March 28th, 2014 | by
Ben Dowsett As a long season winds down in Salt Lake City, we begin the transition to the offseason – both a look back at the results from the year that was, and a look forward to the future. In this year’s case, there will be somewhat...
March 21st, 2014 | by
Dan Clayton Going straight to the source for insights on the...
March 7th, 2014 | by
Ben Dowsett Coming into his first season as the top big man on Utah’s depth chart, folks familiar with Derrick Favors’ game had a pretty reasonable handle on what to expect from him for the year. Still raw offensively, especially in...
January 22nd, 2014 | by
Ben Dowsett Building and maintaining a competitive NBA roster from year to year is a complex task. More often than most GM’s around the league would prefer, crises arise in some area of this process. These situations can come up...
January 8th, 2014 | by
Clint Johnson Last night, the Utah Jazz won their seventh game in the last twelve contests. For those Jazz fans who believe the one overriding purpose of this season is to get a high draft pick, this winning is devastating. The team that...
January 3rd, 2014 | by
Clint Johnson Reward the big. It’s a frequent mantra on the hardwood. If a front court player sprints up the floor, give him the fast break dunk. If a center is anchoring a defense and cleaning the glass, throw him a bone...
December 30th, 2013 | by
Clint Johnson At the end of the first quarter of the Jazz’s November 15th game against the Spurs, I had a thought: Derrick Favors is a beast! He’d racked up six points and nine rebounds in the first quarter alone. (Not bad when...
December 19th, 2013 | by
David J Smith Each season, ESPN.com’s Marc Stein comes out with his trimester awards–recognizing the NBA’s high achievers–always a fun read. Make sure to give it a perusal when it comes out. Because this is Salt City...
November 30th, 2013 | by
Clint Johnson Derrick Favors and Enes Kanter are the core duo to the Jazz’s grand design. One an athletic marvel and defensive game changer; the other an irresistible force with the polished offense of a cowhide prodigy — an anchor in...
November 21st, 2013 | by
David J Smith For a team in need of some good news, the Utah Jazz received some yesterday: rookie point guard Trey Burke made his official NBA debut versus the New Orleans Pelicans. While the highly-anticipated return by Burke from his broken...