Utah Jazz Positional Battles: The Bench

Tuesday’s preseason opener against the Golden State Warriors may have shed some light on how the bench positional battles will unfold–at least to start the season. Then again, it was one game and a preseason one at...

The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on Jazz vs. Warriors 10-8-2013

1. The Jazz’s new defensive focus provided early returns.  In a game against the high-scoring Golden State Warriors, with their presumed starting lineup for next season healthy, the Jazz held their opponents...

JazzRank #12: Ian Clark

Editor’s note: This is the second in the annual series from Salt City Hoops ranking the current players on the Utah Jazz roster. Throughout the preseason, we’ll count up through the current Jazz roster, from worst to...

What Story Intrigues You This Year?

What storylines will be the most compelling, the most intriguing, this season? I think we all love stories of redemption, or unexpected stories (Linsanity, anyone?), stories where the hero is someone so seemingly ordinary and...

The Scrimmage Show – Salt City Hoops Saturday Show

This episode of the Salt City Hoops Saturday Show begins with a bang, as quotes and highlights from media day from around the Jazz roster are featured. Austin Horton, Andy Larsen, and Dan Clayton discuss the importance of the...

Top 10 Moments in the Summer of Jazz

It’s almost time to stop speculating and start getting some answers about this Jazz team. Media day has come and gone, the yearly scrimmage is tomorrow, and by early next week preseason games will have tipped off. This may go...

The Relative Value of Age: Comparing 90’s to Today

Youth is often described as both a commodity and a liability in the NBA. A “divine treasure,” sure, but there’s also a lot of talk to suggest that being young and being elite are mutually exclusive. The Jazz are...

Utah Jazz Positional Battles: The Starters

The season is, at long-last, finally here. Media day is in the books, two-a-days are going, and Saturday’s annual scrimmage will give the public the first look at the new era of Utah Jazz basketball. In less than a week,...

Don’t Reward Losing: Reworking the NBA Lottery

With every Jazz loss this season—and odds are there will be plenty—many Jazz fans will salve their pain with thoughts of the 2014 NBA Draft.  Enough L’s might translate into Andrew Wiggins, after all, with Jabari Parker...

50 Questions 2013-2014 Will Answer

Being a Jazz fan lately means asking a million questions. Luckily, this season is going to be very interesting as we watch the answers play out. Here are my top 50 questions. What are yours? 1. What will the Win/Loss totals look...