December 10th, 2013 | by
Laura Thompson 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...
December 9th, 2013 | by
Andy Larsen 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...
December 9th, 2013 | by
Ben Dowsett 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...
December 6th, 2013 | by
Ben Dowsett 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...
December 5th, 2013 | by
Dan Clayton 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...
December 4th, 2013 | by
Andy Larsen 1. Indiana’s defense, designed to force mid-range shots, did so by minimizing scrambling rotations. Perhaps the main ingredient to Indiana’s defensive success is how they discourage teams from taking high-efficiency...
December 4th, 2013 | by
David J Smith A few weeks ago, the point guard situation for the Utah Jazz was dire. Rookie Trey Burke was out with a fractured finger and the veteran duo of Jamaal Tinsley and John Lucas III were not cutting it (and that may be being a bit...
December 3rd, 2013 | by
Laura Thompson It’s amazing what a difference a point guard makes. Since Trey Burke has been in the starting lineup, the Jazz are 3-2. But what’s even more incredible is how quickly this looks much more like a team that knows how to play...
December 2nd, 2013 | by
Andy Larsen 1. Trey Burke’s ability to get an advantage on a defense portends good things for his NBA future. This game continued Trey Burke’s coming-out party, scoring 21 points and accumulating 6 assists in tonight’s...
November 30th, 2013 | by
Clint Johnson Derrick Favors and Enes Kanter are the core duo to the Jazz’s grand design. One an athletic marvel and defensive game changer; the other an irresistible force with the polished offense of a cowhide prodigy — an anchor in...
