Dwight Howard GETS REAL On Rudy Gobert's Shaky Defense
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- Dwight Howard GETS REAL On Rudy Gobert's Shaky Defense as the 3x NBA Defensive Player of the Year enters Gil's Arenas to break down the defense of statistically the best defensive big man of this generation. Alongside Gilbert Arenas & The Gil's Arena Crew, Dwight explains why he and many other NBA fans consider Gobert to be one of the NBA's most overrated players and analyze how the big man's defensive numbers are more based off team stats than his ability to shut down an opposing player.
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Rashad trying to explain big man defense and offense to two big men who were number one picks is exactly what I can't stand about him bro 😭
@@alexanderi2020 I thought cemetery Larry was 6'4 6'5
@@alexanderi2020 nah he's missing the point. Statistically being "good" still doesn't warrant x4 DPOY, that's what everyone has a problem with
@@alexanderi2020He was never in his life a PG
@@alexanderi2020Undersized PG?? Rashad McCants??? Nah, Bro!🤣
@@alexanderi2020he was wrong
K Mart and Dwight in the Arena on this topic is actually 🔥
Both them dumb and haters especially K mart he should not be talking basketball
@@aeroron if if was just kenyon Dwight and Gil this episode would have been even better
so fire
Kenyon thinking he’s a better defender than Rudy Gobert is fire?
@@andregardiner3071Yes sir
Rashad wearing the Kobe dunking over Howard while he on the show is nasty work lol
😂
Nasty would be him instead of Kobe doing that
I love it 😂😂😂😂
I thought the same thing 😂😂😂
When I saw this I was thinking he got the same shoes kobe had on then but to blatantly have a image on a graphic tee getting certifiably baptized is straight wild
love seeing Kenyon Martin genuinely happy. when dwight, one of his peers, one of the best defensive bigs of all time, called him a rim protector, he started grinning from ear to ear. Kenyon always mean muggin on his tough shi but bro switched it up for once. love to see it, man 2:25
They are not peers, Kenyon not even close to his level plus Kenyon never stopped anybody. All the top PFs averaged double digits against him with high percentages
That was dope to see. ❤️🩹
@I don’t think you know what peers means. Contemporaries?! Kenyon was an undersized forward. With multiple broken legs. Number one out of Cincinnati is important. He was an elite help/ weak side defender. Never dirty always physical.
@@Magicstocktondepends on what you consider dirty. There is not one clean person in that room. Maybe the guy with the laptop but everybody else dirty as hell.
@@greenrighthand On court play. Kenyon hard fouled. Dwight doesn’t have a record of anything dirty. High elbows is every big man’s favorite weapon.
AD is absolutely a better defender. AD get the blocks but he can also step out on the perimeter to a level that Rudy can’t. AD also changes a lot of shots at the rim. A LOT.
Take it from a Lakers fan. Hes not better than Rudy now. Yes he’s more versatiile, but his effort to run back on defense is by far the worst in league. He constantly looks for fouls on offense, falling down and taking forever to come back, and by that time the opposing team’s already scored. There’s a reason why Lebron throws all those touchdown passes to AD.
@@carlton645bro what lakers games u be watching? AD is a one man defense at times and cleans up many mistakes, as the lakers await for vandos return. Before max started getting more minutes and the recent trades, the lakers point of attack defenders got burned so easily and set the whole defense in rotation, easy lay ups if not for ad altering as many shots as he can (and easy catch and shoot 3’s to shitty teams). Put AD in that grizzles defense instead of Rudy and they will reach Boston level versatility on defense. - respectfully
Exactly. Half the time watching Rudy they frying his rice every time he’s not on the painted floor. I give at least one of Rudy’s to AD or Bam.
@@stowyck AD got more game winners shot on his head than rudy
@@SapienGalore🔥🔥🔥 Anthony Davis to Memphis would be an amazing thing to see. I’ve never thought about that one. Pelicans AD was unstoppable.
