 three Marlins take the first of four over the nationals at Nats park, then that's 50th loss of the year. They are now 29 and 50. And what's most disappointing is 14 and 28 act Nat's park. NBA free agency, not disappointed if you're the Utah Jazz or if there are any fans in this area that you taught jazz. That would actually be stunning, but the jazz trade center Rudy Gobert to Minnesota in a blockbuster deal T wolves give up four first rounders in other veteran players to Utah in return for Rudy Gobert. The Celtics get guard, Malcolm Brogdon, from the pacers, reportedly via tray, John wall inks a two year deal with the LA clippers, former wizard, finding a home with Los Angeles former wizard auto Porter gets a two year contract with Toronto, NFL, Baltimore Ravens outside linebacker Jalen Ferguson, died from the combined effects of fentanyl and cocaine according to medical examiners. It has just gone final the Marlins beating the nationals tonight 6 to three and ran to be TOP sports
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Winners, losers from the Rudy Gobert trade to the Timberwolves
"A person with knowledge of the deal says senator Rudy Gobert has been dealt by the jazz to the Timberwolves for four first round draft picks between 2023 and 2029 along with Patrick Beverly Malik Beasley and the rights to 2022 first rounder walker Kessler ESPN first reported the deal and says Jared Vanderbilt is also going to Utah The AP is also learned that Chicago guard Zach lavine and trailblazer center Yusuf nurkic are staying put after accepting new contracts and that the Celtics have required guard Malcolm Brogdon from the pacers for a 2023 first round pick and 5 backup forwards I'm Dave
NBA Front Office w/ Keith Smith & Trevor Lane
"rudy gobert" Discussed on NBA Front Office w/ Keith Smith & Trevor Lane
"Riding on game four on this one. All right, let's move to some news. On the jazz, willing to listen on trades for Rudy Gobert, but not so Donovan Mitchell that is pretty consistent with what we've been hearing. That they would consider moving him. Of course, Rudy Gobert's contract is something that teams will have to factor in four more years. Max deal, that's some teams will be willing to pay that, but still very, very high impact player. There's going to be suitors out there. It feels more like we're going to push towards a Gobert trade being executed here this summer. Maybe it doesn't happen. Maybe Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert are both on the jazz next season, but this franchise, the coach changing over, it feels like there's more change coming to this team. Yeah, you know better than anybody how I feel about this stuff when there's a lot of smoke. I tend to be all right. There's something here. We're hearing. I mean, it's now getting to be just about every day. We're hearing something about Gobert. Part of that is, I mean, whether you put it on him or the people work for him, then he doesn't exactly always keep things closest to the vest. I will say, though, when he does make moves, they generally tend to come a little out of nowhere. So Gobert is Chicago, the vucevic stuff that we've heard, I don't know about all that. But it was a surprise at all if he gets moved. It wouldn't shock me if there's some different team that jumps in on him that we haven't heard even worried about. And says, hey, yeah, we think he easily guy. I do think though it's going to be important if you trade him. It can't be for like a rebuilding package because you still got Mitchell so you're trying to still be competitive and keep him happy too. So we'll see. But I think you're right..
The Bill Simmons Podcast
"rudy gobert" Discussed on The Bill Simmons Podcast
"So the big reason, if you're think of Minnesota Memphis, is if there's an Edwards thing going on here that would be like kind of generational wouldn't just be like, oh man, remember that one. This would be something different would be going on. There's a chance that this guy is truly special. You go. Yeah, that's kind of what, wait, what if he really is this guy? Because he had this weird lull towards the end of the regular season, which I still, I'm just going to admit it. There are times where I feel like the D'angelo Russell combo with him, although this has been a better version of D'angelo Russell. Like my thing with the angel of Russell is this. He does the hard things well, and he does the really easy things poorly. And so it can still fuck you when he's going great scoring and dishing and his skill, but then it's like, why can't you do these other little things are a lot easier that can lead to losses. So I've always felt like even though I want a couple scoring options from the wing, I wondered if that ever got in the way of Anthony Edwards and when Edwards is like, all right, you know what? I just think I'm gonna take over here for a little while and then he started doing it again at the end of the regular season and then what he did in game one. This is not sort of more getting absurd here. But could we be on the cusp of all right, I don't even want to say this out loud because I feel like it's stupid. But my favorite example of like, oh, okay, so this is real. It's when LeBron got to that awful calves team to the NBA Finals. They beat Detroit that gets swept by the spurs. That team was not good. I always joked that the LeBron deserves a half a ring for that one. And then it's like, all right, well this is now it took the rest of it took a little bit longer than we thought. And I'm not saying Edwards now is going to carry the Timberwolves of the NBA Finals, but if this is as real as you and I think it could potentially be, then maybe this is what it's going to be. He's that special that I'd at least allow myself to have this thought where other 7 seeds. I'd be like, ah, whatever. You got the first one in Memphis is too good. They're going to figure this out. It turns 21 on August 5th. That's right, same birthday. It's.
The Bill Simmons Podcast
"rudy gobert" Discussed on The Bill Simmons Podcast
"I feel like I have some energy and a little ice cream at a Ginger ale. Let's try to stay up on the east coast time. But we're in Boston. When you talking about the old guys coming through, we just watched Chris Paul lay it to the pelicans. I actually looked this up on basketball reference. So he had like 30 points then assists. Only Kareem, Steve Nash, and Sam cassell, 36 years old and up. 30 points 9 assists. In the game. The play Afghan. There you go. Not even LeBron. I'm going to open up to you a little bit. You know, there's a lot of times where I think about my life. And I'll go, do you have to watch this much basketball? I told van pelt, I saw dad buying his kid a plastic shovel at the general store here in town the other day. Something happened to me on my insides when I was watching it. I was just watching it dad by shovel first kid. They were headed to the beach to make castles and stuff. And I was like, you don't have that in your life. And then I think back to like maybe just a hungover Sunday in West Hartford's living alone and stopping at the kiosk at the west farms mall and grabbing Rosetta stone and thinking, hey, if I learn Italian, that would probably improve my life. And so I have these moments. And yet then Chris Paul does what he did tonight and validates my entire existence. This is why you watch. I.
The NBA Show
"rudy gobert" Discussed on The NBA Show
"And so whatever deal they are able to make and also if they sign Daniel house for the rest of the season, like how they move and change the rotation and how that is going to play out in the playoffs. I think it's really going to matter. And so I think if we're looking at who's going to be the reason for their success, it will be Quinn and the players because making it happen on the court obviously is the end all be all. And if they, if they're able to do that, and make it work on the court, then we can look back and say, all right, well, was it Justin zanak or was it daddy age, right? But I don't think that people care as much about that. That's kind of a thankless job too, right? Like the guy who actually made the call and made the deal. But the deal only works if the guy can work with the team, work within the system. And so I really do that think that if they're successful, it'll be because Quinn and the players put it together. Well, you know, they feel very similar to Milwaukee last year where it's just like, we get it, you're good, but you gotta do something in the postseason. It's kind of put up or shut up. I'll be watching it very closely. I was really bullish on them coming into the season. I feel like when they've had all their guys, they still looked pretty good. And I understand that it's an 82 game season and we get it all of those caveats, but man, I'm very fascinated to see what will happen and yeah, I'm gonna be checking them Rudy postgame comments for the rest of this season I promise you that. Yes. Sarah, thank you so much for coming on. Deseret news, Sarah Todd. You're the goat. Tell people where they can find you. You can find me on all the socials at NBA Sarah read my stuff. It does red dot com. Love you. Thank you, Sarah, be good. Thanks, wise..
