Professional career Cholet (2011–2013)įrom 2009 to 2011, Gobert mostly played for the Cholet Basket junior team, managing just one game for the senior team in 2010–11, recording 6 points, 5 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block in 13 minutes on against Pau-Lacq-Orthez. In 2007, he joined Cholet Basket's cadet categories training center and in 2010, he participated in the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship with the French under-18 national team, where he finished as the team's best scorer and rebounder. Gobert started playing basketball in 2003 for the JSC St-Quentin club, before later joining the Saint-Quentin BB club. Gobert's parents split when he was around three years old he stayed with his mother in Saint-Quentin and made regular trips to Guadeloupe for his father. Bourgarel played professional basketball in Paris and Saint-Quentin, where he met Gobert's mother. His father, Rudy Bourgarel, is from Guadeloupe and played college basketball in the United States for the Marist Red Foxes from 1985 to 1988. Gobert was born in Saint-Quentin, Aisne, in the north of France.
He is considered one of the NBA’s best rim protectors. Standing at 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) tall with a wingspan of 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m) long, he plays the center position. He also represents the French national team in their international competitions. Rudy Gobert-Bourgarel ( / ɡ oʊ ˈ b ɛər/ goh- BEAR born June 26, 1992) is a French professional basketball player of the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA).