Shortly after the news broke that Gordon Hayward would be leaving the Utah Jazz for the Boston Celtics this summer, Jazz center Rudy Gobert called out his former teammate by posting an Instagram video with Chris Brown’s “Loyal” playing in the background. 

Since then, Gobert has been relatively quiet about losing the All-Star forward, despite personally being a part of Utah’s pitch to Hayward.

With some time to digest the news, Gobert spoke to Tim MacMahon of ESPN while watching the Jazz’s Summer League squad play in Las Vegas on Tuesday.

He revealed that he wasn’t upset because Hayward left, but instead at the process in which the decision was made.

"You cannot be mad at somebody for wanting to play for another team," Gobert told ESPN. "It's just the way he handled it, that's the thing I didn't like. I'm happy for him at the same time. I hope he's going to be happy over there and get what he's looking for."

As MacMahon pointed out, the Jazz were essentially left waiting for six hours between the time that ESPN’s Chris Haynes broke the news that Hayward intended to sign with the Celtics and when Hayward published his essay on The Players’ Tribune. No one from his camp informed the Jazz of his decision until the minutes before the piece was published.

Gobert also had an issue with how Hayward abandoned his teammates. Along with the center, newly-acquired Ricky Rubio, close friend Joe Ingles and Rodney Hood also traveled to San Diego to meet with Hayward as the team made their losing pitch.

"To all his teammates, all the guys that he competed with for years, guys that sacrificed for him and for the team, not necessarily tell us but make sure as a team we can keep going forward if he leaves," said Gobert. ”I think that wasn't the best way to do it, but I'm over it now. I'm just focused on the team."

Despite losing the face of the franchise, Gobert seems ready to step into that role for the Jazz, who he had the utmost confidence in:

"When you see the young guys and Ricky joining us, I'm very excited," Gobert exclaimed. "We might end up being better than last year. Who knows? I think we're going to keep getting better every year. The goal is to keep getting better and keep competing. The goal is still the same: win a championship in the close future.”

As for the car video?

"I was just listening to music," Gobert told MacMahon with a smile. "I always do that. I always listen to music in my car and put up videos."