The NBA Show
"rudy gobert" Discussed on The NBA Show
"Would be a failure of this team if they continue to flame out and first or second round. But I think that beyond on the court, image is probably important to Donovan and I think we can go back all the way to The Rookie race against Ben Simmons. And that is a guy that he is going to be compared to throughout his career along with a guy like Devin Booker, whether or not Donovan Mitchell likes that or whether or not the comparison is fair. He's going to be compared to him. And Ben Simmons not getting along with a teammate and wanting out of his situation. And looking a certain way for trying to push himself out. Has not looked good for Ben Simmons. And I think that Donovan is probably pretty aware of how that looks. And so I don't think that Donovan wants to look like the guy. That's going to push himself out. And be hated on because of that. And so I think that it really depends on what this team is able to do. If they continue to lose, I think that he'll be able to say, I want out of this situation because I want to be a winner. But are you a winner if you're trying to go just get up shots next to Julius Randle in New York? Yeah. And so I think that the landing spot, the situation in Utah and how that's going to make out of a major look will really play into this. I want to dig a little bit deeper into the Rudy dynamic because from a distance, it seems pretty obvious what Rudy Gobert's deal is, meaning, I do all the thankless shit that wins his games that isn't glamorized. And I do it consistently, and I set hard ass screens and I wrote really hard to the rim and I barely touched The Rock and I'm the only reason we're not a fucking turn style on defense. Okay, I play a major fucking role on this team. And it feels like Donovan is sort of the center of gravity. And I can understand because look, I'll be the first person to say I've said some things about Rudy in the past because it's like the crowd about all star and you know I got a little good authority that he's literally going to the Utah statisticians for extra blocks and rebounds and all of that. Like that type of shit gets on my nerves, but you can't take away the fact that he doesn't think this job and he's doing it at a 110% every night. And I can understand why he's like, yo, everybody's jerking this dude off. He's so great. Why is that effort lacking? Why is he showing up in the ways that his peers are like Donovan? I'm like, excuse me, Devin Booker, et cetera, et cetera. I can't understand it. What's Donovan's problem with Rudy? Yeah, I mean, I think that it's like something that can go both ways like Rudy saying all those things like none of that's gonna be incorrect. But Donovan could turn around and be like, you know, we lose 6 possessions a game because you're in the backcourt like bitch into the officials like run back where you're supposed to be so that you can space us out. That's the reason that you're down there, right? Right. They could both like back and forth on like you should do this better. I think that what adds to sort of the Rudy thing too is like not only is he doing so much on the court, but he's also so misunderstood off the court. And there's like, you know, him being like an international guy and you mentioned the crying after all star thing. People are going to remember that and they're going to think like, oh, you were crying because you didn't get all star spot, which in my opinion would have been fine. But he also had just gotten off the phone with his mom who really wanted that for him. And he grew up in the projects in France and incredible poverty and for her to be like, I wanted this for you as a touchstone to show how far you've come. That would make any grown man cry. You know? Absolutely. And so like, he's also like one of the most self reflective players that I've ever covered, like in the ten years of covering the league. And I think that guys of that sensitivity, guys of his ilk. You're not in a part of the NBA fraternity, right? Like he's not a part of the cool guy group. And so I think that that probably eats it him in a way that maybe will make him say things like look at Devin Booker. He's improved on defense, right? When maybe the real thing that he wants to say is, I want everybody to care as much as I do. That's not the cool thing to say in a locker room, right? Right. And so it's a lot of different things. And because, you know, I do want to get you out of here. I feel like if the Utah Jazz flame out and say the second round this year, had to have been a role whether that be a breakup of the team, some trades, whatever, something's going to happen. What's your sense about where this is all going if they don't reach the goals that they've set out for themselves? Yeah, I've said this a few times this year that I think that quin Snyder is an incredibly smart coach. I think these really good. I think that he's well respected throughout the coaching community. But even still, I think he's probably underrated. And all of that being said, 5 years in the playoffs and basically no results higher than first or second round. You might start there, right? Especially if the jazz go into it healthy because he hasn't really had like fully healthy roster. But if the jazz go into the playoffs healthy and they still flame out at that point, you kind of have to start thinking top to bottom. Is Danny ainge the one that made the calls, the trade deadline or is Justin zanik, and which one of them is going to pay for it is Quinn Snyder going to be able to make it work with this group. What if we blow it up and it's a different group? Do we want quin Snyder at the helm? And then you go down to the roster. And it's like, are we going to blow it up? Or are we going to pick off around the edges and see if we can rebuild it? And so I think it's top down that you have to start looking at the team. Yeah, it feels that way because, you know, and Ryan Smith got hired and I mean I hide when he bought the team and he was saying all the right things and you know Utah's not obviously it's a famously small market. We know what the luxury tax implications are but he came out and he said, yo, first thing I'm doing is on I'm giving Rudy $200 million. Which sounds great when you're coming in and it's all optimistic and everything is sunny and rosy. Then a couple years you don't make it past the second round or you start looking at your tax bill and you're like, wow, what are we really doing here so it feels like again like that this is that this is do or die and you know I wanna know if they succeed, why do you think that that will be. This is a good question. I think that I think that success this season really, really depends on what they're able to do this week. I don't think that the team as is going to succeed. I think they need more. And so whether or not they bring in someone that can really sure things up is going to really make a difference. And I do have some doubts about that because angles isn't the capital that he was when he was healthy..
