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Utah Jazz big man Rudy Gobert was understandably emotional following his team’s opening-night victory against the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday. Gobert, who was infamously the first NBA player who tested for COVID-19, expressed how thankful he was for the opportunity to take the floor again despite the circumstances. “I’m just grateful,” Gobert told Tim […]

There was clearly no sign of an internal conflict between Utah Jazz All-Stars Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert against the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday. After trailing most of the game, the Jazz clawed back with a last-minute comeback and sealed a thrilling 106-104 victory inside the HP Fieldhouse at Disney World in Orlando, Florida. […]

Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell came in with an interesting choice of clothing prior to his team’s NBA bubble opener against the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday. The one-time All-Star once again denounced police brutality and racial injustice by wearing a bulletproof vest inside the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World […]

In their first seeding game against the Utah Jazz on Thursday, New Orleans Pelicans rookie Zion Williamson played a mere 15 minutes. Concerns about his health and conditioning were behind the move, but Williamson shut these worries down. Per Ben Golliver of The Washington Post, Zion Williamson shared that him playing limited minutes is a […]

Of course, it comes down to Rudy Gobert. In the official start of the 2019-20 NBA season in Orlando, the man whose positive COVID-19 test prompted the league’s hiatus, hit two game-winning free throws with 6.9 seconds remaining to give the Utah Jazz a 106-104 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans. Utah started strong, but […]

The New Orleans Pelicans are facing the Utah Jazz in the first NBA seeding game in Orlando. Lonzo Ball and Zion Williamson wasted little time getting back into the swing of things. Lonzo connected with Zion for a big alley-oop in the second quarter, with Williamson leveraging post position and spinning off to go get […]

Minutes before Zion Williamson and the New Orleans Pelicans faced Donovan Mitchell and the Utah Jazz in the opening game of the restarted 2019-20 NBA season, they came together to protest racial injustice. While donning warm-up shirts that read “Black Lives Matter”, the teams stood alongside each other on opposite sidelines while a video played […]

New Orleans Pelicans rookie Zion Williamson will play against the Utah Jazz on Thursday, per Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports. Williamson will play in short bursts. New Orleans Pelicans rookie Zion Williamson will play today against the Utah Jazz in the restart opener, league sources tell Yahoo Sports. — Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) July 30, 2020 […]

The NBA restart is finally upon us. We are now just hours away before the coronavirus-shortened campaign returns from a four-month hiatus that honestly felt like a lifetime. Tipping things off will be the Utah Jazz taking on the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday night, in what should be an exciting battle between two formidable teams […]

Speaking on the NBA restart and his team’s impending playoff run, Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert speaks out on the importance of Mike Conley. Per Eric Woodyard of ESPN, Gobert believes that a large part of the Jazz’s play will depend on Conley’s performance. Jazz center Rudy Gobert says “we need this Mike Conley” if […]

Utah Jazz shooting guard Donovan Mitchell was upset at center Rudy Gobert in March after the Stifle Tower jokingly touched reporters’ mics and teammates’ belongings in the locker room before contracting COVID-19. However, according to Ric Bucher of Bleacher Report, Mitchell was also mad at Gobert for potentially putting more vulnerable members of the Jazz […]

An anonymous player who used to play on the Utah Jazz says “some people get frustrated” with center Rudy Gobert. Both the anonymous player and an NBA scout who spoke to Ric Bucher of Bleacher Report believe Gobert rubs his Jazz teammates the wrong way because he’s always trying to do too much on offense. […]

One Western Conference exec has high praise for Utah Jazz shooting guard Donovan Mitchell. The anonymous executive told Ric Bucher of Bleacher Report that Mitchell reminds him of LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Dwyane Wade. The front office guy also mentioned how he doesn’t think the Jazz can build around Rudy Gobert if they are […]

Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell sees the league’s restart in Orlando as an opportunity to continue advocating for equality. Before the Jazz take on the New Orleans Pelicans to kick off the NBA restart in Walt Disney World on July 30, Mitchell spoke out about the importance of the game and the platform they have […]

The 2019-20 NBA season came to a sudden halt once the first case of the novel coronavirus was made known. Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert was the one diagnosed with the virus, soon painting him as the bringer of this malign pandemic into the NBA world. It didn’t help that his teammate Donovan Mitchell tested […]

The much-publicized dispute between Utah Jazz teammates Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchel stemming from both players testing positive for COVID-19 now seems to be a thing of the past. This is according to Gobert himself, who recently shared how he and Mitchell made amends. Gobert admitted that there was a real sense of resentment between […]

It was earlier reported that players from the Utah Jazz and the New Orleans Pelicans intend to take a knee during the playing of the national anthem during the first game of the NBA restart scheduled for Thursday night. League commissioner Adam Silver has shared his two cents on the matter. Silver admitted that he […]

The Utah Jazz and New Orleans Pelicans will kick off the NBA seeding games on Thursday. According to Malika Andrews of ESPN, the Jazz and Pelicans could surround the Black Lives Matter sign on the Wide World of Sports arena court and kneel together during the playing of the national anthem. Instead of having two […]

It seems that the supposed rift between Utah Jazz All-Stars Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert is now just a thing of the past. Shortly after the Jazz’s best players tested positive for COVID-19 last March, reports surfaced that Mitchell and Gobert’s fractured relationship was irreparable. However, Mitchell appeared to have completely moved on from the […]

Players of the Utah Jazz are going all-in on the NBA’s initiative allowing them to change the names at the back of their jerseys. It’s become the most visible way the that NBA has allowed players to promoting social justice. Jazz star Donovan Mitchell has been one of the most vocal about his stand for […]

