Rudy Gobert's Instagram Message for Kobe and JazzFanz...

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Real competitors? Many all-time studs have turned it down. Give me a break.

Americans? Probably the ones who already competed multiple times in the Olympics games and know that they have fellow country men who are just as good to carry the torch. Completely different scenarios.

 

[Miggs]

The amount of selfishness as a fan to chastise a player for wanting to play in the Olympics is ridiculous.

I see it as objective reasoning. Dude is obviously worn down and perhaps hurt. He needs rest. And to legitimately improve his game. Will his world shatter if he doesn't? No. He'll still get a solid 75M contract or thereabouts. But careers are finite and this summer is perhaps the most important he'll ever know in his developmental curve. If he's going to get better, it's not going to happen at 31 years old. It needs to happen now.

If he chooses not to, that's fine. It's his life. But he may very well end up just another Kirilenko. Another stellar defender who never improved his game one iota offensively and faded even on defense, who thinks he's looked upon as greater than he really was or will be remembered, and who overall, disappointed us with his end-game contribution to our team.

 

[Miggs]

Americans? Probably the ones who already competed multiple times in the Olympics games and know that they have fellow country men who are just as good to carry the torch. Completely different scenarios.

Yes, Americans, genius. Not in those scenarios.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I see it as objective reasoning. Dude is obviously worn down and perhaps hurt. He needs rest. And to legitimately improve his game. Will his world shatter if he doesn't? No. He'll still get a solid 75M contract or thereabouts. But careers are finite and this summer is perhaps the most important he'll ever know in his developmental curve. If he's going to get better, it's not going to happen at 31 years old. It needs to happen now.

If he chooses not to, that's fine. It's his life. But he may very well end up just another Kirilenko. Another stellar defender who never improved his game one iota offensively and faded even on defense, who thinks he's looked upon as greater than he really was or will be remembered, and who overall, disappointed us with his end-game contribution to our team.

He has plenty of time to rest between now and the start of the Olympics. You are acting like this one decision is going to destroy his career and are already setting up a scapegoat for him having a bad season.

 

[Miggs]

He has plenty of time to rest between now and the start of the Olympics. You are acting like this one decision is going to destroy his career and are already setting up a scapegoat for him having a bad season.

I think they do nothing to help his development. Those weeks could be crucial otherwise imo.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I think they do nothing to help his development. Those weeks could be crucial otherwise imo.

I find it hard to believe they do nothing. It's still game time vs high level competition on a big stage.

 

[Miggs]

I find it hard to believe they do nothing. It's still game time vs high level competition on a big stage.

What? Like 17 minutes a game? Give me a break. You know the Olympics are known as one big ****fest, right? They have bowls of condoms for the athletes. It's basically a two week party and the kid needs more than that.

 

[Cappy_Smurf]

You think so? Then maybe you've stumbled on the problem this team has, because I was very disappointed in Rudy's development this year. At the start of the season, I actually thought we had stolen one of the premier centers of the league with that 27th pick, but by the end of season I was wondering what it would take to get an upgrade.

Addictionary may have it right, the French NT drained him last summer. Frankly, if Gobert plays for France again this summer, then I hope DL bundles him in a trade for someone that can help the Jazz on BOTH ends of the floor.

Yeah, I said it.

Trading Rudy would be beyond stupid. Not miles, but light years.

 

[silesian]

No one gives a **** about the Olympics. That ship has sailed. Because if he commits and it deters his progress, even if he wins the Gold, I can tell you, no one, 15 years from now is going to remember that Gold.

Such nonsense. If France wins gold, Rudy will be a national hero remembered for decades and decades. They won silver in 1948 and that is it. The US is NBA focused and cares less about the Olympics, but let's not map our feelings onto the rest of the world.