The NBA Show
"rudy gobert" Discussed on The NBA Show
"What's age been like throughout this whole process? It's got to suck probably to have a jazz beat writer on here with you right now and for me to be like, I don't know. It's so weird, man, because you know, if Danny age wanted to come in and just be a part of the basketball world again, they could have hired him on as like a senior consultant, right? But they gave him the title of CEO of all of basketball. That's a title that didn't exist before and a title that feels very big. They didn't give him the pobo title. And they still have a general manager. And so it feels like age has a lot of sway. But how that works, I don't know, because the only interaction the reporters have had with Danny ainge has been his introductory press conference back in December. And Ryan Smith the owner and angel and even Justin, mostly it felt like spearheaded by Ryan Smith. We're trying to sort of push this narrative that they're operating as like a startup tech company that everything is collaborative and everything happens in the room together. And there is no hierarchy, but that's not how basketball works. You know? Someone's got to make the call to Ryan and say this is what this is the last word. Someone, if things go bad, someone's going to fall on a sword. And it's not, it's not a collaborative sword, right? And so I don't know how the ancient works. And I've got to think that if I don't know, there's other people that don't know. And there's probably players that are feeling the same way. Like, I don't know how this works either. And so it's that is a little bit of a strange drop in the pool that has made things a little weird this season. Well, you hear, you know, I've heard some snarky remarks. Yeah, he's the part time GM with all the power. Like you hear that like he's kinda there, but he's kind of not. It's so strange and, you know, the reason why I bring it up is because you mentioned it when we got on the call. We're right ahead of the trade deadline. And who's doing that? Are the jazz trying to make a move? What are you hearing about what they're doing to upgrade this roster? 'cause again, it feels like it's either now or never with this group. It does feel like that. No matter what's going to happen, like you said, we'll get into Donovan or Rudy stuff like no matter what happens with those guys. The thing is, is that you don't know what's going to happen, right? And so you have to push all the chips in when you got these guys in their prime. And the window felt like it was last season. And so this might be the last window that you have. And Mike Conley's still playing great. That's not going to father time is undefeated since that's not going to keep happening forever. And so you just got to push all the chips in, then Joe ingles blows out his knee, tears his ACL. He's done. That really changes the dynamic of what they're able to do. And that happens, you know, a week before the trade deadline, that doesn't make things easy, because I think that Joe engels was pretty high on that trade block and that they were going to try to move him to be able to bring in maybe a winged defender, maybe a two way guy, but now you might have to package picks in there with Joe just to offload the contract so you're not paying $30 million in luxury tax for a guy that's on the bench. And so they've got a couple of other roster spots open, but there are questions like is Hassan Whiteside going to be good enough for a few minutes in the playoffs? Or do you need to get another center to come in behind Gobert? Are you going to be able to play small ball with Rudy gay? Or is he not athletic enough to handle what's going to be thrown at him in the playoffs? They've got, you know, Donovan Mitchell Mike Conley, Joe ingles was like the backup ball handler when those guys aren't on the floor, Joe ingles is in there anymore. Forest who's on a two way contract, they would have to give him a standard deal now if they want him to plug in for a few minutes. So there's so many moving pieces and so many things that they really should address and they've got less capital now without the Joe ingles health. Right. And so they lose a key dog last week, tough, but he said he's coming back. He's not, you know, this isn't a career, anything. He's going to be back. He's not retiring. As per my mentor and Bon temps, but not some bomb attempts. McMahon. Shouts to the hoop collective. Look, I feel like I had you come up here today because the Rudy and Donovan thing is back to very high levels of spice. Your call obviously 'cause you're over there. I think it was about two years ago. We got the first rumors and grumblings about, well, maybe Donovan Mitchell isn't that happy and you saw maybe he would be open to a trade or maybe it would be this. And then, of course, the world blamed Rudy Gobert for a global pandemic, which was ridiculous. And that whole awkwardness and then I remember there was a time of kumbaya where everybody was like, that everything's fine, folks. Actually, I've seen them remember Sarah. You were one of the people like calm down, everything's okay, yes, they don't, you know, go on banana boats together in the off season, but they find, but recently, the spices back up. And he's talking about playing with the purpose. He's quoted as to saying when you watch the warriors and the sun's play. They're playing with passion and purpose and their guys care about stopping the guy in front of them. He mentioned Devin Booker by name about how hard Devin Booker plays and how he cares about it on defense and I'm just like, huh. Point to other teams and say specifically how they're exceeding in ways or succeeding excuse me in ways that the jazz aren't. That felt like a shot across the bow to Donovan Mitchell. It definitely didn't feel like it wasn't a shot. There are a couple of things there. I do think that things get overinflated from the outside about Donovan and Rudy. I do think that Donovan has sort of like a quick temper. Like he reacts very quickly. And needs a minute to cool down. I think that's what happened back when COVID broke out and you heard a lot of stuff about their relationship. He's really mad at first and then he kind of steps back. It's what happened when the medical staff told him he couldn't play in game one against Memphis last year. He reacted very quickly to that, took a step back and then it turned out that he was not ready to go. He was injured, right? And so he is a little bit reactionary when it comes to stuff like that. But I think that there's a few things. It's not like Rudy's wrong, right? He's not. The proof is putting. Right. And Donovan Mitchell himself has been talking about it at least three seasons now that I've been here that he needs to be better on defense in order for this team to succeed. And so Donovan is able to say it, but it's one of those things that's like, yeah, man, I can say it, but you don't get to compare me to Devon Booker out in the media. That doesn't feel great. It doesn't look great. I think that image is really important to Donovan. And I think that the image of being a winner is important. I think that the west finals or bust is an expectation, not just from Donovan, but it's the expectation from the outside of this team..
The NBA Show
"rudy gobert" Discussed on The NBA Show
"The lamprey joined by a very special guest today. My friend of the deseret news Saratoga was going on Sarah. I might just gearing up for the trade deadline. I love you. You know, I love having my friends up here to dish all the teams that they cover that they move close to because again, it's hard for us who are not with the team every day to be as close to what's going on as you are. And obviously I think I feel like you one of the most plugged in people with Utah, that being said, it's the kind of crazy time for the jazz right now. Injuries, of course, have decimated them, but they're something like three and 11 in their last 14 games. That messed up. Yeah, but before they won the last two, they went four and 12 through all of January. It was a bad month for them, man. NBA Finals teeth with NBA Finals aspirations don't generally go forward for tea or Ford 1280 particular stretch, so obviously a bad sign. I wanted to talk about them today because I have a hard time quitting the jazz after they let me down last playoffs. I still was like, they got all the stuff to make a run this year. I talked to Donovan Mitchell before the season started. He literally said Conference Finals or busts. This season is a failure. If the jazz don't go to the Conference Finals, but they sort of hit this rough patch. What would you mainly attribute this to besides obviously the COVID and injuries? Yeah, the COVID and the injuries are a big part of it, but I think that through the stretch when they were dealing with COVID and injuries. And right now they're just barely starting to come out of it. What was highlighted was their biggest weaknesses, because like as guys start going down, the things that you have problems with before are just going to shine even brighter. And so perimeter defense has been a problem for the jazz for as long as we can probably remember. All of the playoff appearances that they have had under quin Snyder perimeter defense has been a problem. It's been the rockets, the warriors, Denver, the clippers, and all of it has been because they haven't been versatile. And because they haven't been able to handle the point of attack. And that is still a problem for the jazz. And so I think that when you think about the problems, it's like, will they be able to handle that in the playoffs once again? And then also what we see is they can not play if they don't have rigobert. And they can not play if they don't have Donovan Mitchell. And the same could be said about most teams if you take their two best players to all stars away. But they don't have the depth of Phoenix Suns who can plug in a guy if maybe a guy's down with injury. They don't have that. You know, quit