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The unrepentant Rudy Gobert support thread

So for a lot of reasons I think this playoff could be the Rudy Gober redemption story. His playoff "failings" have been greatly exaggerated...

"Steph turned him around!" He was coming off a knee injury and Steph turns a lot of guys around.

"Capela outplayed him!" Numbers wise probably right and Clint was very good, but his job is so much easier because Rudy had to decide between Harden and Capela and it was a very tough matchup for him...

Well this year we get a different matchup... Houston got rid of two of the guys that hurt us the most in CP3 and Capela. Now DM should have better looks at the rim and Rudy will have an opportunity to punish the Rockets on the glass.

I wish we had Bojan so I could get my hopes up for a real run, but I'm getting excited for Rudy to either turn the narrative around or for us to get some valuable data on Rudy "the regular season DPOY"
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Getting a Lebron, Duncan, Kobe, Shaq, Giannis, Kawhi, Steph, KD
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The problem with this is not all were a 1 or two pick. I think Kawhi was #14-15 Kobe, I think 13, Giannis was 15, Steph 7. There’s still a **** tone of luck involved and the Shaw’s, LBJ’s and Duncan’s come along like once a decade at best.
 
Jazzinho said:
If he has been gameplanned means that the oponent had changed, sometimes drastically, the way they played in order to offset his greatness. The fact that we've lost is mostly bc we lacked firepower and offensive variations than any other thing.
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Elite players dominate despite the opposing team's gameplan. Gobert battled pretty evenly with Adams and was often outplayed by Capella in both Houston series.

Gobert was not an elite player in any of the 3 playoff series the last 2 postseasons. So far, he has underachieved and has only been an above average player. Favors outplayed him often. Gobert has to step up this year.

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LoPo said:
Elite players dominate despite the opposing team's gameplan. Gobert battled pretty evenly with Adams and was often outplayed by Capella in both Houston series.

Gobert was not an elite player in any of the 3 playoff series the last 2 postseasons. So far, he has underachieved and has only been an above average player. Favors outplayed him often. Gobert has to step up this year.

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No, he wasnt outplayed by Capela and no Adams wasnt even with him. That is the narrative some people tried to say but there isnt much to back that up.

The series against OKC that we won Gobert 14 points, 11 boards. Adams had 10 point and 7 boards. That is not even including the advanced stats that heavily favor Gobert. Defensively Adams was negative in that series and Gobert was a huge positive.

The year against Houston (which was the worse of the two years against Houston) Gobert and Capela both put up about 11 points and 10 boards. So its pretty even there. But defensively Rudy had a lot more blocked shots and was doing a lot more on the defensive side. Gobert played elite defense enough for us to win if the team could hit a wide open shot, which we could not. Rudy was not the issue in that series. Rudy still had great advanced stats in that series. His block % was 9.8%. That is an incredible number. He completely deterred inside shots and that was allowing Harden to run straight at him. His offensive rating was 126 and defensive rating was 105. He was +21 in that series. Capela was +8. Also keep in mind Gobert was having to guard both Capela and Harden on many possessions and did a pretty decent job.

Gobert is not a big offensive player obviously but he is an elite defender and that has held true in the playoffs. You are trying to hold him to the standard of an offensive player. Does he need to do better? Yes, but other players hurt us a lot more in those series. Gobert cant make the team make wide open shots. Mitchell shot 32% from the field and 25% from 3. Over 1/2 of those 8.6 3s per game were wide open. No one could make a 3 to save their life, you cant win if you cant make open shots. Gobert cant hold a team to 0 points.
 
Listening to @Tony Jones podcast and I’m legitimately nervous about the DM Rudy dynamic. DMs comments about on court friction and the off court stuff was separate. Says they are “good” not like a ringing endorsement. So Tony says hey they aren’t best friends they are more coworkers. Problem is it isn’t a normal working environment and I think we’ve seen dudes teaming up with guys they are friends with. If I have a coworker i don’t like it isn’t like we are forced to work directly together in high stress environments and take constant toad trips and such.

Tony and Zach talked about how Rudy stopped defending for a few weeks. Looking at the effort it requires in the video above I kind of get it... if he feels he isn’t getting the credit or others are playing more selfishly then why kill himself making them all look good. I just hope they suck it up and both give their best in the bubble. Otherwise I think the contract extension talks will break down for Rudy and we are headed for a breakup.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Listening to @Tony Jones podcast and I’m legitimately nervous about the DM Rudy dynamic. DMs comments about on court friction and the off court stuff was separate. Says they are “good” not like a ringing endorsement. So Tony says hey they aren’t best friends they are more coworkers. Problem is it isn’t a normal working environment and I think we’ve seen dudes teaming up with guys they are friends with. If I have a coworker i don’t like it isn’t like we are forced to work directly together in high stress environments and take constant toad trips and such.

Tony and Zach talked about how Rudy stopped defending for a few weeks. Looking at the effort it requires in the video above I kind of get it... if he feels he isn’t getting the credit or others are playing more selfishly then why kill himself making them all look good. I just hope they suck it up and both give their best in the bubble. Otherwise I think the contract extension talks will break down for Rudy and we are headed for a breakup.
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Ultimately, their work is a "game", and they are millionaires several times over. While they may never be best friends, that is not a reason to tear it down and start a 10 year rebuilding project. There just isn't a smoking gun reason why there could be some long lasting dislike for one another.
 
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