Could Patience Be Virtuous for the Jazz Two Years in a Row?
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Could Patience Be Virtuous for the Jazz Two Years in a Row?

November 11th, 2018 | by Clark Schmutz
Last year’s Jazz started the season 16-24 and were surrounded by questions about the makeup of the roster. The Ricky Rubio experiment was off to a terrible start half a season in and The Salt Lake Tribune’s Kurt Kragthorpe...
Game 1 Recap: The Rise of the Armadillo Cowboy
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Game 1 Recap: The Rise of the Armadillo Cowboy

April 16th, 2017 | by Clark Schmutz
If you look up Joe Marcus Johnson on basketball-reference, you will see that he has 4 credited nicknames: Iso Joe, Joe Cool, Big Shot Joe, and the Armadillo Cowboy.  Tonight, at least three of those nicknames were on full...
Prediction Roundtable Playoff Edition: Jazz vs. Clippers
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Prediction Roundtable Playoff Edition: Jazz vs. Clippers

April 15th, 2017 | by Clark Schmutz
By now you all probably know how this works. Seven Salt City Hoops contributors weigh in on the big questions around the upcoming series between the Utah Jazz and Los Angeles Clippers. It’s also important to note that none...
Renegotiating Derrick Favors’ Contract: What Makes Sense?
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Renegotiating Derrick Favors’ Contract: What Makes Sense?

May 25th, 2016 | by Clark Schmutz
It is against the rules of the current Collective Bargaining Agreement in the NBA for a player to renegotiate their contract and take a smaller amount of money. However, when a team is under the cap, they can renegotiate current...
The Five People You Meet in (Utah Jazz Offseason) Heaven
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The Five People You Meet in (Utah Jazz Offseason) Heaven

May 10th, 2016 | by Clark Schmutz
Before you read the title and think this blog post is about how the Jazz are going to sign Kevin Durant or Mike Conley this summer, be warned that it isn’t about that at all. This is about the five free agents that are most...
The Utah Jazz and the Roadblocks of Free Agency
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The Utah Jazz and the Roadblocks of Free Agency

April 26th, 2016 | by Clark Schmutz
Location, Location, Location Imagine you are a small business owner making a comfortable salary in whatever city you currently live in.  Let’s say you make $100,000 a year and you like your job. But you are considering a...
Thinking Out Loud — Here Lies Jazz Season 2015-16
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Thinking Out Loud — Here Lies Jazz Season 2015-16

April 12th, 2016 | by Clark Schmutz
The Utah Jazz season passed away peacefully last night with very little fight and in the presence of 19,911 of its closest friends. This Jazz season was born in Detroit, Michigan on October 28, 2015. Its life was highlighted by...
Thinking Out Loud: The Utah Jazz and Three Pointers, Sitting in a Tree
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Thinking Out Loud: The Utah Jazz and Three Pointers, Sitting in a Tree

March 30th, 2016 | by Clark Schmutz
The Utah Jazz have had an off again, on again relationship with the three-point shot for some time now. It’s mostly been off. In fact, for the most part, not only has it been off, but the three-point line has been seeing...
Thinking Out Loud: Where do the Jazz go from here?
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Thinking Out Loud: Where do the Jazz go from here?

March 16th, 2016 | by Clark Schmutz
I personally have decided not to talk, or even worry about the Jazz and the playoffs this season. It just isn’t healthy. On top of that, it almost seems like a flip of a coin at this point. As soon as I think the Jazz...
Thinking Out Loud: Two Jazz Seasons Diverged in a Wood
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Thinking Out Loud: Two Jazz Seasons Diverged in a Wood

March 2nd, 2016 | by Clark Schmutz
Author’s note: I think about basketball way too much. Thinking Out Loud is my attempt to get those thoughts and feelings on internet paper before I move onto another topic.  I don’t know how to say it, but it feels like...