Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert won the 2024 NBA Defensive Player of the Year award on Tuesday, matching a league record by taking the honor for the fourth time.
NEW YORK - The 31-year-old Frenchman previously captured the award in 2018, 2019 and 2021 while with the Utah Jazz and this season was a key player on a T-Wolves squad that was the NBA 's top-ranked defensive club.Gobert matched the all-time record four Defensive Player of the Year awards won by Detroit's Ben Wallace and Dikembe Mutombo in 1995, 1997, 1998 and 2001 with Denver, Atlanta and Philadelphia.
all my teammates believing in me, allowing me to do what I do best every day and just try to change the culture up here in Minnesota."It's great for the guys for buying in and coming every single night with the same mindset. We wanted to be a defensive-minded team and we've been able to do that."The T-Wolves led the NBA in fewest points allowed per game and kept foes to the league's lowest shooting percentage.
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