The Very Different Vibes Surrounding Walker Kessler, Rudy Gobert (wcgoldberg on whether the Utah rookie might one day surpass what Gobert brought to the Jazz for a decade)
the following: “If you are starting a franchise tomorrow would you take Rudy Gobert or Walker Kessler?”“Kessler. Defense seems to have a comparable ceiling but Kessler’s offensive game will far surpass Rudy’s.”
At 7-foot-1, Kessler has already established himself as one of the league’s best shot blockers. Kessler is one of five centers this season to have blocked 90 or more shots, keeping company with Nic Claxton, Brook Lopez, Jaren Jackson Jr. and Myles Turner. Already, he has 15 games of three or more blocks. A bananas number. According toThe Jazz rank 26th in defensive rating, allowing 115.2 points per 100 possessions.
The Jazz try to avoid having Kessler switch onto ball-handlers and, when he does, he can get caught in limbo. The Jazz do a decent job of kicking Kessler out of those switch situations, but crafty opponents will quickly drag him into pick-and-rolls and fire off a shot before Utah’s defenders have a chance to recover.
The other issue the Jazz ran into in past playoff series was that Gobert had no offensive game to speak of besides dunks and putbacks. He never developed a post game to take advantage of getting matched up against a smaller defender, nor did he ever really become a consistent threat to pass out of the short roll to open shooters.
The Jazz score 1.32 points per possession with Kessler as the roll man, a mark that ranks in the 75th percentile and equal to what Gobert had last season in Utah.
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