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• [NBC Sports] - Owner Joe Lacob says Warriors might trade down from high draft pick

  10-04-2020 23:51 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Golden State Warriors will end up with a top five draft pick this year, their owner says they may try to trade down from that spot.
  
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• Salt Lake City golf courses are open again, but some say the new, stricter guidelines don’t accomplish much

  10-04-2020 23:46
  
  For her lunch break on Tuesday, Kerry Whittemore, a doctor at the University of Utah’s Redwood Health Center, decided to go outside and get some fresh air. As she was walking along 2100 South, she was stunned by what she saw at the Glendale Golf Course across the street.Ten golfers all huddled together near a tee box, just a short distance apart.“I was totally surprised because it just seemed completely like people weren't thinking at all of the social distancing that we're supposed
  
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• Conservationists oppose water rights for Nevada gold mine

  10-04-2020 23:28
  
  Reno, Nev. • Five conservation groups have joined a tribe’s effort to block the expansion of a northeast Nevada gold mine they say would suck water from other area users and destroy cultural resources and habitat for sensitive wildlife dependent on nearby wetlands.The environmentalists filed protests this week with the Nevada Division of Water Resources challenging 31 water rights applications sought by Nevada Gold Mines, a joint venture between Newmont and Barrick Gold Corp. about 30
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Friday, April 10: Utah makes exceptions to first-in-the-nation program tracking people who enter the state

  10-04-2020 23:02
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Friday, April 10. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----3 p.m.: Ben McAdams participating in clinical trialUtah Rep. Ben McAdam
  
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• Utah reports four more deaths, coronavirus cases rise to 2,102

  10-04-2020 22:36
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.Four more Utahn men have died from the coronavirus, the Utah Department of Health said Friday. It’s the first reported fatalities since Monday, and they bring the state’s death toll to 17. State epidemiologist Angela Du
  
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• Sen. Mike Lee endorses Jon Huntsman for governor

  10-04-2020 22:31
  
  Utah Sen. Mike Lee is throwing his support behind Jon Huntsman’s campaign for governor of the Beehive State.“I have seen firsthand what a remarkable leader and a true conservative Jon Huntsman really is,” Lee said Friday in a prepared statement. “In moments when it would have been politically advantageous to abandon his values, he has stood strong in defense of the principles Utah Republicans hold dear.”Lee said Huntsman has advocated for local control of public lan
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Friday, April 10: Utah reports four more deaths, cases reach 2,102; state urges more testing

  10-04-2020 22:29
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Friday, April 10. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----2:30 p.m.: 5 restaurants helping othersWhile restaurants are struggling
  
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• [NBC Sports] - Pacers’ Myles Turner: My dad was hospitalized nearly a week with coronavirus, has recovered

  10-04-2020 22:16 via sportspyder.com
  
  NBA players mostly face reduced risk of developing serious symptoms due to coronavirus. But Pacers center Myles Turner's dad was hospitalized.
  
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• Utah’s Both Gach has made himself eligible for the NBA Draft. Is he serious or just testing the waters?

  10-04-2020 22:03
  
  Not all NBA Draft declarations are created equal.Some college underclassmen declare with the intention of gaining feedback from NBA personnel, but ultimately returning to school for at least another year with that feedback in hand. Some declare, hire an agent for the pre-draft process, go through team workouts and face-to-face meetings, but still return to school. Hiring an agent for the pre-draft process started being allowed last spring in the wake of the FBI college basketball scandal.There a
  
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• Nalini Nadkarni: Recovery from upheaval can generate a new state

  10-04-2020 22:00
  
  A few weeks ago, the idea that a microscopic virus could disturb our lives so thoroughly seemed impossible.Yet, the irony of all disturbances, big or small, is that they’re both unexpected and inevitable. Our lives are splattered with them – deaths, earthquakes, lost jobs, divorces. For 40 years, I’ve studied how nature responds to disturbances.But it wasn’t until I literally fell out a tree that I accepted another inevitability: Things don’t go back to the way they
  
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• SLC golf courses are open again, but some say the new, stricter guidelines don’t accomplish much

  10-04-2020 21:33
  
  For her lunch break on Tuesday, Kerry Whittemore, a doctor at the University of Utah’s Redwood Health Center, decided to go outside and get some fresh air. As she was walking along 2100 South, she was stunned by what she saw at the Glendale Golf Course across the street.Ten golfers all huddled together near a tee box, just a short distance apart.“I was totally surprised because it just seemed completely like people weren't thinking at all of the social distancing that we're supposed
  
