Utah Jazz: 5 Best Jazz Players since 2000

#3 Rudy Gobert

Rudy Gobert is one of the best defensive players in the league

From a 27th overall pick to winning the Defensive Player of the Year, it is safe to say Rudy Gobert has performed beyond expectations and elevated his game to a whole another level. In his rookie season, he just averaged 2.3 points and 3.4 rebounds per game in little over 9.0 minutes of action.

Gobert has slowly transitioned into one of the best scorers in the paint and a reliable shot-blocking threat, and led the league in blocks per game in 2016-17 with 2.6 BPG. It was also the year when he won the Defensive Player of the Year award and helped the team to reach the Conference semifinals.

In 2016, he signed a four-year, $102 million contract extension with the Jazz and for the team to taste any post-season success, they will need to get everything they can from the 26-year-old center.