Backward Bounce: Jazz to Select Fifth in Upcoming NBA Draft

Down with math. The statistically probable gut punch arrived this evening in Times Square in an envelope marked “5.” The Utah Jazz, slotted fourth going into the NBA Draft Lottery, now own the fifth pick after the...

Contemplating the Jazz Core

First there was the Core Four. Then Four turned into Five. Next month could make it Six. Dennis Lindsey has talked about Jeremy Evans becoming a core-type player, and for those excited about Rudy Gobert or overseas Jazz draftee...

Coaching Profile: John Stockton

One of the more interesting coaching names to surface over the last few weeks is both a dark horse and a familiar name. Assessing a candidate objectively is hard when that figure is as revered as John Stockton, but that’s...

Coaching Profile: Steve Kerr and the Triangle

Here’s a coach profile we didn’t anticipate writing: Steve Kerr. As Marc Stein first reported, the Utah Jazz have somewhat unexpected gotten into the fray, attempting to lure the TNT analyst into conversations about...

2014 Playoffs: Jazz-Related Rooting

The Jazz aren’t playing in these exciting 2014 Playoffs, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t some Jazz interests at stake. Every year, once the Jazz’s season is done, I try to figure out who wins my...

On Ty Corbin’s Tenure as Jazz Coach

The Utah Jazz are entering a pivotal summer that will be full of defining decisions, and they just made their first one. So ends the Tyrone Corbin era of Jazz basketball. Andy Larsen brought you the news earlier today that, after...

The Plan Explained: GM Dennis Lindsey on Decision Time

When Jazz faithful, talk about “The Plan”, it’s with a certain amount of reverence, as though it’s a sacred document sitting under glass in an undisclosed location right next to the Magna Carta and the...

The RPM Smell Test and the Utah Jazz

This week the basketball metrics community gave us another lens through which to analyze player performance. ESPN’s new Real Plus Minus (RPM) stat combines on-court plus/minus with absolute statistical contribution to give...

PickWatch 2014: The Home Stretch

Fourteen nights of NBA regular season action remain, meaning the rooting guide for the pickwatching Jazz crowd gets a lot simpler from here out. Of course, the rooting guide starts with the question of whether you’re...

The Linearization of Basketball

Is our desire to analyze leading us to oversimplify a complex game? If a=b and b=c, then a=c. That immutable truth your junior high math teacher taught you is unquestionable. It’s tidy. It’s neat. It’s linear. It’s easy...