The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on Utah Jazz vs. San Antonio Spurs 2/23/2015

1. Second consecutive remarkable defensive performance by Utah After holding Portland to just 76 points on Friday (a season low), the Jazz turned around and held the world champion San Antonio Spurs to 81 points (a season low)....

Gordon Hayward’s Subtle Excellence, and Player Grades for Spurs @ Jazz 2/23/15

The truly great players in this league know that being successful means more than sinking shots or putting points up in a box score. And as Gordon Hayward takes aim at this sort of lofty perch, he’s already well aware of...

Derrick Favors and Rudy Gobert: An Elite NBA Frontcourt, Right Now

  The trade of Enes Kanter to the Oklahoma City Thunder for, in essence, a protected 1st round pick and 280 pounds of cap space is proving difficult for many Jazz fans to swallow.  That’s because they aren’t...

The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on Utah Jazz vs. Portland Trail Blazers 2/20/2015

1. The new-look Jazz defense was dominant. Okay, sure, maybe the Blazers were a little bit sleepy coming off of the newly extended All-Star break. But wow, that was a seriously impressive performance by the Jazz, who held...

Jimbo’s Mailbag – Kanter Trade and Disney Princesses

Welcome to the next edition of Jimbo’s Mailbag! At Salt City Hoops, we know that covering a losing 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...

How the Jazz Traded Enes Kanter, and What They Got Back

After weeks of speculation, the deal really occurred today: the Utah Jazz officially traded Enes Kanter and Steve Novak to the Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for a protected future 1st round pick from OKC, a 2017 2nd round...

The Brothers Clayton Podcast: Trade Deadline Edition

  As the dust settled on a wild trade deadline day, Dan and Ken linked up from 2,500 miles away to survey the scene. The Brothers Clayton podcast is back, and the two brothers from the same mother spent a half hour talking...

Salt City Hoops Trade Deadline Live Blog!

The Salt City Hoops Trade Deadline Live Blog took place from 10:45 AM to 3:15 PM MST. If you want to relive all of the trade deadline fun, keep reading...

Principles for the Utah Jazz’s Big Deadline Day

A pivotal trade deadline day for the Utah Jazz has arrived. Any trades to be made during the 2014-15 NBA season will be completed before the earth rotates once more on its axis, which means some questions will be answered soon,...

A Decade of Utah Jazz Trade Deadline Moves

The trade deadline is one of the most unique things in sports, and seemingly more so in the NBA. It is simply a remarkable combination of drama, excitement and intrigue. There are disgruntled players who  feel the proverbial...