Trey Burke
August 11th, 2015 | by
Ben DowsettThe cascading effects of Dante Exum’s heartbreaking ACL tear announced last week have already come under the microscope in an otherwise dull August. Rumors have flown about trade targets. Some of the bigger names in national...
Utah Jazz
July 9th, 2015 | by
Ben DowsettBryce Cotton has had to fight every step of the way in his basketball career. As an undersized player in a game where height is of such paramount importance, he’s spent years being written off and underestimated, from his...
Rodney Hood
July 7th, 2015 | by
Ben DowsettThe mantra with first-round picks in summer league, particularly those playing following their rookie seasons, is fairly consistent: they should be among the best players on the floor, and dominate at times. Mark Utah’s top...
Utah Jazz
July 6th, 2015 | by
Ben DowsettIt was just the start of summer league play, months out from the beginning of another NBA season — but don’t tell Jazz fans that. Over 10,000 strong (10,215, to be exact) packed into Energy Solutions Arena for the...
Draft
June 30th, 2015 | by
Ben DowsettLet’s get this out of the way from the jump: Trey Lyles wasn’t anywhere near the top of my Jazz draft board. If I were Dennis Lindsey, he wouldn’t be in a Jazz uniform. Luckily for everyone involved, I’m not Dennis...
Draft
June 24th, 2015 | by
Ben Dowsett Welcome to Part II of my Jazz Big Board! If you missed Part I yesterday, be sure to give it a read. Without further ado, here are picks 7-12 on my own personalized Jazz board: 7. Stanley Johnson My general thoughts on...
Draft
June 23rd, 2015 | by
Ben DowsettThe time is nearly upon us. In just over two days, one of the more intriguing and fluid draft classes in recent years will finally be determined on a stage in New York City. We’ve had months of opining, hypothesizing, and...
Coaching
June 17th, 2015 | by
Ben DowsettIn a 2015 Finals series that was exhilarating for so many reasons, perhaps most intriguing for the nerds among us was the back-and-forth chess match between coaches. Steve Kerr and David Blatt traded haymakers in the form of...
Elijah Millsap
June 9th, 2015 | by
Ben DowsettThough they sport vastly different backgrounds and eventual paths to the NBA, Elijah Millsap and Joe Ingles have found themselves in a very similar place. Both were “rookies” in the traditional sense last season, this despite...
Draft
June 5th, 2015 | by
Ben DowsettThe Jazz held another in a string of pre-draft workouts Thursday, with six more hopefuls convening on Zion’s Bank Basketball Center. While these workouts are common this time of year, Thursday’s was the first so far in this...
