Utah Jazz fans already know about this, but Rudy Gobert is really good. He’s in consideration for the Defensive Player of the Year, the second most prestigious individual award in the NBA.
This season Gobert allows opponents to shoot a stifling 43.3 percent at the rim, despite facing a league leading 10.2 attempts per game. Last season he allowed a league best 41 percent at the rim (of all players who played at least 500 regular season minutes), and in 2014-15 he allowed 40.6 percent at the rim, once again league leading.
When Gobert isn’t rejecting a league leading 2.