Kiki Vandeweghe’s Utah ties run deep

With the Summer of Enes in full swing, a lot of attention is on Kiki Vandeweghe, the former NBA forward and front office fixture who is teaching Kanter his bag of tricks. In the rush of excitement about Kanter’s...

Checking your religion at the door, or the No Booing Former Players Manifesto

One of my least-favorite things in basketball and all sports is terrible fan behavior. From The Malice in the Palace to the racist taunts in European soccer, the horrible things shouted at players, referees, coaches, or other...

Purple mountain jerseys make a return this season

I’ve been meaning to post this for months, but a leaked Adidas catalog for retailers shows the throwback jerseys NBA teams will wear during the 2012-13 season. The Jazz purple mountain jerseys made famous during the Finals...

Jazz hire Brad Jones, promote Mike Sanders

In the wake of Scott Layden taking a new position with the San Antonio Spurs, the Jazz promoted Mike Sanders as his replacement and hired former Utah Flash and Austin Toros coach Brad Jones as the new Assistant Coach/Player...

Jazz release statement thanking Scott Layden

Press release from the Jazz on the departure of Scott Layden to the San Antonio Spurs: SALT LAKE CITY (September 5, 2012) – The following statements are regarding Scott Layden, who announced today he is leaving his position as...

Scott Layden takes assistant GM position with the Spurs

Now is as good a time as any to check out this bizarre vignette found in the KSL archives as part of our Retro Jazz project with KSL’s Jeremiah Jensen, featuring Frank Layden and Thurl Bailey re-enacting scenes from Indiana...

Enes Kanter is Officially Not Fat

After some rumors swirled last week that perhaps Enes Kanter was “losing his head” and maybe even getting out of shape, he went ahead and posted the following photo to let everyone know that yeah, he’s doing...

Jeremy Evans Loses a Dunk Contest in Latvia

While spending time searching for gifts for Jeremy Evans from his wedding registry, I stumbled across the odd information that Evans spent time the week before his wedding participating in a dunk contest in Latvia. Evans was...

Congratulations to the newly-married Jeremy Evans

Jeremy Evans may look super young, but he’s grown enough to marry the lovely Korrie Walters yesterday in Savannah, Georgia. By all accounts it was a beautiful day, attended by coach Tyrone Corbin and Jazz-bestie Gordon...

Kevin O’Connor steps down as GM, stays with team

In a very surprising move, Kevin O’Connor will relinquish day-to-day GM duties for the Jazz. Yahoo’s Adrian Wojnarowski first broke the news and it was quickly confirmed by Brian T. Smith of the SL Trib. Here’s...