Adding awards to the trophy case is becoming something of a habit for Utah Jazz star Rudy Gobert. He’s a two-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year, he’s got All-NBA and All-Defensive Team honors and has won no less than three medals at the highest levels of international competition.
On Friday, he picked up another shiny statuette, and this one probably deserves a special spot on the mantle.
The French Federation of Basketball (FFBB) — or Fédération Française de Basketball in the native tongue — announced the winner of this year’s Alain Gilles Trophy, which honors the best male or female player in French hoops and it was the Saint-Quentin, Aisne-born Gobert who took home the prize.