Snyder for as great and successful as he's been in Utah. He has one of the lowest profiles in the league for a coach. Like you just don't hear from the guy. So I wonder what's the sense of how he feels about how things are going. Yeah, definitely. That's a low profile. It has a little profile in Utah. The guy is private as hell. He does not, you're not going to see a feature written about coin Saturn, his family. That's not happening. I think that you can tell when Quinn is frustrated because like postgames, he is his hands shake a little bit more. He takes off his glasses and puts them on like repeatedly when he's extra frustrated. Like he doesn't know exactly what to do with his hands or glasses. And he's been doing that a lot lately. I mean, he just came out of COVID protocol today. And so he's been gone for a week, but before that, there were times during the stretch where he's like, listen, it doesn't matter who we've got on the court. We have to defend. That has to happen and the fact that guys aren't focused. And they're not defending as a problem. And so he gets most frustrated on non effort plays. He could care less if the guys shoot the ball and it goes in, honestly. But he gets really pissed off when guys aren't putting in effort on the other end. Well, they were third in defensive efficiency last year, and I think right now last I checked there about 14 mid table. That's just not going to get it done as much as they've, you know, they've traditionally they've been a defensive first team. That's what they're calling card was for the last three, four years. Then last year, they became this sort of juggernaut on offense and I feel like a lot of times when that happens with teams and players, they start to lead into offense because shooting making threes dunks and all of that. That's what gets you on SportsCenter. That's what gets you FaceTime. Executing perfectly Chris rotations generally doesn't. And it feels like they've shot away from that identity. Yeah, it feels like I think that Mike Conley has been one of the guys the last few weeks that has been a proponent of getting back to what that feeling was last season because yeah, it feels obviously it feels good when you're hitting daggers and dudes faces, you know, and you guys are hitting 20, 23, threes a night, right? That stuff feels good. But, you know, the last couple of weeks you hear Mike Conley, he's 34 years old. He's diving on the floor for loose balls and he's like running into screens and stuff. And he's like, right now we need to be excited about a good screen. Right now we need to be excited about an offensive rebound. Those are the plays that we need to be excited about. Because the other stuff, even early in the season before they hit that rough patch in January, the jazz just didn't feel good or exciting. There was just something that felt a little off. And I think that maybe they needed to kind of get smacked in the face a little bit so they can get back to exactly what you were saying, they had last season. You know, I feel like if this team wasn't in Utah, they would be a lot more chatter around the situation, right? And we're gonna get into Rudy and Donovan in a minute. We'll get spicy in a minute. But I want to talk about the Danny age of it all because this is his first year in charge. Obviously, he's really close friends with the owner and all indications are that he's got a lot of sway and influence in decision making. And he hasn't put his imprint on the team yet. So I feel like guys have to be feeling that part of it with new management and sort of not knowing where they stand with the new group..
The NBA Show
"rudy gobert" Discussed on The NBA Show
"In West Virginia. I would be real. Young players do not like them small small town cities because they want a party. They want to do all this stuff. They want to kick it. They want to chill. They want to just have all the cliche that in the endorsements and all these things, but they want to have everything that comes with the big city at a young age because of what they think of big city provides for them. Mid market team came through. And I was talking to a player there. And he was talking like, man, I hate this such a subcity. There ain't nothing to do. And just in the Nick of time, OG, former player comes and it's like, I couldn't have scripted the city better, Raja. And the OG is like, yo, man. You're probably in a better situation in a young and a mid market city to do what you want to do than if you were in a New York or LA or all these places. And he was like, I'm going to show you, I'm going to show you the game. I'm going to show you what it is, right? But I say all that to say to bring it all the way back to Donovan. We see all these things with Donovan Mitchell. Because of the CAA ties with the New York Knicks. And he's from the New York area. That's why there's always just speculation and things like that. You see that, right? You see the allure of some of the Knicks always have a lore. The badass the Square Garden always has an allure. No matter how good or bad they are. I remember a couple weeks ago when Dan Lillard was in town irv Gotti was like, yo man, I need you to come to the Knicks. I need you to come here. Yeah. Right? There's that allure all the time. I just see when you talk about Donovan Mitchell, man. And I hope that this isn't the case. And I hope that this doesn't. I think that if you build it right, if Utah is as good as an organization as we all think they are just in the front office and things like that, it can work out to stay and keep going. My question to you is, how does a narrative start from a player perspective from us? When you see it from the inside looking out, where it's like, oh man, you like to tweet. And how do we exacerbate a situation that doesn't even necessarily need to be exacerbated? Because I do think that that's kind of what's happening between him and Rudy Gobert. Well, I mean, you exacerbated by writing a dumb shit. Okay. That was to me. That's how you exacerbate it, right? If I'm joy angles, and I have to sit up there, I don't know that Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell are liking or subliminally sending jabs. That's not my business. I don't know that until you at until you ask the stupid question and here I go. And now I leave the press conference and I'm minding my own doing what I do talking to family, hey, you're good to see y'all gotta catch this hop on a bus, we got a flight to catch. You know, I'm out and then I'm sitting down and you know chilling back into scene. I'm like, what the fuck was he talking about? Let me dig into this shit a little bit. Let me start asking some questions, right? And now we gotta now we got a snowball effect started. And families, I mean, teams are families, or as close to families as you're going to get. And I've been on teams where the culture was love, love, love, and everybody got along and it rolled smoothly. And we didn't play well. And I'd been on teams where it was more of a business relationship where there was a respect level, but maybe we didn't break bread all the time and maybe we weren't at each other's holiday parties and stuff like that. And we kicked ass. You know what I mean? So they're different families and they're different types of locker rooms and they're different types of relations, even within those. And so I don't read a lot into whether or not guys, but whether or not guys are always looking like they're besties. We're together or you are together all of the time. I mean, you're spending plan rides and bus rides and I hear your conversations because I'm sitting in the seat right behind you and you hear mine and I know what's going on here and you know and you know sometimes that shit just gets to be a lot and people need to be able to go through their little thing and keep it moving. I don't know, you know, all that's going on there between Rudy and Donovan. And so if I were their teammate, I wouldn't want to be answering questions about it. I don't know. I can't speak for how a locker room is was when you were a player and I would love to get your perspective after I share this, but man, these dudes are on their phone so much now, man. I'm assuming it's like the equivalent to the newspaper when you guys are when you were playing, right? They're in their phones so much about what's going on. But the thing is that you guys have it. I've talked to a lot of players about former players about this. You guys could at least turn the shit off, right? You can like, you could put down a newspaper and be like, I'm gonna go, I'm not gonna read this bullshit, right? Yeah. They read them, they do, they do these things, and they look on social media and they see what other people are saying about them. You're alone in Utah as Donovan Mitchell, and you're just looking at yourself and you're like, you see a tweet that says, Rudy Gobert is annoying. And he's like, you know what? Sometimes we're gonna do a bear Caribbean. Annoying, right? And then you keep thinking about these all the time, they're Rudy Gobert was adoring, right? And then that builds up something, I'm just this is an example. I don't really like obviously I'm just going on without like I ain't Tony Jones in the streets in Salt Lake City. I don't know all the things. But what I'm saying is in this generation, we know way too much about these motherfucking players and they know way they can their way to accessible to slander and all these things in a way that I don't think is really healthy for teams. That's why I think we see so many people that are trying to go get that instant gratification. They're trying to make that new look at try to get all these things going. So I can see, you know, somebody saw Lake with nothing to do, even though they could go hike it and there's a lot of stuff to do, do some outdoorsy stuff, get up out the house, but to keep your phone at home, but they don't do that because they're young and they want to kick it in New York or something like that..
