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Bias in Evaluation: Can We View Our Own Players Fairly?
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Bias in Evaluation: Can We View Our Own Players Fairly?

July 7th, 2014 | by Denim Millward
Show me a person who claims the ability to evaluate NBA talent with pure objectivity, and I'll show you a liar.  The fact that bias comes into play in nearly every facet of judging an NBA player makes it downright impossible to...
A $15 Million Man? One Fan's Doubts About Max-Matching Gordon Hayward
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A $15 Million Man? One Fan's Doubts About Max-Matching Gordon Hayward

July 7th, 2014 | by Matt Pacenza
The Utah Jazz face a critical decision as soon as next week: Whether to match a huge contract offer to their young swingman Gordon Hayward. Virtually every prominent voice and writer that cover the Jazz agree on two things: Not...
Free Agency Preview: How Does the Draft Affect Potential Targets?
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Free Agency Preview: How Does the Draft Affect Potential Targets?

June 30th, 2014 | by Denim Millward
  We interrupt the collective glow-basking of Jazz fans everywhere following a resoundingly successful draft to look at the next phase of the offseason. That’s right, fellow Jazz fanatics.  You only have mere minutes...
Everything Draft Day
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Everything Draft Day

June 25th, 2014 | by Clint Johnson
I’ve covered these draft prospects for SCH for nine months, and finally, The Day dawns tomorrow.  What follows is everything draft related left in my notebook or bounding about in my brain. The Too-Late to Take It Back...
SCH Draft Podcast: The Brothers Clayton on Jazz Tiers
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SCH Draft Podcast: The Brothers Clayton on Jazz Tiers

June 25th, 2014 | by Ben Dowsett
On this special edition mid-week podcast leading up to the 2014 NBA Draft, Dan and Ken Clayton dive into Chad Ford’s annals to see how key current Jazz members were ranked when they entered into the NBA. Has their value...
Clint Capela: Upside Pick
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Clint Capela: Upside Pick

June 24th, 2014 | by Ben Dowsett
There’s so much going on in recent days in Jazzland that keeping up with all of it can be tough if you aren’t glued to a computer screen most of the day. Yesterday’s latest bombshell, released on the air by 1280 host...
SCH Mailbag: Your Questions Needed
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SCH Mailbag: Your Questions Needed

June 23rd, 2014 | by Dan Clayton
It’s time to get down to business. The next two to three weeks will be among the most interesting of the year for NBA fans, particularly those of rebuilding team. There is already a persistent hum of rumors involving the...
Jumping the Gun: Six Free Agents the Jazz Should Consider
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Jumping the Gun: Six Free Agents the Jazz Should Consider

June 23rd, 2014 | by Matt Pacenza
In Salt Lake City, all eyes are on Thursday’s draft – indeed, some have been there for months. Sure, we’re all plotting Andrew Wiggins and Jabari Parker trades and pretending to be experts on Joel Embiid’s...
Podiatry Primer: A Med Student on Embiid’s Injury
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Podiatry Primer: A Med Student on Embiid’s Injury

June 21st, 2014 | by Dan Clayton
Special to SCH: Former Jazzbot writer Danny Hansen is a fourth-year medical student at the Arizona School of Podiatric Medicine at Midwestern University. As a specialist in the area of medicine specific to Joel Embiid’s...
Draft Board Etch-a-Sketch
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Draft Board Etch-a-Sketch

June 19th, 2014 | by Dan Clayton
A lot of NBA fans and pundits were thinking the top of the 2014 Draft was beginning to make some sense. Then Thursday...