HOUSTON — If the Jazz have any marketing sense whatsoever, they’ll immediately offer Rudy Gobert a future job, benefits included. He should have been in charge of this year’s playoff slogan.
The team’s “Take Note” reboot is fine. But after losing Game 1 by 32 points, something more reassuring couldn’t hurt.
A Rudy slogan would be simple, clear and chill: “We’ll be fine.”
That might not actually be true, but if anyone can inspire confidence, it’s him. He has a quiet certainty that’s hard to imitate. That’s why his John Coltrane-themed Defensive Player of the Year pose resonated.