Backward Bounce: Jazz to Select Fifth in Upcoming NBA Draft

Down with math. The statistically probable gut punch arrived this evening in Times Square in an envelope marked “5.” The Utah Jazz, slotted fourth going into the NBA Draft Lottery, now own the fifth pick after the...

Feeling Lucky vs. Creating Luck

Tonight is the night Jazz fans have been looking forward to ever since the season ended and we won the non-coin flip against Boston: the NBA Draft Lottery. Currently slotted 4th, we are statistically more likely to be bumped back...

Salt City Hoops News… and Feedback, Please?

It’s been an exciting year for Salt City Hoops. 364 days ago, Spencer Hall announced he had been hired as the News Director at KSL.com, and chose myself as successor to the Salt City Hoops Managing Editor position. In the...

4 Potential Choices with the Jazz’s #23 Draft Pick

As the percentage of teams still in the hunt for 2013-14 glory continues to narrow with another two sent packing just last night, at least one eye in every front office but the few remaining in the title hunt turns to the...

Contemplating the Jazz Core

First there was the Core Four. Then Four turned into Five. Next month could make it Six. Dennis Lindsey has talked about Jeremy Evans becoming a core-type player, and for those excited about Rudy Gobert or overseas Jazz draftee...

Coaching Profile: Adrian Griffin

Woj-bomb alert!  A week that may have been expected to lack much excitement outside the draft combine the next couple days just got a whole lot more intriguing in Salt Lake City with Adrian Wojnarowski’s report that the Jazz...

How Does Stan Van Gundy’s New Gig Affect Jazz Search?

As Jazz fans, we were probably looking at our head-coaching vacancy and thinking that we were looking like a significantly better destination than Detroit, thanks to young talent, draft picks, money to spend, and ownership that...

Utah Jazz Mock Draft Roundup 4.0

The week has finally arrived–the NBA Draft Lottery will take place on Tuesday, May 20th. It is naturally an event that Utah Jazz fans are eagerly awaiting, for the outcome could have profound impact on the franchise from...

Coaching Profile: Fred Hoiberg

In the team’s first bona-fide coaching search since 1979, could the Jazz turn to a “mayor” to fill the vacancy? Iowa State men’s head basketball coach Fred Hoiberg, also known as “The Mayor”...

The Elevated Importance of Postseason Coaching

What a first round, right?  I’m sure I’m not alone among basketball fans who feel as though they’re in something of a daze, still recuperating from nearly two weeks of ingesting three or four mostly riveting games a...