With Gordon Hayward withdrawing from USA Basketball and the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro this August, Utah Jazz fans can rest easy knowing that he’ll be home, safe from the risks of injury, the Zika virus and all of the other clouds that are hanging over the games this year.
However, fans looking for something Jazzy to latch onto at the Olympics will still have something to look forward to.
Jazz center Rudy Gobert, as well as the newly acquired Boris Diaw, will be in Brazil next month, playing for the French national team as they look to unseat the Americans as Olympic champions.