Utah’s identity over the past 5 seasons is Rudy Gobert. FULL STOP.
It is not lockdown defense. It is not team over everything. It is not Quin Snyder’s system. It is not In Dennis Lindsey We Trust. It’s Rudy Gobert.
From the time Rudy Gobert was promoted from the then D-League Idaho Stampede to the Utah Jazz, Utah’s identity went from Quin Snyder trying to create an offensive juggernaut to a team centered around their center. They traded away a former #3 pick center in Enes Kanter in favor of Rudy Gobert.