Why He Is The Most Disrespected Player In The NBA
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
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Now we should have expected this, Rudy getting twirled like a ballerina and everyone making jokes
Or the fact that nearly every defender has consistently gotten cooked by Luka and Kyrie.
But that hasn’t stopped the reporters for years.
I've never seen a player with this many accolades be so universally thought of as incapable by current and former players as Rudy Gobert. In fact in a recent player poll, Rudy Gobert was voted as the most overrated player in the NBA.
Now Rudy Gobert offensively is one of the worst centers I’ve ever seen, apart from whatever the f this was. The bench reacted like it was a game winner.
And defensively in the playoffs, he has been a part of some infamous moments that even I’ve roasted him for. But when the talk is this loud even after playing good defense, I think it deserves another look cause here on this channel, we find out the truth
It's time to verify these claims or not, with stats and the things that don't get tracked and see if we've all been lied to because if so, Rudy Gobert is the most disrespected player in the NBA.
To understand how we got here, we need to answer the question, why is Rudy Gobert so hated?
He started from a 59 overall 2k rating, completely raw talent in 2013 who would win his first defensive player of the year in 2018.
In 2018, the 3 finalists were Rudy Gobert, Joel Embiid, and Anthony Davis. And if we look at steals and blocks for the 3, it looks like Anthony Davis should win, until you look at the fact that the Jazz were the best defense in NBA and the Lakers were 13th. And when you realize that Jazz become an absolute bad show without him becoming 21st because they quite literally have horrible perimeter defense and you start to appreciate it more.
But there’s stuff the stats don’t show like just how much players are unwilling to take a shot at the rim. On this possession, there’s 5 instances of players not even attempting to challenge Rudy at the rim. Yeah the team that only shot 3s and layups due to analytics didn’t wanna test their luck.
During this 3 year stretch, Rudy Gobert won defensive player of the year in 2021 over Ben Simmons and Draymond. And I’ll put up the steals and blocks comparison for the 3, but what is more important here again is impact. Rudy has the most defensive win shares, and the lowest defensive rating
Even in 2022 when the candidates are Marcus Smart, Mikal Bridges, and Gobert, he has the highest DWS, and the lowest defensive rating, but the Celtics had the best defense in the NBA and led to Marcus Smart winning the award, which is deserved.
Because when he doesn’t, it’s just a layup.
And we can actually see moments like that against the Clippers in 2021. Like if Reggie Jackson is getting by your perimeter defense this easily, I don’t know what Rudy Gobert is supposed to do.
While it’s true that a 5 out offense can diminish Rudy which I do not want to just sweep over, the Jazz perimeter defense was just not there. And it allows the 5 out offense to work if you can’t keep people in front of you. Rudy’s defense was to make up for a lot of these mistakes.
The problem here is that the Jazz had so many defensive problems that we couldn’t really see Rudy in a normal playoff environment. If your playoff defense hinges on one defender, it’s going to get exposed no matter what. And even then on the Jazz, without him their defensive rating was 123.2, with him, 119.5 so still better.
I will say in a modern NBA, Rudy’s value is not as high as it would be 15 years ago. My only issue is that it seems like there’s only one way for Rudy to be used defensively, and that is in the paint as a shot deterrent. Is that because he’s only great at one attribute and sucks at the rest or is it that teams haven’t been creative enough with him.
*It’s easy to blame Rudy because he’s unique and gets got.* But every great defender gets got, because they put themselves in situations over and over again to get crossed or dunked on. But when you look at the numbers, you look at the games, you look at the nuance, it’s clear that Rudy is quite literally a great defender, not worth the contract, *but doesn’t deserve all the disrespect he gets for what he’s achieved.*
Which player do you hate the most and why?
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Booker...I'm a Mavs fan
Embiid and lebron. Both are narcissists who don't take accountability, have the maturity of a child, flop on the court, and are crybabies. Both annoy me to no end.
@@MatthewGoliath luka... i'm a suns fan
LeBron. he doxed a police officer who saved a black girl from getting stabbed.
Nikola Jokic because of his fake Mvps
He really doesn't deserve the hate. It's not his fault the Jazz offered him that massive contract. He knows he's not a good offensive player, so he does his best on the defensive side and he is successful at it.
‘Rudy bad’ is more about media avoiding ‘Luka dominates Ant and everyone’. NBA don’t like euro’s being better than Americans every year.
Rudy is French
more dissing euros to not say their European contender is good
@@petarkojic3567 Is France not part of Europe? bruh..
