Rudy Gobert
September 15th, 2015 | by
Dakota SchmidtOver the past few years, the French National Team has been able to make their mark as one of the elite teams on the international circuit. While they’ve remained respectable over the past decade, due to the likes of Tony Parker...
Tibor Pleiss
September 7th, 2015 | by
Dakota SchmidtFor most Jazz fans, the first opportunity that they have to get a look at newly signed 7’2 center Tibor Pleiss is during Eurobasket 2015. Playing with the German squad alongside the likes of Dennis Schroder and Dirk Nowitzki,...
Raul Neto
August 12th, 2015 | by
Dakota Schmidt Following the drafting of Trey Lyles in June, the Jazz looked to take a complacent mindset towards the rest of the off-season. In an early July interview with a local radio station, Jazz GM Dennis Lindsey stated that...
Utah Jazz
July 1st, 2015 | by
Dakota SchmidtAs the buzz around the Barclays Center last Thursday diminished, and the angry Knicks left the arena, the Jazz made their impact in the 2nd round by taking Boston College stud Olivier Hanlan with the 42nd pick. During his junior...
Draft
June 23rd, 2015 | by
Dakota SchmidtI’ve always fallen for an athletic, defensive-minded wing that’s projected to go late in the first round. While prospects like Jamaal Franklin (2013) and KJ McDaniels (2014) have had mixed success on the NBA level, it...
Draft
June 16th, 2015 | by
Dakota SchmidtThroughout this prospect profile series, I’ve maintained a high level of optimism while discussing these players. Every prospect that I’ve profiled has a few flaws to their game, but their strengths have been consistently...
Raul Neto
June 9th, 2015 | by
Dakota SchmidtBreaking away from the typical weekly NBA Draft prospect profiles (should have one up later this week), I decided to pull an interview that I did with Euroleague Adventures writer Sam Meyerkopf from mid-May, to explore the...
Draft
June 2nd, 2015 | by
Dakota SchmidtAs we’re now less than a month away from the NBA Draft, the discussion about what the Jazz will do with that 12th pick is flowing freely. Over the course of this prospect profile series, we’ve already covered most of the...
Draft
May 25th, 2015 | by
Dakota SchmidtWhether fair or not, my brain automatically puts a draft prospect into a particular role once I watch enough film of him. A couple months ago I mentioned Wisconsin stud Frank Kaminsky, who would make for the perfect 3rd big...
Draft
May 18th, 2015 | by
Dakota SchmidtIn my Jazz Draft Big Board, I noted that if the Jazz decide to either move out of the lottery or are still looking for another big with a load of upside late in the 1st round, UNLV’s Christian Wood might be the best option...