Jazz Teammates Congratulate Rudy Gobert On Defensive Player Of The Year Award
Jun 25, 2019, 12:23 PM
Rudy Gobert accepts the Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year award onstage during the 2019 NBA Awards presented by Kia on TNT at Barker Hangar on June 24, 2019 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Turner Sports)
(Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Turner Sports)
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – After Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert won his second consecutive Defensive Player of the Year award, his teammates took to Twitter to congratulate Gobert on the accomplishment.
Gobert finished at the top of the voting for the award, beating out Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo and Oklahoma City’s Paul George, who were the other two finalists.
In his sixth season in the league, Gobert was a consistent dominating force in the paint for the Jazz, who were one of the NBA’s top defensive teams. He played in just 56 games last year to win the Defensive Player of the Year and played in 81 games this season, sitting out just one meaningless game against the Los Angeles Clippers at the very end of the regular season.
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To be continued…🙏🏽 pic.twitter.com/n9bRqbyIri
— Rudy Gobert (@rudygobert27) June 25, 2019
RUDY GOBERT IS THE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR ONCE AGAIN!https://t.co/4kU961UAvR pic.twitter.com/gBg8TTmrpT
— KSL Sports (@kslsports) June 25, 2019
Jazz star guard Donovan Mitchell was excited to see Gobert win the award again.
Yessssirrrrrrr!!!!! Congrats big fella 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 https://t.co/p5xq1OK771
— Donovan Mitchell (@spidadmitchell) June 25, 2019
Joe Ingles, Royce O’Neale, Georges Niang, Naz Mitrou-Long and Jazz president Steve Starks congratulated Gobert as well.
Congrats big fella @rudygobert27!! 🔒🔒
— Joe Ingles (@Joeingles7) June 25, 2019
Congrats big fella @rudygobert27 huge accomplishment 🙏🏾
— Royce O'Neale (@BucketsONeale00) June 25, 2019
Yeah big fella @rudygobert27 CONGRATS!!! https://t.co/TLFEFMQu8e
— Georges Niang (@GeorgesNiang20) June 25, 2019
Earned, not given! Congrats brotha, @rudygobert27✋👋 https://t.co/rM2kVvkjxy
— Nazareth Mitrou-Long (@NazzyJML) June 25, 2019
Congrats, big guy! Back-to-back DPOY for @rudygobert27 https://t.co/axylZw2WQ3
— Steve Starks (@StevenStarks) June 25, 2019
Future Jazzman Mike Conley won the NBA Sportsmanship Award and Teammate of the Year award from his time with the Memphis Grizzlies.
🏆🏆 @mconley11 x Sportsmanship x Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year! #NBAAwards pic.twitter.com/OVAKM2Js9U
— NBA (@NBA) June 25, 2019