@@petarkojic3567🤦 😳
Man you can see on the court that his opponents don’t even respect him like that. They target and attack him off of screens like nobody’s business. Former players also don’t like him.
ad was on the pelicans in 2018? did anyone else see that
😂what? He was drafted by NOLA lmaoooooooo
He moved to the Lakers just before the start of the 2020 season.
Yes, he compared 2018 AD with lakers defense while 2018 AD still at pelicans. See 4:39
@@timothycastiel Oh my bad. That's his mistake because the picture he used even has AD wearing a Pelicans jersey.
Yeah, I was looking to see if anyone else saw it 😂
To be fair to Gobert, it’s not like he’s getting cooked by name your favorite “modern day equivalent of Scott Hastings” bench warmer. Going off of just this year’s playoffs, he was abused in the 2nd round by 3 time MVP, Nikola Jokic, who has a better than great chance to finish his career as a top 15, and potentially even top 10 greatest player of all time. And in this Dallas series, of course he’s getting cooked by Luka on switch offs….Gobert isn’t known as a perimeter defender, he’s a center whose primary responsibility on defense, is defending the post. I’m not a Gobert fan, or a T-Wolves fan. In fact, I can’t stand the T-Wolves. They’re probably my least favorite team in any professional sport, and I think they’re one of the most overrated, and overhyped teams in the NBA. But, I do think critics are being a little unfair in their assessment of Gobert. If we were talking about 1 defensive player of the year award for Gobert, you could make the argument that maybe he’s a one hit wonder, and he overachieved for 1 season, but has been below average the majority of his career. But we’re talking 4 DPOTY awards. Once a player wins more than one individual award, whether it’s DPOTY, MVP, or All-NBA, I think you can confidently argue that the player in question is legit.
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Gobert was the best interior defender and the best perimeter defender on the Jazz. And he got blamed for their defence. Amazing
As usual, the casuals and idiotic sports media is wrong about a player. Numbers show Rudy is a defensive beast.
Right. And just watching him play, it's obvious he's a defensive beast
It’s so obvious that his teammates play terrible perimeter defense because they’ve gotten so used to him covering the rim for their mistakes. Mitchell was notorious for that.
I think people think being a defensive player means u can't be scored on, Rudy plays good defense even AD and Giannas have been crossed before, stop the hate 😂😂
Yes you're right some people really are that dumb.
Luka is a savage yelling at Rudy.
Wolves in 7. Luka a deadbeat dad. Stop stalking Book. NAW&Order bouta be in full effect.
luka is a crying toddler
@@discowolf25😂😂😂😂😂😂
Thats what the other 154 teams who went down 0-3 in a series also said “us in 7”
Luka is one of the biggest 🚽 talkers for a good reason
@@discowolf25maybe next year bro
As a Jazz fan I sure wish we still had him. Our defense used to be awesome. Now it is the worst. Nuff said
People forget how AWFUL the Timberwolves defense used to be before we got Gobert, too. We had the worst defense in the NBA for years running.
Now we have the #1 best. He completely changed the team, I have no idea how anyone with a brain can hate on this guy's defense.
Thankfully, the GMs actually know wtf they're talking about in the NBA compared to the average fan or even player.
I’m happy Gobert got those 4 DPOY because no matter what anyone say his legacy is stamped in history. He also has the undeniable fact that he has always has been held to a superstar standard, every loss his team had he was held accountable like a MJ, Bron, or Shaq have been.
Hes getting paid 200+ million and has one of the highest contracts in the league, what do you expect?
I promise you no one will gaf about those DPOYS in the future
😂LeBron has never been taken accountable for his failures…
@@lorddj9910 Honestly i didn’t expect him to be able to be a big name mentioned by the media. Rudy is boring and bad on offense, I always assumed people would say he didn’t deserve the money then never talk about him. It’s impressive how his legacy has become so infamous by the NBA world and people genuinely care to argue about it.
@@qweeafghnjfg That’s fine even the other guys with four are rarely given their flowers as much as Dwight has gotten his flowers for his three DPOY. Rudy still has 4 and potentially thanks to Wemby that 4th DPOY probably will always be mentioned with Wemby legacy.
Rudy is a good defender strictly in the paint. He obviously cannot guard guards or SF with handles and more quickness. Not a DPOY if you’re only good in the paint
so why do bigs even win them. what past dpoy big would fair good on the perimeter
so are great defenders like ben wallace and dikembe mutombo not deserving of their dpoys because they cant guard the perimeter? dumb comment
wemby def coulda played better defense on the perimeter 😂
@@scep2180did you realize that is a different era? If that is dumb comment to you, you have the dumb analysis comment ever, do you compare the use of perimeter in the past era on the current era? Do the comparison and think about it. Dikembe and Wallace deserve those DPOY because they defend the area where players mostly supposed to shoot, either the mid range or paint. Well in todays era you gotta defend the three point line too because today era is either shooting 3 or attacking the paint and gobert is only good at defending the paint.
