Analytics
January 30th, 2014 | by
Dan ClaytonUh oh, fellow basketball math nerds: we might have overcorrected. The analytics movement has given us so many new ways to see and understand NBA basketball. I myself am an ardent subscriber, and I think we’re just starting to...
Opinion
January 24th, 2014 | by
Dan ClaytonThe subway, the snow and the polar vortex conspired this week to remind me about the myth of movement. And since there’s a basketball metaphor trapped inside my very chilly commute story, you get to hear about it. I arrived...
Trades
January 9th, 2014 | by
Dan ClaytonIf a week’s worth of Andrew Bynum speculation wasn’t a strong enough clue, we’re in the thick of the NBA trade season. And it appears the Jazz are more than willing to sell the chunks of flexibility they have...
Utah Jazz
January 2nd, 2014 | by
Dan ClaytonWhatever happens in the next 12 months, we’ll know a lot more about the Utah Jazz’s future when 2014 is over. When was the last calendar year in which Jazz fans knew on January 1 that the trajectory of the franchise...
Utah Jazz
December 27th, 2013 | by
Dan ClaytonAlready a lightning rod for criticism in the Jazz fan community, forward Richard Jefferson probably didn’t do himself many favors by announcing on Thursday that he plans on going “championship hunting” as a free...
Analytics
December 5th, 2013 | by
Dan ClaytonThe new era of Jazz basketball is a quarter-season old following Utah’s Wednesday night loss to the league’s best team, so any attempt to discern the identity of this squad is probably a bit premature. Still, I can...
Opinion
November 15th, 2013 | by
Dan ClaytonGoodbye, kids’ backpacks. Ciao, glittery manicures. Adieu, kicking balls into the stands and forcing the kids to fetch them. Hasta luego, rookie rites of passage. The NBA put an end to the tradition of rookie hazing last...
Trades
November 8th, 2013 | by
Dan ClaytonToday we continue looking at all 15 Jazzmen in terms of their likelihood of being traded between now and June 30. This is not a ranking of trade value; that list would look a lot different, as will be clear as soon as we crack...
Trades
November 7th, 2013 | by
Dan ClaytonThroughout the preseason, the SCH staff brought you JazzRank, a series of player profiles released in rank order of expected basketball impact. But there are many ways to rank a roster, and today we look at all 15 Jazzmen in...
Gordon Hayward
November 1st, 2013 | by
Dan ClaytonThere are WojBombs and then there are WojBombs. Much of Jazz nation spent Halloween with one eye on the candy bowl and the other eye on Twitter, hoping news would surface on the 10 p.m. MDT deadline for the Jazz to extend Gordon...