1:53pm: The league has confirmed Gobert’s suspension, which he’ll serve on Tuesday (Twitter link).
7:12am: Rudy Gobert will be suspended for one game due to his accumulation of flagrant fouls, reports The Athletic’s Jon Krawczynski (Twitter link).
Gobert was assessed a flagrant foul for a reckless closeout on a Victor Wembanyama three-point attempt in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s game between the Timberwolves and the Spurs. Wembanyama came down on Gobert’s foot but, after flexing his ankle on the ground, appeared to be uninjured.
The call marked Gobert’s fifth flagrant foul this season, four of which are categorized as Flagrant Foul 1, and one Flagrant Foul 2, which occurred in a game against the Suns. That puts Gobert at six total flagrant foul points, which automatically earns him a one-game suspension.
Gobert figures to serve the suspension on Tuesday against the Bucks.
This is the inevitable fate of defensive-minded players that can no longer move the way they used to. Rudy has also been a head case for years. I don’t know what’s up with this guy. I watch Wolves games and I’m just left asking “Why”, a bunch of the time.
Lol Rudy is crucial to the success of this team and he’s having a great season. A competing take: this is the inevitable fate of defensive-minded centers that hustle and close out against stretch 5s shooting threes. Few of these flagrants were unsportsmanlike.
Keep going Ru.
Didnt see him play in NBA this season, but his level in Eurobasker with France was very bad…
So what. Its a side gig. Maybe watch the NBA before posting something stupid.
I never implied that he isn’t effective in his role. I simply said that he is not an elite defensive player anymore and, as such, more of his attempts to make elite defensive movements will end up being seen as reckless. 5 years ago, he would have made the play and it would have looked way different.
All good bro, I’m not mad at you. He’s been elite defensively this year tho. That cliff you’re worried about is a year or two away still IMO.
He’s always looked a little clumsy and been prone to boneheaded fouls.
He’s actually the MOST elite defensive player this year. But it’s cool. FOUR of his flagrant fouls this year weren’t even FOULS 10 years ago.
He takes incredible care of himself. I think he’s just entering his prime and might be able to play like this for 5 – 6 years.
I’ve been a fan since his 2nd season in Utah. He worked hard to become what he is and he’s still very good at what he does. All things considered if Wembanyama doesn’t hit the 65 game threshold Go ert should win his 5th DPOY. However he has been slowing down and is at the end of his prime or starting to decline.
This i age. He is not elite at 33 in a perimeter oriented game. He shows a better in the playoff when the game slows down. Not many players are dominating on the defensive end at 33 years old, except for maybe the top five to seven defensive players of all time and that would be maybe Jordan, Hakeem, ben Wallace, The worm, Duncan and maybe KG. 1998-1999 Pippin was 33 and wasn’t a big time defender anymore. Nor was Payton. Everyone gets old. Difference is those guys had an offensive game so with the step back in defense they still work. Good defenders but they could rely on their offensive game for Rudy is getting a lot of flack as he gets older because he doesn’t have an offensive game
He is 30 something. No big man would be dominating on the perimeter. But if we had real big man who could punch guards for switching like joker the game would be different. Rude gets a bad rap but is a really good player.
his defensive value outweighs his offensive limitations, the wolves are better with him on the court
Well said buckets
The thing with Rudy ( in my eyes ) is he makes everyone else better while not shining light on himself
It’s not purposeful or planned it’s just how his game is tailored . Makes him really tough to evaluate on a whole or from a money making perspective to what he’s worth
Can’t say I’m a huge fan but I do realize there’s sone hidden value I can’t completely understand and probably will never be able to fully
Gobert is one of Wembanyama’s mentors and one of his closest friends. There’s no way he’s going to try to hurt the guy.
It’s well known that Rudy has no problems with hurting anyone, intentionally or not. He just doesn’t care. There are a few others in the league like him. They suck and are bad for the game but the NBA keeps them for the drama.
Few others? lol. I can name about five for every NBA that doesn’t care about the opposing team.
Gobert has to be dirty because he won’t simply expand his game. One dimensional paint protector who can’t score outside of 15 feet.