Name one player above 7 feet that can do a great job against perimeter players.
Anyone else notice Shaq keeps criticizing bigs that have the potential to beat him? Particularly agile bigs with huge wingspans (McGee, Gobert)? Shaq may be powerful but I always see envy when he criticizing players with gifts that he doesn't have.
Lol gobert gonna beat shaq?? What stuff are you on right now and criticizing them because he doesn't have that skills??? Shaq is agile yes he doesn't have that long arms but shaq is agile back in his days he outruns other guards and wing players in fastbreak do your homework before telling some BS in the comment section. Shaq is the post, run and dunk guy before giannis came and also gobert is getting bodied easily by other guards, did you ever see schroeder easily bodied gobert in the post in the world cup?? Lol and you call him a 4x DPOY and easily get scored by Tre Mann in the playoffs lmao and you expect rudy can defend shaq??
You nailed it. I see the exact same thing with Shaq. He prioritizes protecting his own legacy above intellectually honest analysis. He's got ego issues.
@@zeaccu934 In Rudy's case, its not the skill. But Shaq may be jealous of Rudy's salary compared to his during Shaq's NBA days. Rudy isn't good enough for his salary. But I'm not gonna fault the guy and call him trash just cuz he's overpaid. Hell, I'd take that money too even if I knew I didn't deserve it.
you made a great point just names the two worse players on this take if you said Jokic and Dwight he’s always hated on them Dwight wasn’t even as close to Shaq level but he was a good player
@@ZentrixXentrix Rudy is a far superior defender than Shaq ever was. I'm at a loss as to why so many people seem to not recognize good defense when they see it. It's probably because the media focuses almost exclusively on offense and judges whether or not someone is a superstar based on offense stats alone, it seems. Defense is almost completely ignored.
I forget the exact fg% but rudy has been the best against jokic, and when you you look at the 2020 lakers rudy has done a better job than all three centers on that team against jokic
I am not the biggest Rudy fan but am not a hater as well
For the Jazz in defence position it was literally Rudy vs 5 guys mann
Show the bro some love
I know he fu*ks up sometimes but who doesn't f up sometimes mann
The thing about these DPOY voters I don’t get is that they value perimeter defense so much. Yet they voted for Rudy four times???
And when he struggles in the perimeter in the offs they criticize him for that?
It’s like buying a small harmless house dog for the purpose of guarding your house and getting mad at it when it does a poor job.
I think it's more like they got Rudy the pitbull to guard the house and get mad that he's not out chasing sheep like a Border Collie
@@amandswright2040 that’s actually a way better analogy, well played.
Outside of game 5 rudy is the only one who made jokic play a step below himself
At this point, I’ve changed sides to calling Rudy underrated. Mind you, I always enjoy clowning him for his perimeter defense and low light clips as much as the next guy, but it’s just gone WAY too far. It’s just that, since he’s the best defender everywhere he goes, he always guards the best players in the clutch. So any game winners/ highlight players are facing Rudy like 80% of the time, so bro’s bound to get cooked once in a while. But we gotta stop pushing the DPOY recall narrative, cuz while I personally would argue Wemby should’ve been DPOY over Rudy, I think it’s egregious to say that he was undeserving of it.
Draymond has cognitive defieciency
As much as I dislike Rudy Gobert, I will always give him credit for what he does on the court. He's a good player. I just think he is overpaid, but not overrated. I thought they gave up WAYYYYYYYY too much to get him, but at this point they are definitely moving in the right direction.
It is funny that you could argue that the TWolves had to go against arguably the best offensive wing (KD), then the best offensive center (Jokic), and then the best offensive guard (Luka) in the same playoff run lol
The Timberwolves playoff run may be one of the all-time hardest. And they still made the WCF.
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Even this video doesn't do justice at how much he is hated for the wrong reasons. For instance he did not cry because he was not selected for the all star game, he cried because his mom (which was rejected by her own family because she had a black child btw) called him the night before and cried as she was sad for him and the journalists questions reminded him of this. If only people would watch full videos instead of cut, read full interviews instead of handpicked quotes, and so on...
Also I find it funny that nobody talk about the crazy Luka's 3 and one bucket at the end of game 4 against ANT. Nobody talked about this one. Why? Luka can be unstoppable, particularly outside the paint by a center. You can only hope he misses.
