Triple Teams
January 23rd, 2015 | by
Clint Johnson The Jazz won their first game in two years without the services of Derrick Favors. It was a… weird win. We’ll take it! 1. The Start of the Dante Exum Era? With attention on Derrick Favors’ absence from...
Triple Teams
January 8th, 2015 | by
Clint Johnson The Jazz played their best game of the season. Not simply best outcome, best played game. They looked really good, so there’s a lot to say. 1. D-fence-tastic! The Jazz did more than out-defend the Bulls,...
Analytics
December 31st, 2014 | by
Clint JohnsonPerhaps the most fundamental defensive principle of all is Guard Your Man. Players who cannot effectively defend their assigned offensive player are weak points in defensive armor. Put together enough such weaknesses and the...
Blog
December 15th, 2014 | by
Clint Johnson Christmas is a time for generosity. So, while it may be easy to focus on the negatives of an early 6 – 16 season, this post assumes the young Utah Jazz are securely on Santa’s Nice List. After all, there is...
Triple Teams
November 27th, 2014 | by
Clint Johnson1. The Jazz were bullied by a less talented team. Going into the night, Oklahoma City had won only 3 of 13 games, including dropping six straight – ample time to learn how little chance they have of out-talenting other NBA...
Triple Teams
November 13th, 2014 | by
Clint JohnsonTonight the Jazz could have, should have, would have, but didn’t. The game had the feel of a contest that could swing either way going in, perhaps because of the multiplicity of connections shared between the two teams....
Utah Jazz
October 29th, 2014 | by
Clint JohnsonEvery season is a story – each game a page, each quarter a paragraph, ever evolving toward a final meaning. The Little Team That Could in 2003-04. The Apocalypse that was 2010-2011. Last year’s Crucible of...
Utah Jazz
September 9th, 2014 | by
Clint JohnsonWins were precious last season. Only one team in Utah Jazz history garnered fewer wins for 82 games of effort than the Jazz’s 25 victories last year. I think it’s safe to assume Jazz fans, players, coaches,...
Gordon Hayward
July 28th, 2014 | by
Clint JohnsonEverything is awesome! Everything is cool when you’re part of the team, especially when they pay you $63 million dollars! That is pretty much the sentiment in Jazz land. Following the Jazz formally matching...
Draft
June 25th, 2014 | by
Clint JohnsonI’ve covered these draft prospects for SCH for nine months, and finally, The Day dawns tomorrow. What follows is everything draft related left in my notebook or bounding about in my brain. The Too-Late to Take It Back...