"HE'S A GOOGLER!"
"IM NOT A GOOGLER"
I'm so weak bro im crying, this my favorite basketball show now 🤣🤣😂😂😂😂
I bust out laughing 😂😂😂😂
Lol
U must be a casual
I'm on break rn on work that shit had me dying 😂
No cap this the one time I give it to Rashad because gil do google something real quick
McCants trying to reduce defending to blocking stats against one of the best defenders in NBA history in Dwight Howard. 😂
90% physical attributes 10% skills
@@bitcoinethereum9702Like most nba players
@@bitcoinethereum9702 Giannis won a ring like that. So did MJ, physical attributes are important in any sport.
What Dwight is saying, is that out of all the DPOY, Gobert is his least favorite. His defense doesn’t matter as much against certain match ups, especially pick and rolls. No one is truly afraid of him, especially in the playoffs.
@@bitcoinethereum9702now do you
"Rudy IS LIKE THAT, he gave Donovan Mitchell Covid" 💀
Rashad set everybody off 😂 soon as he spoke they went nuts 😂
Aye McCants, LBJ averaged 37 ppg on yo ass 😂🤣🤣!
Chauncey Billups said that their team's gameplan in the playoffs was to attack Rudy Gobert. That should never be said about a DPOY, let alone a 4x DPOY winner. That's all the confirmation I need to hear. A head coach said their gameplan is to attack the 4x DPOY in the playoffs. Smh
Attack him how? Pull him out of the paint and put him in pick n rolls or what?
So he’s so good they have to have a special gameplan against him
Billups had the sorriest team this year, tf is he talking about
Here’s the clip of Billups speaking on the playoff game plan of attacking Gobert. Rather clear that Billups doesn’t agree with Gobert winning 4X DPOY
ua-cam.com/video/F_DOOxDUulk/v-deo.htmlsi=D1PymLaWus-1CD9g
Ben Simmons scored 44 in the paint to prove Rudy was wack. So there you go.
Can’t believe bro not in top 75
Politics
CAUSE ITS ALL OPINION BASED!
Him and Kyrie snubbed by politics
@@Viqtor
Who should come off the list to put those two on?
@@Viqtorand George Floyd
Nick young look like he fried asf 😂😂
He always looks like that. I always thought he was a little special
@@Psych86_😂😂😂 damn
Hes always high. 😂
Entire set is based in LA and mfers always saying someone high. No shit 😂
On Gil’s IG there was a behind the scenes with some big bags of herbs.
Anthony Davis and Bam Adebayo should've had Defensive Player of the Year over Rudy the years prior
preach
Victor Wembenyama
wemby was my vote. I thought it was a easy choice
@@jayburnham3994lmao you like losers winning awards.
Nba fans are Clowning HARD
Why? Jokic and Luka cook them as well.
Rashad being the Skip Bayless of the show 😂😂
Wemby should of won it, players was so scared to go in the paint esp. on the fast break there are multiple clips
Maybe that's why he didn't get it...coz no one was trying him. He needs them to come in the paint so he can shine and show the voters.
@@getmoney3806nah he didn’t get it bc the league wasn’t going to give fun ROTY and DPOTY
Should of lol stay in school
@@getmoney3806 he led the league in blocks though 😂. They do voting based off team success plus stats so that’s why he didn’t get it. He would have if they had a top 6 record in the West. He was the best defender last year though
@@datsapaddlinI hear that but did you hear the stat that when Wemby was on the floor the Spurs had the #1 defense in the league and when he wasn’t on the floor they was dead last.
“It only matters cause you wanna move the goalpost…” 😂😂😂😂😂
To Rashad all they do is show up to move the goalpost 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@corywyatt8310 Meanwhile if he cant move the goal post then he plays the victim card
That shit was hilarious when he said that. I was like this the same dude who said D Wade played another 4 years after leaving Cleveland (1 year) and moved the goal post when he was wrong.
