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One NBA rookie who has quietly had a very impressive 2017-18 season so far is Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell, who has worked his way into the team’s starting lineup. As Utah’s second-leading scorer with 14.9 points per game after he was taken 13th overall in the 2017 NBA Draft out of the University of Louisville. […]

After losing Gordon Hayward to the Boston Celtics in free agency, the Utah Jazz started the 2017-18 NBA season with a solid 5-3 record. Unfortunately, they have lost seven out of their last eight games as Rudy Gobert is expected to miss 4-6 weeks with a bone bruise in his right knee suffered against the […]

Derrick Favors has made the most of his opportunity as the lone big man tasked with the scoring load upon the absence of center Rudy Gobert, who is out for four-to-six weeks with a knee injury. The 6-foot-10 big man has pulled down double-digit rebounds since the uptick in minutes, including blocking two shots per […]

The Utah Jazz will face the Brooklyn Nets tonight without point guard Ricky Rubio, who was ruled out with a sore Achilles, according to Tony Jones of The Salt Lake Tribune. Quin Snyder’s team is already short a point guard with the absence of Dante Exum, making Raul Neto the default option to start tonight […]

Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert made headlines recently by calling Miami Heat guard Dion Waiters’ actions dirty after a hard collision between the two. Gobert sustained a bump to the knee on the play and has been ruled out for the next month. Both players have since exchanged jabs with Dion Waiters suggesting that last […]

Big man Rudy Gobert isn’t dwelling on what has been considered to be a devastating loss for the Utah Jazz this summer in the departure of Gordon Hayward. The ever-improving forward mustered a career-high 21.9 points per game with the Jazz in his final season, becoming an integral part of the offense and the key […]

The Utah Jazz will be without marksman Joe Johnson for at least a couple of more weeks, according to Eric Wooyard of The Deseret News. Iso Joe consulted with a hand specialist and is expected to be re-evaluated in two weeks to assess his progress. The Jazz have been mired with injuries, including one to Dante […]

The Utah Jazz had their hearts broken over the summer with the departure of NBA All-Star forward Gordon Hayward to the Boston Celtics. Prior to his exit, Hayward helped turn the Jazz into a formidable playoff team. However, with him now gone, Utah has seemingly floundered back to the bottom of the Western Conference. Although […]

Jimmy Butler expressed his first impressions of Utah Jazz rookie shooting guard Donovan Mitchell after facing him for the second time this season in a 109-98 win on Monday. “That kid can play, man,” said Butler, according to Spencer Checketts of 1280 Sports radio. “He can shoot it, he’s athletic, he guards. He plays with […]

There’s a reason for Rudy Gobert to be upset following his knee injury, and he made it known to Dion Waiters after the Miami Heat guard denied that he intentionally injured the Utah Jazz big man. During the Heat-Jazz matchup last Friday, Waiters collided with Gobert while diving for a loose ball, causing the Frenchman’s […]

Utah Jazz head coach Quin Snyder is resting his faith on big man Derrick Favors, confident he’ll be able to hold down the fort through the absence of centerpiece Rudy Gobert, according to Eric Woodyard of The Deseret News. Gobert will be sidelined for four-to-six weeks with a knee injury, sustained during Friday’s tilt against […]

Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert was declared out for at least four weeks due to a bone bruise. Gobert sustained the injury last Friday against the Miami Heat when guard Dion Waiters dove for a loose ball in the third quarter and hit the center’s right knee. Initially, Gobert’s injury didn’t look serious enough to […]

The Utah Jazz received some bad news about one of their best players on Sunday. Center Rudy Gobert went down with an apparent knee injury on Friday night against the Miami Heat as the result of a collision with Dion Waiters and now he’ll miss a considerable amount of time. According to Shams Charania of […]

The Utah Jazz have managed to stay competitive so far in the 2017-18 NBA season despite the loss of star forward Gordon Hayward. However, things almost took a turn for the worst after a hard collision between center Rudy Gobert and Miami Heat guard Dion Waiters. Despite initially limping off the court after the spill, he […]

Over the last few weeks, Miami Heat center Hassan Whiteside has been quite vocal over social media getting into verbal jabs back and forth with a few other players in the league. One of which was an exchange with Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert. It can be recalled that the two went at each other […]

Utah Jazz big man Rudy Gobert suffered a bit of a scare in Friday night’s game against the Miami Heat after Dion Waiters dove for the ball and collided with Gobert’s leg, awkwardly twisting his knee. Gobert had to leave the game momentarily to get checked out in the locker room, but he was able […]

The Miami Heat will have two of their key rotation players available for their game against the Utah Jazz on Friday night as both starting center Hassan Whiteside and backup guard Tyler Johnson are set to play. Tyler Johnson to play tonight. No need for hand wrap for Whiteside who is good to go after […]

Following LeBron James’ scoring explosion of 57 points on Friday, James Harden did not waste time, and fired 56 points of his own just two nights after. When asked if he was trying to match the production of not just The King, but other superstars in the league as well, the Houston Rockets guard made […]

Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert doesn’t agree with the way the Philadelphia 76ers are managing fellow big man Joel Embiid through the start of his career, as the franchise has been utterly careful by gearing him into basketball shape. Most recently, head coach Brett Brown noted Embiid would miss out on Tuesday’s game against the […]

The Philadelphia 76ers are off to a promising start to the 2017-18 season, winning five out of their first nine games. A major part of that success has been the play of rising star center Joel Embiid, who has been a steady force on both ends of the floor while playing a consistent amount of […]

