One thing about Gobert: his hunger, his …

One thing about Gobert: his hunger, his will to keep advancing himself as a basketball player, it may have worked against him a bit this season. His biggest strength has been to never be satisfied with his progress. And he didn’t harness that enough this season, which could be a reason he and Mitchell sometimes clashed. Gobert wanting the ball is a good thing. He clearly felt he had progressed enough as a player to warrant consistent touches offensively. But he still needed to be the same defender if he didn’t find touches within the offense, and he clearly wasn’t at times.