Podcast

Dunc’d On Podcast: Nate Duncan and Ben Dowsett Preview the Jazz

Salt City Hoops associate editor Ben Dowsett joined Nate Duncan, writer for The Cauldron and Nylon Calculus, on his latest episode of the Dunc’d On Basketball Podcast. Nate and Ben began by discussing the various injury...

The Boys are Back in Town: Notes from Jazz Media Day

In an environment typically associated with phrases like “new beginnings” and “fresh starts,” Utah Jazz Media Day had a bit of a different central theme: Continuity. The mantra was evident from the start, with team...

The Return Of Alec Burks

It is almost time, ladies and gentlemen. Basketball season is upon us, with the Jazz traveling to Hawaii to begin their preseason schedule and end the long wait for hoops. With the season nigh, ESPN’s Marc Stein released...

Jimbo’s Mailbag – What I’d Do for a Jazz Championship

Q: Give me a list of things you would do if it would guarantee a Utah Jazz NBA championship? @SCampbellSBN I LOVE this question. In fact, if I love this question so much that I would leave a bunch of grapes on its front porch...

The Most Interesting Jazz Training Camp Duels

Stability is the antithesis of suspense, so Gordon Hayward, Derrick Favors and Rudy Gobert will have to forgive us if we skip past them in search of some autumn drama. Those three are Utah’s best players and surefire...

The Utah Jazz Roster Spot Battle

As the final days of the dreadful NBA offseason tick down, basketball fans everywhere are rejoicing. The dog days of summer are waning, and Utah Jazz fans are inching closer and closer to the team’s return. It is a joyous...

How to Attack the Utah Jazz’s Defense

The Utah Jazz built a dominant defense over the course of the 2014-15 season via several avenues, but perhaps none more tangibly useful than the way they kept unassuming opponents on the back foot. In a league where being a step...

Rudy Gobert On His Future in Utah

The French National Team wrapped up EuroBasket play with a bronze medal win over Serbia over the weekend, but the interesting summer notes for Jazz fans didn’t stop there. On Monday, Rudy Gobert appeared via phone on Tony...

The Crucible of Rudy Gobert (Why Last Thursday Was Awesome)

Jazz fans have seen a lot of things from Rudy Gobert, and in a lot of different contexts. He’s waited his turn on the bench, he’s played important reserve minutes, he’s started. He has unveiled new moves,...

East Coast Hayward

In a recent Locked on Sports podcast with Jazz radio play-by-play caller David Locke, a question was raised concerning what Gordon Hayward’s status would be if he played for an Eastern Conference team. In an ideal world,...