It’s not the weirdest injury we’ve ever heard from a professional athlete, but Utah Jazz center Rody Gobert shared a pretty good one on Thursday when he explained that one of his bees stung him on the nose, leading to a very funky swelling.
Gobert explained to reported that he suffered a bee sting on his nose earlier in the week while changing the queen out of the beehive on his property.
Rudy Gobert got stung on the nose by a bee from the hive he owns at his house. There’s some swelling, but he can see fine. “There were seven guys, and I was the only who came out,” he joked to open his media availability.
— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) April 28, 2022
The Jazz big man also shared a photo of the sting’s effects on his Instagram page.
.@rudygobert27 's own bee hive stung him 😬
He's still able to play Game 6 tonight vs. the Mavericks pic.twitter.com/ofqCX5Qg9u
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 28, 2022
“It bee your own bees sometimes,” said Gobert on Instagram.
Gobert made it clear during his press conference that it’s just part of the deal when you’re a beekeeper and it’s happened a few times now. He also championed the health benefits of a bee sting as its venom has anti-inflammatory properties. No word on whether or not the NBA might test him for banned bee substances.
Rudy said he got stung two days ago. He owns a hive, and changed the queen out. He said this is the third time he’s been stung. He mentioned multiple times that a single bee sting can actually have health benefits.
— tribjazz (@tribjazz) April 28, 2022
Gobert’s bee-related mishaps certainly got the NBA world talking on Thursday as he and the Jazz prepare for Game 6 against the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday evening, with some drawing parallels between the bees and teammate Donovan Mitchell, who have been rumored to have a bad relationship.
I can't tell if this is a joke, a metaphor, or just an insanely Rudy Gobert thing to happen https://t.co/RDm4YLP5ro
— Cameron Tabatabaie (@CTabatabaie) April 28, 2022
https://twitter.com/Kofie/status/1519739444189970434
The true story is that Donovan sent Rudy to guard the bee in the arena basement. Then the bee stung his bottom and now his bottom is big. https://t.co/EKEiOeP43Y
— Dave Zirin (@EdgeofSports) April 28, 2022
Even his hive doesn't rock with him smh https://t.co/y5HGR9mqIb
— Justin Rowan (@Cavsanada) April 28, 2022
If this is anything like 2020, everything is about to shut down so we don’t all get stung by bees. https://t.co/dhlYLYe79J
— Noah Garfinkel (@NoahGarfinkel) April 28, 2022
At least Rudy didn’t get COVID again. Again.
