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A friendship built in the D-League: Rudy Gobert, Ian Clark excited for the success of each other

FILE: Ian Clark and Rudy Gobert pose for a portrait at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013. The two became friends playing in the D-League together.

I was excited for him when he got his deal. He texted me and said “Man, remember those days when we were in the D-League?

SALT LAKE CITY — When Ian Clark and Rudy Gobert entered the D-League together neither of them knew what sort of friendship was going to come out of those days.

Clark and Gobert made their way to Utah in the summer of 2013.