Can the Utah Jazz Escape the Hamster Wheel of Losing?

Eighty-two percent of recently bad teams have some tough news to share with Jazz fans: getting off the lottery hamster wheel is tough work. It’s easy for teams to get stuck on the treadmill of multiple losing seasons. The...

Salt City Stigma: An NBA Veteran Tells All

If you’re following NBA free agency, you’ve no doubt heard mention of the difficulty the Utah Jazz have in attracting top free agents. It’s sort of a built-in part of the discussion, mentioned now without...

Dante Exum: Quote Machine

Dante Exum the Prospect was tantalizing and mysterious. Dante Exum the Jazz Draftee was exciting. Dante Exum the NBA Player has shown nice flashes. But Dante Exum the Quote Machine is just sublime. It seems that for about a...

The “After” Math: Hayward’s Offer and the Jazz Cap Sheet

Time to rework some numbers. A Tuesday BonnellBomb told us that restricted free agent Gordon Hayward is getting paid by somebody, and that we need to update our spreadsheets. By now, you know the basics. The Charlotte Horcats...

Why Our Gordon Hayward Comps Are All Wrong

Before you jump off the Gordon Hayward bandwagon, there are some things you should know. Particularly if your discomfort at the idea of matching a max or near-max offer sheet for the versatile wing has to do with...

NBA Draft: Jazz Land Exum, Hood

Twice in the first round of Thursday’s NBA Draft, the Utah Jazz were looking up at players they coveted and hoping for a good bounce or two. Both times, they got the bounces. Australian guard Dante Exum (no. 5) and Duke...

SCH Mailbag: Cap & Trade Questions

You asked. We answer. As we prime for what should be a wild last few hours leading up the NBA Draft and the start to an equally wild free agency period, we asked you what questions you had about the collectively bargained rules...

SCH Mailbag: Your Questions Needed

It’s time to get down to business. The next two to three weeks will be among the most interesting of the year for NBA fans, particularly those of rebuilding team. There is already a persistent hum of rumors involving the...

Podiatry Primer: A Med Student on Embiid’s Injury

Special to SCH: Former Jazzbot writer Danny Hansen is a fourth-year medical student at the Arizona School of Podiatric Medicine at Midwestern University. As a specialist in the area of medicine specific to Joel Embiid’s...

Draft Board Etch-a-Sketch

A lot of NBA fans and pundits were thinking the top of the 2014 Draft was beginning to make some sense. Then Thursday...