Utah Jazz star Rudy Gobert hits back at Ben Simmons over Defensive Player of the Year comments – Wide World of Sports

Ben Simmons has pushed his case to be NBA defensive player of the year all season throughout multiple interviews.
But this time he decided to highlight why his main rival for the award, Utah centre Rudy Gobert, shouldn’t be judged ahead of him for the award.
“No disrespect to Rudy at all, he is a great shot blocker, defender, but he’s not guarding one through five, he is guarding fives and probably big fours,” Simmons said, as reported by the Philadelphia Inquirer.
“He’s a great defender, but I…

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