The NBA Show
"rudy gobert" Discussed on The NBA Show
"Good dude. Good dude. Really good dude. And I was like, I didn't know, man, 'cause I kinda known him in this time with the warriors. And I didn't know. You know? 'cause he only see that you only see them once a year, you only see the mad some Easter Congress teams once a year, but everything is advertised really good dude. We'll just keep it at that. But as far as his pod, his concern, he is not a friend of the pot yet. He has to earn that. That's fair. I think that's fair. Is that fair? Okay. I think you were listen, respect is earned friendship is earned. Friendship. But he's a good dude. He's a really good guy. But he's earned. Friendship is like his friendship solid, but generally speaking, like friendship is earned. What do you mean? There's got to be a mutual trust. We there's earning a friendship. I shouldn't just happen. All I'm gonna say is nurse. I love you. Roger loves you, but if you went on this pod, if you ate on his power, I was wearing that was a friend. I was just looking around. I wanted to talk about I want to talk to you. I want to go to your old stomping grounds. I want to go to Utah. I want to go to Salt Lake shout out to vaulters. We in the building. We shout out, I'll be on there too in March. I'm in the streets. Are you in the streets? Yeah. Yeah. I'm a big canyon. Yeah. Okay. Hey, hey, hey. Lock in with rah. He gonna say it with his chest when you see him. All right? But anyway, I wanted to talk about the Utah Jazz. Specifically, I wanted to talk about Donovan Mitchell. And the reason why I've been wanting to talk about Donovan Mitchell is because the jazz came through the bay a few weeks ago. And I remember you had to ring up on it. Just because I wanted to see him tell it to my guy, Eric paschall. You know, I covered him. When he was with the Golden State Warriors, but what I saw about Donovan Mitchell and there's been this friction between him and Rudy Gobert. But it's like in a very millennial way like Donovan Mitchell was like tweets. He is when he's pressed on these tweets and I know you hate this about our generation, Raja will be like, so what you say about that? What was you saying? He was like, well, we just getting ready for tomorrow's game and just evades the question. He's abating the question between his funk or alleged funk with Rudy Gobert. And this comes back up because the other day, somebody asked, you know, when this is from a media perspective, when there's smoke, we got, you know, we gotta see if there's a fire. So we gonna ask your teammates about what's going on with these like tweets. All right, we gonna ask somebody till we get an answer. So somebody, I guess somebody asked Joe mingles about Donovan and all the situation. And he says, I don't think Donovan Mitchell wants to leave. That is interesting to me, right? Because not because I don't think Donovan or maybe he does he's from the east coast. I don't think Donovan Mitchell is going to leave any time soon. From your Utah Jazz, but you know, who knows, right? But it does seems like the seeds of a narrative are about to form Raja. The seeds of the narrative that we typically see with, I'm not going to say small town 'cause I got a lot of respect for Salt Lake City, but especially in the plain states in the middle of America and all the and basically if you're not a big city or not considered a big city and you have a star, there's always the allure of going to a big city. We've been seeing this more and more about if somebody a high profile guy has a festival funk with a teammate that is, you know, good or stuff like that. We see a narrative form. I'm starting to see this happen, Raja. Is there fire where we see smoke? First of all, let me just put a pin in your question and give a shout out to Joe ingles that injury. I fear that it is an ACL MCL type of deal. It just loaded Utah man. Yeah, horrible injury. Hopefully it's not, but I don't have much faith in that. But shout out, I feel that's terrible. To your question about Donovan Mitchell. I don't know exactly what's going on with Donovan Mitchell, or the jazz. So I want to be clear about that. But in situations like this, typically, there does come a point. If you can't get that championship, you know, or your team is just really, really close and never really gets over the hump. You then have to start asking your question either question and worrying about said player, you know, wanting to leave. And that's not specific to the jazz. That's just kind of the situation. In any pro sport, while you have these windows and you have these players that you have control over because you've drafted them and you've got them young, you know, for the most part, just happy to be in the NBA destination and second homes and things like that aren't at.
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Gobert has double-double, Jazz beat Nuggets 125-102
"Rudy Rudy Gobert Gobert returned returned from from a a five five game game absence absence and and led led Utah Utah one one twenty twenty five five one one oh oh two two victory victory over over the the nuggets nuggets go go bear bear was was out out because because of of health health and and safety safety protocols protocols but but made made a a big big difference difference once once he he was was back back on on the the floor floor with with eighteen eighteen points points and and nineteen nineteen rebounds rebounds Donovan Donovan Mitchell Mitchell was was game game high high with with thirty thirty one one points points as as the the jazz jazz ended ended a a four four game game losing losing streak streak Utah Utah scored scored the the first first eleven eleven points points of of the the fourth fourth quarter quarter for for a a one one oh oh two two eighty eighty eight eight lead lead and and the the rest rest was was easy easy the the nugget nugget defeat defeat came came despite despite Nicole Nicole yoga yoga just just ninth ninth triple triple double double of of the the season season Bruce Bruce Morton Morton Denver Denver
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Cavs rout short-handed Jazz to improve to 3-1 on 6-game trip
"Twenty twenty one one unanswered unanswered third third quarter quarter points points lifted lifted Cleveland Cleveland past past slumping slumping Utah Utah one one eleven eleven to to ninety ninety one one Lamar Lamar Stevens Stevens finished finished with with a a game game high high twenty twenty three three points points fifteen fifteen of of them them in in that that big big third third quarter quarter not not just just you you know know feel feel really really confident confident you you know know just just you you know know ride ride that that confidence confidence and and allow allow my my game game is is just just gonna gonna take take me me take take me me to to the the fifteen fifteen points points the the cavs cavs busted busted open open a a close close game game with with their their big big run run good good for for an an eighty eighty three three fifty fifty eight eight cushion cushion with with three three forty forty one one left left in in the the third third the the victory victory gives gives Cleveland Cleveland a a three three and and one one record record on on its its western western trip trip well well the the jazz jazz without without center center Rudy Rudy Gobert Gobert because because of of health health and and safety safety protocols protocols have have lost lost four four in in a a row row I'm I'm Bruce Bruce Morton Morton
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Mitchell, Gobert lead Jazz over 76ers for 6th straight win
"The the jazz jazz made made it it six six in in a a row row as as they they put put the the ball ball one one eighteen eighteen ninety ninety six six win win over over the the seventy seventy Sixers Sixers you you taught taught to to control control the the second second quarter quarter with with a a fifteen fifteen six six run run keyed keyed by by a a pair pair of of threes threes by by Donovan Donovan Mitchell Mitchell they they push push away away the the thirteen thirteen in in the the third third then then use use a a nine nine nothing nothing run run taken taken a a twenty twenty point point lead lead in in the the fourth fourth majority majority game game high high twenty twenty two two points points Rudy Rudy Gobert Gobert added added seventeen seventeen there there were were two two of of the the eight eight U. U. tall tall players players who who scored scored in in double double figures figures the the way way we we play play that that would would move move the the bodies bodies is is unique unique and and that that the the number number of of weapons weapons that that we we have have on on the the other other team team is is unique unique Joel Joel Embiid Embiid had had nineteen nineteen for for the the Sixers Sixers Michael Michael Luongo Luongo Philadelphia Philadelphia
