Emmanuel LANGELLIER, Media365: published on Wednesday May 8, 2024 at 5:29 p.m.
Crowned best defender in the NBA, Frenchman Rudy Gobert beat his compatriot Victor Wembanyama, which is historic.
Since Victor Wembanyama joined the prestigious NBA, we often talk about the North American basketball championship in France. But this Wednesday, May 8, we are talking about it even more because something historic happened. Tuesday, at the end of the evening, after the very disappointing elimination of Paris-SG in the Champions League which saddened a large part of France which likes to support its French representatives, we learned that a Frenchman had been named best defender in the championship. Rudy Gobert won this honor, having already been designated three times in the past.
4th crown for Gobert
Crowned best defender in the NBA for the 4th time, the Minnesota Timberwolves player has thus equaled the record of two other players: Dikembe Mutombo (elected in 1995, 1997, 1998 and 2001) and Ben Wallace (decorated in 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2006). “It’s an incredible honor. When I arrived in the NBA in 2013, I would never have imagined that, reacted the 31-year-old player to L’Equipe. I already wanted to be respected, to earn my place. Become a real NBA player, in short. It happened step by step until the day I realized that I had it in me, that I could become the best defender in the world. This is what I have become today. This title is very prestigious, but above all it represents the values that define me: determination, perseverance, resilience and teamwork. »
Wembanyama could have been crowned if…
Rudy Gobert has therefore entered the history of the North American League but France can boast of something else. Unanimously elected rookie of the season after having had an exceptional first individual season, Victor Wembanyama finished behind his compatriot by taking 2nd place in this ranking of the best defender in the NBA. Two French people in the first two places is historic because this has never happened in the history of the prestigious championship. France has definitely been in the spotlight in recent hours… Very comfortable for his debut, Wembanyama could have won the bet and won this honorary title of best defender in his first year but the low quality of his team of San Antonio Spurs stopped him. The Texas franchise only won 22 of its 82 regular season games. “Wemby” on the other hand finished as the best blocker with 3.6 blocks per match on average.
2024-05-08 18:57:55
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