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Rudy Gobert swats Nikola Mirotic back to Spain in EuroBasket

The Stifle Tower is back in action.

by Ricky O'Donnell
Ricky O'Donnell
Ricky O'Donnell has covered basketball at all levels for more than a decade at SB Nation. He’s currently the Associate Director of Programming.

The No. 1 lesson of EuroBasket so far? Don’t mess with Rudy Gobert.

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