Rudy Gobert's Transformation Started In The D-League
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🗓️ 8 March 2021
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Summary
Rudy Gobert played in his second consecutive NBA All-Star Game on Sunday night, further cementing his reputation as one of the league's very best players. But while many basketball fans today think of Gobert as a powerhouse shot blocker and an inevitable superstar, there was a time when his success in the league was much more uncertain. The Athletic's Christopher Kamrani recently interviewed Gobert and he joins us to talk about the two-time Defensive Player of the Year's rise from skinny, unknown French teen to back-to-back NBA All-Star, and how he was able to succeed where so many others have failed.
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| 0:32.3 | On Sunday, Rudy Gobert made his second straight appearance in an NBA All Star game. |
| 0:36.2 | The two-time defensive player of the year, he'll throw you a black one, but you're not going |
| 0:41.3 | to like it. |
| 0:42.3 | Making his second consecutive all-star appearance from the U.S.A. |
| 0:45.3 | judges, Rudy Gobert! |
| 0:48.4 | And for quite a few years now, the big man with the even bigger wingspan has been a |
| 0:52.2 | dominant force within the NBA. |
| 0:54.2 | Faces of Gobert, that's a shame. |
| 0:59.2 | He's got the top of the world. |
| 1:01.2 | Gobert! |
| 1:02.2 | He's a defensive player of the year. |
| 1:04.2 | But there was a time when that was not the case. |
| 1:06.2 | A time when Rudy Gobert's future was very much in doubt. |
| 1:09.2 | Today, the Athletics Christopher Camarani takes us back to the time when Gobert was uncertain |
| 1:13.6 | about where he was headed and explains how he climbed his way to the top. |
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