Overall, Rudy is currently the best player of the wolves this year and that's the problem. Just look at the +/- during each series. ANT and KAT need to step up on the offensive end.
I agree with much of what you said and thanks for clarifying that he didn't cry because he didn't make the all star game.
This guy is awesome, I love Gobert. And I don't understand all the hate against him. The hate says more about the person hating than it does about Gobert because it's such irrational hate too
Regarding the Luka and-one bucket roward the end of game 4 probably doesn't get talked about because every angle makes it very clear that Ant did not foul him. It wasn't even close to a foul, yet it was called as one without hesitation or explanation.
So that alone will deter mainstream outlets from covering or showing that play as much as they can get away with... because they're trying to make it seem like the league isn't rigged to favor Luka and Mavs. There's a pattern of not talking about things for that reason.
Sometimes they won't even show a replay on an important play, live, if there's a fishy call going on. And the commentators will just talk about something else to distract from it.
But they only go that far if it's not clutch time, usually. Otherwise too many people start figuring it out.
I think the reason for the Rudy Gobert's hate is one, his inadequacy as an offensive player, two, he is an inside defender which by todays standard is also not enough, and third, he is lowekey a jerk... Making money signs, talking shits, joking about covid, etc. etc... so that mix really does not earned him any respect generally around basketball
THIS! I also want to add that I think people can't believe someone can be so great at the rim that he stops himself from scoring. It looks really pathetic seeing him try to score.
Are you actually defending the refs for the money signs? How gullible are you?
If you think being a jerk is a reason you've never watched the NBA. The Covid thing was indeed a mistake, but one he made when very few people were taking it seriously and one he apologised for many times. The money sign was completely fair, 99% of NBA fans complain about officiating and paid refs all day long, and he is far from the worst trash talker, even in this era.
Some of the biggest assholes I've ever heard of are fan favorites like Michael Jordan, a notorious dick, or LeBron James, one of the most arrogant players ever. Luka is a crybaby that complains to the refs more in a game than most players do in their carreer, Embiid, Harden and Trae Young (and many others) are flop artists... And that's not even going to players like Draymond Green (whom I like a lot), Pat Bev or others who talk a lot more trash than Gobert without much more offensive ability, and still don't get anywhere close to the same amount of hatred.
This is a great video. Very fair, I think this is absolutely spot on. He's a really good defender, but definitely overvalued as far as his contract is concerned.
Rudy shouldn’t be the narrative. Sure Wemby should have been DPOTY and Luka MVP. But this is Lukas best regular season and now he’s the West Conf MVP and potentially the Finals MVP regardless if he wins or loses.😤 Luka came for all the smoke and him and Kyrie are getting any shot they want😂
Yeah. Let’s give all awards to players on the worst teams because awards like MVP and DPOY should be all about stats
Gobert being DPOY was the correct choice. People who deeply understand basketball pretty much unanimously agree on this. But there are for more fans who don't really understand basketball who think Wemby should have got it, usually just by comparing block numbers or something like that. Which is such an oversimplified take of defense in basketball that it's actually comical.
you cannot be both the 4x DPOY and most disrespected player in the NBA
it’s a problem of him getting overrated and other players not getting the accolades they deserve
This comment proves why he’s the most disrespected tho. Why doesn’t he deserve them. I think the stats make it clear he deserves atleast most of them
Do you think Rudy as good as Ben Wallace or dekembae mutombo?
@@woobilll6560 I personally just think it’s fascinating. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a DPOY be less feared despite his undeniable impact on the game.
@@HaxStudio Era bias if he played anywhere pre-2012 he'd just be a good defensive player and nobody would care about his lack of offense (ala Wallace or Mutombo)
@@HaxStudio i wasn’t even never a jazz or Rudy fan but I was always defending him cause people were disrespecting crazy 😂😂. I really don’t understand it tbh
Being French CERTAINLY doesn't help.
4:45 AD was on the Pelicans in 2018, not the Lakers
The hate he gets is crazy. It seems like the media only talks about him when he's caught in a lowlight, which does look embarassing until you remember they could do the same about any other player and it would only look worse. He defends one of the greatest offensive centers in league history as well as possible for 6 games ? Yeah let's just talk about the one game the MVP went off. The runner-up for MVP and best guard on the planet is cooking you whole perimeter defense ? Yeah let's stick our center onto him and laugh at the result.
If you think he's overpaid that's fine. Was he the one to come up with the contract ? Was he the one to ask for a trade to Minnesota ? Why should he be getting the blame for other people's actions ? The bias against him is crazy.
