Rudy Gobert always wanted to be in the Basketball Hall of Fame. He just didn’t think it would be so soon.
But the Basketball Hall of Fame acquired Gobert’s jersey from the Phoenix Suns game two weeks ago — the game in which he broke the NBA’s all-time dunk record, flushing down his 270th dunk of the NBA season. The old record was held by Dwight Howard, who had 269 dunks in the 2007-08 season.
After Gobert’s accomplishment, the Hall of Fame contacted the Jazz organization, which asked Gobert and team equipment manager Adam Klauke if they could use his game-worn jersey from that night.