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It's Rudy's team now as Jazz get ready to open 2017-18 season

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Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News

SALT LAKE CITY — If there was any doubt whose team it is now after whatshisname decided to take his talents to Boston, the Utah Jazz need look no further (higher) than Rudy Gobert.

Even though Gobert is a man of a few words, he is the unquestioned leader of the Jazz as they head into the 2017-18 season, which officially begins Wednesday night against Denver at Vivint Arena.

You might say Gobert was the Jazz leader even before this season. As his coach Quin Snyder says, “No one wants to win more than Rudy.