Why didn't people hate Rodman? He was a defense / rebound guy who wasn't great at offense. People just don't make sense and follow narratives.
Only because Rodman could guard 1 thru 5,shutdown Shaq for 0 points in a half and ot
Rodman could defend more than just the restricted area.
@@surgeonso4345 Could he? Given that there were like three 3s a game back then taken by any particular team, and the odds of him having to defend 3s were so much lower, it's kind of hard to tell.
@@surgeonso4345 Rodman also wasn't a Center, btw. Name one rim-protecing center who isn't atrocious at guarding the perimeter
He's French, that's his biggest problem
Rudy is the only DPOY that is matchup hunted inmy memory. It is not just this year but Harden switched his matchup to Rudy when he was in Huston. This gives the narative that Rudy is a good defender against average NBA players but not with top tier players.
The problem is his team mates. They get lazy and expect him to cover for their defensive mistakes. The Harden issue was the wing defensive play....not Rudy.
Matchup hunting isn't about elite VS average. Harden is a guard. Gobeet is a Center. Centers are typically taller (which comes with coordination issues when you're that tall) which makes it harder for a Center to play D on a guard on the perimeter shooting 3s.
That's why you want guards or at least a forward playing D on a guard on the perimeter and your Center playing d inside, especially if it's a guy like Gobert who plays all-time great d inside
still remember when steph put him on a spin cycle kek
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Where's steph at now?
This is how most people evaluate an NBA player. They cherry pick a single play and extrapolate that out as if that singular play is representative of the player's career.
@@lightbeforethetunnelYet gobert literally gets cooked damn near every playoffs... Promise you Bam not getting done bad like that 🤷
This is an explanation of what a player can do to impact the defense, even when the stats don't necessarily show it. This is my style of play, not blocking shots, but making players think twice before coming my way.
He's worth the money. There are offensive only players getting paid big money. Why can't a defensive guy get paid as well.
Because when it matters most he isn't even a defensive player. Liability on offense and defense in playoffs.
@@militarygradepotato You're probably basing your analysis entirely on 1 play from a highlight YT clip. Probably the Luka game winner. (Blame for this goes to McDaniels for letting the switch happen to put a Center on Luka at the perimeter, not on Gobert)
Cherry picking fallacies are a major issue in basketball. And so is the false idea that if someone is a DPOY that means they ought to NEVER get scored on.
Or people apply the same expectation like he needs to do some sort of spectacular last second switch then block to win a game.
Defense is more of a game-long thing. You can't distill it down to 1 play.
@@militarygradepotatoAsk yourself this... how many blocks are there per game compared to points scored? In the game of basketball?
Are you able to differentiate good defense from bad defense, aside from obvious things like blocks and steals?
@@lightbeforethetunnel wow quit spamming the replies. He has played drop coverage his whole career off pick and roll and I have watched team after team of his get bounced out of the playoffs because of it. I've watched everygame this series and yet again he sags of the pick and roll because he is too slow to guard man to man at the permiter. He may be good against the 30th to 10th best guards but the ones you play in the playoffs know how to score on that every time.
Let's not even try and argue the ABOMINATION of an offensive game he has, I appreciate you making no attempts at praise of his offense it honestly embarising for him to have such a bad offensive game being a pro basketball player.
@@lightbeforethetunnel so um ... Not going to say anything about last night?
Shaq ignoring that Gobert 7ft.. all kids who might be 7ft nba easy af is the truth but shaq don’t want to be close to that narrative.
HOW does it make the NBA easy af ? Stop playing 2k, it is real life we're talking about
Didn't the spurs have the best defensive rating when wemby was on the floor, yet had the worst one when he was off it? If that doesn't show wemby's impact Idk what will
Rudy's impact is only seen with analytics. He doesnt do anything when it matters. But his +/- against the hawks in november was amazing.
Right… cos you can’t see in the game that some players don’t even look at the rim when they see Gobert down low, right? Or that he bothers a lot of shots at the rim. No, you definitely can’t see that on the court if you watch the game.
Can you even think like a center ? They have to defend rim and get the board, that alone is alot, ball can bounce anywhere and if you arent looking you wont know where. Alot of energy preservation involved. All 5 players on the team must be active for success on defense
@@redhorsepapiI did see Rudy get shit I’m so many times in the playoffs , he’s the most disrespected player by other players for a reason
@@redhorsepapi Many fans really only notice offense when they watch basketball
@@darrenkeutzer387 You probably think that if someone is a DPOY that means the player NEVER gets scored on. The reasons why people hate Gobert are all so irrational that it's probably the quickest way to determine someone doesn't really know ball.
