Utah Jazz

Building A Better Bench

The Utah Jazz have now played as many games this season without Rudy Gobert as they have with him. With Gobert, the Jazz are 6-8. Without Gobert, their record is 9-10. Thanks to a somewhat favorable December schedule, Utah has...

Dennis Lindsey, Sam Hinkie and the Egotistical Art of Team Building

Every NBA General Manager has a plan. Every GM has different ways of carrying out said plans, and every GM answers to different owners with different mandates and goals.  But every GM (eventually) wants to build a championship...

Rodney’s Career Night Puts Jazz Over Memphis

In 2016, the Utah Jazz are undefeated and second year player Rodney Hood is the team’s leading scorer, averaging 32 points per game. Small sample size be damned. The Memphis Grizzlies moseyed into town on the second night of...

Salt City Seven… Plus One: Wrapping up 2015

Welcome back to the Salt City Seven, this week with an extra 14.286% thrown in at no extra cost to the reader. Normally in this space, we recap a week’s worth of Jazz activity with some key topics, numbers and plays. This...

Game Recap: Jazz @ Timberwolves 12/30/15

The Utah Jazz seemingly picked up where they left off Monday night. Yes, they defeated the Philadelphia 76ers that evening, but if anyone watched the game you would understand that this was not a compliment. As bad as they fared...

The Shrewd Addition of Jeff Withey

The Utah Jazz have a well-deserved reputation of finding rotation players in interesting places. While their first-round draft pick history has been hit-and-miss — and which team’s is not? — the Jazz have...

January Schedule Look Ahead

There are still a few games left in the month of December, but January is right around the corner so it’s time to take a peek at next month’s schedule. vs Memphis (1/2) The Jazz beat the Grizzlies in their first...

Jazz Defense Disappears Late Against Clippers

One way to look at the Utah Jazz’s 5-point loss to the Clippers on Saturday is that they were simply running out of bodies. By game’s end, Utah was down four of its best six or seven players. Rudy Gobert is still...

Salt City Seven: Still On Track

‘Tis the day before Christmas, but here at this site, We still provide reading for your Silent Night. The house is done up like a yuletide boutique, So take time to reflect on the Jazz’s past week. Sugarplum...

Game Recap: Jazz @ Warriors 12/23/15

The Warriors are who they are. The Jazz are trying to become who they want to be. The space between being and becoming is the biggest difference between these teams. It may seem implausible to claim that a 18-point margin of...