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• [USA Today: For The Win] - Joe Ingles joked about the idea that the Jazz have beef with Rudy Gobert

  10-04-2020 21:06 via sportspyder.com
  
  Joe Ingles just wants to come over for dinner.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Gordon Monson: The Utah Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert must fix the troubles between them

  10-04-2020 21:01 via sportspyder.com
  
  There has been a lot said and written, including in this corner, about the ruptured relationship between Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert, the Jazz’s two most important players.
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Friday, April 10: Utah reports four more deaths, cases reach 2,102

  10-04-2020 20:58
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Friday, April 10. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----12:50 p.m.: Four deaths reported and cases top 2,100Four more Utahns ha
  
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• Gordon Monson: The Utah Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert must fix the troubles between them

  10-04-2020 20:58
  
  There has been a lot said and written, including in this corner, about the ruptured relationship between Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert, the Jazz’s two most important players.A detailed story about the Jazz’s ordeal a month ago in Oklahoma City, the night the game and the entire NBA were put into cold storage after Gobert’s positive test for COVID-19, was posted by The Athletic on Friday. That piece underscored the rift between the teammates, noting that Mitchell, who also te
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Should Jazz trade Rudy Gobert or Donovan Mitchell?

  10-04-2020 20:57 via sportspyder.com
  
  Some trouble may be brewing in the Utah Jazz’s locker room whenever the players are permitted to get back together. According to The Athletic, Donovan Mitchell is at odds with Rudy Gobert over Gobert’s carelessness throughout the situation with COVID-
  
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• [Last Word On Sports: Last Word On Pro Basketball] - Donovan Mitchell “Reluctant” to Fix Relationship with Rudy Gobert

  10-04-2020 20:54 via sportspyder.com
  
  Learn about Donovan Mitchell and his "reluctance" to trust Rudy Gobert, who carelessly made fun of coronavirus before testing positive for the virus.
  
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• Donated ski goggles from Utah and other ski hotbeds giving some extra protection to health care workers

  10-04-2020 20:52
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.At every snowboard competition, Red Gerard scoops up some extra goggles. The gold medalist in slopestyle at the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, who is sponsored by eye-wear-maker Oakley, likes to have extras on hand in case a pair ge
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: 5 Stars to pair with Don if he can’t forgive Rudy

  10-04-2020 20:31 via sportspyder.com
  
  Should our worst nightmares come true and the Utah Jazz have to move on from Rudy Gobert, here are five potential targets they could shoot for to pair with...
  
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• Wyoming immigration detention center plans canceled

  10-04-2020 20:30
  
  Casper, Wyo. • Construction plans for an immigration detention center in Uinta County have been canceled after several groups protested against the southwestern Wyoming facility.CoreCivic was planning to build the facility for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to hold about 1,000 people in civil detention while awaiting deportation proceedings in Salt Lake City, about 80 miles west of Uinta County, the Casper Star-Tribune reported."After participating in the process to date in good f
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz’s Joe Ingles reacts to rumored broken Donovan Mitchell-Rudy Gobert relationship

  10-04-2020 20:27 via sportspyder.com
  
  Utah Jazz forward Joe Ingles took to Twitter Friday morning in an attempt to squash the rumor that his teammates, Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert, are upset with one another. As part of his replies to fans on Twitter, Ingles noted that he is not...
  
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• Utah Jazz: 5 Stars to pair with Don if he can’t forgive Rudy

  10-04-2020 20:26
  
  Should our worst nightmares come true and the Utah Jazz have to move on from Rudy Gobert, here are five potential targets they could shoot for to pair with Donovan Mitchell. About a week ago I proposed five star players the Utah Jazz could chase to pair with Rudy Gobert, should he need separating from […]
  Utah Jazz: 5 Stars to pair with Don if he can’t forgive Rudy - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Magna’s water is safe to drink again. The raccoon-related boil order has been lifted.