The reason why he's disrespected by other players is a combination of his culture (he's French), the massive contract he got (other players are envious), and believe it or not but even talented basketball players can be pretty dumb when evaluating other players. So they make many of the same mistakes others make: Focusing too much on offense, not noticing what he's actually doing on defense (numbers prove this), etc...
The league is mostly offense players these days. Hardly anyone plays legit defense to the point it's become a joke. And players tend to over-emphasize what they themselves are good at and spend a lot of time practicing, while diminishing other areas of the game.
Plus, good defense is probably the most difficult aspect of basketball to analyze correctly. You have to really know basketball well to do it right.
Doncic one day soon will not be yelling at somebody. His time will come.
It’s criminal that AD hasn’t won
@RayAlvarez-js1rs Rudy’s never done that. And AD played in 72 games this year
@RayAlvarez-js1rs dudes acting like he’s Rudy’s agent or something 😂
This video explains that Rudy's first DPOY was the same argument that Wemby had this year minus the stats.
I think it’s so funny how people call Rudy a help defender, which he is and it’s fine, but praise Gianni’s and draymond…. Who are help defenders and get cooked by their all star matchups as well
Defense in generell is an ungratefull job espacially at this level of competiton.
You can have your arm in their face or really close to the ball and they still sink those shots and you will look foolish getting posterized but if you dont take that gamble you are not defending to your full potential.
@@zulfyby Well said. One reason why I like Gobert is he doesn't pull that ego crap of just getting out od the way because he doesn't want to get posterized. He just defends it. Sure he will end up on some posters but he has turned two AWFUL defensive teams into two of the best defensive teams (Jazz and MN) with the only change being his presence alone, he has 4 DPOYs, and his team is currently in the WCF.
Many players have such massive egos that it's a detriment to winning.
4:32 Davis was not a Laker in 2018 lmao
Yes he was
Liar
Rudy gobert would be a multi-time All-Star in the 80s and the 90s it's crazy to say that but without pace and space this man would more than likely get more rebounds more blocks
Draymond hating Rudy makes sense because the former is a sociopathic head case who cheap shots his opponents in Artestian/Laimbeerian manner.
Shaq hating Rudy also makes sense because the latter gets paid well for not having to carry the offensive load, even though the former only made 3 All-Defensive Teams in 19 seasons (none being 1st team, despite playing the majority of his prime being outside the golden era of big men AND despite being one of the most athletically-gifted big men in history).
The rest of the Rudy smear artists in the corporate-state media, they are blatantly jingoists who also like to minimize the greatness of Jokic, Giannis, and Luka because they are 1) not their AAU buddies/peers, 2) not interested in player collusion, and 3) not politicking to be liked by schmoozing with talking heads/fringe media retired players.
$41 million is way too much for Rudy.
So, this guys said Gobert has benefited from the Jazz poor perimeter defenders allowing him to get more blocked shots and win DPOY. At the same time he said the Jazz poor perimeter defenders allow penetration to the basket and difficult for him to defend in the playoffs. So the Jazz greatest weakness is Gobert’s greatest benefit and detriment.
This was a good video. I was expecting another irrational hate fest. But instead, it was fair and intelligent. Well done.
So many basketball fans with issues taking them out on world class athletes 😂
Rim protectors dont deserve dpoy. If your defence is only effective in a 1.5 square metre area then you're not really a good defender, you're just tall
How did Dallas score 124 points in game 5 if Gobert is so dominant? The other four guys suck? They dominate the 10 minutes he’s off the floor?
The question is really who is better than Rudy, not how good is he. There is only one DPOY per year, so comparing him to Wallace is simply stupid when they never played at the same time. Nobody who hates Gobert is even suggesting who else SHOULD have won those years, except maybe the first year. That is how you know he is so disrespected, when other current players are not being named by his haters.
people used to praise Deandre Jordan and compared him to Bilt Russell when Rudy Gobert is WAYYYY better than DJ ever was!
Everyone loves to act like the Conley Gobert pick and roll hasn't been running the Western conference for like 6 years now. I have no idea how either, but the two of them get it done, in the regular season at least.
In the playoffs, too. They're in the WCF
When Mann is WIDE OPEN In the corner and Gobert is STANDING UNDER THE BASKET it makes me question the legitimacy of his DPOY awards. It makes me think that Wemby, Giannis or even Davis would have been a better choice.
He is tethered to the paint, therefore he is LIMITED on the impact he can have. This makes sense if he’s in Boston with Brown, Tatum, Holiday and White, four guys who can cover his ass 24/7. Three level scorers eat him up. Luckily for him there aren’t many of them in the nba.
