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One grazed over storyline of the 2019 NBA season was Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert becoming reduced to tears for not making the All-Star Game. Not losing in the postseason. Or suffering a season-ending injury. For not playing in a game that players take as seriously as reading the Terms and Conditions on a porn site.
Warriors players Draymond Green and Andre Iguodala mocked the 7’1” Frenchman at the time for wearing his heart on his sleeve, and in the pettiest league in the United States, you’d have to expect players and fans to throw this back in your face.
Rudy Gobert left in tears while discussing his All-Star snub
(via @tribjazz)pic.twitter.com/LfIhCy2cpN
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) February 1, 2019
Hey, emotions > indifference. Can’t mock the man for too long.
Welp, PJ Tucker didn’t get that message. Last night at the NBA Awards after Gobert beat out Paul George and Giannis Antetokounmpo to win his second straight Defensive Player of the Year Award, a salty Tucker took a cheap shot at the man whose 895 career blocks since 2013-14 trail only Anthony Davis.
PJ Tucker Instagram
It seems that Gobert has plenty of supporters coming to his…defense (pun!)
https://twitter.com/dallasamiker24/status/1143369301388333057
https://twitter.com/TVlamJazzFam/status/1143366802346409984
PJ Tucker can make fun of Rudy for being emotional but I’ve never seen Rudy pull this off sooooo… 🤷♂️ pic.twitter.com/t3y1AygpqL
— Rosscoe❼ (@TheRealRosscoe) June 25, 2019
The look when you win back-to-back DPOY awards and PJ Tucker wins “coolest shoes” pic.twitter.com/6tMXj5fcx4
— Tiffanee With Two E’s (@tiffanee_dawn) June 25, 2019
Are you ready for the kill shot?
The last time PJ Tucker had tears in his eyes he also had a BAC of .222. pic.twitter.com/ydgijEs8Kk
— Ben Anderson (@BensHoops) June 25, 2019
GULP.