Top Defense, Offenses, and Championships

In pondering what the Jazz’s defensive ranking might be this year with increased minutes for Derrick Favors and Enes Kanter—and zero minutes for defensive liability Al Jefferson, now a Bobcat—I was curious as to how...

Millsap’s New Contract: Did Atlanta Get a Good Deal?

Initially, this was going to be a post about Millsap’s potential contract with the Jazz considering the ongoing discussions between the organization and the power forward from Louisiana Tech. Given the #WojBomb that dropped...

What This Draft Shows Us About The Jazz (aka In Dennis Lindsey We Trust)

I don’t think I’ve ever been as excited for a draft as I was this one, and I know I’ve never been as pleased with the results of a draft as this one (I was in diapers when Stockton was drafted, though maybe I booed...

Playing GM – Reviewing Our Own Free Agents

Evaluating our own free agents in a vacuum–ignoring other free agents out there, just for fun here–which of our players would I keep if I were GM? Al Jefferson – Last year: $15 million If I were GM: Al has a lot of...

Defensive Coaches: The Two-Year Theory

When do defensive coaches make their mark? We keep hearing about defensive-minded coaches and I was curious as to how much impact a defensive-minded coach has on his team. Obviously there are many variables: players come and go,...

Anatomy of a Favorite Play

What are some of your favorite Jazz plays over the years? Do you have a Top 5? A Top 10? My guess is you’ve got at least a few on the tip of your tongue (or fingertips, unless you’re talking to the computer screen right...

Operation Point Guard

When Mo Williams started off last season chucking up a shot pretty much every chance he got, I knew it was going to be a long season. In the first five games, he averaged 15.4 FGA per game, second-highest on the team at that...