“There is no other partner that I would rather have as a coach, a leader of our players, and a partner in the front office than Quin Snyder.”
“Quin Snyder is one of the best coaches in the NBA,” Zanik said. Jazz GM Justin Zanik said Friday that the team’s plans include Snyder. Utah has gone 21-20 in postseason games under Snyder and has not advanced past the second round with him in charge. But regular-season success has not translated to the playoffs. He is only one of two coaches to post a winning career record with the Jazz. Snyder is 372-264 over eight seasons in Utah. Questions linger about coach Quin Snyder’s future. Mentally, I’m just not in that headspace to be completely honest with you. “I’m not ready to discuss that, to be honest with you right now. “There’s things that could change,” Mitchell acknowledged after the Game 6 defeat Thursday night.
Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45) shoots over Dallas Mavericks forward Dorian Finney-Smith (10) in the first half of Game 6 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series Thursday, April 28, 2022, in Salt Lake City. And speculation has been rampant since about whether a dynamic scorer like Mitchell and a dominant defender like Gobert can be the sort of 1-2 punch that leads a championship team.īoth will figure to have interest if the Jazz choose to make them available on the trade market - and it’s not outside the realm of possibility that either or both players might ask for a move as well. Their relationship has been strained at times, going back to at least the start of the pandemic, when Gobert was the first NBA player to test positive for COVID-19 and Mitchell tested positive a day later. Mitchell is owed $67.5 million for the next two seasons, followed by a $37 million player option.
Gobert is owed $85 million over the next two years, plus he holds a $46.6 million player option for the 2025-26 season.
Potential future changes after another disappointing end could center on Mitchell and center Rudy Gobert. “We fell short of our goal,” guard Donovan Mitchell said. His career average is 15.4 field-goal attempts per game while shooting 44.7 percent.The Jazz, who brought back many key players from last season, when they had the NBA’s best regular-season record, lost to the Dallas Mavericks in six games for their second first-round exit in three seasons. Since arriving in Toronto, Gay has not earned better performance, shooting a career worst field-goal percentage of 38.8 this season.
The 8-year veteran from the University of Connecticut averaged 19.4 points and 7.4 rebounds per game in 18 games this season. Gay began his career with the Memphis Grizzlies for the first six seasons before being acquired in a three-player trade with Toronto and Detroit in February 2013.
A press call for members of the media has been scheduled for Monday.įor Gay, who did not dress for Toronto on Sunday evening against the Los Angeles Lakers, Sacramento will be the third NBA franchise he joins. In return, the Raptors will receive guard Greivis Vasquez along with forwards John Salmons, Patrick Patterson and Chuck Hayes. The Toronto Raptors has finalized a trade with the Sacramento Kings involving forward Rudy Gay on Sunday evening, according to Raptors beat reporter, Doug Smith of the Toronto Star.Īs per Smith's Twitter account, he confirmed with a team source that the trade will also see forward Quincy Acy and center Aaron Gray head to the Kings.