February 11th, 2014 | by
Laura Thompson In anticipation of the Jazz playing the Lakers at the Staples Center tonight, I wanted to break down what, historically, has been a very rare phenomenon: both the Jazz and Lakers are well out of the playoff picture heading into...
February 7th, 2014 | by
Clint Johnson With the Jazz halfway through the first season of a new era, nothing is cemented yet. Not the roster, not the coaching staff, not the systems or philosophy, not the identity. So I’ve recently asked myself, who do I hope...
February 6th, 2014 | by
David J Smith At Jerry Sloan night, one of the exciting things for many fans was seeing many familiar faces – guys who once donned the Utah Jazz uniform. They helped bring back many fond memories. There are many former Jazz players...
February 6th, 2014 | by
Dan Clayton Basketball, it turns out, is complicated. I mean, there’s a more simplistic, linear way to approach it, but in the NBA, that route hardly ever makes you very good. Reaching a special level (see: San Antonio Spurs) requires...
February 5th, 2014 | by
Ben Dowsett We at Salt City Hoops, and myself especially, spend a lot of time talking about Jazz players within the context of the team as whole. That’s likely the case for most similar sites, particularly those covering a young team...
February 4th, 2014 | by
Laura Thompson There’s a lot to like about the all-around, two-way game of Gordon Hayward. But I think Jazz fans are also pretty realistic about the fact that he is not the #1 guy on a great playoff team. He’s a very good second or third...
February 3rd, 2014 | by
Andy Larsen 1. Enes Kanter was pulled in favor of Rudy Gobert twice tonight. Coming off a performance in Los Angeles in which Enes Kanter led the Jazz in scoring, Raptors coach Dwane Casey built his game plan around preventing Enes Kanter...
February 3rd, 2014 | by
Kyle Hunt The Jerry Sloan retirement ceremony I attended at Energy Solutions Arena on Jan. 31 caused me to reflect on a number of painful truths, including how far the Jazz have fallen in just a few years. Yes, the Jazz are focusing on...
January 31st, 2014 | by
Andy Larsen The midrange taboo A whole legion of sports fans with fancy spreadsheets have waged a war on the long two. Many have gone as far as to refer to shot charts with few to no long twos as “moneyball” shot charts. I wonder if...
January 29th, 2014 | by
Ben Dowsett What have we learned about Rudy Gobert in his 226 minutes of playing time? We have the scouting...