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Bogdanovic scores 27 to lead Jazz to 120-85 rout of 76ers
"The Utah Jazz route of the Philadelphia seventy six is one twenty two eighty five the jazz led by only two after the first quarter but then outscored Philly sixty seven thirty eight over the next two quarters to run away with it Utah's defense was the difference holding the Sixers just nineteen points in each of the final three quarters anchored by Rudy Gobert or grab seventeen rebounds and blocked four shots going on bug down which led the jazz with twenty seven points the Sixers about lost five straight games all sins Jo Ellen beat one on the covert list I'm John Merriam
Xtra Sports Radio 1300 AM
"rudy gobert" Discussed on Xtra Sports Radio 1300 AM
"The bucks close out the Nets hawks close out the 70 Sixers, the jazz flameout sons beat the Clippers in Game one without Chris, Paul and quite plundered wasn't there for the Clippers? Um, tonight? No NBA. Back to the Jazz. You know, I've railed on first team second team, third team All NBA where you have to have two guards and two forwards in the center. Okay. How many Good centers are there Three. Joker and Bead Rudy Gobert. Right? Therefore, Rudy Gobert are is considered one of the top 15 players in the NBA. But he's not. The Clippers exposed Rudy go there. So when we talk about great defenders You know, but that guy is the defensive player of the year. Okay, He's a rim protector. But as far as like, you can't be the best defensive player one of the top defensive players and then be a liability on defense. And that's where the Clippers Terence Man, for God's sakes. Terence Man. Lit up Rudy Gobert and fight would have said, Hey, here's a headline. You're probably not going to believe Terrence Mann lighting up Rudy Gobert. And he did. Pick and roll. That's why you know, in today's NBA where you go. Is there any room for a big man? If you can't handle pick and roll, then no, like you become a liability. So I don't want to hear. Oh, you know, Rudy Gobert defensive player. If you get four blocks or three blocks in a gang and you average that that doesn't mean you're the defensive player of the year. Because he got exposed. This is all about perimeter defense. Your defensive player of the year should be somebody who can play on the perimeter because that's where games are won and lost. Not. Hey, I'm a rim protector. It's nice to have that. But in the post season he got exposed. And I know the jazz weren't completely healthy. Donovan Mitchell, you should still win. You got to win that game. There's no excuse for that. You don't even have quite Leonard in there. And I I do want to say this. This is not going to be said by many people. But Tyler, who has done a wonderful job. With the Clippers. He really has He makes adjustments. I thought that he was unfairly maligned after LeBron had won the title, and then they eventually got rid of him, and then he couldn't get a job. I think he's a really good coach. And I think he's made adjustment. Just the fact you don't have co why? I know the sons didn't have Chris Paul, but you're in Phoenix and you're still in the game late in the game. And I don't know if they win this series. But I will say, I think there will be far more competitive because of Tyler, who there. And they had an opportunity and I don't know if Kawai is going to play Probably not going to play in Game two, and then we'll see when the series goes back to Los Angeles. Jon Rahm won the US Open at Torrey Pines. We'll talk about that. Your phone calls are welcome. Best and worst of the weekend. What you saw that you liked you didn't like 8773. DP SHOW email address. Dp Dan patrick dot com Twitter handle At DP Show.
AP News Radio
Mitchell Scores 30, Jazz Beat Memphis 120-113 to Go Up 3-1
"The Utah Jazz grabbed a three games to one lead in their first round series against the Memphis Grizzlies with a one twenty one thirteen victory Donovan Mitchell led the jazz with thirty points as Utah's round with three straight wins after dropping game one of the series at home I think the biggest thing is we didn't come into our room right we cannot have you for the women leaders to come knocking like you got a job at the it's not finished yet that's the message we know this message Jordan Clarkson added twenty four points for the jazz or Rudy Gobert scored thirteen of his seventeen points in the third quarter or Utah scored forty one points to grab a thirteen point lead jamarat Cup the Grizzlies with twenty three points and twelve assists the jets can close out this best of seven series in Utah on Wednesday I'm Jim Bernard
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NBA-Leading Jazz Beat Rockets 124-116 for 50th Victory
"The Utah Jazz picked up win number fifty on the season with a one twenty four one sixteen victory over the Houston Rockets George nearing tied a career high with twenty four points on nine of twelve shooting from the field including six rate from three point range at the jazz stretched the lead for the conference top seed to a game and a half over the Phoenix Suns it's the end of the year and but I think at the end of the day we we have an end goal in mind and that's obviously to be number one not at the end of the season and at the end of the playoffs and that's our goal Jordan Clarkson added twenty one points for Utah or Rudy Gobert had a double double with fourteen rebounds and thirteen points Kenyon Martin junior and curry Thomas topped the rockets in scoring with twenty seven points apiece I'm Jim Bernard
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Timberwolves Rally to Beat Jazz in Utah for 2nd Time
"The Minnesota Timberwolves knocked off the team with the best record in the NBA with a one on one ninety six win over the Utah Jazz the temple's enter the contest twenty eight games below five hundred but rallied from a seventeen point first quarter deficit and held the jazz under one hundred points for the first time since January Karl Anthony towns led Minnesota with twenty four points and twelve rebounds well Anthony Edwards and Angela Russell each scored twenty three points apiece boy bye Donna which topped the jazz with thirty points and Rudy Gobert are pulled down seventeen rebounds I'm Jim Bernard
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NBA-leading Jazz deal Thunder seventh straight loss, 106-96
"The Utah Jazz rallied from a big early deficit to post a one oh six ninety six win over the Oklahoma City thunder Rudy Gobert had fourteen rebounds thirteen points plus seven blocked shots as the jetro by seventeen points in the first quarter but stormed back to lead by as many as twenty five in the fourth volume by Donna which led the jazz in scoring with twenty three points while Donovan Mitchell added twenty two George Liang had eighteen points and ten rebounds and Mike Conley passed out fourteen assists against Dordt scored a career high forty two points for the thunder who dropped their seventh straight game I'm Jim Bernard
Game Theory Podcast
"rudy gobert" Discussed on Game Theory Podcast
