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SALT LAKE CITY — Rudy Gobert may not have won his fourth Defensive Player of the Year award, but he is still considered the top defensive big man in the NBA.
On Friday, Gobert was selected to the NBA All-Defensive First Team selection for the sixth-straight season.
Gobert might not have been as dominant as he's been in previous seasons, but he still made the Jazz a top defense — when he was on the court, at least.
When Gobert was in, the Jazz defensive rating was more than 8 points better than when he was out. That was by far the best difference among the other defensive team members. For example, the Boston Celtics were just 2 points better defensively when Marcus Smart, who won the Defensive Player of the Year award, was on the floor.
Smart received the most votes for the all-defensive team, securing 99 first-team votes.
Gobert, who finished third in the Defensive Player of the Year voting, received 76 first team-team votes and 19 second-team votes.
