I f so, and regardless of what Gobert and Mitchell think of each other personally, their on-court chemistry is all that matters. Perhaps the buildup was juiced by Mitchell’s dominance of the ball? That’s the whisper, anyway. Neither will deny that.īut usually in such cases, one incident may not be the sole reason for so much ill will. Whatever the case, that possible transmission caused a rift that famously simmered during the four-month hiatus. Or maybe Mitchell had the virus first and infected Gobert. It was Gobert, at least the theory goes, who exposed Mitchell to Covid-19 when the NBA shut down on March 11. There is probably nothing short of an NBA championship that will force a hug between Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert, which drips with irony because close contact is being blamed for creating a wedge among those Utah Jazz teammates in the first place.
