The Utah Jazz have been awarded a $2.62 million disabled player exception for Thabo Sefolosha.

The Jazz can use the exception to trade for or sign a player.

Sefolosha is out for the season to repair an avulsion of his MCL.

Thabo Sefolosha will undergo season-ending surgery on his injured MCL.

Sefolosha suffered the injury in the first half of Friday's game.

Sefolosha averages 8.2 points and 4.2 rebounds per game for the Jazz.

The Jazz signed Sefolosha to a two-year, $10.5 million deal in the offseason.

Rodney Hood has been fined $35,000 for slapping a phone out of a fan’s hand while exiting the court.

The incident occurred following Hood’s ejection for receiving his second technical foul of the game with 2:21 remaining in the third quarter of the Jazz’s 107-104 win over the Washington Wizards on Wednesday, Jan. 10 at Capital One Arena.

The Utah Jazz plan to sign Georges Niang to a two-way deal.

Utah will need to waive either Erik McCree or Naz Mitrou-Long to create a spot for Niang.

Niang has played for the Santa Cruz Warriors of the G-League this season, averaging 18.4 points, 6.7 rebounds and 4.7 assists.

The Detroit Pistons, Utah Jazz and Portland Trail Blazers have interest in Nikola Mirotic.

Mirotic continues to prefer a trade from the Chicago Bulls due to his preseason fight with Bobby Portis.

The Bulls are seeking a first round pick for Mirotic.

The Utah Jazz have guaranteed the contract of Raul Neto for the remainder of the season.

Neto has been out recently with a sprained knee.

The Jazz have had more minutes available at point guard this season due to the Dante Exum injury.

The Boston Celtics’ Jayson Tatum and the Utah Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell today were named the Kia NBA Eastern and Western Conference Rookies of the Month, respectively, for games played in December.

Tatum ranked second among Eastern Conference rookies in scoring (14.6 ppg) and fourth in rebounding (5.9 rpg) in 17 games in December for Boston, which went 11-6 to maintain its place atop the East standings.  He made a rookie-high 59 free throws and finished fourth or better among all first-year players in field goal percentage (52.9), three-point field goal percentage (45.1) and free throw percentage (81.9).  The 19-year-old forward scored in double figures 14 times, including two games with 20 points, and grabbed 10 rebounds three times.  Tatum recorded two of his three career double-doubles during the month.

Mitchell led all rookies in scoring (23.1 ppg) and steals (1.77 spg) in 13 games during December, and his 88.2 free throw percentage (45-of-51) was the highest mark among first-year players with more than 20 attempts.  He also ranked third among Western Conference rookies in field goal percentage (50.7) and fourth in assists (3.8 apg).  The 21-year-old guard opened the month by scoring 41 points in a 114-108 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Dec. 1, a Jazz rookie record and the first 40-point game by an NBA rookie since Blake Griffin in January 2011.  Mitchell scored more than 25 points seven times in December.