“We only play him twice a year,” he said Thursday afternoon after practice. “He’s on the other side of the country.”
But ahead of the Utah Jazz’s (5-6) home matchup with the Miami Heat (5-6) on Friday night, the social media record says differently. The two centers, compared statistically throughout their careers, have often been at odds on the court as well as on Twitter in the past few years.
Gobert’s subtext on social media often seems clear, stoking fires online and sometimes adding controversy. Snyder said that game to game, he wants players to focus on team success more than individual matchups, but as long as they do that on the court, social media prodding isn’t necessarily a bad thing.