Le Salt Lake Tribune Talk about “earthquake”. Rudy Gobert, star of the Utah Jazz, the team of Salt Lake City, was transferred Minnesota Timberwolves. The player had been playing in Utah since joining the NBA in 2013, quickly becoming “fan favourite”specifies the Tribune. “The 2m16 Frenchman is one of the most decorated players in the history of Jazz”note ESPN. For example, he was crowned best defender of the year three times, a rare performance. Sign of its value, Minnesota had to include five players in the exchange with the pivot.
“Wolves wanted to strengthen their home sector and they could hardly do better”estimates the Star Tribune. The Minneapolis daily recalls that the Tokyo Olympics silver medalist “excels at defending the basket maybe more than anyone else in the league”.
This explains why the Jazz extended it last summer for five seasons for 205 million dollars, making it the highest paid French sportsman. But the Salt Lake Tribune reports that the giant, the first NBA player to have contracted the coronavirus, got along badly with Donovan Mitchell, the other star of the team. The franchise, which never managed to get past the second round of the playoffs with the duo, chose to continue its journey with only one of the two men.