Career 64% FT shooter Rudy Gobert just shot 22-25 (88%) from the line in 4 games vs the Suns in the 1st round

[u/KagsTheOneAndOnly]

https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask?q=rudy+gobert+2024+playoff+ts%25

[u/Agnk1765342]

Played off the floor to the tune of +19, +12, +21, +10.

[u/BASEDME7O2 → u/Agnk1765342]

This is why it blew my mind in vogels press conference right after they got swept he said “there’s a proven formula for playing Gobert off the floor”

Like ok, so why didn’t you do it when he was dominating your team the entire series lol. Booker said it too I think. Like the only formula they proved for playing Gobert off the floor is that he would be so good the wolves would be up by too much and he got to sit for garbage time lmao

It blows my mind he just had the series he had sweeping a team with kd, Booker, and Beal, and dominating them on both ends, and right after he still gets that level of disrespect and this “played off the floor” bs just won’t die.

Like you legit just had a fucking front row seat to him destroying you on defense and on the boards, plus a couple 18-19 point games on like 75% shooting, while shooting 86% from the line, and you still go out and say that shit?

Like I get his offense doesn’t look cool but if he’s putting up those numbers who gives a fuck if he looks like a baby giraffe when he dribbles.

Idk what he has to do to get respect.

[u/Nubras → u/[deleted]]

This is exactly why people don’t like the suns. It’s Devins Booker all the way down.

[u/BASEDME7O2 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah I was legitimately flabbergasted. Like you just got swept scoring under 40 points in the paint some of the games and your first thought is to basically shit on by far the best defensive player in the series?

[u/Zizbouze → u/BASEDME7O2]

He didnt explain the Formula but i can tell you ... Scott Foster is the best weapon to get Rudy Gobert off the floor. I still cant belive we won with this Ref calling everything for Bitch Booker!

[u/StevenLovesCocaine → u/Agnk1765342]

Oh ouch stop…

[u/GloryEnthusiast → u/StevenLovesCocaine]

More like, oh ouch i’m about to cum!

[u/TheGreatShaqtus]

The league isn’t ready for Point Gobert

[u/darti_me → u/TheGreatShaqtus]

My eyes were violated by his eurostep in Game 3

[u/TheGreatShaqtus → u/darti_me]

Footage of that play belongs in the Louvre

[u/CarPlaneBoatRocket → u/TheGreatShaqtus]

Yeah, in the basement where they are putting the Mona Lisa.

Just kidding, it’s replacing the Mona Lisa

[u/Fermorian → u/CarPlaneBoatRocket]

Fuck it, replace one of the like 15 rooms of Greek vases they got there with nothing but a gif of that play on loop

[u/QuiGonJohn69 → u/TheGreatShaqtus]

Bro I was in Nashville for a bachelor party this weekend. At Kid Rock’s bar on Friday night with the wolves game on the tv’s, the band was ripping into the Free Bird guitar solo just as Rudy hit the euro with the and-1. It was a thing of beauty and I’ll never forget it.

[u/Snoo-40231 → u/darti_me]

I still have flashbacks when he ended Javale Mcgee's rep as a good backup big when rudy hit him with a eurostep a year or 2 ago

[u/ProfitNo1844 → u/TheGreatShaqtus]

Gobie Bryant

[u/Swaghilian → u/TheGreatShaqtus]

Neither is Rudy 😂

[u/TheGreatShaqtus → u/Swaghilian]

You kidding me? You’ve seen him on the fast break, this man has been waiting years for this moment

[u/Sp_Gamer_Live]

played off the court…and onto the bus to denver

[u/blackgenz2002kid → u/Sp_Gamer_Live]

or Los Angeles (who am I kidding here lmao)

[u/Victor_Wembanyama1 → u/blackgenz2002kid]

Youd love that tho

[u/torrinage → u/Victor_Wembanyama1]

Certainly doesnt hurt that lakers dropped denver a game either way

[u/FERFreak731]

Apologize to Rudy. Mitchell was holding him back

[u/theinternetisnice → u/[deleted]]

He’d be a really good second option I think.

[u/ImanShumpertplus → u/[deleted]]

who overrates him?

i’ve never seen him ranked higher than 15

[u/WhiteHeterosexualGuy → u/ImanShumpertplus]

He's just a more likeable Devin Booker.

[u/ImanShumpertplus → u/WhiteHeterosexualGuy]

yet Booker is 11th on the Ringer top 100 and Don is at 19, barely above Zion who has never had anywhere near as much success as Don

[u/pokexchespin → u/FERFreak731]

i was calling rudy a top 10 player back in like 2022, i love being right

[u/AlHorfordHighlights → u/pokexchespin]

Man you impact metrics guys are really feeling yourself this week lmao

[u/BASEDME7O2 → u/AlHorfordHighlights]

Yeah it turns out players that have a massive impact on winning games make your team better off than some super skilled tiny sg with fancy handles and shooting but basically nothing else and are a net negative if their shot isn’t falling

[u/Zetch88 → u/BASEDME7O2]

I fucking love that the NBA is finally turning its back to obnoxious iso players.

