Aurélie Sacchelli, Media365, published on Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 9:31 p.m.
Rudy Gobert, voted best defender of the season in the NBA, and Victor Wembanyama, his runner-up in the ranking, logically appear in the typical team of the best defenders for the 2023-24 financial year, unveiled this Tuesday.
Victor Wembanyama and Rudy Gobert left their mark on the 2023-24 NBA season, winning the trophy for best rookie and best defender of the year respectively, and the Minnesota pivot could even mark it even more if he wins the championship title with the Timberwolves. In the meantime, the two French players received a new distinction this Tuesday by being elected – in a way that could not be more logical – in the typical team of the best defenders of the season. Rudy Gobert (12.9 rebounds and 2.1 blocks on average in 76 regular season games) was unanimous among the 99 journalists on the voting panel: they all placed him in the best defensive team. This is the seventh time in his career that he has appeared in the first team. Victor Wembanyama (10.6 rebounds and 3.6 blocks on average in 71 regular season games) was placed by 86 voters in the standard team and by 12 in the second team. The typical defensive team has been revealed by the NBA every season since 1969, and this is the first time that a rookie has appeared there, proof of the incredible successful season by the one nicknamed “the alien”, even if this did not translate into a great collective season with San Antonio.
Adebayo and Davis also in the typical team
The two Frenchmen are accompanied in the typical team by Miami pivot Bam Adebayo, New Orleans winger Herb Jones and Lakers strong winger (or pivot) Anthony Davis. In the second, we find Chicago point guard Alex Caruso, Orlando point guard Jalen Suggs, Boston point guard Derrick White and Minnesota power forward Jaden McDaniels. With the two best defenders in the NBA in the squad, Vincent Collet’s French team will be able to rely on solid foundations during the Paris Olympic Games. It remains to find the automatisms between the two men, who have never played together before.
2024-05-21 19:42:55
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