As Rudy Gobert walked over to speak to the assembled media on Wednesday afternoon at Zions Bank Basketball campus, he was noticeably more tan, and had a hint of a sunburn on the bridge of his nose.
Asked if his mother hadn’t taught him to wear sunscreen, he grinned, shook his head, and replied, “It never works.”
Aside from some potential discomfort from excessive rays, though, Gobert was feeling good, though. Gone was the pain of being snubbed from the NBA All-Star Game. Instead came a beach vacation that helped the big man get his mind right and get prepared for the rest of the season.