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Rudy Gobert, the Stifle Tower, the French Rejection, the kid from Saint-Quentin, is now a three-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year.
The Utah Jazz center was named the league’s top defender FRIDAY night, beating out Philadelphia’s Ben Simmons and Golden State’s Draymond Green for the prestigious honor.
“I feel like I have this responsibility every night,” Gobert said recently. “I come in every single night trying to be the best that I can be for this team and anchor this team defensively …”
Gobert was a force for the Jazz all season long, statistically one of the finest defensive seasons in NBA history.