![]() He could STILL be growing for all we know. ![]() There will be a team that goes gaga over him. There he would struggle again because the free throw line is beyond eight ft from the rim. He would dive to rim and try to create contact on almost every possession he took in the post position. He has trouble shooting it from beyond eight feet. He seems fairly skilled? He seems to be moving pretty well? It's hard to say, really, as with everything at the draft combine when the athletes are facing little resistance to what they're trying to do. Running on a treadmill won't make you any taller, and this is Gobert's inherent advantage over his competition. An old cliché says you can't teach height, and it just might be the most accurate cliché of all. More than anything, watching Gobert shoot while a crowd of famous faces look on gets you to wonder what they're thinking. His stroke isn't exactly ugly, but it isn't exactly pretty his shots go in more often than you might expect but still not terribly regularly. His torso is impossibly long, and when he bends his knees and elbows simultaneously to take a mid-range shot, he most closely resembles a 7-foot praying mantis flinging a ball toward the hoop. You have never seen anything in your life like Rudy Gobert shooting jump shots. All I ask is that the basketball gods give us a Gobert/JaVale McGee matchup at some point. It will be very hard for him to win wrestling matches on the low block and hold position on the defensive glass, two things NBA centers need to do.Įven if he doesn't put on more weight, though, the bizarre ways that his length affects the game could make him a valuable backup center. The lack of strength is the biggest red flag about his ability to transition to the next level. A not insignificant portion of Gobert's time in the game is spent either being knocked to the ground or getting back up. Unfortunately, he also has the physical strength you would expect for someone with his proportions. SB Nation's Big Board Jonathan Tjarks' ranking of the top prospects in the 2013 NBA Draft It's very hard to shoot over the top of earnestly-waived 7'9 arms. He's not all that athletic, but his heart is in the right place. On defense, his mere presence at the front of rim is valuable. That's how he gets most of his points: his teammates throwing lobs anywhere in the vicinity of rim. He may not come over to the NBA right away, but he will have to cover at some point, just so we can see what happens.Īt 7'2 and 240 pounds with a 7'9 wingspan, Gobert can essentially dunk the ball standing straight up. This season, he averaged eight points, five rebounds and two blocks on 72-percent shooting in the French League. His arms look like a practical joke made with the copy function on Photoshop. ![]() Rudy Gobert, a 21-year-old center from France, will be one of the longest players in NBA history. NBA FLOOR: Alexis Ajinca JONATHAN TJARKS' ANALYSIS It's hard not to be efficient when all you do is dunk. RELEVANT STAT: 72-percent true shooting this season. MEASUREMENTS:7'2, 238 pounds, 7'8.5 wingspan, 9'7 standing reach PROFESSIONAL TEAM: Cholet Basket (France)ĪGE ON DRAFT NIGHT: Gobert turns 21 in June Learn more about French big man Rudy Gobert. SB Nation is posting scouting reports of each prospect in the 2013 NBA Draft.
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