In that story, Gobert said he can be …

In that story, Gobert said he can be “annoying” when it comes to demanding the ball and that he didn’t blame Mitchell for how he responded after both tested positive for the virus. He admitted there had been issues between the two players in the past — and he wasn’t blameless. “I was very impressed at how open Rudy was; how he owned certain points,” Lindsey said. “There was a real vulnerability and some self-reflection. I’ve just seen some real maturity. You know there are some things that we all have to look at ourselves when we get critiqued and I’m not sure I’m good at that at 51 years old. But I was quite impressed that Rudy at 28 could reflect and share how he’s felt about a number of things.”

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Jazz executive vice president of basketball operations Dennis Lindsey said that the Jazz are going above and beyond the requirements of the NBA in opening up ZBBC but even with all the extra precautions, Ingles said he isn’t ready to make that leap just yet. “They’ve made measures to go in there pretty dramatic,” Ingles said. “I went through the process to see what it was like and it’s pretty in-depth. Come the right time I’ll go in there and start getting ready but we need a bit more information on whether we’re going to play or not and I think my decision will be made after that.”

While holding virtual group workouts …

While holding virtual group workouts and regular team meetings via Zoom does the trick on some days, there are other days in which head coach Quin Snyder has decided the team needs a little bit more of a boost. “He’s been able to keep the engagement and the connectivity of the team even though the team is separate right now,” Jazz executive vice president of basketball operations Dennis Lindsey said on Tuesday. “It’s a good time for our players to listen to Quin as the leader of the group. Quin’s had cute ideas like the cookbook and we had (Sen.) Mitt Romney speak to the team a few days earlier. That was amazing.”

Under the guidance of Utah Jazz vice …

Under the guidance of Utah Jazz vice president of player personnel Walt Perrin, the Jazz brass is attempting to look at this hiatus from the season as an opportunity rather than a hinderance. “The health performance group provides physical assessments and our scouting consultants, led by Walt Perrin, have been doing a bunch of very interesting projects,” Dennis Lindsey, Jazz executive vice president of basketball operations, said Tuesday. “Now that we have a little bit more time it’s been neat to participate in a few of those Zoom calls and read their notes.”