This past week one of my favorite players, a former Utah Jazz man and now 4-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year, Rudy Gobert, made a decision that confronts the very topic of this blog with precision: to what level do you keep The Promise? His partner, the inspiring and lovely Julia Bonilla, was set to have a baby, their first, and Rudy did not want to miss the moment. Problem was: His team, the Minnesota Timberwolves, were set to play Game 2 of the Playoffs against the defending champion Denver Nuggets, and this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go up 2-0 against the champs. Per usual with professional sports, most athletes miss big and important family events all the time, including births of their children. It is an unwritten code that you always put the game first, from both athlete and fan perspectives. Enter Rudy Gobert. A man from a different planet in terms of how he thinks and what he is determined to do, no matter the public opinion and consequences. KSL reports Gobert saying: “It has been clear for me from the beginning, I would do anything I can to be there,” Gobert told reporters during