Does the Barrett Extension Kill Jazz-Knicks Talks?

After Knicks forward R.J. Barrett agreed to a $120 million contract extension on Monday night, our Dan Clayton hit “record” to explain what it could mean to a potential Jazz-Knicks deal. Specifically, he covers the...

As With Jazz-Lakers Trade, Vet Deals May Precede the Big Domino

It’s easy to forget given all that has happened since, but the Utah Jazz’s first major piece of offseason business had nothing to do with their All-Stars. Before they dealt Rudy Gobert to Minnesota or began seriously...

Devil’s in the Details: Quick Cap Refresher on Relevant Offseason Issues

As one of Jazz Twitter’s resident nerds when it comes to the NBA’s collectively bargained transaction rules, I thought it might be helpful to address a few of the topics I’m getting questions about cap stuff...

The Mitchell Question is Central To Utah’s Post-Gobert Path

In the 43 seasons the Jazz have belonged to Utah, just three of the franchise’s players have achieved all-league status at least four separate times: Karl Malone (14), John Stockton (11) and a certain Frenchman who’s...

NBA Free Agent Tracker: With a Brief Note on Jazz Fit for Every Player

At 4 p.m. MT, the floodgates opened.Dozens of deals were announced within minutes of the NBA’s free agency period officially opening on Thursday; including two notable former Jazzmen.First, fan-favorite and longtime contributor...

The Utah Jazz’s Coaching Search is Different This Time Around

The last time the Jazz hired a head coach, it was clear exactly what type of outfit he would lead. The club was coming off a 25-57 season. They had five recent lottery picks each still working down the developmental path, but...

Remix: Imagining a New Melody For the Jazz

After three years of disappointing results with roughly the same core, it is widely understood that the Jazz cannot simply “run it back” next season, whatever that means. There will be significant change. Exactly how...

Jazz Jersey Release a Perfect Metaphor For a Team Without Identity

The Utah Jazz’s botched rebranding really just represents the broader problem: nobody knows what the hell the Utah Jazz are right now.The Tribune’s Andy Larsen confirmed what most people suspected upon seeing the...

Snyder Moves On, But Philosophical Questions Linger

“Philosophical issues.”What began as just the latest in a series of euphemisms and code words being used to describe the Utah Jazz’s summer of discontent is now an epitaph carved into the stone where an era of...

Let’s Talk This Out

Scene: Interior, a modestly furnished therapist’s office with a desk, chair, couch and a window. A middle-aged man whose hair is greying at the temples sits at the desk wearing a tweed blazer with elbow pads, scrolling...