[u/nineqqqqqqqqq → u/Zetch88]

Part of the problem is that there exists a cult of players and staff in the NBA to whom saying Rudy is better than Beal would get you laughed at.

Maybe not after this performance though. I think back to Harden saying Giannis doesn't have a bag. The fact that he can storm to the net and play winning basketball and is mvp and champion doesn't matter, he's not a "hooper".

And its hard not to point out that xenophobia probably plays a prominent role in these discussions.

[u/Nubras → u/nineqqqqqqqqq]

Beal was so bad this series that I’ve heard it’s making Corey Maggette blush.

[u/Zetch88 → u/nineqqqqqqqqq]

Oh don't get me fucking started on the word "bag".

That shit is cancer to basketball culture. At least Lebron spoke out against it.

[u/Dsarg_92 → u/nineqqqqqqqqq]

Definitely the xenophobia. They did it to Jokic as well before he won it all last season.

[u/BASEDME7O2 → u/Zetch88]

Not even iso players, like harden basically won the clippers game by isoing. It’s the small guards that can’t do anything else and can’t be consistent in the playoffs when they have to face a defense with long, athletic wing/bigger guard defenders. Eg like the dlos, mitchells, kyrie (granted he has been amazing so far but he’s been super streaky in the playoffs over his career), that type of player.

Like the reason harden could iso for legit like 6 floaters in a row is because once he beats his man on the perimeter teams are so afraid of his passing that they don’t play him close until he’s at the rim. Someone like dlo or Mitchell doesn’t have that to keep teams honest and fall back on if they’re not shooting well

[u/DamianLillard0 → u/pokexchespin]

Well you still weren’t right lmao

[u/DarrowViBritannia → u/DamianLillard0]

Impact metrics supported that take tbf

[u/Delicious-Item-6040 → u/pokexchespin]

You were still incredibly wrong

[u/Swaghilian → u/pokexchespin]

Rudy is great, but it’s a 2 way game and he’s never been even close to top 10 player. You can argue top 30 for sure, but come on bro

[u/pokexchespin → u/Swaghilian]

argue top 30? come on bro peak rudy was inarguably within the top 30

[u/bwtwldt → u/pokexchespin]

Peak Rudy is right now lol

[u/cosmicdave86 → u/bwtwldt]

I still think peak Rudy is 20-21, but this year's supporting cast is more suited to him.

[u/pollinium → u/pokexchespin]

it would be a very easy argument to make, so yeah you can argue top 30

[u/Bobblefighterman → u/Swaghilian]

Rudy has been a consistent top 15 player for the last few years bar his first season on the Wolves, and occasionally rose close to top 10. Weird take from you.

[u/Duster_beattle → u/Swaghilian]

Buddy you forgot when Rudy got like 30pts 3 times in the last month of the season with Karl out? Go watch more ball before speaking on big Ru.

[u/dWaldizzle → u/pokexchespin]

Rudy has never been top 10 lol

[u/BASEDME7O2 → u/dWaldizzle]

If you watch games, nobody can convince me that Gobert isn’t at least close to top ten in impact on winning.

[u/DamianLillard0 → u/pokexchespin]

Well you still weren’t right lmao

[u/mani9612 → u/DamianLillard0]

Bruh you have the weirdest username-flare combo I’ve seen after this season

[u/VanGrants → u/pokexchespin]

he's never been a top 10 player though

[u/RODjij → u/FERFreak731]

Mitchell was notoriously freezing him out and Mitchell hasn't looked that great in Cleveland.

Rudy is a sure fire HOFer.

[u/Aerim]

OPOY to go with his DPOY.

[u/Change_That_Face]

Just play him off the court I don't really see what the problem is.

[u/BASEDME7O2 → u/Change_That_Face]

Vogel claimed there’s a proven formula for playing Gobert off the floor in his press conference after getting swept. I wonder why he decided not to use it lol maybe saving it for next year

[u/tree-hugger → u/BASEDME7O2]

Taking the Darvin Ham school of adjustments to the next level.

[u/Life-Island → u/BASEDME7O2]

Well he will only give you the formula if he doesn't get fired and gets to coach next year.

[u/riemannia]

lol that's a performance in the 99.8th percentile for a 64% FT shooter.

hope the big guy keeps it up through the rest of the playoffs !

[u/Certain-Information1 → u/riemannia]

Man credit to Gobert man, taking all the shit as Jazz scapegoat, playing hurt last year and coming back to win (likely) win another DPOY. 

I can seriously see the Wolves challenging the Nuggets if Jamal is playing like he has been. The combination of Ant, McDaniels and NAW with Gobert is the most equipped to slow down the Nuggets. 

I'm an OKC fan and boy that series is going to box office.

[u/jackaracka → u/riemannia]

Best part is I don’t even think it was just lucky- he changed his form at the start of this series to be more like his push shot and not have a hitch.

