SC7: Help Coming From the Schedule? (Plus Six More Jazz Bits)

There isn’t a ton of good news to discuss in this last Salt City Seven of 2017. The Jazz have been in their deepest and most protracted funk of the season, but as we cover in the main section today, things might be about to...

SC7: Another Season Defined by Injuries, Contract Stuff, Tribute & More

Whew, that was a lot of basketball. Since the last installment of the Salt City Seven, the Utah Jazz completed their first 5-games-in-7-nights stretch of the season. They’ve had two different 5-in-8 sprints, and a number of...

SC7: Trade Likelihood Rankings & Six Other Bits of Jazz Stuff

Despite having just two games since our last installment of the Salt City Seven, this was an eventful week in Jazzland. The losing streak continued, players coming back from injury exacerbated the ongoing lineup discussions and...

SC7: Weighing Options for a Trio of Utah Starters + Six Other Jazz-Related Bits

The tough part of the Utah Jazz’s December is decidedly underway. After opening the month with a pair of convincing home wins, Utah dropped back to the .500 with back-to-back losses to the Thunder and...

SC7: Long December, How Good Are the Jazz, Passing History & More

If it feels like we just did this, it’s because, well, we kind of just did this. The holiday moved last week’s Salt City Seven column back a couple of days, which means this edition covers a shorter period than usual....

Salt City Seven (& Then Some): Scoring, Passing, 3 Game Balls & More

Normally we gather here every week to relive the stories and games from seven days in Jazzland. Because of the holiday, you get bonus coverage this week. Here are the big stories, key numbers, awesome plays and superb...

Down Five Players, Jazz Can’t Stop Nets in a 118-107 Loss

  The Jazz suffered their sixth straight road loss on Friday night for a lot of different reasons: porous defense, not enough players breaking the paint, and an overall energy deficit. But the fair place to start in picking...

Salt City Seven: Outside In, Playoff Chances, Midtown Mitchell & More

The struggles continue for the Jazz, who since our last Salt City Seven lost three more games and—more importantly—their best player. In this week’s modular recap of all-things-Jazz, we dissect the recent struggles a...

Late Mistakes, Loose Balls Doom Jazz in New York

The Utah Jazz got a season-best scoring outburst from Rodney Hood on Wednesday, and Donovan Mitchell got a memorable Madison Square Garden debut. Neither, though, got when they came to Manhattan for: a first road win of the...

Podcast: How Does Utah Recover From a Recent Slump and Survive an Injury to Gobert?

Dan and Ken Clayton huddle up to discuss the news that Rudy Gobert will miss four to six weeks with a bruised knee. The Jazz had already been slumping, and Gobert’s injury raises the stakes for finding answers in the...