Staff Scrimmage: Jazz Playoff MVP, Westbrook Woes & This Year’s Excitement vs. Last Year’s

The Jazz are in control, but not out of the woods.Utah took a 3-1 lead in their first-round series with the Oklahoma City Thunder with their 18-point win on Monday, setting up a chance to close out the series in Bricktown. Five...

Staff Scrimmage: Writer Roundtable Weighs in on Jazz-Thunder ahead of G1

You’ve come to the right place for smart, diverse takes on the Jazz’s upcoming playoff series against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Five of our writers answered questions about key players, burning topics and of...

Staff Scrimmage: Five Weigh in on Jazz’s First Quarter

The surging Jazz have now played more than a fourth of their 2017-18 season. Now 12-11, Utah passed the quarter mark this past week, which makes it a good time to check in on some trends, key players and expectations in light of...

Staff Scrimmage: Pecking Order of Jazz Player Value

The Salt City Hoops crew is back to answering the burning questions facing the Jazz this season. On Monday, five of our columnists and contributors kicked off the preseason by tackling topics such as the Jazz’s success and...

Staff Scrimmage: Jazz Predictions and Defining Success

Jazz basketball is back in mere hours, which makes it a good time to put a stake in the ground on some weighty issues. Welcome to the first “Staff Scrimmage” of the 2017 preseason, where five of our SCH contributors...

Staff Scrimmage: Draft Reactions & What’s Next

How would you rate or grade the Jazz’s draft-night acquisition of Donovan Mitchell (No. 13) in exchange for No. 24 and Trey Lyles? Denim Millward: B+.  I like Mitchell, and more importantly I trust the opinion and scouting...

Staff Scrimmage: 2016-17 Macro and the Road Ahead

How successful was the Jazz’s season? What are the biggest things to watch going forward? How freaked out should fans be about Gordon Hayward’s potential exit? We empaneled four awesome SCH writers to weigh in on the...

Staff Scrimmage: All-Star Reserve Reactions

For the first time since 2011, the Utah Jazz have an All-Star. Gordon Hayward will be in New Orleans next month when the league’s biggest stars get together for the All-Star game. He was selected by the Western Conference...

Staff Scrimmage: Preseason Preview

Today wraps up a week’s worth of Staff Scrimmage posts, where the various Salt City Hoops writers delved into several topics of varying weightiness. Consider it our way of firing up the SCH analysis machine as training camp...

Staff Scrimmage: Awards and Honors Watch

We’re kicking off Jazz training camp season with a series of collaborative columns about fun & burning topics. Today, we continue the series by taking some guesses on Jazz personnel’s chances at awards and honors...