Utah Jazz All-Star big man Rudy Gobert was trying to conduct his virtual press conference in peace when teammates Jordan Clarkson and Joe Ingles crashed it. 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️ https://t.co/lcOsndg5L7 — Rudy Gobert (@rudygobert27) July 28, 2020 It’s good to see the Jazz teammates getting along in Orlando. After Gobert contracted COVID-19 back in March, there were […]

Much was made about the tension stirring between Utah Jazz stars Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell in the immediate aftermath of Gobert and Mitchell’s positive COVID-19 tests. But the two are now ready to let bygones be bygones. Gobert and Mitchell have already demonstrated good chemistry on the floor during Utah’s exhibition games at the […]

The NBA is able to host 300 fans virtually during games on the video boards it has set up at Disney World and Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert likes the idea. While speaking to Jazz reporters about the NBA’s use of video boards, Gobert said the idea reminded him of something out of the TV […]

The Utah Jazz and their spectacular PR and marketing team deserve a commendation for their recent NBA Awards campaign for Donovan Mitchell, Rudy Gobert and Jordan Clarkson. Utah used comic books as a way to push for Mitchell as an All-NBA team member, Gobert as the Defensive Player of the Year, and Clarkson as the […]

Fans love to talk smack on the mean streets of Twitter. On certain occasions, it back fires in the worst possible way. This is exactly the case for a random Phoenix Suns fan, who is now set to get a tattoo on his face because of the fact that Suns big man Deandre Ayton just […]

A 101-88 loss for the Utah Jazz in their first practice game against the Phoenix Suns wasn’t all bad for the team. Head coach Quin Snyder is quite happy with the opportunity to experiment on different rotations especially with a top-heavy roster including Rudy Gobert. “We can use everything going forward,” he said (per deseret.com). “Tony […]

In honor of legendary head coach Jerry Sloan, Utah Jazz players will have a “1223” patch stitched onto their jerseys for the 2019-20 NBA season restart in Orlando. Sloan passed away at the age of 78 on May 22 due to complications from Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia. For what it’s worth, “1223” refers […]

If Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert wins Defensive Player of the Year in 2020, he’ll join Dwight Howard as the only players in NBA history to win the award three straight years. Howard won Defensive Player of the Year with the Orlando Magic in 2009, 2010 and 2011. Gobert won the trophy in 2018 and […]

NBA fans have spent more than four months and the Utah Jazz players know exactly how it feels to have the game stripped from them, as their matchup with the Oklahoma City Thunder never came to be as the league postponed the rest of the 2019-20 season. Donovan Mitchell, who was one of the first […]

Whispers all over the league point to Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis as the one poised to be crowned this season’s Defensive Player of the Year. But for Utah Jazz swingman Joe Ingles, it’s his teammate Rudy Gobert who deserves the award. Davis seems the top contender to win this year’s DPOY award. After […]

Utah Jazz All-Star Donovan Mitchell played golf for the the first time on Saturday. Now Mitchell thinks he’s Happy Gilmore: First time golfing today… I’m the real life Happy Gilmore ⛳️ — Donovan Mitchell (@spidadmitchell) July 18, 2020 The 6-foot-3 guard, of course, gave a reference to the movie “Happy Gilmore” starring Adam Sandler as […]

During his latest conference call with reporters, Utah Jazz shooting guard Donovan Mitchell revealed an area of his game he wants to take to the next level. Mitchell has already established himself as an elite scorer since getting drafted by the Jazz in 2017. Now, the high-flyer has aspirations of becoming a better and more […]

The Utah Jazz hoped they were getting a key ingredient to the championship puzzle when they acquired former Memphis Grizzlies point guard Mike Conley in the offseason. Conley was coming off the best year of his career in 2018-19, one in which he averaged 21.1 points, 6.4 assists and 3.4 rebounds. With Conley joining Donovan […]

Utah Jazz star shooting guard Donovan Mitchell will soon suit up again after nearly a five-month hiatus of the 2019-20 NBA season. The Jazz guard tested positive for the coronavirus the day after the season came to a halt, but is now ready to tackle the restart in Orlando after a long layoff. The timing, […]

The NBA Finals is the biggest stage in basketball. Only select few ever get to this stage, and it has seen iconic moments of triumph, defeat, glory, anguish, and—most importantly—greatness. Today’s we’re going to take a look at the best NBA Finals ever, ranked for your pleasure. Some NBA Finals series are better remembered than […]

Utah Jazz shooting guard Jordan Clarkson got a slight head start, but he still couldn’t beat Miami Heat big man Meyers Leonard in a shotgun beer race. The two NBA stars had some fun with it on Thursday down in Orlando, Florida at the Walt Disney Campus. Take a look: I was drinking baby cans? […]

Salt Lake City has been lucky in acquiring great talent over the years. Beyond the flashy likes of Donovan Mitchell or the old legends such as Karl Malone and John Stockton, the Utah Jazz has had a plethora of notable players that have donned the navy blue and gold. Here are the 5 best players […]

Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert doesn’t believe the anonymous hotline really has a point, telling members of the media on Tuesday that it’s more about respect and making sure guys socialize while keeping a distance from each other. “I don’t know if someone’s gonna use it, but I think it’s sort of petty,” Gobert said.” Sometimes you […]

Utah Jazz point guard Mike Conley will wear “I Am A Man” on the back of his jersey for the “bubble” games down in Orlando, Florida. The Jazz floor general told reporters on Monday he consulted with his family and thought it would be appropriate, given that it references the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers’ strike. […]