Olynyk’s Importance & Asset Value Present Choices

When the Jazz acquired Kelly Olynyk last summer, the word I heard over and over again was “organized.” Decision-makers liked what the veteran big man offered in terms of smarts and skills, and thought it would help...

That’s a Wrap: FIBA Tracker for Five Jazz Players at World Cup

UPDATE: The World Cup is over, with Kelly Olynyk’s Canada coming in third, and Team USA failing to make the podium. Below is an updated accounting of all five Jazz players’ tournaments and how their home countries...

Repeat Customers: Most Frequent (and Most Distant) Utah Trade Partners

When you’re engaged in a down-to-the-studs redesign of an NBA franchise, it’s bound to be a busy couple of years on the trade front. The Utah Jazz have acquired or transferred the rights to players 32 times in 10...

The Devil’s in the (Salary Cap) Details

It’s practically Christmas in July for all the NBA nerds out there.Transaction season means there are a lot of opportunities to uncage the inner geek and delve into the details behind player deals and team blueprints. Add...

The Jazz Fit of Every NBA Free Agent

Here it is: the yearly whopper with every single NBA free agent. Below you’ll find a sentence or two on every free agent who completed the season on a standard NBA contract.Last updated 7/27 9:07 p.m. MDT – (Quite...

Jazz Draft Haul Shows Emphasis on Shooting, Size

When the Utah Jazz’s season ended in April, club CEO Danny Ainge already had a pretty good idea what he’d be shopping for this summer: “Shooting with size,” he said in his end-of-season media...

Picks on the Move: 23 Years of Draft Trade Precedent

The NBA’s offseason player movement machine always revs into high gear right around the draft, but this is already primed to be a wild June. On an otherwise sleepy summer afternoon, the marketplace swung open on Sunday with...

Jazz-Related Reflections As NBA Season Concludes

There’s a certain kinship among fanbases in non-glamor markets, so watching a pair of understated, homegrown superstars from Denver make it all the way to the NBA’s mountaintop has to be somewhat endearing to Utah...

With Lotto Order Set, Utah’s Other Picks May Signal Desires

 There were no wild surprises in the NBA Draft Lottery on Tuesday night. There was some slight reshuffling in the top five — league-worst Detroit fell all the way to fifth — but six through 14 went chalk. The...

Jazz-Specific Awards, Volume 3: Comeback Kid + Off-Court Roles

Over the past two days, we’ve been giving past Jazzmen a nod by determining which named should be attached to Jazz-focused hardware, and then honoring current Jazzmen by handing out those fake trophies.This season, the NBA...