Dwight Just saying the guy is 7ft2 he should be getting more blocks than he his. And he’s not that good
@@adeseyeoluwaseyi1288Rudy is hella goofy! He’s just a big body like Dwight said.
Anthony Davis is top tier defender rn
Best in the league.
Really...
Y'all sleep on Joel defensively as well just because his offense overshadows his defense, but Joel is a top tier big defender as well especially when healthy, sixers were the best defensive team at a point in the season from having a healthy Jo
@@sob_meen Not better than AD or Bam
and Bam
Nick young funny as hell " in Philly I did , I snuck you 🧏🏾♂️ " 😂😂😂😂😂😂
7:30 omg Rashad is a whole corn for wearing that shirt
Dwight might need to be a regular guest 😂😂😂 They were turnt today
Them asking is kenyon a rim protector was hilarious!!!😂😂😂😂
And Rudy can't get no love 😂😂😂
Nope 😂😂😂😂
Yeah they lost me there
That’s because the slowest player in the NBA made him look like a Tom and Jerry cartoon in the conference finals. A good defender knows he doesn’t have to step back to prevent the drive when you’re up two points. If he had just stood there with his hands up there wasn’t shit Luka could’ve done.
A 6’9 player that can guard damn near 1-5 and was an athletic shot blocker/rebounder sounds pretty good to me. Especially playing in that era of basketball where power forwards were 6’11-7’0
@@SDesWriter luka aint close to being the slowest player in the league
Kenyon would eat in this era cause he could move his feet laterally 💯
Naw dwight would
@@Zoecinco so bc you think Dwight would, Kenyon can’t? 🤡
@@Zoecinco why can’t both be true?
@melaninmann8065 💯
Facts. And that's really the most important skill for a big in todays game. You have to be able to move out on the perimeter and in pick n roll defense. That's why Rudy is always a liability come playoff time, b/c his lateral quickness is terrible. K mart, minus the injuries, would be elite in today's defense.
Martin hushed swaggy like his youngest son 😂
"Brotha Knowledge?" 😂😂😂
“He’s lunch meat” that’s is hilarious 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Brandon out here chilling with no shoes on & KMart hitting the dab pen they kicking back frl🤣
Swaggy told Dwight to keep that right hand above the couch at all times
Underrated comment
😂😂
Swaggy being beside Lexie is sussy too
I was just waiting on one comment like this lmao. I wanted someone to bring up the elephant in the room. 🤣
When he said that lol
0:42 that head nod was malicious af 😂😂😂😂
Nah real nigga shit😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂
🤝truly diabolical 😂😂😂
"go get em Dwight" type shi
Y’all funny😂😂😂
Rashad forgot about that Brazilian player Maozinha dunking on Rudy Gobert in the Olympics. Nasty Work 🤣🤣🤣
Rudy gobert clears everyone on this couch on defense except Dwight Howard
k mart saying his better is nasty work
@@Coldskin1not really besides weak side shot blocking what he better at? They literally attacked Rudy last 3x in the playoffs
@@ljayydagoat7113just say you a casual 🤡
⏱️ Timestamps by TimeSkip ⏱️
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:00:49 - Critique of Gobert's Defense
00:02:05 - Elite Defender Criteria
00:04:05 - Blocks vs. Altering Shots
00:06:02 - Importance of Defensive Presence
00:09:00 - Comparing Defenders: Gobert vs. Others
00:16:36 - International Players in the NBA
00:19:06 - Audience Poll on Defenders
00:20:13 - FR Connection Explained
Yikes 😂😂😂😂 the hate is crazy I thought Embiid hate was wild 😂😂😂😂
@@Phillygoat1983 k mart a better defender?
eye test?
the eras apart and defenders have better defensive stats in martins era.
rudy era's u don't even have to block a shot for a center to be a good defender.
gobert still avg over 2
Its ok Wembys getting it every year from now on 😤
I don’t like the fact of giving it to just a rim protector, you gotta guard most positions
Lol funny but true . Especially after this year .. him get better and stronger and smarter .. yeah he’ll finish with the most dpoy in history 😂😭 crazy
@@greyyb8860wemby defense is going to improve his height is gonna be a nightmare for shooters
@@dieslcannady9276it could happen but JJ will be a helping position 4 with Edey at center, he’ll be in the running again and hopefully Miami starts Kel Ware and move Bam to the 4 as a help defender
The fact that he didn't get it this year shows how much of a joke the NBA awards system is.
