SALT LAKE CITY — As tears dripped down the face of Corinne Gobert, her baby boy Rudy Gobert happily accepted his second consecutive Defensive Player of the Year trophy on Monday night from the stage of Barker Hangar in Los Angeles.
“My mom that’s here tonight, we came from our hometown in France,” Gobert told her, while gripping the hardware in a shiny blue suit.
“I just want to thank you,” he added.
With the latest honor, Gobert became the 10th player in league history to win the DPOY trophy more than once while joining Mark Eaton as the second Jazzman to win multiple times.