The Utah Jazz announced over the weekend that they signed All-Star center Rudy Gobert to a contract extension. Reportedly, the extension is for five years and will keep Gobert with the organization through the 2025-26 NBA season.
Gobert’s extension is reportedly worth $205 million, making him one of the highest-paid centers in NBA history.
The 28-year-old Frenchman was eligible for a $228 million super-max extension but agreed to a lower number so the Jazz would have room to build a contending roster around him and fellow All-Star Donovan Mitchell.
Rudy Gobert was drafted by Jazz late in the first round of the 2013 NBA Draft and went on to establish himself as one of the best defenders in the league. He has two NBA Defensive Player of the Year awards and was selected in the NBA All-Defensive First Team in all of the past four years.
Gobert made his first All-Star appearance last season when he posted a career-high 13.5 rebounds per game while adding 15.1 points and 2.0 blocks on average. He followed that up with 14.2 points and 11.4 per game in the postseason but couldn’t stop Utah from being eliminated in the first round by the Denver Nuggets.
“It means that they believe in me,” said Gobert about the extension. “They believe in what we’ve been building over the years with this whole organization, with Coach [Quin Snyder] and all the guys. For me, it’s an incredible blessing. It’s a very motivating feeling to know that we all share the same vision, and we all share this goal for this state and for this franchise.”