"He's he's gotten way way better defensively to the page. Like he's really really good. Now. I like Jaden Springer another guy where I'm a little bit worried about the fit as much as anything, but I like how tough he is like you very clearly is super tough dog. Has athleticism that I think doesn't quite bear itself out on the court as much as it could at some point like he has do you remember like how much. Have been Mitchell from his first year wage level? Have you watched? I didn't start watching Donovan until Year too. So when Donovan was a was a freshman and he did a similar thing to Jaden where he'd take off off two feet every time he blowed up two feet jump and try to like finish up through guys and now he's like figured out okay, I have to go around guys. Like I'm six three and have a seven foot wingspan and have a great jumper but I still can't go through guys cuz I'm just not big enough Jaden needs to figure that out. If he does I'm very interested if he doesn't we'll see right. So, where are you on Shareef Coupe? Cuz all right. So, I'm sorry. I want to ask you that cuz I don't know like I'll be honest. I'm not sure. Okay, so he he's he's dead. Trae young wear in the sense that men it's going to be really really really hard for him to fend to defend anybody at the NBA level by anyone. Yep and Trae young get away with it because Thursday is 28 and he's gotta learn any his jump shot needs a lot of work. Yep, but he's a point A to point B guy and there's just not a lot of guys around. I think he's an elite ball handler and an elite live gerbil passer. Yes Elite. I don't think that you can quite have enough effectiveness at his size without at least the threat of a jumper like I think that the best you can do without the threat of the jumper it's six foot or whatever he is and not playing he's not dead foot. I mean, it's listed at 6-1. I was even going underneath you might be right that he's under six foot tall. But like there's a lot of like if Smith there to make em, like people are going to think that that's like super negative or But like no that's positive but if realize how to play at his size, we're like issues like okay, I can't shoot. I'm not gonna be able to defend but what I am is one of the fastest news in the league, I'm going to get an elite shape. That's what people don't realize about ish Smith or Smith is in better shape than everybody he can run all day and that's the kind of shape but you have to be in that size. You have to be the Energizer Bunny and issues masks maximize every strength that he has and he's still a change-of-pace point guard in the NBA, right? You can put them on the floor for 20 minutes tonight, right? So I want to like if Sharif Cooper shoots, he's going to be a starting NBA point guard like no questions in my mind if he doesn't shoe it's probably something like if Smith Finish Smith is like worth in early second-round pick. There's just not a lot of ball-handlers on his level in the world know. He's one of probably the 15 best like ball-handler livejournal passer like combinations on planet Earth agreed which is like I like people like meltdown when I say that about non NBA players, but we'll get lamelo ball. Like I said lamelo ball is one of the ten best lives were pastors like on planet Earth..
Game Theory Podcast
"rudy gobert" Discussed on Game Theory Podcast
"I mean like they might be like eighth or so in the East but I don't know that we need to go as far as we need to definitely get off at an All-Star because they're in the playoffs when they're nine eleven dollars 8th currently. Yeah. I was going to say what they are not but they are nine eleven, but they have gone through Straight and one of those is on in Milwaukee. Yeah. Yeah. Do you know who won that game for them? Lamelo, holy my my guy. I'm I'm listen. I'm doing Victory laps all over the NBA. I just want to let you know that right now cuz I was the one that told you all the Mellow was going to be grown. Now, here's the thing Tony. I think that like if they got it felt like most NBA draft like public people had lamelo at number one, right? Like if she felt that way to me. I certainly had him there like I had him there like pretty clearly. I mean, I just don't get taking Anthony Edwards over him, but you know, that's the conversation for another time probably. Yeah, I'm just saying like we you know a lot of us have a mellow. Well, I guess like here's the maybe Gordon Hayward is not an All-Star. It's going to be off key is going to be in the mix though. This may be the way to put it. He'll be in the mix with Zach LaVine with I think that I probably would take Middleton like solidly over him right now and like one guy we haven't talked about is Russell Westbrook here and Russ is averaging like nineteen ninety nine again, but I don't think Russ wage. Do you think there's really a case for us to be an All-Star this year? There's no case of recipe and despite his his game against Brooklyn on Sunday night. Yeah, I mean like after that game R Us is going to be averaging off what probably twenty ten and nine something like that. That's crazy and I but know that there's a kids of his Advanced metrics or not kind they're bad wage. They're very bad and that team is 4 and 12 the way we can give a four and twelve team to All Stars and if I'm picking one of the two, I'm picking Bradley Beal. Are we giving them one off * 4 + 12 is 4 and 12. I am giving them Bradley Beal because Bradley Beal is averaging thirty-six points again. They currently have the worst record in the NBA. Yeah, I get it..
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"rudy gobert" Discussed on Game Theory Podcast
"MBS, where was like, oh really go Bears being played off the floor yada yada yada and that was bullshit really gaubert was Utah's best player in that series took a country mile by a million miles and he was literally the only reason that the Jazz were even competitive in some of those games last year was awful for me. It was it was actually it was actually funny because in real time I was like, wow, you know Rudy's play really well on offense. I mean Rudy's playing really well offensively, but he's really struggling against yogesh defensively and then I saw how much yolk is your visceral rated the Clippers and how many issues he was given Lakers and I was like, oh my word Rudy gobert actually played him pretty well in hindsight. I you know, I don't know what to Stats bear in in playoff situations juice. But you know all of the stats and you know regular season situations, they they really go bear defense pretty well in space or he has defended pretty well spaced and you know, maybe that's you know, when you're in the regular season and you get defending, you know, Orlando's guards one night and you know, Minnesota's guards and other night, you know, that can skew that can skew the numbers a little bit off but he was but you know, he was legitimately good in the in the Nugget Series last year was just that jokic was playing, you know all World Basketball. Yeah, just might not have realized in real time that Nikola jokic was turning into like a very clear top six player in the NBA like he's been this year. And and so I think that the discourse has a globe are especially on social media has been has has has been pretty dishonest. I think that he's had issues and 2 Series M. I think that was the 2017 Golden State series and I think that first 2018 Series against Houston first series of Houston, you know like the Oklahoma Oklahoma City series. He was amazing. But then again he was playing against Steven Adams, you know Houston spaced him out in the second round that year 2019. He was really good against Houston the Jazz just couldn't score like they couldn't score at all. But their defense was the only reason that they were even that they're even that they were even competitive and off those games. There were still a five-game Series last year. He was good against the Nuggets, you know, so he's been good in the playoffs and you know, you know, I think I think that, you know narratives are hard to to overcome, you know, but I have no reason to think that you know, I have no reason to think that go Bear Song Isn't going to be good in this postseason, but now having said that if you know at some point, you know where he's got to look at yoga. She needs gotta be like, okay. I have to figure out a way to stop this guy. And well, I have to figure out a way to generate some like it doesn't matter if if jokic goes from forty if it's a 1,000 game down the stretch and and Rudy gets to stop that matters and that's what didn't happen. And that's what didn't happen against against Denver a couple of months ago in a bubble bath. And that's what like the difficult part of this conversation. Is that the Jazz were genuinely one basket away from beating Denver in a playoff series and off hook shot from Nikola jokic doesn't fall then this is an entirely different conversation. The problem is that well, it happened on Rudy..