If it weren’t for Chris Paul and Paul George, Utah Jazz rookie hotshot Donovan Mitchell could be preparing to torch ACC defenders in the upcoming NCAA season as the top offensive weapon on the Louisville Cardinals’ roster. According to a story by Jonathan Feigen of The Houston Chronicle, Mitchell said that it was Paul and […]

Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell was considered a sleeper candidate to win Rookie of the Year honors prior to the season, but the more he plays, the fewer people think he’s just a dark horse to win it. Trophies aside, Mitchell is also getting quite plenty of attention not only with his solid play on […]

There have been a ton of shakeups in the NBA so far this past offseason, as well as perceived values of how good or bad teams are at the moment. That being said, many expected and still may expect two of the top moves this offseason in Chris Paul and Gordon Hayward to cause the […]

The Utah Jazz suffered a significant blow with the loss of Joe Johnson for around two weeks due to a wrist injury. With that loss, head coach Quin Snyder now plans to use Jonas Jerebko in a much bigger role in the coming games. “Unfortunately, we’re in a situation where Joe (Johnson) and Dante (Exum), […]

The Utah Jazz will be shorthanded for at least two weeks as their veteran swingman, Joe Johnson, suffered a wrist injury which will keep him sidelined. An MRI revealed that there is instability in his right wrist, and the re-evaluation after two weeks will reveal when he’ll be able to return to action, according to […]

Unlike Markelle Fultz, Lonzo Ball and Jayson Tatum, just to name a few, Donovan Mitchell was not talked about as much the other highly touted rookies during the offseason. However, he has been making noise with the Utah Jazz, as he’s had some solid performances so far. The 21-year-old Louisville product also made sure he […]

Over the past few months, LaVar Ball has had more people hating on him, especially on social media, than fans believing in him. Although it’s understandable why he’s received such, there’s also a player who thinks he is funny and likes him for being himself. Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert recently revealed how he perceives […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are straying a little bit far from the script LaVar Ball saw on his crystal ball prior to the start of the 2017-18 NBA campaign. After taking a crushing 96-81 loss to the Utah Jazz on Saturday, the Lakers dropped to 2-4 and now share the third-worst record in the Western […]

The learning curve of NBA rookies in the pro league varies, but all of them are expected to experience the growing pains of finding their identity in the best play-for-pay basketball organization in the world. For Los Angeles Lakers newcomer Lonzo Ball, he’s still in the process of acclimating, but he’s acting more mature than […]

Orlando Magic shooting guard Evan Fournier was one of many to roast Utah Jazz center and fellow countryman Rudy Gobert for his appearance in the Blake Griffin poster from Tuesday night. The Frenchman tagged Gobert on Twitter on the very same video that has been replayed millions of times over the Twittersphere, letting him know […]

Rodney Hood was unable to reach an agreement for a contract extension this year with the Utah Jazz, but the swingman has managed to land an extension of another sort. According to ESPN’s resident shoe aficionado Nick DePaula, the Jazz sniper has agreed to a new multi-year shoe deal to stay on with Nike. Utah […]

Blake Griffin turned the clock back to his glorious posterizing days last night, dunking all over a hapless Rudy Gobert in Tuesday’s 102-84 revenge win over the Utah Jazz. The L.A. Clippers were eliminated in a Game 7 of the first round, and nothing was sweeter than making The Stifle Tower his first victim of the […]

Utah Jazz point guard Dante Exum underwent successful surgery on his left shoulder Tuesday according to a press release posted by the team’s public relations Twitter account. https://twitter.com/UtahJazzPR/status/922954368621543424 Dante Exum hurt his shoulder during a preseason game against the Phoenix Suns early this month. Exum initially didn’t want to go under the knife if there […]

Throughout his NBA career, Blake Griffin has made plenty of highlight reel-worthy plays, mostly on vicious poster slams over opposing big men. On Tuesday, he proved once again that he is still one of the best in-game dunkers in the league today, by throwing down a powerful slam over Rudy Gobert. With 5:47 left in […]

Utah Jazz forward Joe Ingles has been fined $15,000 after a groin shot to Oklahoma City Thunder center Steven Adams on Saturday, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. This isn’t Adams’ first go-around at the receiving end of these, most notably catching a kick to the groin during the 2016 NBA Western Conference Finals from Draymond […]

Last Friday, the game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Utah Jazz marked the first time Ricky Rubio played inside the Target Center after he was shipped to Salt Lake City in the summer. It also allowed his former teammates to share the court once again with him despite wearing different uniforms this time around. When […]

One of the toughest tasks in the NBA is controlling reigning MVP Russell Westbrook. The Oklahoma City Thunder point guard has proven to be one of the best players in the league, a player that coaches spend hours and hours trying to figure out how to best cover. For Utah Jazz head coach Quin Snyder, […]

For the first time since being traded to the Utah Jazz over the offseason, veteran guard Ricky Rubio took the court against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Following the game, All-Star forward Jimmy Butler made it clear that he didn’t want Rubio’s presence in the locker room. One leftover from last night: Jimmy B informed the authorities […]

Among the plethora of moves this past summer, veteran forward C.J. Miles signed a 3-year deal to join the Toronto Raptors. It didn’t take long for Miles to make a huge impact on his new team as he scored 22 points on 7-of-12 shooting off the bench in the season-opening win over the Chicago Bulls. […]