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The NBA commerce deadline is over with, and the Utah Jazz truly made a transfer! Though, it wasn’t the kind of commerce a number of followers had in thoughts when February 10 rolled round.
Jazz followers had been dreaming of Robert Covington and/or Harrison Barnes however ended up with Nickeil Alexander-walker and Juancho Hernangomez… ouch.
To make issues worse, which may not be the worst of their issues after the commerce deadline. Latest NBA rumors revealed a tidbit of data that’s sufficient to make Utah followers sick to their stomachs.
NBA Rumors: Tensions in Jazz locker room might result in offseason drama
In keeping with Howard Beck of Sports activities Illustrated, there are rising tensions inside the Utah Jazz locker room. He acknowledged this on The Crossover NBA Present with Chris Mannix. (H/t Bleacher Report)
Nearly all of mentioned tensions exist between Utah’s two All-Stars – Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert – which might be the worst-case state of affairs for the group.
There have been reviews of a rift forming between the 2 after Gobert’s COVID-related incident that kicked off all the season being shut down in early 2020.
After which earlier this season, rumors started swirling that Mitchell could prefer to play in a bigger market, as Utah is one in all, if not the smallest market within the NBA.
Beck additionally talked about that the tensions “is likely to be just a little worse than we’ve even been led to imagine.” However that wasn’t even the juiciest bit of data to be shared on the podcast.
Simply a few sentences later, Beck acknowledged that “these Donovan Mitchell ‘needs out’ rumors are going to be beginning like as quickly because the season is over.”
Utah has received 5 in a row, however they had been struggling mightily earlier than that. And as talked about, the NBA commerce deadline didn’t precisely do them any favors.
If the Jazz endure one other first or second-round exit from the playoffs this yr, it may very well be the tip of the Mitchell-Gobert pairing, and who is aware of the place Mitchell would possibly find yourself subsequent.
