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Rudy Gobert "Greatest Jazz Center of All Time" Countdown Thread

[size/HUGE] boobs [/size];943949 said:
Dante Exum will be MVP in 6 years. He and A Davis will fight for the crown once D-Time develops an outside game.

Man, nobody should EVER be called DTime. That is seven shades of wrong. . .
 
Love this thread. Big Gobert believer right here. That said, Mark Eaton had over 3000 blocked shots for the Jazz in his career. Gobert's total is 59. Most would say that Gobert's greatest impact as a player will be his blocked shots, (not necessarily true) seems he has a ways to go. Reading this thread is sometimes exquisitely painful by re-numerating all the Jazz centers of the past. Such fun. Pain is a Jazz fans lot in life right now.
 
Yeah, I'm not sure you could make up a name more suave than Dante Exum. But If I AM going to make up a name it would be "Moonwalk" because he is smooth like Michael Jackson. . .
 
#29 Ike Austin
Points 190
Rebounds 114
Blocks 9
Steals 10
Assists 16

Ike Austin is the one rare case where a center started his career with the Jazz THEN went on to be pretty good. A second round pick from Tempe Normal School (who just got laid low by the University of Arizona) Austin joined the Jazz in 1991 and played 2 seasons. Not doing much he went to Europe and played before returning to the NBA for the Miami Heat in 1997 and played really, really well netting the award for the most improved player. After a couple of good seasons, Austin entered free agency where he spurned the Jazz and best friend Karl Malone to sign with Orlando (Jazz were capped out.) He then went on to disappear and was traded several times before leaving the League.

Later, in 2004, he went on to become Owner-Coach of the Utah Snowbears in the ABA. They went 27-1 and dominated the league heading into the playoffs. For some reason, Austin feuded with league officials and quit the league, forfeiting all remaining games.

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And, Ladies and Gentlemen, with that entry Rudy Gobert has contributed more than half of the players who have ever suited up for the Utah Jazz at center. Rudy Gobert is above the mean. As I mentioned before, this is good for Rudy, but man, what a load of stiffs we have had at center. . .
 
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