Impact Hughes cleared the NBA's COVID-19 health and safety protocols a week ago, but it wasn't until Monday that he received the opportunity to play his first minutes for the Jazz since Jan. 7. The second-year forward was able to crack the rotation only because six of the Jazz's top seven players -- Donovan Mitchell (concussion), Rudy Gobert (calf), Mike Conley (rest), Bojan Bogdanovic (finger), Royce O'Neale (knee) and Joe Ingles (ankle) -- were sidelined. Utah could conceivably get all six players back for their rematch with the Suns on Wednesday, so Hughes won't be a lock to stick in head coach Quin Snyder's rotation.
JANUARY 25, 2022 • ROTOWIRE