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    Sexton Makes a Leap in Second Jazz Season
    By Steve Godfrey: The two key pieces from the 2023 Donovan Mitchell trade have both treated Jazz fans to resurgences. But while Lauri Markkanen’s leap...
Do Mid-Range Attempts Hurt Offensive Efficiency?
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Do Mid-Range Attempts Hurt Offensive Efficiency?

January 31st, 2014 | by Andy Larsen
The midrange taboo A whole legion of sports fans with fancy spreadsheets have waged a war on the long two. Many have gone as far as to refer to shot charts with few to no long twos as “moneyball” shot charts. I wonder if...
Is Good Defense Due To Player Skills or Scheme? – Salt City Hoops Podcast
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Is Good Defense Due To Player Skills or Scheme? – Salt City Hoops Podcast

January 31st, 2014 | by Andy Larsen
On this week’s Salt City Hoops Podcast, Laura Thompson moderates a discussion between Ben Dowsett and Clint Johnson about defense. In particular, we’re concerned: the Bulls have built an excellent defense despite...
Does Offensive Rebounding Hurt Transition Defense?
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Does Offensive Rebounding Hurt Transition Defense?

January 30th, 2014 | by Dan Clayton
Uh oh, fellow basketball math nerds: we might have overcorrected. The analytics movement has given us so many new ways to see and understand NBA basketball. I myself am an ardent subscriber, and I think we’re just starting to...
Rudy Gobert Scouting Report
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Rudy Gobert Scouting Report

January 29th, 2014 | by Ben Dowsett
What have we learned about Rudy Gobert in his 226 minutes of playing time? We have the scouting...
Jazz Struggle on Nights When Numbers are Retired
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Jazz Struggle on Nights When Numbers are Retired

January 29th, 2014 | by David J Smith
Utah governor Gary Herbert declared January 31st to be Jerry Sloan day. For Utah Jazz fans, given the ceremonies that will transpire that day, it was already going to be Jerry’s day. From the sound of things, many Jazz...
A History of Jazz Midseason Signings
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A History of Jazz Midseason Signings

January 28th, 2014 | by Laura Thompson
With Malcolm Thomas’s recent signing (and check out Dakota’s fantastic breakdown of his game here), I’ve been thinking about other pickups over the last few years—whether D-League call ups or picking up off waivers or...
The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on Jazz vs. Kings 1/27/2014
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The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on Jazz vs. Kings 1/27/2014

January 27th, 2014 | by Andy Larsen
1. Mike Malone has a bad defensive squad, and he knows it.  Ranked 28th in the league defensively, the Kings don’t exactly have a sterling reputation when it comes to defending the ball. Sacramento head coach Mike Malone...
Trey Burke, Plus/Minus Rookie Leader
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Trey Burke, Plus/Minus Rookie Leader

January 27th, 2014 | by Ben Dowsett
Because Adjusted Plus-Minus (APM; full description here) is a metric designed to track the actual scoreboard impact of individual players, it has some tendencies that aren’t shared by other common player evaluation metrics. ...
Malcolm Thomas Scouting Report
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Malcolm Thomas Scouting Report

January 26th, 2014 | by Dakota Schmidt
On late Saturday afternoon, it was announced that NBA journeyman Malcolm Thomas was acquired off waivers from Utah after being released from San Antonio earlier in the week. Prior to his less than stellar stint with the Spurs,...
The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on Jazz vs. Wizards 1/25/2014
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The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on Jazz vs. Wizards 1/25/2014

January 25th, 2014 | by Andy Larsen
1. The Jazz answered the Wizards’ two-big lineup with one of their own. The Jazz have had more success (i.e., more than 1 win in 15 games) since starting Marvin Williams at the 4, giving them a lineup with lots of shooting...