Rudy Gobert Named Defensive Player Of Year For Fourth Time

May 7th 2024 at 5:37pm CST by Dana Gauruder Rudy Gobert has been named the Defensive Player of the Year for the fourth time in his career, NBA Communications tweets. The Timberwolves center joins Dikembe Mutombo and Ben Wallace as the only four-time winners of the award. Gobert also claimed the award during the 2017/18, 2018/19 and 2020/21 seasons when he played for Utah. The Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama, who was unanimously named the Rookie of the Year on Tuesday, finished second in the voting with the Heat’s Bam Adebayo a distant third. Gobert was the league’s second-leading rebounder (12.9 per...