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SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz traded the #46 pick along with cash considerations to the Nuggets for Rudy Gobert.
The 7-1, 235-pound native of Saint Quentin, France averaged 8.3 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.8 blocks in 22.2 minutes per game for Cholet Basket of the French League in 2012-13 and was named a 2013 French Pro A All-Star.
Gobert was also named to the U-20 European Championship Division A All-Tournament Team and selected as Eurobasket.com All-European Championships U-20 Best Center in 2012. The 21-year-old Gobert owns a 7-9 wingspan.
