Why does everyone hate Rudy Gobert?

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🗓️ 23 April 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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No one was surprised to learn that Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert experienced the same darkness retreat that Jets QB Aaron Rodgers made famous, or maybe infamous. And no one was surprised that the reaction was just as polarizing for Gobert, as it was for Rodgers. But what is it about the Timberwolves center that makes the Frenchman so dislikable to his peers? What exactly is it about his specific je ne sais quoi that has the man who’s won three Defensive Player of the Years awards, and a bank account to match, viewed as such a problem? ESPN NBA writer Tim McMahon actually knows Gobert quite well from his time reporting on him and breaks down the many things that sets Rudy apart from his peers in the NBA and the one thing that might be the key to his continued dominance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Tim, where were you exactly on planet Earth when Rudy Go Bear touched all those
0:05.0	microphones at that press conference? Ah, that's a good question. I was not
0:09.1	in Salt Lake City.
0:11.8	I was covering the jazz on a regular basis at the time.
0:16.0	Taking part, the League's new social distancing-inspired media availability where reporters have to stay a certain distance away,
0:22.0	yet Gober makes it a point to touch every mile. where reporters have to stay a certain distance away,
0:22.5	yet Gober makes it a point
0:24.2	to touch every microphone and recorder on the podium.
0:29.5	My guess is I would be,
0:31.5	I would have been somewhere in Dallas not really understanding what this pandemic thing was that was about to change everybody's lives.
0:41.0	Go bear ruled out of Wednesday night's Game about 15 minutes before tip-off.
0:44.8	The game was officially postponed at 8.40 p.m. Eastern time, then less than an hour later,
0:49.2	news breaking that Go Bear had in fact tested positive for the coronavirus.
0:54.0	Our own Adrian Moore Janowski breaking that news.
0:56.0	Literally minutes later, the NBA announcing it has suspended its season.
1:01.4	Kind of messed up his reputation for a lot of people also kind of
1:04.3	put him in the space of just being a little bit of a weird guy. The reason I
1:08.1	bring that up is because Tim can you explain to us why he reached out to another
1:12.3	athlete an NFL quarterback who some people consider
1:15.1	to be kind of a weird guy.
1:17.0	Yeah, I reached out to Aaron Rogers this summer.
1:19.6	He knew Aaron Rogers had gone to this darkness retreat in southern Oregon and Rudy was
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