Utah Jazz

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The Chicago Bulls have interviews planned with Arturas Karnisovas and Justin Zanik. Karnisovas is currently general manager of the Denver Nuggets while Zanik holds the same position with the Utah Jazz. Zanik attended Northwestern and also has experience as a player agent. The Bulls are increasingly less less likely to interview Bobby Webster of the Toronto Raptors or Adam Simon of the Miami Heat. Both Webster and Simon are expected to be retained by their current teams.

Utah Jazz players and staff completed the required amount of time for quarantine and self-isolation, and were cleared by the Utah Department of Health. The players and staff no longer pose a risk for the infection of others. Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19 more than two weeks ago, with Donovan Mitchell receiving a positive test on March 16th. Gobert's positive test lead the NBA to suspend its season.

Donovan Mitchell can sign a contract extension with the Utah Jazz this offseason, something Tony Jones of The Athletic expects to happen. "I can say with confidence that Mitchell loves Utah, has embraced the community and genuinely loves playing for the Jazz," Jones writes. "I can also say that the Jazz have Mitchell under team control for the next (two) years. As a result, worrying about Mitchell's unrestricted free agency is not worth worrying about.. "Mitchell will sign a max contract extension at some point before next season. That extension will kick in for him in year five, and he will be here for the length of his second contract. Again. Anything can happen. But, I can certainly say with confidence that Mitchell loves it here."

Rudy Gobert reported feeling chills, a headache and a dry cough to Utah Jazz physicians on March 10th, which activated protocols for the NBA. Tests for influenza A and B, strep and upper respiratory infections all came back negative. Oklahoma state health officials, along with physicians from the Jazz and Oklahoma City Thunder, decided Gobert should be tested for COVID-19 because he had a fever over 100 and reported having had houseguests from high-risk areas. Gobert tested positive and the NBA suspended its season.