  10-04-2020 20:24
  
  People in Magna can stop boiling their water.The Magna Water District on Friday lifted a boil order imposed the day before, after inspectors found a dead raccoon in a municipal water tank Wednesday.Samples of drinking water have been tested by a state-approved lab, and the district reports no harmful bacterial contamination in the tank — one of eight that serve Magna — or the city’s water distribution system.On Thursday, the water district told Magna residents not to drink from
  
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• The Ute Mountain Ute tribe has turned its casino into a food distribution hub

  10-04-2020 20:22
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.During a typical week, the bingo hall at the Ute Mountain Casino Hotel in Towaoc, Colo., fills with hundreds of people from around the Four Corners region hoping for a lucky break. On special occasions, it’s used to host conc
  
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• Jamie Henn: Big Oil shouldn’t profit off public lands during the coronavirus

  10-04-2020 20:00
  
  Last month, when the coronavirus still felt like a storm on the horizon, rather than a hurricane on our doorstep, my wife and I planned a trip down to the wilderness around Moab. Red rocks and open spaces seemed like the perfect antidote to an increasing sense of claustrophobia brought on by the impending threat of COVID-19.By the time the weekend came around, however, doctors at Moab Regional Hospital had begged tourists to stay away, and the Southeast Utah Health Department had shut down campi
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Rudy Gobert ghosting the Jazz in wake of coronavirus gaffe

  10-04-2020 19:58 via sportspyder.com
  
  Rudy Gobert has not communicated with his teammates or any other members of the Utah Jazz since contracting the coronavirus. A recent report noted that Gobert hasn’t only refrained from speaking to fellow teammate Donovan Mitchell, but the franchise...
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Friday, April 10: Here’s some of the Utah businesses and universities helping to make medical equipment

  10-04-2020 19:57
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Friday, April 10. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----11:50 a.m.: Universities, libraries, businesses get busy making stuff t
  
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• Jana Riess: Going deeper with Latter-day Saint fasting

  10-04-2020 19:32
  
  A week ago, I would wager that many Latter-day Saints had never participated in a Good Friday fast. Unless we live in strongly liturgical cultures (Catholic, Anglican, Orthodox) where Christians have fasted on Good Friday for centuries, the idea of fasting in conjunction with Holy Week might be new. We Mormons fast regularly, but not according to the rhythms of the liturgical calendar.It’s good to get out of our comfort zones. I’m hoping this departure from our usual routine can prom
  
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• Utah may let law school grads skip the bar exam because of the coronavirus

  10-04-2020 19:30
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.Recent law school graduates may be able to become licensed lawyers in Utah without having to pass the bar exam. The move is being cheered by the law schools, but some in the state’s legal community question this proposal, arg
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Rudy Gobert, Donovan Mitchell saga takes a dark turn

  10-04-2020 19:08 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Rudy Gobert/Donovan Mitchell relationship has now reached a new level for the Utah Jazz -- but that level is not so good. Utah Jazz fans have gone thro...
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Friday, April 10: Utah among the best positioned states to weather the economic crisis, report finds

  10-04-2020 18:59
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Friday, April 10. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----10:55 a.m.: Utah in a strong position to weather the economic crisisFis
  
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• Utah Jazz: Rudy Gobert, Donovan Mitchell saga takes a dark turn

  10-04-2020 18:58
  
  The Rudy Gobert/Donovan Mitchell relationship has now reached a new level for the Utah Jazz — but that level is not so good. Utah Jazz fans have gone through a rollercoaster of emotions ever since the NBA suspended the 2019-20 season. Two Jazz players, Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell, were the first NBA players to […]
  Utah Jazz: Rudy Gobert, Donovan Mitchell saga takes a dark turn - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• [Uproxx: Dime Magazine] - Concerns Exist Over Whether Donovan Mitchell And Rudy Gobert’s Relationship Is ‘Salvageable’

  10-04-2020 18:55 via sportspyder.com
  
  A report indicates that tensions are still high between the two over Mitchell’s positive COVID-19 test, but one teammate isn’t worried.
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Chris Paul had a notable assist for Jazz players despite game postponement

  10-04-2020 18:55 via sportspyder.com
  
  Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Chris Paul came through with a thoughtful gift for the Utah Jazz when they were on lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. According to a report from The Athletic, Paul sent out a delivery of beer and wine to Jazz...
  
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• Donated ski goggles from Utah and other ski hotbeds giving some extra protection to healthcare workers

  10-04-2020 18:54
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.At every snowboard competition, Red Gerard scoops up some extra goggles. The gold medalist in slopestyle at the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, who is sponsored by eye-wear-maker Oakley, likes to have extras on hand in case a pair ge
  
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• [Sportsnaut] - Report: Donovan Mitchell, Rudy Gobert may have unsalvageable relationship

  10-04-2020 18:45 via sportspyder.com
  
  Back in March when Rudy Gobert gave passed COVID-19 to Donovan Mitchell, there were multiple reports that their relationship was on the rocks.
  
