Game 33: Jazz beat the not-so-Pesky Timberwolves 106-84

Recap | Box Score Three Things We Saw Kirilenko sort of got an ovation on his first visit back to SLC with his new team, but mostly no one in the crowd was paying attention and it was just a smattering of cheers. The Jazz...

NBA Pronunciation Guide

In the spirit of proper pronunciation, here is the NBA’s official pronunciation guide. Some players are listed multiple times and some are on new teams, but it’s presented as it’s listed on the NBA media site....

Mo Williams knocks out the Spurs with a dagger 3

San Antonio Spurs 96 Final Recap | Box Score 99 Utah Jazz Paul Millsap, PF 36 MIN | 10-15 FG | 4-6 FT | 12 REB | 5 AST | 24 PTS | +11 A vintage Paul Millsap game. On the offensive side, his twisting,...

Una Charla Breve With Manu Ginobili

In preparation for tonight’s Jazz-Spurs game on ESPN from the ESA, I went 5-on-5 with some fellow TrueHoop minds to give a subjective voice to Hollinger’s Playoff Odds. I also did a little give-and-go with Spurs...

Retro Jazz: Karl Malone SportsCentury

From 2005, here’s the ESPN SportsCentury episode featuring Karl Malone. You can read the accompanying story here. It’s been nearly a decade since Karl Malone last played for the Jazz, amazingly. This clip looks back...

Jazz 20-Game Pythagorean Update

by Geoff Beckstrom, special to Salt City Hoops After 22 games and essentially one-fourth of the way through the schedule, let’s take a look at total win projections—first from a pure numbers standpoint and then from a softer...

The Early-Season Excellence of Randy Foye

by Sam Strong, special to Salt City Hoops Don’t look now, but the Jazz are on a two-game winning streak after throttling the Raptors at Energy Solutions Arena on Friday, 131-99. While the Jazz continue to hover around .500...

If you can coach, you can coach: Natalie Nakase and Earl Watson

Natalie Nakase is an assistant film coordinator for the Los Angeles Clippers and former head coach of the Saitama Broncos, a men’s professional basketball team in Japan. You’d be forgiven for thinking that her...

A former walk-on reflects on the passing of Rick Majerus

AP Photo/Jack Dempsey — by Tim Cannon, special to Salt City Hoops The life lessons I remember the most from Coach Majerus were the ones he had the most difficulty following. During my one year as a walk-on in his program...

Jeremy Evans is still the best artist in the league

Besides being one of the nicest humans in history and reigning NBA Dunk Champion, Jeremy Evans is an impressive artist. Earl Watson posted the picture above that Evans said he drew sometime last summer. Evans said he was working...