Pondering Small Ball for the Jazz

In a 2015 Finals series that was exhilarating for so many reasons, perhaps most intriguing for the nerds among us was the back-and-forth chess match between coaches. Steve Kerr and David Blatt traded haymakers in the form of...

Utah Jazz Draft Prospects 2015: Trey Lyles

Throughout this prospect profile series, I’ve maintained a high level of optimism while discussing these players. Every prospect that I’ve profiled has a few flaws to their game, but their strengths have been consistently...

Dennis Lindsey Channels his Inner Daft Punk

Perhaps more so than any of the other major professional sports, luck is a major factor in winning a championship in the NBA. In the 1996-97 season, the San Antonio Spurs finished with a record of 20-62, despite having completed...

Additional Notes and Quotes From My Interview with Steve Starks

Here are some additional notes and quotes from my interview with and KSL profile of Steve Starks this week. We talked for over 30 minutes about a ton of different topics, and I couldn’t fit all of them into my article...

Jimbo’s Mailbag – You Guys Remember John Crotty?

Here at Salt City Hoops, we’re occasionally accused of being too analytical. Basketball is a fun sport, they say, and we’re being too objective about it. Jumbo Rudding, on the other hand, is not analytical. He is zany. He...

Northwest Division Watch: Pre-Draft

NBA divisions made a strong case that they are still relevant this year. The regular season survival-of-all-fittest that was the Southwest Division, which featured five playoff teams totaling 261 combined wins, drastically...

NBA Finals Surprise! And More Draft Talk – Salt City Hoops Show on ESPN700

On this week’s episode of the Salt City Hoops Show, Andy Larsen and Ben Dowsett eat significant crow as the Cavaliers have taken  2-1 series lead. After being so confident that the Warriors would run away with this series,...

No Stone Unturned: 2015’s Utah Jazz Free Agent Mini Camp

On Tuesday, the Utah Jazz released information about a free agent mini camp the team will be conducting June 9-11. Most probably glossed over that information without taking much notice, especially in light of the constant...

On the Future of Joe Ingles and Elijah Millsap

Though they sport vastly different backgrounds and eventual paths to the NBA, Elijah Millsap and Joe Ingles have found themselves in a very similar place. Both were “rookies” in the traditional sense last season, this despite...

International Q&A With Sam Meyerkopf Of Euroleague Adventures

Breaking away from the typical weekly NBA Draft prospect profiles (should have one up later this week), I decided to pull an interview that I did with Euroleague Adventures writer Sam Meyerkopf from mid-May, to explore the...