Rudy Gobert: I found a home in Minnesota

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Rudy Gobert talks about how far things have come for him and where he fits into the NBA’s big league with 4 DPOYs: “Most importantly, I found a home” in Minnesota – 10:41 AM

2024 #NBA Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert has ranked in the top seven in DOPY voting in nine of his 11 seasons.
“We like to get individual awards and all these things, and it’s great but you can’t do it alone.”
eurohoops.net/en/nba-news/16… – 5:48 AM

Either way a W for France 🇫🇷 I won Wemby but I’d love to see Gobert win another one ! I love seeing history being made and greatness being achieved! I lost DPOY one year to someone who was a 3rd team all around defense when I was first 🤔 now that’s a real insult 😂 but the point is… pic.twitter.com/fWBM3Ok3FE – 8:09 PM


Rudy Gobert comfortably wins his fourth Defensive Player of the Year
nbcsports.com/nba/news/rudy-… – 7:45 PM

Rudy Gobert wins the 4th Defensive Player of the Year award. Victor Wembanyama is 2nd and Bam Adebayo is 3rd (from @AP) apnews.com/article/1d7846… – 7:06 PM

HISTORY MADE: Rudy Gobert was named the Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year for a record-tying 4th season.
The 7-1 Frenchman joins Dikembe Mutombo and Ben Wallace as the only four-time winners of the award, which has been presented annually since the 1982-83 season. pic.twitter.com/ArsJDc8lFQ – 7:05 PM


Timberwolves’ Rudy Gobert wins record-tying fourth Defensive Player of the Year award – via @joevardon theathletic.com/5477966/2024/0… – 6:49 PM

Interesting DPOY poll. A worthy winner, Rudy Gobert. Earlier today, Luka Doncic said Lu Dort is among the top three perimeter defenders, along with Jrue Holiday and Derrick Jones Jr. Neither Dort nor Jones was on any of the voters’ ballots. But Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was. – 6:47 PM

As even Victor Wembanyama himself predicted, the Spurs rookie lost the Defensive Player of the Year honor to Minnesota’s Rudy Gobert.
Make no mistake: Wemby’s time is coming.
expressnews.com/sports/spurs/a… via @expressnews – 6:46 PM

With 19 first-place votes, Wemby finished second behind Gobert, Minnesota’s top defensive tackle. pic.twitter.com/RUgZ18gs18 – 6:45 PM


Victor Wembanaya finished 2nd in Defensive Player of the Year voting. He finished with 19 first place votes but a good distance behind Rudy Gobert. Wemby will be named to the NBA’s All-Defensive First Team, the first rookie to earn that honor. #KSATsports #GoSpursGo pic.twitter.com/SgNPzmBxnb – 6:44 PM


Minnesota’s Rudy Gobert’s four DPOYs … with Victor Wembanyama finishing second. Voting results:
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Rudy Gobert joins Dikembe Mutombo and Ben Wallace as the only four-time DPOY winners in NBA history.
But Wemby’s time is coming.
“He won’t win now because after that it’s not his time anymore,” he said in March as he swiped with his French teammate. – 6:41 PM

The NBA announces Rudy Gobert as the Defensive Player of the Year, his fourth. pic.twitter.com/jJcUBkVoks – 6:41 PM



Rudy Gobert makes history, joining Mutumbo and Wallace as four-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year. Story, @TheAthleticNBA – 6:37 PM

Only three players in NBA history have won Defensive Player of the Year four times:
Dikembe Mutombo
Ben Wallace
Rudy Gobert
Gobert’s back-to-back season proved why he is one of the best iron defenders of the modern era. pic.twitter.com/IRNHmFoY4r – 6:36 PM


Gobert gets DPOY
Shout out to Bam this season in any way you can in his most versatile defensive year – 6:36 PM

Rudy Gobert won his 4th Defensive Player of the Year. His first was not against the Jazz. pic.twitter.com/y3t3eNM8Eq – 6:35 PM


Timberwolves’ Rudy Gobert has been named NBA Defensive Player of the Year for a record fourth time
cbssports.com/nba/news/timbe… – 6:34 PM

Rudy Gobert is seeking his fourth Defensive Player of the Year award. He joins Dikembe Mutombo and Ben Wallace as four-time winners. – 6:34 PM

Rudy Gobert named DPOY, but I’m curious to see how many first-place votes Wemby received – 6:34 PM

4x Defensive Player of the Year 🏆
Rudy Gobert joined Dikembe Mutombo and Ben Wallace as the third player to do so 😤 pic.twitter.com/obrcxbb4sI – 6:34 PM


Rudy Gobert is the Defensive Player of the Year, as announced on @NBAonTNT . His fourth award. The best defender is the best defender. Well earned. – 6:33 PM

Rudy Gobert has more DPOY awards than that
Draymond Green
Tim Duncan
Kevin Garnett
Giannis Antetokounmpo
LeBron James
Anthony Davis
combined. pic.twitter.com/FoKetDTMog – 6:33 PM


Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert has won the 2023-24 NBA Defensive Player of the Year award. Gobert has his fourth DPOY, tied for the league record. pic.twitter.com/JvhFXNaYL0 – 6:33 PM


Players with four DPOY awards:
Ben Wallace
Dikembe Mutombo
Rudy Gobert
that’s all. pic.twitter.com/rhJ7TTQ2SX – 6:33 PM




This sounds like a weed, but I think it’s important – and the reason Wolves’ defense is as good as it is.
So, for Anthony Edwards and Jaden McDaniels in the league’s second season, a year before Gobert got here, the Wolves just didn’t have the frontcourt personnel to play… pic.twitter.com/NUiP2SVyBJ – 3:17 PM

No one on the Wolves, including Gobert, can absorb Jokic’s first hit like KAT can. That’s too big. Consider this property a good example of that. pic.twitter.com/h697G0RQJS – 2:20 p.m

Rudy Gobert is expected to win Defensive Player of the Year tonight over Victor Wembanyama, who won Rookie of the Year last night.
But we have to point out that Wemby almost had more blocks than any other player had blocks + steals combined.
Who is your DPOY vote? pic.twitter.com/m3ID18pY1B – 1:02 PM

Chris Long: The whole team came to join Rudy Gobert at his DPOY event – with Twitter / May 8, 2024
Bally Sports North: “I don’t care about that. … Right now all I care about is my teammates and trying to achieve our goal.” Rudy Gobert on whether he thinks people have seen his evolution and the progress he has made as a player since the beginning of his career. #IzimpiBuyela – with Twitter / May 8, 2024
Todd Whitehead: Some Rudy Gobert stats. pic.twitter.com/PLWpZcalvO -via Twitter @CrumpledJumper / May 7, 2024