Coaching Profile: Lionel Hollins

Hollins’ head coaching history is unique, to say the least. That’s because he has had three separate NBA head coaching stints – but always for the same franchise. When the Vancouver Grizzlies fired Brian Hill 22 games into...

Draft Projections and Accelerated Rebuild – Salt City Hoops Podcast

Welcome to the New Salt City Hoops Podcast! This podcast is the first of many to come recorded at the ESPN700 studios, as announced earlier this month. In this episode, we focus on the #5 draft pick. Ben Dowsett explains...

Two Perspectives on Alvin Gentry, Possible Jazz Coach

While the NBA Playoffs are slowly, but surely winding down, the Utah Jazz coaching search is slowly but surely starting to gain more traction–at least through the media. A few names are being connected to the Utah Jazz in...

15 Ways to Fill Time in a Long Offseason

As Jazz fans, we’re not used to having this much time off in the offseason. For more than a decade, we were used to going well into the postseason, almost always into May, and often into June. But in the last several years,...

Could The Jazz Be Winners Next Season?

No one likes losing. Painfully obvious observation aside, there are times where a patient, long-term development plan is subject to the unpalatable side-effect of piling up losses in the interim.  The loss of interest among...

Salt City Hoops on TV, Talking Jazz Draft & More

On this week’s episode of ABC4’s after-news sports show Real Sports Live, I was featured alongside hosts Bill Riley and Wesley Ruff talking the state of the Utah Jazz after the lottery. Who do I think the Jazz will...

Draft Prospect: Noah Vonleh

With the draft lottery finished earlier this week, another piece of the summer puzzle has fallen into place, the Jazz slotted to select fifth in June.  It seems strange to see an entire year’s worth of expectation now...

Dennis Lindsey: “Nothing Sacred” in Jazz’s Search for Star

The fifth pick in an NBA draft is normally a huge asset, but if was ever OK to feel a little dejected about occupying that spot, it’s this year. It’s supposedly a 4-man draft at the top, with potential franchise...

Utah Jazz Post-Lottery Mock Draft Round-up

Utah Jazz fans are still trying to put everything together after last evening’s disappointment. Even though the mathematical probabilities were difficult to ignore, watching the team settle in at the fifth slot was a big...

Clint Johnson’s Post-Lottery Mock Draft

Now that the draft order is set, I finally share my mock draft of the full first round.  Explanations for each selection will be forthcoming. 1 – Cleveland: Joel Embiid, C 2 – Milwaukee: Jabari Parker, SF/PF 3...