Gobert Named to All-NBA Defensive First Team

SALT LAKE CITY (September 8, 2020) – The NBA announced today that Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert was named to the 2019-20 All-NBA Defensive First Team. It is the fourth time that he has garnered All-NBA Defensive First Team accolades after being voted to the squad in every season since 2016-17.

Gobert (7-1, 245, France) was named an All-Star for the first time during the 2019-20 season, owning averages of 15.1 points on 69.3 percent (career-high, second in NBA), 13.5 rebounds (career-high, tied third in NBA), 2.0 blocks (sixth in NBA) and 1.5 assists in 34.5 minutes per contest. His 13.5 rebounds per game was the second-best rebounding average in Jazz franchise history and the most since Truck…