After coming up just short in his pursuit of winning a third NBA defensive player of the year award this past season, Rudy Gobert is still the best defensive big man in the NBA — and there's no debating that.
Announced on Friday evening — and for the sixth consecutive season — Gobert was named on the all-NBA's defensive team.
Gobert was one of the three finalists for the defensive player of the year award, having won it in three of the past four years. While Boston guard Marcus Smart won the award, Gobert's nomination was special as he was the only center/forward listed, the first time that's happened in the past decade.