Salt City Seven: A Missed Opportunity, 4-on-4 and More

The Jazz wrapped up March with a 9-7 record, starting cold but finishing with an 8-3 surge. The last week of the month, though, was packed with storylines. Kobe. AK. The Dubs. Another worrying injury. And, oh yeah, four big...

Salt City Seven: Big Game Reps, Passing Surge and More

Don’t look now, the the Jazz have suddenly won six of their last seven, including consecutive road games and a home takedown of the reigning Eastern champs. The tide has turned for the blue, green and gold, who — at...

Salt City Seven: Big Trip, Big Mack, Three Game Balls & More

Fifteen left. One-five. Eight are on the road (seven of those against teams at or below .500), and seven are at home (including three elite teams). The playoff race is coming down to the wire, which is where we’ll start...

Salt City Seven: Floor Spacing, Playoff Chasing and More

In this 19th edition of the weekly touchbase on all things Utah Jazz, we put on the stethoscope to assess what’s up with the struggling club. The answer, or at least one of them: Utah’s best players haven’t had...

Salt City Seven: Road Reliance, Depth Options and More

Twenty-two games left, and the Jazz find themselves in a bit of a slump. How do they get out? This week’s SC7 looks at a potential area for personnel answers, but we also hear from the coach, and look at some X&O themes...

Salt City Seven: Three’s a Crowd at PG, Tough Month, Freeing G

Welcome to the 17th installment of the weekly modular recap of Jazz basketball. With 26 games to go, there’s a lot to talk about.   Suddenly, some of the intriguing second-half subplots for the Utah Jazz involve the...

*Updated* SC7: Why Exum’s Still Central, Shelvin Mack and More

Here we go again. The Jazz are about to kick their basketball machine back into action, but first we have some business to resolve in this trade deadline edition of the Salt City Seven. Along with our usual items, this...

Chat Wrap: Trade Deadline, Salary Cap and More

It’s trade deadline eve in the NBA, and as we head down the home stretch toward the last deals of the 2015-16 season, SCH is here to take your questions. Hit me up with questions about the salary cap, Utah’s money...

Salt City Seven: Six Team Race, Deadline, Top Performers & More

The Utah Jazz used a 7-game winning streak to ensure they’d go into the All-Star break with a .500 record. A Wednesday stumble aside, momentum is back in Utah’s favor. As we take a step back to bring things into...

Salt City Seven: The Favors Effect, Seeking Stars and More

So much was going on last week that we barely touched on Derrick Favors’ return. We’ll start there this week, but we also have game balls to give out, a massively important play to share, numbers, quotes and...