Jimbo’s Mailbag – The Coolest Play the Jazz Should Run

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...

Portland, Pace, and Passing – Salt City Hoops Podcast

On this week’s episode of the Salt City Hoops Podcast, we first talk to Justin Sweeney, former broadcast assistant for the Jazz, now resident of Portland. He was at last night’s game, and gives us a rundown of his...

The Right Kind of Mistakes: Passing TOs & Offensive Efficiency

How much does Quin Snyder want to play with the pass? He’d rather see passing mistakes than mistake-free isolation plays. “Sometimes trying to make those passes doesn’t always give you the results you want right...

Two Things to Look For in Jazz Preseason

The Utah Jazz got their feet wet with the open scrimmage (kudos to JP Gibson and the entire franchise), followed by a nice victory over the Portland Trailblazers in the preseason opener. With this in mind, what are a few...

A Defensive Jump in 2014-2015?

A little over a year ago, I wrote Defensive Coaches: The Two-Year Theory discussing how, oftentimes, a coach who eventually becomes known as a defensive-minded coach, makes his mark on his team’s defensive identity usually...

The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on Jazz vs. Blazers 10/7/2014

1. The Jazz’s excellent defense gave them the win in their first preseason game. The Jazz did well at virtually all facets of defense tonight, implementing their new-look scheme quite well. They allowed Portland just 73...

Expensive Air: A New TV Deal and the Utah Jazz

  Don’t touch that dial. Things are about to get interesting. ESPN and TNT are making it rain in the NBA world, with a nine-year $24 billion TV deal that could change the NBA’s economic landscape forever. This...

The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on the Jazz’s Open Scrimmage

1. This was a lower-key scrimmage than most in the past. This was probably the least important of the Jazz’s preseason open scrimmages in several years, for some really understandable reasons. First, the Jazz already ran a...

Utah Jazz Change Logo… Slightly

The Utah Jazz have changed their logo… albeit incredibly slightly.   Notice the difference? Here’s a breakdown of the changes, provided by the Jazz PR department.   Okay, it’s not much. But the Jazz...

Previewing the Utah Jazz’s Open Scrimmage

You guys, there’s real basketball! Five guys on one side, five on the other, bouncy orange ball, nylon-lined buckets at both ends…basketball! Stop tugging my arm, I’m totally under control. In the minds of many Jazz fans,...