Reader Q&A as Jazz Secure Their Core With Extensions For Their All-Stars

Rudy Gobert joined fellow Jazz All-Star Donovan Mitchell on Sunday in committing to a long-term future in Utah. Gobert and the Jazz agreed to a 5-year contract extension that will pay him $205 million in total salary starting in...

Utah’s Unique Superstar: On Gobert’s Greatness, Continued Growth and Possible Extension

All-NBA center Rudy Gobert might be the league’s most misunderstood superstar. He also might be on the verge of being obscenely rich, which makes this a good time to try to suss out just how much impact he has on winning....

Jazz Improve Perimeter Depth With Late Signing of Ex-Bull Harrison

More than a week into training camp, the Jazz are still tweaking their roster. Utah reportedly added some perimeter depth by agreeing to terms with free agent guard Shaquille Harrison on Wednesday, per reports from Tony Jones...

2020 Free Agent Tracker (With Thoughts On Jazz Fit For Each)

Bookmark this page now. You’ll be coming back to it. Trust me.Here is a list of literally every restricted and unrestricted free agent who finished last season on a standard NBA contract, listed in order of Wins Above...

Who Has Money (2020 Version): Tracking Spending Power For All 30 Teams

This awesome week for NBA fans marches on. As the NBA rushes to get its 2020-21 season underway, free agency, the draft and the restart of trade season are all jumbled together into a chaotic mess of league-shifting transactions....

Trade Season Starts: Which Jazz Players Are Most Likely To Move?

Very suddenly, the NBA’s trade season is here.So much has been up in the air regarding the various transaction windows that govern the league’s 30 teams, including when exactly teams would be allowed to resume making...

How a Cap Maneuver Could Drop Conley’s 2020-21 Price, Extend His Stay in Utah

On the surface, Jazz guard Mike Conley has one of the easiest decisions anybody will make during this weird NBA offseason. Because of the deal he originally signed in Memphis before being traded to the Jazz in 2019, he has the...

A Jazz Era Ends as Smith Acquires Franchise From the Millers

In a heated 1985 meeting, playwright and investor Sydney Schlenker saw an opportunity to pounce. He had already offered then Utah Jazz owner Sam Battistone two payments of $9 million to take over the club over a two-year period...

Offseason Q&A: Gobert Extension, Prioritizing Exceptions, the Favors Option & More

The coming Utah Jazz offseason might be a more straightforward one than last summer, due to a more restrictive set of resources. But as the sheer volume of reader questions indicates, that doesn’t mean there aren’t...

Offseason Targets Part II: Big Wings Who Can Defend, Shoot

The Utah Jazz are still trying to break into the contender class, and as we’ve been saying, they’re not that far off. With a couple of superstar-level guys at the top of the roster and a handful of complementary...