SALT LAKE CITY — Like the rest of the world, Rudy Gobert was glued to the television screen on Thursday as he watched Ernie Johnson and TNT’s Inside The NBA crew announce the 2019 West NBA All-Star reserves.
There was Russell Westbrook, Anthony Davis, Nikola Jokic, Damian Lillard, Klay Thompson, LaMarcus Aldridge and finally Karl-Anthony Towns, but no Gobert.
As he sat in disbelief at his Utah home, the phone rang from his mother, Corinne.
“It was a rough night,” Gobert admitted. “My mom called me crying, it was tough but it is what it is.