Rudy had like the top rim protection percentage of the entire league. You wont see it on highlight clips but every game 4 or 5 times a game a dude comes in the lane, rudy flashes and the dude runs right back to the 3 point line. Ya there are a few highlight dunks against him for sure. But there are a number of players that run away from the paint when rudy comes and flashes. Now, if you want to pick on that he is not a great 1v1 defender, thats harder to argue, but the ones that he struggled against 1v1, other teams are triple teaming them to defend them. just sayin.
If you want to hate on Rudy so bad, look at his offensive game, thats atrocious ha.
exactly!
the T-Wolves had the number 1 scoring defense. He was #1 in defensive win shares and defensive ratings for all players that hit the games and minute limit.
he isn't as versatile a defender as Anthony Davis or Wemby, but what the T-Wolves did in the regular season revolved around his defensive strengths and it helped power them to a great record and the best defense in the NBA
@@brandonp8684 I never heard of a DPOY that's not a good 1 on 1 defender
Rudy's 1v1 defense isn't even as bad as people say it is, the shots that Luka and Kyrie were hitting over him were shots that they could hit against any defender. Put Draymond Green, Lu Dort, Jrue Holiday on them and they're still getting those shots off.
@@0608jeffplus we’ve seen Rudy block those players in 1 on 1 situations
Stop it..if you actually watch the game you can see he’s not the best defender
3:27 Rashad raising his hand is wild😂
I love the setup of Gil's Arena. It's real barbershop talk, people arguing, comparing, calling each other crazy, talking loud
A lot of subliminal jokes in this segment 👀😂😂😂😂
Yoooooo😂😂😂😂ikr
wearing that shirt is top tier hatin😂😂😂rashad be buggin
All they need is Draymond and Shaq and they’ll have the whole Gobert hate club smh.
The jealousy is so evident bro
Warranted 😊
@@ramabelemodiga8404ain’t nobody jealous of no damn rudy gobert 😂😂
@@ramabelemodiga8404”jealousy” 😂😂😂😂
@@ramabelemodiga8404jealousy? Nah we just recognize that shit is fraud work
She can guard Rudy in the post?!? Yall wildin. She can’t even guard Angel Reese in the post & angel Reese is building a brickyard from the post
7:32 Swag looking at Dwight when Rashad shows off the Kobe dunk shirt😂😂😂
I love it when Rashaad talks basketball 😂 he is the conduit for random podcasters n youtubers to speak about the sport cuz he is the living embodiment of 'just because you played in the nba, dosent mean you know wtf youre talking about' 😂😂😂😂
Rashad wild for wearing the shirt 🤣🤣🤣
🤝😅😅😅
fr tho lol
WILD😂😂😂😂
@@ASADMARLEY rashad: like iam about prove to my point.
kmart: nigga shut up
Wemby should of been DPOY... not even a discussion. And he showed that in the Olympics too
Spurs were getting spanked left and right man
@@getmoney3806there u go 🤡🤡 it’s an individual award it’s not about team wins 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 u clown u don’t know ball
@@getmoney3806because Wemby’s team was shit but when Wemby was on the floor, the Spurs was actually a pretty solid team defensively because he can cover so much ground
you sound dumb
“Fuck that gold medal” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
“we’re not saying rudy is a bad defender” but every word out of their mouths is something negative about rudy’s defense 😭
That voice change at 1:20 tho. 😂😂😂
Bruh really got a fake deep voice...I noticed that switch up too lol
@@cordesnell Might just be tired 😴 I
I peeped dat just now 😂😂😂😂
Thought my headphone was trippin
Had me messed up lmaooo
All they missing is a barber 💈 this is like a barbershop x10
I like Rashad wearing a Kobe shirt dunking on Dwight 😂💀
Rashad riding the hell out of Kobe's career.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. But keep Mamba Alive.
