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Following the cancellation of Wednesday’s game between the Utah Jazz and the Oklahoma City Thunder, the players at Chesapeake Energy Arena have been quarantined in locker rooms. The NBA announced the postponing of the game due to fears of the coronavirus spreading and the fans were asked to leave the arena. However, per Tony Jones […]

Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert recently touched a bunch of mics during a press conference with reporters. That video is now going viral after he tested positive for the coronavirus and the NBA suspended the season on Wednesday. https://twitter.com/DanWeiner/status/1237909108071809030 Gobert should have been smarter than this, as he was clearly taking the coronavirus too lightly. […]

Utah Jazz star center Rudy Gobert has tested positive for coronavirus, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. Gobert felt “good, strong and stable” before the game and was ready to play on Wednesday against the Oklahoma City Thunder. However, things took a turn for the worse. Utah Jazz All-Star Rudy Gobert has tested positive […]

Wednesday’s matchup between the Utah Jazz and the Oklahoma City Thunder was abruptly halted minutes before tip-off and local police have closed the Chesapeake Energy Arena. The players reportedly left the premises after pregame reports of illnesses, though no official explanation has been given, per CBS Tulsa’s Brian Dorman. From @ClaytonCummins: "Per FOX Sports Radio- […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder’s Wednesday home game against the Utah Jazz has been officially postponed by the NBA. The Thunder/Jazz game has been postponed. pic.twitter.com/a5vd3b1wmg — ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) March 12, 2020 The Thunder-Jazz game was seconds away from tipping off when the Thunder’s head medical staffer sprinted onto the floor to talk to referees in […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder and Utah Jazz NBA game got delayed on Wednesday and fans started booing when the players started walking back to the locker room. BREAKING: After meeting with the Thunder and Jazz head coaches, NBA officials have instructed both teams to head back to the locker room. pic.twitter.com/6ngC0QBdEt — ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) March […]

Karma seems to have hit Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert right in the teeth. Gobert reportedly made it a point to touch the microphones and recorders of every reporter around him in the media room on Monday. https://www.instagram.com/p/B9m04hmBjTI/ Now two days later, Gobert is reportedly dealing with an illness and has been listed as questionable […]

The Utah Jazz are listing center Rudy Gobert as questionable to face the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday, per the NBA’s official injury report. The Jazz say Gobert is dealing with an illness. This comes after Gobert recently touched every mic and recorder in front of him: rudy gobert is questionable with an illness two […]

Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert is clearly not happy about his ejection on Monday against the Toronto Raptors. According to the defensive stalwart, if the referees fail to do their job next time, he’ll take the matter in his own hands.’ Gobert said the referees didn’t bat an eye when OG Anunoby tried to land […]

OG Anunoby of the Toronto Raptors and Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz both got ejected after a heated encounter in Monday’s duel in Salt Lake City. As the Raptors were about to cross halfcourt against the Jazz, notice how Anunoby seemingly tried to land a vicious elbow at Gobert. Gobert and Mike Conley saw […]

Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart is best known as one of the most fearsome lockdown defenders in the league today. On Friday night against the Utah Jazz, the 26-year-old showcased some nice moves from his offensive repertoire. At the 9:39 mark of the third quarter of the Celtics-Jazz match-up at the TD Garden, Smart figured […]

The Boston Celtics will be without Jaylen Brown and Gordon Hayward on Friday against the Utah Jazz. Brown is out for a week due to a hamstring injury, while Hayward is considered day-to-day with a knee contusion: Gordon Hayward and Jaylen Brown are officially out tomorrow vs. Utah — John Karalis 🇬🇷🇺🇦 (@John_Karalis) March 5, […]

The 2019-20 season has not been kind to Utah Jazz point guard Mike Conley and New York Knicks floor general general Elfrid Payton made things even worse for the lefty on Wednesday at Madison Square Garden. Payton crossed Conley over and finished the highlight play with a nice layup to get the Knicks players off […]

Mike Conley’s first season with the Utah Jazz has been a disaster. When the Jazz acquired Conley from the Memphis Grizzlies, no one expected the lefty to struggle like this, get benched and re-inserted back in the starting lineup. Conley is averaging just 13.5 points, 3.3 rebounds and 4.2 assists on the season for Utah. He’s […]

Trae Young and Trevor Ariza got into a heated confrontation in the third quarter of the Atlanta Hawks’ 129-117 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday. The two eventually hugged it out after the game and exchanged pleasantries, but Utah Jazz All-Star Donovan Mitchell noticed how hard Ariza tugged Young when they initially dapped […]

Washington Wizards rookie Rui Hachimura had himself a “welcome to the NBA” moment courtesy of Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell on Friday night. The impressive 22-year-old saw firsthand how explosive Mitchell can be around the rim, as he was served a nasty facial during the Wizards’ road game versus the Jazz at the Vivint Smart […]

Did you live the Mike Conley experience on Wednesday? The Utah Jazz point guard began the day as the team’s starting point guard, was then reportedly moved to the bench, and a couple hours afterwards the Jazz had a change of mind, leaving him in the starting five while subbing out Joe Ingles for Royce […]

Most NBA teams will have hit the 60-game mark by the end of this week, leaving only 22 games as the final stretch to determine their playoff fate. Teams like the Philadelphia 76ers, Miami Heat, Memphis Grizzlies, Brooklyn Nets, Utah Jazz, and the Indiana Pacers have major questions to answer. The East has a lot […]

The Utah Jazz have been determined to change things around in the midst of a losing skid. The team reportedly initially decided to bench veteran newcomer Mike Conley Jr. in favor of Royce O’Neale, yet the 13-year veteran soon found out his place in the lineup was safe, like if it was all a dream. […]

Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert had some stifling comments prior to facing the Boston Celtics on Thursday, claiming his team no longer looked like the defensive powerhouse it has been in years past. The Jazz recently resorted to yanking Joe Ingles out of the lineup after an initial mandate would have seen newcomer Mike Conley […]

The Boston Celtics took care of business on the road, getting a 114-103 win over the struggling Utah Jazz, despite being short-handed. Jayson Tatum and Marcus Smart admitted this non-conference win was for teammate Gordon Hayward, who was met with loud boos from the home crowd despite having left Utah more than two years ago. […]

The relationship between Gordon Hayward and the Utah Jazz won’t likely be repaired any time soon after he left them in 2017 for the Boston Celtics. With that said, Jazz fans made sure to remind Hayward they still haven’t forgiven him for what he did. Fans at the Vivint Smart Home Arena let Hayward know […]

Early on Wednesday, it was announced that the Utah Jazz would move point guard Mike Conley to the bench swapping him out for Royce O’Neale. Later in the day, the Jazz announced that small forward Joe Ingles would move to the bench instead of Conley. The mix up confused fans and media and Utah head […]

The Utah Jazz are reversing course and keeping point guard Mike Conley in the starting lineup. The team will instead bench sharpshooter Joe Ingles, according to The Athletic. After telling players that they were making a starting lineup change, by removing Mike Conley Jr. from the starting five, the Utah Jazz have now decided to […]

The Utah Jazz are among the best teams in the Western Conference, even amid a three-game losing streak. The Jazz are one of the more well-balanced squads in the NBA, ranking 10th in offensive rating and 11th in defensive rating, according to Basketball-Reference. But the Jazz still cling to the identity of being overlooked. It […]

Utah Jazz point guard Mike Conley wishes he could pinpoint exactly why the Jazz are struggling lately. However, the veteran guard can’t at the moment. The Jazz have lost three straight games and are going to move Conley to the bench, replacing him with Royce O’Neale: Mike Conley seemed to be in normal even keeled […]

Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert has a lot of doubters in the NBA, even still after winning back-to-back Defensive Player of the Year awards and making his first All-Star team this season. Gobert says it’s “great” to have doubters because it only motivates him to become a better player for the Jazz moving forward. The […]

The Utah Jazz have looked for ways to shake out of a slumpy stretch of the season, having lost five in a row, won four straight, and then lost in their last three games, slipping to fifth place behind the Houston Rockets in the process. In efforts to shuffle up the lineup, the Jazz will […]

The Utah Jazz have always banked on their physicality and defense as the formula to their success. But this season, it seems like the identity they have built defensively over the past seasons is slowly crumbling. In light of their defensive struggles over the past month, Jazz center Rudy Gobert believes they should get back […]

Travel or not a travel? That is the question. As long as James Harden continues to seek and exploit every possible offensive advantage on the basketball court, debates over the legality of his various moves will rage on and polarize NBA viewers—much like the Houston Rockets’ entire style. Harden’s step-back (and double-step-backs), in particular, have […]

The Utah Jazz gave two-time reigning Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert the assignment of guarding Houston Rockets star point guard Russell Westbrook on Saturday. Shockingly, Westbrook was not amused by this. Russ torched Gobert and the Jazz for 34 points on 14-of-26 shooting, leading Houston to a 120-110 road win that left both […]

The Utah Jazz tried to deploy two-time Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert on Houston Rockets guard Russell Westbrook on Saturday night. It was certainly an interesting tactic from Jazz head coach Quin Snyder to say the least. Though Utah dropped the home game, 120-110, Gobert believes that putting him on Westbrook at least […]

The NBA is a different game than it was 10, 20, 30 years ago. In today’s game of fast-paced, high powered, three-point-shooting offense and positionless basketball, modern players have certainly adapted to the ever-changing league. At the same time, with how much the NBA has changed in recent years, you can look back in the […]

Ahead of the San Antonio Spurs’ game against the Utah Jazz on Friday, Gregg Popovich shared what stood out to him the most about Donovan Mitchell during their Team USA stint over the past summer. Pop expressed his admiration for Mitchell’s work ethoc, saying he worked “really hard on making decisions.” He also noted how […]

The 2019-20 NBA campaign got back underway on Thursday night following the All-Star break, and with the festivities out of the way, things are about to get very serious. There are just two months remaining in the regular season, meaning the playoffs are upon us. Hard to believe, I know, but it feels like we […]

Utah Jazz forward Joe Ingles has amassed quite a following in recent years for his no-nonsense approach to the game of basketball. Although he is grateful for every admirer he meets, the 32-year-old Aussie recently opened up about the disrespectful behavior of a fan who requested for a photo while he was enjoying some time […]

The Utah Jazz entered the 2019-20 NBA campaign with lofty expectations, which was what made their rather rough start all the more puzzling. Through Dec. 4, the Jazz had gone just 12-10 in spite of a stocked roster that included mainstays Donovan Mitchell, Rudy Gobert and Joe Ingles as well as offseason additions Mike Conley […]

Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell has had it with the detractors and naysayers framing teammate Rudy Gobert as unworthy of All-Star mention. Gobert was visibly upset and in tears last season when he found out he didn’t make the cut, now largely painted as a defensive force as a two-time Defensive Player of the Year […]

The Utah Jazz have quietly become one of the more exciting NBA teams in the league. Adding to their pick-and-roll arsenal, the team embraced the 3-point line which led to a fourth-best 36-18 record in the Western Conference. Utah’s  success has also allowed for their stars Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert to become NBA All-Stars. […]