The Utah Jazz finished the 2020-2021 season with the best record in the NBA. I repeat, the Utah Jazz, for the first time in 23 years, won more games than anyone else in the league this season.
There are a lot of reasons for this. From Donovan Mitchell’s progression as a player into a star, to Mike Conley getting more comfortable running the Jazz system, to Quin Snyder pushing the right buttons through injuries, to Joe Ingles return to greatness. But nothing and no one is more responsible for Utah’s success this season than Rudy Gobert.