Rudy Gobert (2.16 m, 30 years old) had not yet publicly expressed himself on what will constitute one of the transfers of the summer in the NBA. The three-time best defender in the American League (2018, 2019 and 2021) will settle down with the Minnesota Timberwolves, who did everything to get the Utah Jazz pivot. Reached by phone late in the evening on Sunday, the pivot of the France team, which he will join this summer with a view to the Eurobasket (from September 1 to 18), took the time to express the emotions which went through it when he found out he was being traded, which he was prepared to go through.
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Here it is once more, that unparalleled moment, a morning following leaving the Tour de France, when our pulses drum to tear the membrane of a stethoscope, when dreams are still intact, when the horizon of possibilities still stretches infinite, like this band of light, in the distance, which never leaves the Danish night. A fleeting pleasure, to be consumed without delay, before over the couch sessions of vacationers or stolen images during working hours, everyone’s hopes and darlings are stripped under the cruel strokes of the scalpel of the race. .
The alternate race direction in Formula 1 does not delight the drivers
You had to see Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso pass on the hot potato in a press conference for almost a minute. When asked what was their degree of confidence in the FIA, from its president to the directors and race marshals, none of these world champions wanted to speak first. Proof that the subject is sensitive, even more so since the race in Monaco where there were many criticisms of the management, cautious to the point of excess, of the rainy start.
In 2019, Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving tackled Golden State and Boston to chase the titles together with Brooklyn. Their departures might have pushed their respective “ex” to panic. In an era of quick-rise and tear-down “super teams,” the Warriors and Celtics have chosen to keep building. Tonight, the stars of the Nets (who didn’t make it past the second round) will watch Game 1 of a high-profile final between the Warriors – three titles and five finals between 2015 and 2019 – and the Celtics, co-holders, on TV. , with the Lakers, the most NBA trophies (17).