“I feel pretty good going into the later part of the season,” he said. Although the season is winding down, Gay feels like there’s still progress to be made before the playoffs. He missed four more games because of soreness in the heel and another six in February due to illness and knee pain.
Gay signed as a free agent over the summer, but offseason heel surgery kept him out of action through the first 14 games of the season. Rudy Gay‘s first season with the Jazz has been disappointing, but he believes there’s still time to turn it around, writes Eric Walden of The Salt Lake Tribune. The Grizzlies top the list on ESPN’s Future Power Rankings, according to Kevin Pelton, Bobby Marks, Andre’ Snellings, and Tim Bontemps ( Insider link).The annual honor recognizes the player deemed the best teammate based on selfless play, on- and off-court leadership as a mentor and role model to other NBA players, and commitment and dedication to team. DeMar DeRozan, Rudy Gay, Jeff Green, Udonis Haslem, Jrue Holiday, Andre Iguodala, Jaren Jackson Jr., Kevin Love, Boban Marjanovic, Chris Paul, Fred VanVleet and Grant Williams are the contenders.
China Central Television, its state-run TV network, broadcasted Tuesday night’s matchup between the Clippers and Jazz, which kicked off a full return of the league to China’s airwaves. China had boycotted NBA broadcasts since 2019, when former Houston executive Daryl Morey tweeted support for pro-democracy protestors in Hong Kong.
But regular-season success has not translated to the playoffs. He is only one of two coaches to post a winning career record with the Jazz. Snyder is 372-264 over eight seasons in Utah. Questions linger about coach Quin Snyder’s future. Mentally, I’m just not in that headspace to be completely honest with you. “I’m not ready to discuss that, to be honest with you right now. “There’s things that could change,” Mitchell acknowledged after the Game 6 defeat Thursday night. And speculation has been rampant since about whether a dynamic scorer like Mitchell and a dominant defender like Gobert can be the sort of 1-2 punch that leads a championship team.īoth will figure to have interest if the Jazz choose to make them available on the trade market - and it’s not outside the realm of possibility that either or both players might ask for a move as well.
Their relationship has been strained at times, going back to at least the start of the pandemic, when Gobert was the first NBA player to test positive for COVID-19 and Mitchell tested positive a day later. Mitchell is owed $67.5 million for the next two seasons, followed by a $37 million player option.
Gobert is owed $85 million over the next two years, plus he holds a $46.6 million player option for the 2025-26 season.