If you’ve spent any amount of time following the comings and goings of Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert, a couple of things become immediately clear to you. His defensive dominance and competitive spirit are the obvious takeaways, but you’ll also see Gobert’s propensity for speaking out when he thinks something is wrong.
Earlier this year, for example, he took on Fox News contributor Tomi Lahren for her defense of President Donald Trump’s reported use of derogatory language to describe Haiti and African nations. Now, he’s offering his thoughts on people who are burning their Nike apparel in protest of the company’s decision to do business with Colin Kaepernick.