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• Donated ski goggles giving some extra protection to healthcare workers

  10-04-2020 18:34
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.At every snowboard competition, Red Gerard scoops up some extra goggles. The gold medalist in slopestyle at the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, who is sponsored by eye-wear-maker Oakley, likes to have extras on hand in case a pair ge
  
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• [Uproxx] - Concerns Exist Over Whether Donovan Mitchell And Rudy Gobert’s Relationship Is ‘Salvageable’

  10-04-2020 18:29 via sportspyder.com
  
  A report indicates that tensions are still high between the two over Mitchell’s positive COVID-19 test, but one teammate isn’t worried.
  
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• Does vote-by-mail favor Democrats? Utah begs to differ, plus other mistruths about mail voting.

  10-04-2020 18:21
  
  President Donald Trump said that if the United States switched to all-mail voting, “you’d never have a Republican elected in this country again.”The GOP speaker of the House in Georgia said an all-mail election would be “extremely devastating to Republicans.”Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., said universal mail voting would be “the end of our republic as we know it.”Yet leading experts who have studied voting by mail say none of that is true.As with false claim
  
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• [The Score] - Almost Famous: The Jazz were beaten by Jordan and themselves

  10-04-2020 18:12 via sportspyder.com
  
  Sports history is littered with great teams that dominated their regular seasons only to fall short of ultimate glory. Our writers are paying tribute to those teams who were Almost Famous. After tackling MLB, NFL, and the NHL in the 1970s and in the...
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Friday, April 10: Utah’s DMV offers ways to avoid sitting in a long line; former Utah State University professor dies

  10-04-2020 18:10
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Friday, April 10. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----10 a.m.: A former USU professor dies of the virusA former Utah State Un
  
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• [Larry Brown Sports] - Report: Rudy Gobert, Donovan Mitchell relationship ‘doesn’t appear salvageable’

  10-04-2020 18:00 via sportspyder.com
  
  It has been one full month since Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19 and became the NBA's patient zero, and the Utah Jazz center has since apologized multiple times for the cavalier attitude he showed toward the disease before he contracted it....
  
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• Researchers analyze genomes to track coronavirus in Arizona

  10-04-2020 17:59
  
  Phoenix • A man associated with Arizona State University who was one of the first people in the United States to test positive for the then-new coronavirus in January does not appear to have spread it to anyone else, researchers report.But the virus was able to take root weeks later. In late February or early March, someone arrived in Arizona with the virus and it spread, setting off a chain of infections that transmitted clandestinely before they were identified.Those are some of the initi
  
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• Coronavirus has hit at least two Utah inpatient addiction programs

  10-04-2020 17:56
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.Utah’s inpatient addiction programs have been bracing for the coronavirus to hit their clients who live and receive treatment in dorm-style housing.And for a few, it’s already here.Odyssey House has had several confirme
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Friday, April 10: Utah’s DMV offers ways to avoid sitting in a long line

  10-04-2020 17:52
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Friday, April 10. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----8:56 a.m.: DMV reminds people to avoid lines by using mail, email or ph
  
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• [Fansided: Sir Charles In Charge] - Utah Jazz: Relationship between Mitchell, Gobert deemed ‘not salvageable’

  10-04-2020 17:52 via sportspyder.com
  
  According to a recent report, the relationship between Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell is not great. Could it force the Utah Jazz to trade one of them? Ne...
  
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• [Sporting News] - Donovan Mitchell's relationship with Rudy Gobert 'doesn't appear salvageable'

  10-04-2020 17:47 via sportspyder.com
  
  A behind-the-scenes report by The Athletic documents how the Jazz locker room may fall apart as a result of the coronavirus.
  
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• [Hoops Rumors] - Rift Still Exists Between Jazz Stars Mitchell, Gobert

  10-04-2020 17:36 via sportspyder.com
  
  In the wake of his positive test for COVID-19 last month, Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell was said to be frustrated …
  
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• [Bleacher Report] - Thunder's Chris Paul Gave Jazz Beer, Wine During Coronavirus Test Quarantine

  10-04-2020 17:17 via sportspyder.com
  
  Oklahoma City Thunder guard Chris Paul helped lift the spirits of the Utah Jazz after their scheduled game on March 11 was postponed due to Jazz center Rudy Gobert testing positive for coronavirus...
  
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• [Sports Illustrated] - Report: Donovan Mitchell, Rudy Gobert Relationship 'Doesn't Appear Salvageable'

  10-04-2020 17:05 via sportspyder.com
  
  Jazz center Rudy Gobert was the first NBA player to test positive for COVID-19, triggering the league's indefinite suspension.
  
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