February 19th, 2019 | by
Clint Johnson The All-Star break carries with it a host of annual assessments of how the season has gone. In that tradition, the following statistics approximate how the season has gone thus far for each player on the Utah Jazz. Rudy Gobert:...
February 18th, 2019 | by
John Keeffer While the Utah Jazz have certainly had their ups and downs this season, their reigning Defensive Player of the Year is in the midst of the best season of his career. Rudy Gobert is boasting averages of 15.2 points, 12.8 rebounds,...
January 24th, 2019 | by
John Keeffer With how the All-star game is set up, it will always be extremely hard for a player wearing a Utah Jazz uniform to get into the game based on the fan vote. They would have to be a super-duper star, in the mold of franchise...
March 6th, 2017 | by
Ben Gaines What are the most common misconceptions about the three-point revolution? How do you construct a team around a superstar? Which NBA teams run the most precise sets? What are the secrets to negotiating the right deal with a...
September 14th, 2016 | by
Spencer Wixom A year ago, the dialogue around the Utah Jazz centered around questions of player growth, such as whether Gordon Hayward could take a step to become a team’s lead dog and whether Rudy Gobert would develop offensively....
April 22nd, 2016 | by
Clint Johnson SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) is a popular planning method whereby an organization assesses its own characteristics as well as its situation, be that within a market or professional sports league....
March 13th, 2016 | by
Ben Gaines One of the big themes of the 2016 Sloan Sports Analytics Conference (SSAC) was rest/sleep for athletes. In the NBA, back-to-backs are legendary for draining players of energy and contributing to injury in some cases. Most SSAC...
March 11th, 2016 | by
Ben Gaines The first session of the 10th annual Sloan Sports Analytics Conference (SSAC) in Boston opened today with a memorable quip from Bill James, arguably the godfather of sports analytics. The moderator, ESPN’s Jackie MacMullan,...
November 17th, 2015 | by
Clint Johnson As analytics continue to sweep the NBA, a misconception is growing: that improved numbers provide a “right” way to see the game. Analytics don’t offer the correct way to see anything; instead, they offer new...
November 10th, 2015 | by
Ben Dowsett SportVU motion tracking data has brought a vast wealth of new information to basketball nerds everywhere. Even while only utilizing public data that’s barely the tip of the iceberg of what’s available to teams and high-paying...
