Salt City Seven: Early Western Conference Tiers, Game Balls For Favors, and More

It’s been 168 hours since our last Salt City Seven, so we’re back with yet another weekly recap of all things Jazz. Here are seven themes, thoughts and miscellanea from the Jazz’s 2-2 week. Game 1 counts just as...

The Rundown: Raptors @ Jazz 11/18/15

They say a sign of a good team is the ability to win without playing your best ball, right? Turns out the Jazz might be a good team. Battling some of the same periods of inconsistency that have plagued them early on in the year,...

Around the Horn: A Look at Former Jazzmen in the NBA

Sunday’s tight, nail-biter of a match-up between the Utah Jazz and the Atlanta Hawks came down to the wire. The Jazz found themselves on Paul Millsap jumper away from a winless road trip. While that would not have been a...

Wing-T Formation: The 3-Wing Lineup Makes a Case as Utah’s Best

From the moment Dante Exum went to the floor holding his knee with the Australian national team over the summer, the point guard position was going to be a hot topic for the Utah Jazz. Exum’s injury removed one of the pieces...

Rudy Gobert, Derrick Favors, and the Value of a Block

As analytics continue to sweep the NBA, a misconception is growing: that improved numbers provide a “right” way to see the game. Analytics don’t offer the correct way to see anything; instead, they offer new...

What Have We Learned Thus Far?

The Utah Jazz are finally home after a road trip that included losses to Cleveland, Miami and Orlando and a victory over Atlanta. A 1-3 record over the course of a road trip is hardly anything to write home about and 5-5 overall...

The Rundown: Jazz @ Hawks 11/15/15

Wipes-sweat-off-brow GIF, anyone? The Jazz finally found themselves on the right end of a nail-biter Sunday night, eking out a fantastically close 97-96 win in Atlanta that wasn’t sealed until Paul Millsap missed a shot...

News and Notes From Jazz @ Magic 11/13/15

It feels like ages or eons have passed since the Utah Jazz sported an impressive 4-2 record, good enough to tie for the second best record in the Western Conference. The team was heading off on a four-game road trip, and while...

Jimbo’s Mailbag – How to Sneak Down to the Lower Bowl

Welcome to the next edition of Jimbo’s Mailbag! At Salt City Hoops, we know that covering a team without any humor can be dreary. As such, we decided to add a little bit more levity to our site via Jimbo’s unique outlook on...

Jazz/Heat, Aaron Falk, and Jazz Season Surprises – Salt City Hoops Show

On this week’s episode of the Salt City Hoops Show, hosts Andy Larsen and Ben Dowsett talk about the Utah Jazz’s beginning to the season, as Jazz vs. Heat plays in the background. We talk about 10 season surprises so...