Tower - Feel like I'm the only one doing this when I get to the videos lol
Dennis Rodman was another multi-DPOY that was offensively challenged...Gobert is overrated.
He’s French QED.
The players themselves elected him DPOY and we are supposed to listen to a few jerks hating on him cuz they didnt get the same bag ? Pheeewww .... this is so trash
Yes it really has sunk that low. People are getting dumber and dumber all the time, it seems. Soon it'll be like the movie Idiocracy
If Rudy is a DPOY he must be playing good defense when I'm not looking
Remember when Draymon had him in a chock hold?! 😂
Because he sucks. He is 7 feet tall and he is a liability on offense and defense.
Gobert is elite at defending the paint. Everything else he's not good at. In the current era of the NBA I think versitility/switchability is valued more. I think If he were given a more reasonable contract I think less people would be so harsh on him.
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Rudy Gobert getting a Max contract is not good for the NBA. Also he won multiple DPOY even if he was not a true Defensive Superstar. NBA has become so boring to watch. Look back and see who else won the DOPY it sucks NBA is weak.
Ohhhh the best defensive player is basically the center of the best defensive team?
Weird. Wemby deserves this year's DPOY.
Wemby will win many DPOYs but Gobert is the better defensive player as of right now. I can almost guarantee that your entire analysis is as simple as comparing the block numbers and that's it.
Yea to much money but I can say that about a lot of players like Potter for the Nuggets. Would rather have Rudy then him.
200 millions for .. ZERO TING back home and do you regular yoga with WNBA players
He needs to be better offensively like a Jokic or Porzingis
Ain't no way Rudy Gobert is the most overrated,
I'll take him over Ben Simmons any day of the week and a long list of other players tbh.
It's all the contract that makes him a liability, but that's not his fault
The most overrated player is LeBalco Shames, the queen.
they should call it defensive team player of the year instead of dpoy
These awards have always been meaningless. Not that I disagree in this particular instance, as I understand how impactful Gobert is on D (and I understand most fans simply don't get it), but as far as these awards... they are completely meaningless.
Rudy Gobert is the modern day Ben Wallace
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They paid how much for Ruby Gobert? LOL!!! They would have been FAR better off spending that cash on someone who can shoot the basketball.
That's why everyone laughs at him. This isn't the NFL, it's the NBA and it's a decidedly offensive game. Defense is just a fundamental part of that. A nice to have.
Now the best defense will watch smarter teams win the NBA championship.
I’m not gonna lie I’m at the 6:00 mark and I gotta disagree. Just because a defensive scheme/system is designed for you to funnel and chase players off the wing doesn’t mean you deserve dpoy. 4 dpoy’s when you get cooked in a 1v1s and exposed when that system doesn’t work isn’t worthy of a dpoy for Rudy it’s more of a team accolade. Maybe I’m just yappin though. He did the right thing by finessin that check though.
The differnce between dray and rudy vs gobert. Last 5 games. Jokic is minus on draymond. Jokic is positive on gobert. Dray has won 4-1 of the last five. Rudy 2-3 last five.
It makes me laugh to see people give gobert so much credit for doing the bare minimum of his job. He gets paid over 200 million on his contract, develop a post move for goodness sake.
Why should he be blamed for his salary ?? His former team decided to offer him this contract, and his current team decided to trade for him knowing how much he was getting paid. He does what is asked of him, which is be one of the best defenders on the planet and try to be of use on offense in spite of his lilitations by setting screens and rebounding.
@@thomaslequesne5475 setting screens and rebounding is the bare minimum as I said. Half these people arguing in favor of gobert wouldn’t want him or his exorbitant salary on their team.
@@qweeafghnjfg he does not do the bare minimum, he does everything you could ask of the player he was when he got that contract. If you think that's an overpay that's fair, but blame it on the front office who offered him that contract. And don't start throwing expectations that were never realistic in the first place.
Elite defense is much harder to find in today's crop of NBA players than elite offense is. So yeah he is completely worth the money. It's not like it's difficult to surround him with offensive stars. But if you have those offensive stars, it is really hard to surround them with elite defense.
we r sorry rudy
Imagine winning DPOY and people shit on you
3:11 and then Rudy literally blocked Russ 10X. We wrecked them 🤣. Wanna know how I know?? I’m in that video. 💀
If anything, Goebert is the classic trap teams keep falling for decades. You get a great defensive big man and all of the sudden, the team gets adjusted as thought they forgot how to play defense because 1 big man = 3 players. Lots of standing around. When you see the triangle setup of Shaq, Horry, and Fox with the Lakers, no wonder they're so tough to go against.
