Salt City Seven: Defense Wins, Rubio Dishes, Exum Decides and More

And we’re back in business. Basketball that matters resumed this week in the world’s best league, and that means the Salt City Seven returns to the Jazz online community. The SC7 is our place to relive the previous...

Cuts, Extensions Make a Busy Weekend for Jazz Decision-Makers

While the rest of us spend this last non-NBA weekend of the year preparing for a 6-month basketball hibernation, the Jazz front office actually still has work to do. Go ahead: clean out the den, balance your checkbook, vacuum...

What Exum’s Injury Means to Him, His Future, the Jazz

Right up until the moment when 230 pounds of shooting guard landed right on top of him, Dante Exum was having a terrific preseason. In fact, few Jazz players were playing as impressively relative to expectations and the...

Globe Guide 2017: Where You Can Catch Jazz Players — OK, Player — in FIBA Competition

As we like to do around these parts to survive the dog days of summer, let’s talk FIBA. Usually the very international Jazz have a lot of basketball to follow as national teams go to work during the NBA offseason. And we...

Favorable Returns? Jazz Can Benefit from a Big Man Resurgence

There are a lot of reasons to still believe in a version of the Utah Jazz without 2017 All-Star Gordon Hayward, and some of them have been chronicled nationally since the Jazz’s top scorer left via free agency. They still...

Podcast: Quick Ekpe Udoh Scouting Report from Greek Sportswriter George Orfanakis

After a flurry of Utah Jazz signings, Salt City Hoops welcomes a European hoops journalist to talk about what the Jazz are getting with the addition of 2010 lottery pick Ekpe Udoh. Fans probably know a bit about Thabo Sefolosha...

Jazz Add Three, Plus Trade Rumors

Dennis Lindsey is on a mid-July shopping spree. The Utah Jazz’s general manager struck deals with three free agents in a period of about 24 hours this week. It could be Lindsey’s way of rounding out a roster that...

Podcast: What Now? Answering Your Questions About the Post-Hayward Jazz

Gordon Hayward’s departure from the Utah Jazz has created a bunch of questions about the club’s path forward. In this SCH podcast, associate editor Dan Clayton tackles reader questions about the state of the Jazz, the...

Quick Reactions to Rubio Trade & How It Affects Hayward

Dan Clayton and Ken Clayton huddle up in the waning moments of free agency eve to talk about the Friday trade that landed Spanish point guard Ricky Rubio in Utah. They talks about what Rubio offers, and what this acquisition...

A Final Appeal: Open Letter to All-Star Free Agent Gordon Hayward

Gordon, On behalf of Salt City Hoops, as well as a broader community of Jazz writers, followers and fans, let’s start here: Thanks. Thank you for lifting the franchise back to relevance. Seven years ago, you joined a team...