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Hughes - like Gobert - had previously been on the team’s injury report as out due to “non-COVID illness.” A Jazz spokesman confirmed that, like Gobert, the second-year Syracuse product was experiencing COVID symptoms, but returned negative results on a pair of rapid tests, before subsequently getting a positive result on an overnight PCR test. Valentine joins previous 10-day additions Danuel House and Norvel Pelle on the roster. News of Valentine’s addition was first reported by Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, who also noted that Utah initially had been set to add James Ennis III, but he was considered a “close contact” to someone who recently tested positive, and thus would not have been eligible to play Monday vs. Meanwhile, the Jazz have added veteran wing Denzel Valentine on a 10-day hardship contract, they announced Monday afternoon. Quin Snyder’s bench will also be missing assistants Alex Jensen, Vince Legarza, and Sergi Oliva. In addition to Joe Ingles and Rudy Gobert, who tested positive the last week and have missed the team’s past several games, the Jazz will now conclude their five-game road trip without big man Rudy Gay, wing Elijah Hughes, rookie guard Jared Butler, and second-year center Udoka Azubuike.
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Then two more players joined them Monday afternoon. Two more players and three assistant coaches were added to the list Sunday night. The Utah Jazz were the last team in the NBA to have a player put in the NBA’s health and safety protocol due to COVID-19, but they’re catching up in a big way.