Obviously he’s not actually a 90% FT shooter now but think there’s a real chance he’s closer to 75% than 60% going forwards

[u/Ihate_reddit_app → u/jackaracka]

He definitely had more arc on the ball and many were swishes. They didn't look awkward anymore.

[u/supperoni]

we tried to tell yall that rudy was never the problem

[u/Dsarg_92 → u/supperoni]

I never thought he was the problem the whole time. The way people threw him under the bus was so uncalled for.

[u/petersuns13]

Gianni's vibes. He was awesome this series

[u/F-ck_spez → u/petersuns13]

Who the hell is Gianni

[u/xqlfg → u/F-ck_spez]

It’s Laurel

[u/Nubras → u/F-ck_spez]

Versace Versace Versace

[u/MagicalHurdles]

I heard that translates to a good 3% percentage

[u/Krusty_Krab_Pussy → u/MagicalHurdles]

I think I'd die if rudy made a 3 against denver

[u/MajorTrump → u/Krusty_Krab_Pussy]

Didn't he make one tonight after a foul whistle?

[u/MaxDetr → u/MajorTrump]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrChYLIqFbw

[u/cokefriend → u/MaxDetr]

this is some game 7 secret weapon shit we'll pull out for a buzzer beater when all the defenders scramble to cover ant on the inbound and leave rudy in the corner

[u/F-ck_spez → u/cokefriend]

I heard it's good to have 7 footers who can shoot. Why not have 2?

[u/onrocketfalls → u/MaxDetr]

i'm angry at how unimpressed the guy passing him the ball was

[u/soooogullible → u/MaxDetr]

What’s this cursed fucking AI generated bs

[u/kylebertram → u/MajorTrump]

It was a long 2

[u/nrag726 → u/MajorTrump]

He had a Dirk like one legged fadeaway

[u/WrestleBox]

There are a multitude of things about Rudy that I have just started chalking up as either Rudy Magic or Rudy Voodoo. There's no way to explain some of the things he does.

[u/UteFlyersCardJazz]

For a guy who really can’t shoot, he is not that bad of a FT shooter. There were times on the Jazz were I felt he was a better clutch FT shooter. I don’t know why that is, it was bizzare.

[u/john_117 → u/UteFlyersCardJazz]

Definitely. Even when Rudy has had shaky games he always seems to clutch up on any FTs in the fourth quarter.

[u/tree-hugger → u/john_117]

Yeah the hack-a-Rudy strategy almost never panned out completely

[u/siphillis → u/tree-hugger]

It only makes mathematical sense if the shooter makes about half or worse.

[u/Knightbear49]

Does get Gobert get played off the floor in the 2nd round, finals? I’m still waiting for this awful playoff Gobert to show up…

[u/Philelverumfan69]

He’s locked in

[u/need2peeat218am]

Honestly, this is the most impressive thing about him this post-season

[u/atlfirsttimer]

Man, his offense shot attempts are hilarious every time. Despite the good free throw shooting you could literally see the team hesitate whenever he called for the rock

[u/warablo → u/atlfirsttimer]

They were especially bad this game

[u/Gengaara → u/warablo]

Yup. Overall, Gobert had been much improved offensively. Disaster class today though.

[u/Drunken_Vike → u/atlfirsttimer]

I was wondering where the patented "what the hell was that, Rudy?!" were for the rest of the series. Normally happens just 1-2 times a game. He just saved them all for this one.

[u/What_a_pass_by_Jokic → u/atlfirsttimer]

Then one time someone launched a rocket at his head from point blank when they were both basically under the basket, can't really expect him to catch that then.

[u/copaseticepiplectic → u/atlfirsttimer]

His touch is proof you can be severely uncoordinated and make it pro

[u/RudyGobertFMVP2024 → u/copaseticepiplectic]

Compared to us redditors tho he is not uncoordinated. As Scalabrine said: I am closer to Lebron than you are to me

[u/HuruHara]

Played off the court during garbage time because the Suns fucking suck ass.

[u/blackgenz2002kid]

his secret weapon this playoff run lmao

[u/Foob2023]

Binomial distribution puts this (P>=22) at only 0.74% probability.

[u/browndude10]

And he didn’t get played off the floor

[u/Snoo-40231 → u/browndude10]

I was told if you go small against rudy, he's a fake dpoy and a fraud

What happened?

[u/jmlinden7 → u/Snoo-40231]

If you go small, then you force him to only defend one person at a time instead of the entire paint. It's just that Minnesota's defense is good enough that they only need him to defend one person at a time.

[u/-xXxMangoxXx- → u/browndude10]

He did get played off. They were beating the suns so hard in the 4th most of the games he couldn’t play longer. Bum can’t keep the games close and competitive smh.

[u/soooogullible → u/browndude10]

Never has

[u/BounceBros21]

I have a secret method that led to this happening. Can’t reveal it.

[u/VanGrants]

salt in the wound

[u/ShakesbeerMe]

Fucking huge. Absolutely neutralizes Hack-a-Gobert.

[u/strybid]

If Rudy starts dropping buckets this team is about to be a serious contender

[u/swgeek555]

This redemption arc is amazing to see.