Rudy Gobert-Bourgarel is a French professional basketball player of the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association. He also represents the French national team in their international competitions. Standing at 7 ft 1 in tall with a wingspan of 7 ft 9 in long, he plays the center position.
Rudy Gobert: COVID interview| Raptors trade| Trade Nuggets
COVID interview:
Rudy Gobert’s microphone encounter last March has been viewed and criticized countless times in the months that followed.
The Utah Jazz big man was even partially blamed, unfairly, for the NBA season shutting down temporarily due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gobert became an unwitting symbol of an initial struggle to see the seriousness of COVID-19. His infamous microphone incident, when he jokingly touched every reporter’s recording device at a news conference just before becoming sick, led to widespread scorn.
Raptors trade:
The Timberwolves will send Malik Beasley, Patrick Beverley, Jarred Vanderbilt, Leandro Bolmaro, No. 22 pick Walker Kessler and four first-round picks to the Jazz, sources said.
Utah will acquire unprotected picks in 2023, 2025 and 2027 and a top-five-protected pick in 2029, sources said, in Danny Ainge’s first franchise-altering deal since taking over as the Jazz’s CEO midseason.
Trade Nuggets:
The Jazz have now gathered a total of six first-round picks in a 24-hour span and plan to retool the roster around Donovan Mitchell, Utah’s 25-year-old All-Star guard.
Gobert, 30, has spent his entire nine-year career in Utah, developing from a lanky project who was drafted with the No. 27 pick into a perennial All-Star who has been a franchise cornerstone for a team that has six consecutive playoff appearances.
The 7-foot Frenchman is one of the most decorated players in Jazz history, with three Defensive Player of the Year awards, three All-Star appearances, four All-NBA selections and six first-team All-Defensive selections.
