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Rudy Gobert and Nikola Jokic (Photo By Imagn Images)<\/p>\n
Rudy Gobert never holds back in appreciating greatness in the league. The Minnesota Timberwolves\u2019 key presence recently expressed his admiration for Stephen Curry<\/a>, and now he is talking about the Serbian star Nikola Jokic.<\/p>\n Jokic continues to amaze the league with his basketball excellence. His jaw-dropping pass made fans witness another on-court significance<\/a>, which is why the Nuggets rely on him the most. Gobert played against Jokic many times and still deeply respects him.<\/p>\n On The Young Man & The Three podcast, Gobert explained how tough it is to guard Jokic. He said facing Jokic is always a challenge he looks forward to. \u201cWhen I wake up and I get to play Jokic, I am always grateful that I get to try to stop one of the best players in the world,\u201dGobert said. \u201cThe way his brain works, the way he is able to adapt to situations, and most of the time make the right play, and doing it while tired, doing it while playing a lot of minutes. I think that\u2019s what makes him unique.\u201d<\/p>\n Jokic\u2019s success shows that understanding the game can lead to a more powerful delivery. With three MVPs and a championship, Jokic will continue to prove his high level, and Gobert will have multiple reasons ahead to respect the big man.<\/p>\n Rudy Gobert Reveals His Inspiration In The League On the same podcast, Gobert shared about his long-time inspiration. He used to watch Joakim Noah when learning how to rebound.<\/p>\n \u201cI remember watching a lot of Joakim Noah,\u201d Gobert said. \u201cEven before I was in the league, I was watching his high rebound games,\u00a0like\u00a0how\u00a0does\u00a0he get 25 rebounds?\u00a0I would try to watch it and understand it.\u201d <\/p>\n Gobert also mentioned watching Dwight Howard, Pau Gasol, and Chris Bosh. But Noah stood out to him. Both players are famous for their defensive game and rebounding. Even though they play differently, Gobert learned from his idols\u2019 hustle on the court.<\/p>\n The post Rudy Gobert Praises Nikola Jokic As One Of The Best Players In The World<\/a> originally published on Total Pro Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rudy Gobert and Nikola Jokic (Photo By Imagn Images) Rudy Gobert never holds back in appreciating greatness in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":282226,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3782],"tags":[7,4500,2679,307,152,3954,6,5241,46548,308,39010],"class_list":{"0":"post-282225","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-timberwolves","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-breaking-news","10":"tag-local-news","11":"tag-minnesota","12":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves","13":"tag-minnesotatimberwolves","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-newsbreak","16":"tag-rudy-gobert-praises-nikola-jokic-as-one-of-the-best-players-in-the-world","17":"tag-timberwolves","18":"tag-total-pro-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115198447345016086","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Rudy Gobert (Image Credits: X\/@DaneMooreNBA)<\/p>\n