by Rudy Gobert is entering his twelfth season in the NBA (and third with the Minnesota Timberwolves).
The 2024 Defensive Player of the Year finished the season averaging 14.0 points, 12.9 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 2.1 blocks per game while shooting 66.1% from the field in 76 games. field shot.
On Friday, Gobert made one after to Instagram, which had more than 9,000 likes in seven hours.
Gobert captioned his post: “Year XII. 🙏🏽🔒🐺”
One person who left a comment was NBA legend Dwight Howard.
Howard wrote: “🔥🔥🔥”
Howard is one of the best centers in NBA history.
The eight-time All-Star sent a message (via X) when Gobert was named Defensive Player of the Year this season.
Howard wrote (on May 7): “Congratulations Rudy❗️From one DPOY to another I will say this has been the best defense I have seen out of all the other times you have won! Buy that ring this year, then go for another one and be the only one with 5! I tell you all that Darkness retreat will turn you into a different animal 💯”
Congratulations Rudy❗️From one DPOY to another I will say this has been the best defense I have seen out of all the other times you have won! Buy that ring this year, then go for another one and be the only one with 5! I tell you all that the Darkness Retreat will turn you into another…
— Dwight Howard (@DwightHoward) May 7, 2024
Gobert was the 27th pick in the 2013 NBA Draft and has been one of the best centers in the league for a decade.
Before being traded to Minnesota in the summer of 2022, Gobert spent the first nine seasons of his career with the Utah Jazz.
The Timberwolves will play their first game of the 2024-2025 NBA season on October 22 when they take on the Los Angeles Lakers in California.