Rudy as soft as a French fry
On a rainy day, during a blitzkrieg...
crusty ass
Then tell me why the NBA players themselves elected Rudy as DPOY?
I would say Luka is the most disrespected player in the NBA. Atleast by the NBA media.
Gobert is an easy target because the media attack him and because he doesn't have a huge base of fans. His game isn't made of spectacular highlights, so mot many fans in this NBA. That's the short of it because when you realize the impact he have on the defensive stats of the teams he played for... well it is no wonder GM want him and are ready to pay him that much.
Wins is a combination of good offense and defense... So u cant include wins in DPOY
I don’t know why he was one on one with Luka in that situation anyway.
It was either scripted that way or it was a terrible mistake by McDaniels to allow that switch in that situation. In any case, one play in one game is really not very important. But it's how most fans evaluate players. It's just ridiculous
i really dont care what the analytic say its js looks bad for NBA and water downs the award when the DPOY is consistently being cooked on national television
He isn't being constantly cooked on national television. His team is currently in the WCF and he's played elite defense the entire way to get there.
Stop analyzing basketball on one play, ffs... one play in which a CENTER got switched onto a GUARD shooting a 3 at the perimeter (a matchup any guard would want from any center)
@@lightbeforethetunnel ONE PLAY !!!!!!!😂 This man has more highlights getting cooked then he does making defense stops 😐 stop it🤦🏾♂️ he cannot defend on the perimeter to save his mother’s life he fouls the majority of time when he defends in paint he so slow latterly he looks like new born cattle every time he guards somebody, watching him being in every opponent highlight film it is such a bad look and embarrassing for the NBA and for the award value All of the voters who voted for him should be Drug test for giving him that award cause I don’t care what anybody say he not on the level of the other defender that won DPOY ITs even sadder that he has 4 smh
@@Mr1000raindrops You just proved my point. You do your analysis based on "highlights"
That's called a cherry picking fallacy every single time you do it.
Try doing real analysis sometime which takes ALL the plays into account. Compare all his plays to all the plays of other centers on defense. He is the best, it's not even really a question.
@@Mr1000raindrops Another issue is: A lot of NBA players go out of their way to avoid getting dunked on because they don't want to end up on highlights because they actually care about what ignorant fans like you think. So they literally just get out of the way.
Gobert, on the other hand, actually contests them. Because he cares about winning more than his ego. Sure he will end up on some highlights, but he'll also get some stops doing that too. Other players? They get out of the way so they get zero stops in such situations. But since you do your analysis based on highlights, you think they're better for it.
It's such an asinine way of analyzing player's defense that it's just ridiculous.
@@Mr1000raindrops Anyway at this point I'm just explaining a basic logical fallacy to you. So it's clear that this isn't a conversation worth continuing.
Rudy been elbowing him the past 3 games Im not surprised
He prob gets the hate, cuz when he gets cooked on the perimeter, he looks like he's in the maytag turbo spin cycle whereas when others get cooked, they just get blown by.
great journalism Mj
He got the bag, thats all that matters. Keep blocking em shots, big man
But when wemby is on the floor.. the spurs go from last to 4th
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5:43 These “special” effects make me physically ill. They’re so visually off putting.
Tatum has him best times 2 with the criticism
Rudy wouldn't be so overrated if they stopped giving him rewards he doesn't deserve. So i guess it isn't his fault. Blame the NBA. Or is it, the rest of the timberwolves are overrated and he's carrying them? I just can't imagine wolves defence being worse if AD was there. Idk, he just doesn't seem that great to me.
Tbh idc if ur the dpoy u gotta have at least a little aura so people don't look forward to getting u on a switch
Can you name any center that a point guard wouldn't want on a switch guarding him at the perimeter for a last second 3 pt shot?
I guarantee any guard shooting a 3 would want a switch onto the opposing team's center guarding him in that scenario.
So the real question would have to be how in tf was that switch allowed to happen?
Rudy should’ve never won dpoy
Most serious basketball analysts strongly disagree with you
@@lightbeforethetunnel I look at the eye test not stats
@@thaheartbreaker Look at both, in context.
@@thaheartbreaker Stats are literally just recordings of events that have occurred. Why would you ignore them when analyzing who should be DPOY? May as well just ignore the eye test too. The eye test is just a way that your brain inputs information about events occurring in real time.
Stats just record those same events over a span of time.
@@thaheartbreaker Technically, the score at the end of the game is just a stat. Maybe we should start deciding who won the game with the eye test? "I was there! I used the eye test and my team played way better! I don't care about the stats of the number of points each team scored!"