A rough season for the Utah Jazz got rougher on Sunday when the team announced that Rudy Gobert is out for at least four weeks with a bone bruise in his right leg. Does that change how the Jazz view their season? Are they still competing, or should they look at rebuilding?
KSL.com’s Andy B. Larsen joins the Weekly Run podcast to look at the big picture for the Jazz in the wake of the injury to the one guy who couldn’t get injured — and to argue on behalf of petty NBA trash talk.
At 1:00 • Rudy Gobert’s going to miss at least four weeks with a bone bruise. How does that change the Jazz’s view of the long-term future? Are they going to be a fringe-playoff team, or is now the time to be bad?
At 6:13 • It’s Derrick Favors time at center. What’s the upside for him with the Jazz, and what is his value as a trade asset? The discussion expands into what other trade assets Utah has on the roster.
At 15:13 • With Gobert out of order, we talk about which areas the Jazz miss the French Rejection the most.
At 21:33 • Bizarro Ricky Rubio has come down to Earth. Hard. What’s going on with him, and what’s the outlook for his role on the team?
At 25:25 • Hot Take Central to get to the finish line of the podcast. We talk about Donovan Mitchell’s continued improvement, whether Dion Waiters is a dirty player, and whether Enes Kanter is justified in his trash-talking of LeBron James.
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