Favors, Gobert Feast as Jazz Look to Reestablish the Roll

Throughout the preseason and again in Wednesday’s regular campaign opener, the Utah Jazz have been clearly prioritizing the involvement of their diving big men. As a result, it was the visiting duo of Derrick Favors and Rudy...

Salt City Hoops’ Team and 2018-19 Utah Jazz Coverage

A little over five years ago, I shared a secret with my press row pal Spencer Hall up by our Portal J seats. And then he shared an idea with me.I had just concluded the postgame show on the Jazz’s Spanish radio broadcast, and...

Perfect Preseason Provides Answers (and More Questions) About Rubio & the Bigs, Exum and More

As 5-0 preseasons go, that one wasn’t terribly informative. Sure, the Utah Jazz finished their exhibition season undefeated, but that doesn’t mean observers learned a lot about Quin Snyder’s team. Beyond all the usual...

Thabo Factor: Sefolosha’s Defense and Smarts Elevate Teammates’ Play

Even before the 2017-18 Utah Jazz figured out how to play winning basketball on a consistent basis, one player stood out for impacting games in a positive way throughout the doldrums. And, perhaps ironically for a team that is...

For the Jazz, Success Follows the Arc of Rubio’s Revival

At the moment the ball found Ricky Rubio open on the left wing in Toronto with the shot clock off and the Jazz down by two, the Jazz’s winning streak stood at one game. They had defeated the Detroit Pistons two nights earlier,...

Summer Book Report: How the Jazz and the NBA Are Chasing Perfection

Adieu, offseason. We made it.The Utah Jazz start their training camp this week, which means we survived the long slog of a basketball-free summer. Not that the offseason is all bad. It’s a good chance to burn through the...

Recurring Rivalries of Yesteryear Suggest Jazz, Thunder Just Getting Started

For a two-week stretch in late April of 2018, the Utah Jazz played indisputably better basketball than the Oklahoma City Thunder. That’s a fact. We saw it, and there’s a historical record of a 4-2 playoff series...

Tales of Tag: Ice, Expletives and More First-Hand Anecdotes Involving Double-Zero

As I walked back into a locker room that just minutes earlier had been crowded with players and reporters, it was just the two of us. I was about to get my introduction to ‘Tag.It was my first time in an NBA locker room,...

Q&A: Breaking Down Deals, Future Star-Hunting, Is This It?

The Jazz are mostly done with their 2018 offseason. Salt City Hoops readers, on the other hand, are not.There were still a ton of great questions in this week’s offseason Q&A. Specifically, readers wanted to hear more...

Free Agency Q&A: Favors is Back, Who Has Room, Exum & More

We’re not even two days into free agency, and already there is clarity on the Jazz’s roster plans, cap situation, and immediate future.Derrick Favors agreed to a two-year, $36 million deal on Monday afternoon. That...