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Impact of the Crowder Trade in One Chart

 Last Thursday’s three-team trade between the Utah Jazz, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Sacramento Kings generated a range of reactions among Jazz fans. The deal sent Rodney Hood and Joe Johnson out of Salt Lake City and...

Where are the Former Jazzmen this Season?

Now that the NBA regular season is well underway and the rosters are set, it is time for Salt City Hoops’ annual look at where former Utah Jazz players have landed. Here is a quick run-down on each player and what could...

What Exum’s Injury Means to Him, His Future, the Jazz

Right up until the moment when 230 pounds of shooting guard landed right on top of him, Dante Exum was having a terrific preseason. In fact, few Jazz players were playing as impressively relative to expectations and the...

The Unlikely Transformation of Rodney Hood

Dennis Lindsey: “We believe Rodney Hood can be a primary scorer. It’s time for us to pivot, it’s time for us to move on.” — Andy Larsen (@andyblarsen) July 6, 2017 Following Gordon Hayward’s...

The Rubio Effect: Jazz Offense About to Get Some Fluff

Utah’s “greatest snow on earth,” one of the state’s slogans, comes from a phenomenon called lake effect snow. As a snowstorm passes over the Great Salt Lake, it collects additional moisture from the lake that...

Globe Guide 2017: Where You Can Catch Jazz Players — OK, Player — in FIBA Competition

As we like to do around these parts to survive the dog days of summer, let’s talk FIBA. Usually the very international Jazz have a lot of basketball to follow as national teams go to work during the NBA offseason. And we...

Favorable Returns? Jazz Can Benefit from a Big Man Resurgence

There are a lot of reasons to still believe in a version of the Utah Jazz without 2017 All-Star Gordon Hayward, and some of them have been chronicled nationally since the Jazz’s top scorer left via free agency. They still...

A Final Appeal: Open Letter to All-Star Free Agent Gordon Hayward

Gordon, On behalf of Salt City Hoops, as well as a broader community of Jazz writers, followers and fans, let’s start here: Thanks. Thank you for lifting the franchise back to relevance. Seven years ago, you joined a team...

Latest Hayward Chatter Creates a Conundrum

The advent of the free agency period is usually brings excitement. But this offseason, Jazz fans are experiencing more trepidation than anticipation, thanks to Jazzman (for now) Gordon Hayward’s free agency. Thursday afternoon...

Hayward Watch Part III: Utah’s Case Revolves around Gobert & the Teams’s Progress

The summer of nerves continues for Jazz fans, who feel a jolt of anxiety every time someone utters the word “Boston” anywhere near Gordon Hayward’s name. In roughly a month, the Jazz star’s immediate future will be...