SALT LAKE CITY — As the clock ticks, with the NBA trade deadline looming, the mood was relatively light inside the Zions Bank Basketball Campus on Tuesday afternoon.
Raul Neto returned to practice after missing the past 12 games with a left groin strain, while center Rudy Gobert shot 5-for-10 from corner 3-pointers with assistant coach Vince Legarza and members of the staff.
Even as connected as this year’s Jazz team has been throughout the year, that could certainly change in a couple of days with the trade deadline set for 1 p.m. MT on Thursday.
“It’s a unique period, no different than the beginning of the season, the end of the season or the playoffs or the summer,” Snyder said.