In the eye of the storm since his arrival at the Timberwolves, Rudy Gobert realizes for many a very bad first season under his new colors. However, it does indeed dominate the competition as a whole in an XXL stat!
Would he have finally found the right carburation in Minnesota? In any case, Rudy Gobert appears much more to his advantage for a few days in the jersey of the Timberwolves. His averages of 16 points, 12.4 rebounds and 1.9 blocks over the last 7 games attest to this. However, it is impossible for him to escape the incessant criticism from his detractors, who have been more and more numerous since the start of the season.
Expected as the providential man on the defensive plan in Minneapolis, the French pivot is struggling to plug all the gaps in the paint. Despite this, his franchise is still quite well placed in the race for the playoffs (7th, 34-33), and can still hope to play spoilsports there. Until then, Gobzilla will obviously do everything to help him achieve his goals, and that goes through big individual performances.
Rudy Gobert king of dominant perfs on the rebound
Among the reasons given by Gobert’s haters to attack him, the drop observed in his statistics is one of the most recurrent. This, while the performance of the international tricolor does not deserve such relentlessness. Whether on the offensive level, where he always appears as one of the most effective players in the NBAbut also on the rebound, where no one makes as many cards as him:
Leaders this season:
30-point games — Luka
40-point games — Dame
50-point games — Luka
10-assist games — Hali, Trae, Jokic
15-assist games — Harden
20-assist games — Harden
10-rebound games — Sabonis
15-rebound games — AD
20-rebound games — Gobert pic.twitter.com/3Xmm4JEnn5— StatMuse (@statmuse) March 8, 2023
Among this list of the statistical leaders of the league compiled by StatMuse, therefore appears the name of Rudy. The latter thus has the largest number of games with 20 rebounds made this season, which is not trivial. With 5 units, he is even well ahead of most other big men, and is only followed by Domantas Sabonis (4). Something to delight the fringe of the Wolves fanbase who continue to support him:
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— Ultra (@SnawS_Ultra) March 9, 2023
Perhaps less prominent than before in defense or even scoring, Rudy Gobert is nonetheless valuable to the Timberwolves. Especially on the rebound, where no other player does as well as him in terms of 20 unit matches!
