Coach Nick and Breaking Down Jazz Struggles – Salt City Hoops Show on ESPN700

On this week’s episode of the Salt City Hoops Show, we break down the Jazz’s 7 game losing streak. What’s causing it? We look at the system and the individual players responsible for implementing the system. We...

The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on Jazz vs. Raptors 12/3/2014

1. Jazz defense was under-aggressive under an elite Raptors offense. This is by now somewhat of a broken record: the Jazz’s interestingly poor defense cost them another game. In this one, the Raptors shot 57% from the...

The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on Jazz vs. Nuggets 12/1/2014

1. It wasn’t a “WAKE UP” yell, but Snyder finally got through to his players.  Probably most of the stories will tell this game as a tale of two halves: the Nuggets performance in the 1st half was just good...

The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on Jazz vs. Clippers 11/29/2014

1. Jazz are really struggling at all phases right now. This is relatively obvious: they’ve lost 5 games in a row. But they’re doing so in really discouraging ways. Consider, over the last 5 games, the following two...

The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on Jazz vs. Bulls 11/24/2014

1. Shot luck hurt the Jazz tonight in the final minute. It’s funny: the Jazz have had 3 buzzer-beating opportunities this far in the season, and the best look of the three was probably tonight’s Hayward 3 point shot....

The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on Jazz vs. Pelicans 11/22/2014

1. The Jazz continue to be blasted in the possession battle. Tonight, the Jazz had 22 fewer shots than the Pelicans, so despite holding the Pelicans to a lower shooting percentage than their own, they got beaten pretty easily in...

Nate Duncan and Quin Snyder Discussion – Salt City Hoops Show on ESPN700

On this week’s episode of the Salt City Hoops Show, our main guest is Nate Duncan of Basketball Insiders, and the excellent Twitter account @NateDuncanNBA. Nate shares his national perspective on the Jazz’s...

The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on Jazz vs. Thunder 11/18/2014

1. Quin’s technical foul sparked the Jazz Quin Snyder’s technical was the story of the game, and rightly so: the Jazz had a 28-40 deficit before Snyder’s explosion of fury, and then went on a 52-21 run...

Ian Levy and Jazz Early Season Performance – Salt City Hoops on ESPN700

On this week’s show, we talk primarily about the Jazz’s biggest early season indicators. Is Trey Burke’s poor play a concern? What about the Jazz’s slow pace or their poor defense? We talk about which...

The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on Jazz vs. Mavs 11/7/2014

1. The Jazz killed themselves by giving extra possessions to the Mavericks The Jazz actually played passably on offense and defense tonight. On offense, they missed a lot of open shots: the Jazz shot just 30% on uncontested jump...