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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. […]

Instagram model Anna Mya took to Twitter over the weekend to allege she was already invited to the NBA bubble, which stirred up quite a bit of drama on social media. Naturally, the Twitter world was quick in trying to decipher who it was that exactly invited her in the first place. Orlando Magic center […]

Utah Jazz head coach Quin Snyder has opened up about how the unfamiliarity of the current situation has pretty much changed his perspective as a coach. According to Snyder, both the extended season hiatus and the establishment of the unprecedented Disney World bubble has presented a new set of challenges for himself and his coaching […]

The Utah Jazz are entering the season restart with quite a conundrum. Aside from the fact that the relationship between their two best players in Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert are not in a good place following their bouts with COVID-19, the season-ending wrist surgery of Bojan Bogdanovic has left the team with a huge […]

Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell is raring to play in the NBA restart, but he admitted that he is currently facing some challenges inside the “bubble” at the Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. The 23-year-old guard is slowly getting acclimated to his new conditions, which involves odd practice times and plenty of idle time. […]

A rift reportedly occurred between Utah Jazz players Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell after the suspension of the 2019-20 season in March. This was in large part due to Gobert’s reckless behavior during a press conference where he blatantly touched everything in sight, not aware that he might have been carrying the coronavirus already. Months […]

The Utah Jazz is one of the first NBA teams to enter the Orlando bubble in preparation for the restart of the season on July 30. This has prompted a rather cynical reaction from some of the players on the team as they arrived at Disney World on Tuesday. Jazz guard Jordan Clarkson posted a […]

The hovering rift between Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert and franchise star Donovan Mitchell has been a key topic of discussion during this long layoff. Their issues stem from well before the coronavirus pandemic hit, as a high-ranking executive described their relationship as a “2 out of 10” in the NBA drama scale. Gobert, who […]

The coronavirus pandemic surely strained the relationship between Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert and young star Donovan Mitchell — though their relationship had already shown a few dents, even before the virus hit. According a high-ranking Jazz executive, the relationship between the two vital cogs was a “2 out of 10 on the NBA drama […]

The second-most prolific scorer in NBA history, Karl Malone has a net worth of around $85 million in 2020, per Wealthy Persons. Malone was born in Summerfield, Louisiana. He had nine siblings and wound up playing his college ball at Louisiana Tech before entering the NBA in 1985 with the Utah Jazz. The Mailman averaged […]

Mike Conley is hoping to be a difference-maker as the Utah Jazz prepare for the NBA restart in Orlando later this July. However, Conley is also preparing for the birth of another child. Conley’s wife, Mary, is due to give birth on Aug. 27, and he recently spoke about the challenges of leaving behind his […]

Utah Jazz guard Jordan Clarkson will not shut up and dribble. Clarkson was asked Sunday about the various ways in which sports, politics, and societal issues interact, and about those who argue in favor of “keeping politics out of sports”. His response? “Everybody who’s saying shut up and dribble, maybe they should shut up and […]

Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert was the first player in the NBA to test positive for COVID-19. Unfortunately, instead of sympathy, the two-time Defensive Player of the Year received criticism, as he jokingly touched reporters’ mics a few days before his positive COVID-19 test. During a conference call on Friday, Gobert talked about the coronavirus […]

A few months ago, Rudy Gobert’s relationship with Utah Jazz teammate Donovan Mitchell was on the rocks. Back in March, Gobert became the first NBA player to test positive for COVID-19, resulting in the 2019-20 campaign being suspended. But what aggravated Mitchell about Gobert’s positive test was a.) that Gobert was not taking the incoming […]

Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell was recently on the wrong end of some rather hateful comments on his own Instagram account. The 23-year-old shared a post on social media commemorating the Juneteenth holiday, which to his surprise, ended up being loaded with more than a few racially-charged statements in the comments section. Mitchell admitted that […]