Kmart blushed a lil bit😊 when dwight gave him that compilement
Nah Gil ain’t even let Nick get a word in and then hit him with the shutup 😂😂😂
Mccants proved the point of why so many hoopers HATE stats. They can be manipulated to fit any argument
but k mart much better than rudy tho
@@Coldskin1 I'm not disagreeing with that statement not one bit honestly
3 convos at once is comedy lol
“Fu*k that gold medal “ 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
5:35 Gil calling McCants “a googler” knowing he be in his phone for every topic every day as the stat man is funny as hell
K mart “he lunch meat” @5:06
Bra yo comment popped up as he said it 😂😂
The way gil just snapped and said that is dum😂
BJ sneaking a "rudy almost killed a donava mitchell" was comedy gold
He hates that boy 😂😂
@@mandunya deadass yoo 😭
Went to the barbershop this morning and we literally talk like this about ball. Tone and everything lol
Rashad wants to be the odd man out every time 😂😂 it's funny fr
Jennings got under the covers when they brought up kobe dunking on Dwight
He not the only seven footer on that league. If anybody watched those Jazz years, they were damn near just let them by and he had to clean up everything. You don’t have to be afraid of him for him to change your shot.
The young fella Kessler had TWICE AS MANY BLOCKS as Rudy when he was in Utah.. he tougher than Rudy too!! Rudy aint controlling the paint like that he never has..
@@DubR424 One, that’s just a flat out lie 😂. WK never had twice as many blocks. And yall obsessed with the highlights. Theres plays that never show up on an espn top 10 of the amount of times he forces you to change your shot or flat out miss because he’s in the paint. His problem was never defending the rim, his problem is once he’s pulled away from the rim he’s flat footed and slow.
@user-bk8gx3jd7i Yeah, these people only watch highlights. They don't watch games
Lexie just chilling in looking sexy throughout all this yelling lol
She looks like a dude with a weave. 🤡🌎
She sexy asf
She knows her role lol
Everytime Gil randomly yells in an argument he loses 😂😂😂😂😂
Dwights face when b started yelling "thank you!" had me dying 🤣
4:25 Nick Young looking like a stud
Bruhhhhhhhhh
Can’t unsee that bruh😂 thx 🖕🏿
😭😭😭😭
😂
I read this at 4:23 looked up and died laughing 😂😂
No one can tell me Rudy is a better defender than AD or Bam
Same thing I said.
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Lmao, that pause Dwight did after hearing Rashad’s trash take is hilarious! @13:40
This was one of the best episodes so far
Every team ruddy goes to his team goes top 1-2 in defense. Speaks for itself
I don't get why people just ignore this fact. The Jazz and Wolves do not accomplish what they did without Rudy Gobert.
@@gyamjames Some American players like to hate on him because he's not part of their "fellowship". Most of them grew up together through AAU and college. They have a really hard time aknowledging or respecting players who didn't go through the same path nor grew up with them. They want to validate their own path. Not saying this is right or wrong, but some people function like that and it seems pretty prevalent in sports
He’s a 7’2 guy who can move his feet. That’s very valuable regardless of his level of defense. He’s a great defender but bro is not a 4x dpoy. It’s just a fact, he got the awards cause there’s no defense in the league 🤷🏿♂️
@@AbstractHomosapien if there no defense in the nba You can only compare him to his peers right?
