Rudy Gobert was speaking with reporters when one of his teammates chimed in.
“Not one time! Not two time! Three time!”
Donovan Mitchell was the one shouting, hyping his All-Star teammate’s Defensive Player of the Year candidacy. But Mitchell could have also been counting off the number of times he and Gobert connected on alley-oop dunks in the Utah Jazz’s 101-99 victory in a scrimmage with the Miami Heat on Friday evening.
After months of tension—fueled by the All-Stars’ positive COVID-19 diagnoses in March and the reports and rumors regarding their relationship that followed—Mitchell and Gobert are back on a basketball court, ready to put an end to questions about their ability to play together.