SALT LAKE CITY — As the 2019-20 NBA season was rolling along, the Utah Jazz front office knew that when things wrapped up, big decisions would have to be made regarding the future of the roster — most notably, the future of Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert.
Then the Jazz were planted squarely at the center of the coronavirus pandemic chaos. Gobert tested positive, Mitchell tested positive, the NBA shut down, the world seemed to come to a halt, reports and rumors of unrest between Mitchell and Gobert swirled, and still those decisions about the future remained.