Choose Your Own Adventure: The Enes Kanter Edition

Enes Kanter is ready to flip ahead to the page where he’s in another city, another jersey, and another coach’s rotation. According to a late-night update from Aaron Falk that was then corroborated by Jody Genessy,...

The Utah Jazz & The 2015 Trade Deadline Q&A

Set your Twitter alerts. Start the Woj Watch. Get your Insider login credentials ready. We’re inside the final two weeks before the NBA’s trade deadline. By February 19 at 1:00 p.m. Mountain Time, we’ll know if...

The Kanter Question Revisited: What a Strong January Says (and Doesn’t)

Is there a more fascinating player this Utah Jazz season than Enes Kanter? Probably not. Understandably, much of the conversation has been directed elsewhere. Gordon Hayward and Derrick Favors are quietly putting together...

Utah Jazz Game Ball Rankings: Batch 3

The hottest game-ball related question I’ve been getting recently is: “Was that The Exum Game?” For the uninitiated, I’ve been waiting all season for the game when Dante Exum would jump out and grab our...

The Notre Dime: Watch All of Rudy Gobert’s 42 Assists

In last week’s post about Rudy Gobert crashing what we might consider the core of the future Utah Jazz, I mentioned in passing the center’s passing. He has started to show some impressive court vision and what his...

Crashing the Core: Rudy Gobert is Making a Case for Himself

We keep saying that  decision time is approaching for the Utah Jazz in their journey back to contender status. One of these times, we’ll be right. The task of sussing out which of the current 15 Jazz players will be vital...

Utah Jazz Game Ball Rankings: Batch Two

The Jazz went nine long games without getting a game ball, from the “Wake Up” game on November 18, clear until the reigning champs visited on December 9. At least the Jazz have a flair for the dramatic. Still, the...

Pace Check-in, and Notes on Exum, Kanter & Ingles

  As we’ve discussed plenty here at SCH, there is more to pace than anything a single number can convey. Sure, the Utah Jazz are still crawling along in the bottom three for possessions per game, but smart people know...

On Actions, Outcomes and Playing with Purpose

  Oh good, you’re thinking. Another diagnostic piece about the Utah Jazz. Well, it comes with the territory. The Jazz narrowly avoided the worst losing streak since before all current Jazz players were born, so logic...

Utah Jazz Trade LIkelihood Index 2014-15

NBA trade season is just around the corner. Starting December 15, most NBA players are suddenly eligible to be traded, which is why the peak window for midseason NBA trades is the two-month span from December 15 to the February...