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Report: Rudy Gobert set to work with Dirk Nowitzki's shooting coach

Published Jun. 8, 2015 4:32 p.m. ET

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Anthony Davis is clearly the most exciting young big man in the NBA. No one denies that.

But after the Brow, the conversation about the league's best upcoming front court players gets pretty crowded. Even more so last season, with the emergence of Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert, a 22-year-old from France. When the Jazz traded Enes Kanter to the Oklahoma City Thunder and slotted Gobert into the starting lineup, they had one of the NBA's best defenses for the rest of the season.

That had a ton to with Rudy, a rebounding, shot-blocking, rim-protecting 7'2" beast who will almost certainly be in the running Defensive Player of the Year in 2016.

The latest news in the Gobert universe might signal an elevation in his game on the other end of the court, too. According to Aaron Falk of the Salt Lake Tribune, the youngster is working with Dirk Nowitzki's shooting coach for 10 days in Germany this summer. Gobert is reportedly hitting 15-footers with consistency in recent workouts.

A two-way Rudy? Look out, world.

(h/t Aaron Falk, Salt Lake Tribune)

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