Rudy goberts defense is overrated plain and simple 🤷♂️😂
In today’s game yes. But in the 90’s he would be a top center
I agree that’s also probably true
@@Iniquityslashertf does that have to do with anything 😂😂😂 he’s trash, don’t add that extra stuff casual. He’s playing now, not in the 90s 💀💀💀
@@IniquityslasherIronically it would actually be worse in the 90’s. Gobert get’s abused anytime he plays Embiid or Jokic. Now imagine him guarding the 90’s centers like Shaq, Ewing, David Robinson and Hakeem. He’d be getting 40 put on his head every other night.
@@cristianlopez6069u hate when ppl say stuff like that. We don't live in a fantasy world we live in the now buddy isn't that good he robbed a few all nba guys from that award or the voters did at least
When you win 4 defensive players of the year then you should be a top 10 all time defensive player. Rudy Gobert isn't a top 10 defensive center of all time.
Should be true, but winning dpoy in an era where defense is mostly non-existent is why this happens
Mutiple dpoy can be overrated that just means u the best defender in that era that still dont put u above hakeem or david robinson or even alonsk mourning
@@nydibsyou can make a case that winning DPOY in this era is actually more impressive because offenses have never been better.
- all the rules are skewed towards aggression and offense
- there are far more offensive killers
- offensive schemes are more optimal
- far more spacing and shooting (shooters at every position) than in any era
@@mechajintsubro that award has to go to someone every year, what do you mean????
Defense is a situation now, it’s barely apart of the game. Shit sad and weak as hell. I doubt he could get the award 15 year ago when defense was played.
@@AbstractHomosapien that award has to go to someone every year - yes it does, and this era though offenses are better than ever = it is harder to defend turbo-charged offenses especially for tall 4's 5's.
I doubt he could get the award 15 year ago when defense was played. - this is a good point because the converse can also be true too, in the 90's most of the winners were shot blocking centers who would have trouble switching out to the wing and defend the Steph Curry's, James Harden's, Luka's of today's era.
Dwight + K Mart= 🔥🏀
Sometimes this show breaks into absolute chaos holy shit
Y’all don’t get tired of this conversation? 😂
This episode was hot garbage
@@corpyhogan4433 dumpster fire
@@corpyhogan4433 Josiah dropped the ball as a moderator for like 80% of the episode
Rudy living rent free in their heads 😎
@@popetaytvhe stood no chance with them talking over him lmao
Rashaad argument is always about how he feel not what he sees
He really be loving to take the euro side of any conversation
Unless it’s about Kobe
@@KingKCA even when he speak about the mamba he makes no sense
Rudy is unplayable in the playoffs. Can't move his feet. They looking for him on defense, especially Luka. Rudy couldn't even guard his own position against Denver. KAT did a better job on Jokic.
You clearly only watched one game and not the whole series. Other than game 5 Gobert played Jokic fine when they match up.
@dhollins - KAT guarded Jokic for the most part, Gobert didn’t do much in that series. And the wolves had their best defensive game when Rudy was out for the birth of his child
@@nydibs Yeah KAT was his primary match up but what I'm saying is when Gobert did end up guarding Jokic he did just fine. Outside of game 5 Jokic shot like 40% on Gobert. And their best game was game 6 not game 2
“F that gold medal” 😂😂😂
Rashad with the t shirt of him gettin a layup on Dwight looool
"Fuck that gold medal"😂
😂😂😂
8:01 Nick Young 😂😂😂😂😂😂
These guys are borderline unwatchable when they all start blabbing louder than each other. Too many giant egos for one room.
As someone who loved those Nets teams, Kenyon wasn't even close to as good as a defender as Rudy is/was.
Everyone likes to clown on Rudy and disregard his defense and trust me, I get it, french people are soft and and Rudy has a punchable face BUT the numbers arent lying with Rudy. He is an elite defensive anchor that has been the major reason why his past teams have been successful.
Kenyon at 6'9" NEVER made an all defensive team yet alone DPOY. Rudy is 7'1" and made 7 all defensive teams with 4DPOY's. Blocks per game is a terrible way to judge a defender so im not surprised these idiots are making up numbers to qualify someones ability but i just want to point out that KMart NEVER averaged 2bpg even in a shortened playoff series. Rudy averages over 2 FOR HIS CAREER.