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"rudy gobert" Discussed on Game Theory Podcast
"He is struggling to like move a little bit more. So I think if you know, he's thirty-three and he's on the last year of his deal and that deal is Donovan Mitchell sign his third contract. I think the Jazz will call that a win, you know, because if if if you go into free agency may be right now if you look at the free if you look at free agency right now, there is nobody else out of koala and that's on the market and we all know the koala is not really on the market so long you've had an entire NBA basically gear up for the summer of 2021 because the expectation was there was going to be Jana Santa Claus. Bolt on the market Paul George possibly on the market Rudy gobert possibly on the market. There are so many guys that were supposed to be on the market. And now none of them is on the market. So as hell off of the restricted guys from that 2017 draft class to like Jayson Tatum Donovan Mitchell Etc, right. So imagine if Rudy gobert was on the market as an unrestricted free agent home and that's why it to me that the contract doesn't matter the Jazz had to get that done and they had to they you know for for for the Jazz really go Bears weigh two hundred million dollars. He is he is their defensive system. He is the reason he is one of the biggest reasons why the Jazz of 15 and five right now, he's playing at a career level despite back with you know, what Sunday Sunday afternoon may have war against Nikola jokic, you know, so he's you know, he's he's he outplayed his last contract he's dead. Really well heading into to to this contract. So, you know, I don't think the Jazz are losing sleep over over that contract at all. And the other thing is if you lose your job are you definitely not getting Donovan Mitchell back for third contract or your or at the very least your chances are severely damaged and you know if the job as if this 15 is Starters five starters real in the Jazz are actually one of the top three teams in the Western Conference and you know, they can improve on Thursday next year and so on and so on then you increase the chance to keep and Donovan Mitchell for you for your third contract for his third contract in in this is you know, all of them is Big Picture stuff, you know, so, you know to me it's the you know, you're paying Rudy gobert two hundred million dollars and you know, he's dead. He's worth, you know, every penny that to the.
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"rudy gobert" Discussed on Game Theory Podcast
"Talk about Rudy. Gobert. What? What do we want to know about mr. Gaubert because I thought before today and obviously today is Sunday. I thought before the day that he was running away with the defensive player of the year award. And then today happened today happened. I would not go as far as running away with the defensive player wage. I thought he was running away. I thought it was a significant gap between him and everybody else. So I totally understand why you would say that their top five and defense coming into town today. They're really really good team Utah. They are arguably playing better before today than anybody in the NBA just point blank. Especially now that the Lakers have hit like off a bit of a bit of a malaise having said that I'm still saying Anthony Davis Ford Prince of player of the year because they've number one defense and he's the one the keys the number one defense in the NBA off. He's by far the most versatile defender in the NBA Rudy I think is a reasonable like honestly probably would be second for me right now Myles Turner has a case sneaky class that I've been advocating as much as I can Larry Nance would probably be in my top five right now. He is the whole reason that the Cavs have a reasonable defense. Yep. Right now a top-10 defense, but I digress nonetheless Rudy gobert has been very very good for the Utah Jazz this year and I thought that Utah's games this week. We're kind of a perfect encapsulation of the Rudy gobert experience against Dallas. He was the reason that they just come holy month and utterly annihilated the Mavericks in both of those games and I watched the first one close cuz I bet on Dallas because Utah was without Donovan Mitchell was without a favors and Dallas was getting back Dorian finney-smith was getting back to like Powell. I thought that they'd take that energy and catch you too on the back end of a back-to-back and be kind of run away with that game and that absolutely one hundred percent was the wrong side to be on and in large part. It was because of the incredible grass. City that Rudy gobert holds as a pick-and-roll offensive threat, he is completely obliterated kristaps porzingis in that in those two games like butterwood obliterated him like wipe them off the face of the Earth on both ends. He averaged 23 points and 16 rebounds. He had like three blocks. He had a couple of steals. He was dead thing that people who are Jazz fans and that yell from the rooftops about Rudy. Gobert. He was everything in those two games that people say about Rudy being like a top-12 impact player in the NBA. You'll hear sometimes in this game today against Denver Nikola jokic made him look like a parking cone on defense and
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"rudy gobert" Discussed on Game Theory Podcast
"Your host Sam bacini. We are presented by the athletic today on the show. Tony Jones is in the building and we're going to talk about something that we have affectionately dubbed the Nic Batum All Stars the guys that come in and do this season were in some way shape or form seemingly written off by the basketball commentary and it off and some of these guys are going to be star players that maybe weren't getting the respect that they so richly deserved coming into the season. Some of them are going to be guys Thursday. We thought we're done and frankly are not done. So Nic Batum is the name that stands out there most but before we talk about them, I do want to start on Rudy gobert because the whole Rudy gobert experience to me is very fascinating and nobody is closer to home. Rudy gobert experience that doesn't play for the Utah Jazz or works for the Utah Jazz then Tony Jones. So Tony, how you doing, man? I'm doing good. I'm doing good. Thank you. First of all, thanks for having me on listen. I feel like I'm no longer a guest on your podcast. Like I just feel like I'm just you know, I'm at home. Like I can kick my feet up and all that stuff. That's what I want. I want you to hold the microphone in your hand. I want you to put those feet up on your desk and I just want you to I want you to feel relaxed as we talk about Rudy gobert and hopefully hopefully you'll get yourself in trouble with anything you say. Well, I mean, you know, that's the thing like I felt like, you know, when you when you moved to Australia I was I was a little worried that these things were stopped and then you would just tell them you'd be like podcasts. Yes podcast. Let's do it. So, you know definitely definitely glad one day. You gotta come on my page. Guess I'm in you don't have to tell me twice whenever whenever you need me. I'm there, you know. See I'm I'm serious like one day that's that's what's going to have to happen. But you know, I'm glad that I'm glad that we're doing this and yes, let's let's talk about Rudy. Gobert. What? What do we want to know about mr. Gaubert because I thought before today and obviously today is Sunday. I thought before the day that he was running away with the defensive player of the year award. And then today happened today happened. I would not go as far as running away with the defensive player wage. I thought he was running away. I thought it was a significant gap between him and everybody else. So I totally understand why you would say that their top five and defense coming into town today. They're really really good team Utah. They are arguably playing better before today than anybody in the NBA just point blank. Especially now that the Lakers have hit like off a bit of a bit of a malaise having said that I'm still saying Anthony Davis Ford Prince of player of the year because they've number one defense and he's the one the keys the number one defense in the NBA off. He's by far the most versatile defender in the NBA Rudy I think is a reasonable like honestly probably would be second for me right now Myles Turner has a case sneaky class that I've been advocating as much as I can Larry Nance would probably be in my top five right now..