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MINNEAPOLIS, MN - NOVEMBER 28: Gordon Hayward #20 and Rudy Gobert #27 of the Utah Jazz speak during the game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on November 28, 2016 at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - NOVEMBER 28: Gordon Hayward #20 and Rudy Gobert #27 of the Utah Jazz speak during the game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on November 28, 2016 at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)Hannah Foslien/Getty Images

Jazz Post and Delete Rudy Gobert Pic After Gordon Hayward Chooses Celtics

Thomas DuffyJul 4, 2017

The Utah Jazz Twitter account posted what appeared to be a peculiar response to Gordon Hayward's decision to join the Boston Celtics. 

Hayward's tweet went live at 8:48 p.m. ET, and Utah's post—an uncaptioned picture of big man Rudy Gobert—was published almost simultaneously. The time stamp listed on the Gobert picture was actually one minute prior to Hayward's announcement via the Players' Tribune.

Here's the Gobert one:

Twitter

Most fans took the photo as a way of saying, "This is our franchise player now." Utah deleted the picture in minutes and followed up with a message from team ownership:

[Twitter]

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