Two stale baguettes for hands

No might about it. Terrible hands.

If you would have told me in 2017 that in 2026 we would still be getting “Rudy sux” posts, I might have deleted Reddit.

Have you only just started watching the NBA? Rudy was born with bad hands.

So generationally impactful as a defender that it would take the literal worst offensive player of all time to neutralize it and half the time that’s exactly what he is

He’s the opposite spectrum of a player like Trae Young. Physically inept on offense

Lmao @ putting defense in scare quotes when talking about one of the best defenders in the history of the game

Nobody has ever said that Gobert was strong on offense, but his defensive impact is undeniable.

With Rudy on the court, teams can double any driving player on the Wolves and be fine with it. They pass it to Rudy in the low block and there’s a high chance he just butter fingers it anyways. Its like playing 4v5 on offense.

Actually insane how useless he is on offence but people will come to you saying “highest TS in the league”

Lol what’s with “defense” in quotes?

the way he plays on offense is so funny. it’s like he’s trying to seem like he’s trying

This some kind of double edged sword, he’s one of the best defenders in the league if not the best but can barely hold a ball much less score.

Who has worse hand Gobert or Myles Turner?

Sure, Turner is a little better at catching inbound passes (but not much) but Gobert has much better hands for grabbing rebounds.

Turner still drops tons of passes and only averaged 5 rebounds a game while Gobert grabs 11rpg.

How can you be in the NBA for over a decade and have no offensive game whatsoever lol

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Those same hands started Covid in America!

I’m kidding

Basically Kwame Brown but with good defense.

Rudy Gobert airballed a dunk attempt. Twice

He’s the reason butterfinger was born 

Dude gets mauled by opposing players and it never gets called. He may be actually playing concussed at this point.

Not sure why we had to air quote defense there… like his defense isnt real? He absolutely has the worst hands in the league, but arguable the best defense.

lol putting quotes around “defense” with Gobert 

Maybe for the money, but Rudy’s hands aren’t actually THAT bad.

Everyone slandering him, you can have a top level offense without a generational star with him on the floor.

Between publicly crying over an All-Star snub and jokingly pretending to spread Covid on the mic, this dude has always been an ass.

Getting whooped by OKC is to be expected, don’t take it out on Goober

What were you expecting, George Costanza hands?

Catches unique globally impactful viruses really well though.

Said this 5 years ago. Absolutely horrendous and a waste of height, other than on D.

There are way more great offensive players who are zeros on defense than great defenders who are terrible on offense.

I’ll raise you Evan Mobley

Yeah his hands are shit, he gets too much credit on defense. I don’t think all blocks, steals, or rebounds are created equal.

What about Ayton?

I mean, his whole offensive game is just open dunks and putbacks. Pretty solid offensive rebounder and the 2 big lineup with Randle can really mess with small ball teams while holding up on defense. Definitely is not the cause for MN’s problems.

The worst, and he’s improved!

They pass Gobert the ball because despite his hands, he’s a career .659 shooter from the field with a .674 TS% (the all-time leader in TS%, and is leading the league in FG% and TS% this year for the 4th time in his career for each), and also shoots 6 FTA per 75 possessions at a reasonably competent and consistent .633 clip for his career. He’s also a relatively low turnover guy (1.9 per 75 possessions for his career) given his ball skills and usage rate (15.6 USG% career), and consistently a prolific pffensive rebounder too (4.1 per 74 possessions for his career).

Gobert may fumble the ball occasionally, amd take relatively “easy” shots in some people’s mind, but he’s also one of the most efficient finishers and clean-up guys ever despite that, and basically perfect in that 4th/5th option rim-runner/screener role.

He got them Covid hands

he might have the worst hands period

The only multiple dpoy winner that gets benched in the 4th quarter

Dude plays like he’s wearing weighted oven mitts. I thought he would grow out of it from when he started on the jazz. Nope, he’s just got the hand eye coordination of gumby.

I did an analysis about it a few years ago, and he had the worst hands in the league by far using the metric turnovers per touch or something similar. He’s so bad.

And hus hands are significantly better than they used to be.

Looked unplayable today. Not even a good defender, which is his only “skill”.

I mean it’s the most noticeable thing about him for the past decade. He leaves 4-6 points for himself on the court every night becuase he can’t catch clean and messes up his own timing.

Do you have any idea how long it takes the brain to send a signal to those go-go gadget arms

Have you not been listening to Shaq over the past however many years he has been roasting Gobert? Lol

Rudy does have frustratingly bad hands, but this thunder game was probably the worst game I’ve ever seen from him offensively. I wouldn’t judge him by it.

I seethed every time any non-Jazz fan used to say. “Why can’t you just lob it up to Gobert. He has one of the best FG and TS% in the league!”

Yeah because every time you pass him the ball it’s ⁵⁰⁄₅₀ whether he turns it over. If he holds on yeah he’s likely to score, but that’s not a risk worth taking.

He’s the reason Minnesota can’t get any better.

4 fucking draft picks for him and a swap along with multiple players.

Yeah but he did eliminate the 2024 Nuggets

Gobert’s hands can be rough sometimes, but his defense is so good that teams kind of just live with the offensive limitations.

He’s not paid for his offense dummy

Shaq is that you ?

I thought the same thing but he is a PnR beast in 2k26

He’s a complete klutz with minimal skill and spacial awareness

Old news

Water is wet

ain’t no “might” about it. I’m a wolves fan and it is infuriating

Sacre Bleu!

Covid thinks his hands are fine

Spider Mitchell is that you!!?

Ant Edwards would have 2 assists more per game if Gobert’s hands and finishing were just average for a center.

This is an NHL reference, but it made me think of the time Evgeni Malkin described his teammate, Max Talbot, of having “little bit bad hands”. 😂

https://youtu.be/Wb3pN8SZ5nQ?si=WW8vOxvZDIUF8vY3

The guy looks like he’s being remote controlled from the stands

Rudy Gobert can’t catch a basketball but he can sure catch the COVID.

He’s not a basketball player he’s more of a basketball swatter

Players who are just a bad contracts don’t play on contending. Dudes just can’t wrap their head around defense mattering.

I HATE rudy gobert. That dude SUCKS idek how he’s even in the league. Trash ass player. I doubt he has any fans. My dead goldfish can play better than him

Curious, he has 4 DPOYS, yet you put defense in quotes as if he doesn’t actually play it or something. What’s your tangible critique of his “defense”?

Legend has it that Rudy has never caught a bounce pass below his waist.

Dudes a absolute joke.

For real

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If he had average hands/offense, he would be an all time great player/potentially top 50.

He’s too soft and afraid to go up with it. Even when he has the ball he routinely gets blocked or bodied by much smaller players. He’s like a baby giraffe.

He’s still an insane defensive player, but now that he can’t really get easy lobs (because he doesn’t play with a guy who can throw it, because he doesn’t play with 4 out spacing like in Utah and because he has lost athleticism) he’s basically Kendrick Perkins on offense (minus the ceremonial post up on the first play of every game)

He’s been ass but nerds don’t wanna hear it

Rudy isn’t a generational defender either. Dude gets absolutely cooked on the perimeter. He’s awesome in the post but that’s it

Yes, but also he’s the second best defending big man in the league, with the best being the greatest defender all time by a big margin.