The Great Jazz Fan Tanking Dilemma

It’s been just over a quarter of the season, and so far Jazz fans have found themselves stuck between a rock and a hard place. The rock being progress, while the hard place is the upcoming draft. So what is a fan to do? Cheer...

Jazz Individual Shot Selection Stats

A few weeks ago, with the Jazz still in the hunt for the title of WOAT (Worst Offense of All Time), we took a look at a fundamental question: were Utah’s plethora of offensive issues the cause of poor systems, poor execution,...

Trey Burke, Marvin vs. Enes – Salt City Hoops Radio

On our inaugural episode of the Salt City Hoops Midweek podcast, Andy Larsen invites Salt City Hoops writers Clint Johnson and Ben Dowsett on the show to talk about the causes of the Jazz’s recent success. Is Trey Burke...

December 2014 NBA Draft Rankings: Things Muddy

For the anticipated top prospects in the draft, particularly the handful of “franchise” freshmen, the college basketball season started with all the tumult and glamour of a NASA launch.  The top hoops talent outside the NBA...

Favorite Jerry Sloan Memories

The Utah Jazz will take time next month to honor Jerry Sloan, the Dean of Coaching. It is something that fans have been clamoring for, but as reported, it was ultimately Sloan’s decision as to when the inevitable would take...

The Emergence of Alec Burks

This season has been quite a bumpy ride for Alec Burks. With Trey Burke injuring his finger in the third game of the preseason, Burks was thrust into playing the point guard position—something he was asked to do last year for...

The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on Jazz vs. Blazers 12/9/2013

1. Surprisingly subversive tweets from Jazz players and parents tonight. With the frontcourt of Richard Jefferson, Mike Harris, and Andris Biedrins starting the 4th quarter tonight, Alec Burks not getting playing time in crunch...

SportVU and the Jazz

While the general public would likely associate the name “Moneyball” with the 2011 film starring Brad Pitt, those who are analytically inclined would think of something entirely different. Spawned near the turn of the...

20-Game Utah Jazz Check-In

With another 10 games in the books, the Jazz now close in on the quarter point of their 2013-14 season. And while no team is the exact same from one ten-game span to another, the Jazz may have seen some of the largest changes...

Checking the Metronome

The new era of Jazz basketball is a quarter-season old following Utah’s Wednesday night loss to the league’s best team, so any attempt to discern the identity of this squad is probably a bit premature. Still, I can...