Hayward’s History Carries Jazz to Win

The Big Storyline Every year, thinkers around the NBA world assume that they’ve seen the best possible version of Gordon Hayward. This has to be it, they think, his ceiling can’t be much higher than this. And every...

Salt City Seven: Jazz Streaking, Hayward Scoring, Exum Sitting

The Jazz are winners of four straight, their two top scorers are finally healthy and hitting at the same time, and their big man is playing the best all-around ball of his career to date. And yet the chatter among Jazz nation is...

Podcast: Jazz Turn Things Around

The Jazz, their best player and their young reserve guard are all in very different places than they were last week. For Hayward and team overall, that’s good news. Dan and Ken Clayton reconvene to talk about Utah’s...

Salt City Seven: Schedule Turning, Hill Back and More

Here’s your Thanksgiving Salt City Seven: seven heaping helpings of Jazz topics and talking points, ranging from macro to micro. The particular 168-hour period we’re encapsulating with this edition of the SC7 had more...

Podcast: How Much Should Jazz Fans Worry?

The Utah Jazz have lost four straight, so there are definitely some things for their fans to worry about. In the latest Salt City Hoops podcast, Ken and Dan Clayton get together to try to triage the growing list of concerns....

Salt City Seven: Aching Favors, Solid Week for Hayward, Quin Nears .500

It’s been a fairly positive week in Jazzland since our last weekly check-in via the Salt City Seven. The Jazz finished a successful trip, their star is looking plenty starry, and the squad is stacking up nicely as the...

Podcast: The Clayton Bros Talk Hayward, Favors, Adjectives

At 7-5 following a successful East coast trip, the Utah Jazz deserve to be talked about. So let’s talk. Dan and Ken Clayton break down the Jazz’s trip and the subsequent home loss to Memphis. Central to the...

Salt City Seven: Splitting the Bigs, Dissecting a Dunk and More

Since our last installment of the Salt City Seven, a weekly wrap-up column of all things Jazz, Utah’s star has returned, its starting point guard got hurt, and the squad started an East coast swing 2-1. Let’s dive...

Salt City Seven: Hayward’s Healed, Hill’s Hot, and More

  The big basketball-related Jazz stories of the past week have all centered around George Hill. And the biggest news involved Rudy Gobert. But before we get to that, there something bigger we need to discuss. The...

New Math: Your Post-Extension Cap Questions Answered

The Jazz cemented their defensive identity on Halloween, committing to a near-max deal for their young star center Rudy Gobert. The elite paint protector and his rising team agrees to a four-year extension that will start next...