Go ahead and yell all day that "analytics have ruined the game" or that "real hoopers know better". While I agree that you can't get the whole picture from stats and that defense is the hardest aspect of the game to quantify through statistics, they do give you a glimpse into how effective a player is towards their teams overall defense.
At some point you have to take into account that all of the plus/minus stats and advanced RAPTORs, LEBRONs DARKO's SNORFS WORPs and TORMPs (yes I made a few of those up) indicate that Rudy has been having a major impact on the way opposing teams attack the hoop and when he is in the game, they dont get easy looks at the rim that they otherwise are used to.
The game has drastically changed since Kenyon played and its even changed significantly since Dwight was at the peak of his powers.
Because it wasn't a thing in his era, we didn't get to see Kenyon guarding on the perimeter and we rarely saw him switching onto smaller guards. We can speculate (as apparently many of you already have) that he would be good at this because he is shorter (lower center of gravity) than the majority of centers and was a great athlete. Maybe he would be able to switch like Bam does today but that is a very big MAYBE and just because he was athletic and short for a center that does not mean he would be good. There are plenty of examples on the contrary.
Combine the above fact with the fact that Rudy is actually a very competent perimeter/switch defender for someone his size. Every smart team targets the center at the end of the game, not just Rudy. As much as the media tried to make it out to be, it wasn't Rudys fault the defense failed in Utah, that was Donovan Mitchell and his embarrassing lack of effort.
So my point in all of this?
The Gobert lack of respect is getting old. You don't have to like him but to not acknowledge his defensive impact just shows a lack of understanding of the modern game. Kmart has had a ton of terrible takes from Jeremy Lin to saying that "real hoopers know that Kyrie is the best player on the Mavs" but this one belongs in the same tier of utter nonsense. He was nowhere near as impactful of a defender as Rudy has been his whole career.
Bunch of dudes who can’t listen😂😂
Swaggy P checking KMarts english was pure comedy
That “YOU DID?!?!” came from the soul lmaooo
Wemby should have won it, people are legit scared to have him guarding them. They switch to get Rudy on them.
Bro in the Jazz days people were scared to go in the paint coz of Gobert coz of his defensive presence. Lets not take away his credit coz he got cooked by Jokic.
who said they was scared 👀
8:46 kmart checkin shii🤣
Mans was on a different type of timing 🤣🤣🤣 emphasized the “much better”
Were laughing at you NOT WITH YOU DWIGHT😂😂
Brandon Jennings after Dwight said K-Mart was a rim protector....
"THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, F*CKING THANK YOU, GOT-DAMN" 😂😂😂
Dwight Howard has clearly not watched Rudy Gobert. Rudy anchored a top-10 defense with Conley, Mitchell, and Bogdanovic on the floor. No one does that if they're simply a good team defender. He also transformed the Wolves defensively. Smh
No one was afraid of Kmart blocking their shot. 1.1 bpg for his career and he's being talked about as if he's better than Gobert.
He averaged 1.1, because they feared coming in the paint knowing what the possible outcome might be. Most of Rudy's blocks came from him being a weak side defender.
K Mart was also technically an undersized PF.
Victor about have 6 DPOY
Injuries incoming
Dpoy is a regular season award and his defence in the regular season is insane
Nick young and Kmart going at it is comedy 😂😂😂😂
Kmart looks sick. Nick young looks high.Dhoward looks confused
Gobert did deserve the awards, but that just shows how trash the leagues D is
Nah the 90s defense is trash.lmao John Stockon has the most steals of all time think about it. Garbage era.
K mart was so honored when Dwight called him a rim protector
Their arguments are valid and keeps one glued 😌
Rashad saying he’s not a googler while he’s on google looking up goberts stats has me dead 😭