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NBA: Rudy Gobert, Ben Simmons unanimous All-Defensive First Team choices

Field Level Media/Reuters
Posted at Jun 15 09:08 AM

Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert and Philadelphia 76ers guard Ben Simmons were unanimous choices for the NBA All-Defensive First Team. Read more »

NBA: Utah's Rudy Gobert named Defensive Player of the Year

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 10 09:43 AM

Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert has been named the 2020-21 Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year, the NBA announced today.  Read more »

NBA: Jazz lose Donovan Mitchell ahead of matchup with Lakers

Field Level Media/Reuters
Posted at Apr 18 03:31 AM

The Utah Jazz visit the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday afternoon (Sunday in Manila), but they won't have All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell and also are expected to be without center Rudy Gobert and point guard Mike Conley Jr.   Read more »

Jazz stars selected last in NBA All-Star draft

Field Level Media
Posted at Mar 05 06:05 PM

Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert of the NBA-leading Utah Jazz were the last two players selected in the draft for Sunday's All-Star Game, and their availability led to an odd sequence near the end of the telecast that aired Thursday night on TNT. Read more »

NBA: Gobert, Jazz agree to $205M extension

Field Level Media/Reuters
Posted at Dec 21 09:09 AM

Rudy Gobert has agreed to a five-year, $205 million extension with the Utah Jazz, the three-time All-NBA center revealed to ESPN on Sunday. Read more »

NBA: Nuggets open playoffs 1st round with OT win vs Jazz

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 20 07:27 AM

Jamal Murray scored 10 of his 36 points in overtime, as Denver opened the 2020 NBA Playoffs with a 135-125 overtime win over Utah on Monday (US time). Read more »

NBA: Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell says relationship with Gobert is ‘good’

Field Level Media, Reuters
Updated as of Jul 03 05:50 PM

Mitchell was irate with Gobert after the two players tested positive for the coronavirus in March. Read more »

NBA: Rudy Gobert still not fully recovered from COVID-19

Field Level Media/Reuters
Posted at Jun 29 08:44 AM

Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert says he is still not fully recovered more than three months after his original diagnosis. Read more »

NBA: Gobert, Mitchell ready to bury hatchet, says Jazz exec

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 06 11:02 AM

Utah Jazz chief Dennis Lindsey said Tuesday that Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell are ready to bury the hatchet following the feud triggered by their positive tests for COVID-19. Read more »

NBA: Jazz's Gobert discounts rumored rift with Mitchell

Field Level Media/Reuters
Posted at Apr 14 10:24 AM

Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert downplayed that he and teammate Donovan Mitchell are feuding after a report last week that said the relationship between the two All-Stars was not "salvageable." Read more »

LIST: From Rudy Gobert as ‘patient zero’, NBA personalities who contracted COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 10 04:00 PM

Not even the NBA was spared of the COVID-19 scourge, a sports landscape-defining episode that began when Utah Jazz center Gobert was tested positive in early March. Read more »

NBA: Gobert, all Jazz players and staff clear of coronavirus

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 29 09:26 AM

Rudy Gobert, the first NBA player to test positive for coronavirus, and all Utah Jazz players and staff have been cleared of coronavirus by the Utah Department of Health. Read more »

NBA: Rudy Gobert details coronavirus effects

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 23 10:47 AM

Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert, whose positive coronavirus test prompted the NBA to shut down its season, says the virus has caused him to lose his sense of smell.   Read more »

NBA players face backlash over quick coronavirus tests as others wait

Steve Keating, Reuters
Posted at Mar 19 09:41 AM

While the NBA champion Toronto Raptors, Los Angeles Lakers and Brooklyn Nets quickly received coronavirus tests, the general public has been left waiting, sparking a backlash over privileged athletes' and celebrities' access to care. Read more »

Gobert: 'Wish I would've taken this thing more seriously'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 16 10:02 AM

Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert, the first NBA player to test positive for the coronavirus, says he is feeling better every day but wishes he had taken it more seriously. Read more »

NBA: Jazz's Gobert says he's 'feeling a little better'

Field Level Media/Reuters
Posted at Mar 16 09:16 AM

Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert said Sunday he is "feeling a little better" in a video updating his status since testing positive for the coronavirus. Read more »

Gobert to donate $500K to arena workers, coronavirus relief

Reuters
Posted at Mar 15 06:08 AM

Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert has pledged to donate a total of $500,000 for arena employees in Utah and Oklahoma City, as well as overall COVID-19 relief in his home country of France, the team announced Saturday. Read more »

NBA: Gobert sorry for 'embarrassing, inexcusable' virus gaffe

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Mar 13 09:33 AM

LOS ANGELES - Utah Jazz star Rudy Gobert apologized Thursday for potentially exposing people to the coronavirus, a day after news of his infection with COVID-19 prompted the NBA to abruptly suspend the season. Read more »

NBA Jazz guard Mitchell tests positive for coronavirus: report

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Mar 13 09:33 AM

Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell has tested positive for the coronavirus, ESPN reported Thursday, hours after the network identified team-mate Rudy Gobert as the first NBA player to test positive for the virus.   Read more »

NBA suspends season after player tests positive for coronavirus

Reuters
Updated as of Mar 12 11:51 AM

The NBA said on Wednesday it was suspending the season until further notice after a Utah Jazz player tested positive for the coronavirus. Read more »