“It's a tremendous amount of fans in France that love basketball, that follow it every day even though the games are at like two or three in the morning.”

French professional basketball player

Rudy Gobert-Bourgarel is a French professional basketball player, known for his long career in the NBA and his work with the French national team. He was born in 1992 and plays for the Minnesota Timberwolves as a center. Gobert first joined the NBA with the Utah Jazz, who acquired him in the 2013 draft. At 7 ft 1 in tall with a 7 ft 9 in wingspan, he has built his reputation on defense, and he is widely regarded as one of the best defensive players in basketball history.