Utah Jazz

Jazz Smother Heat 102-91

Story of the Game The Jazz are the NBA’s anaconda: strong, long, systematic, and smothering. They coil around the paint and squeeze the life from those who dare enter. Teams lacking the ability to shoot Utah out of that...

Salt City Seven: Splitting the Bigs, Dissecting a Dunk and More

Since our last installment of the Salt City Seven, a weekly wrap-up column of all things Jazz, Utah’s star has returned, its starting point guard got hurt, and the squad started an East coast swing 2-1. Let’s dive...

Jimbo’s Mailbag – New Eye-Opening Stats

Welcome to the next edition of Jimbo’s Mailbag, our regular dose of levity here at Salt City Hoops. In each mailbag, Jimbo answers your burning questions with his unique outlook on Jazz basketball. Jimbo, by virtue of being...

Extending Hill At (Almost) Any Cost

The Utah Jazz just inked Rudy Gobert to a four year contract worth almost exactly what the Miller family paid Karl Malone during his entire 18-year career in Utah. And if that dollar figure seems exorbitant, buckle up: that is...

The Long Road To The Playoffs

The Jazz kicked off their first extended road trip of the season with a win over the New York Knicks, welcoming Gordon Hayward back from injury. They’ll face the Sixers, Hornets, Magic, and Heat on this road trip. While...

Salt City Seven: Hayward’s Healed, Hill’s Hot, and More

  The big basketball-related Jazz stories of the past week have all centered around George Hill. And the biggest news involved Rudy Gobert. But before we get to that, there something bigger we need to discuss. The...

Jimbo’s Mailbag – My Brother, George Hill

Welcome to the next edition of Jimbo’s Mailbag, our regular dose of levity here at Salt City Hoops. In each mailbag, Jimbo answers your burning questions with his unique outlook on Jazz basketball. Jimbo, by virtue of being...

Jazz Loss Rematch At Home To Spurs; 86-100

The Utah Jazz knew it was not going to be easy to win two in a row to the San Antonio Spurs, and that proved to be true.  While the Jazz had to play the Dallas Mavericks in between their last match-up, the Spurs had...

How Quin Snyder Measures Up

Jazz coach Quin Snyder is sometimes described as intense. His terrifying glare, fit for the Halloween season, is only one of the reasons why.  In 2014-2015, Snyder’s first season as an NBA coach, we saw him vary his...

Jazz Win At Home Over Mavericks; 97-81

While it may not have been the way they wanted, the Utah Jazz were able to dig deep and pull out a win against Dirk Nowitzki and Dallas Mavericks.  It was a tale of two halves in this one as the Jazz only shot 26.1% in...