March 10th, 2015 | by
Ben Dowsett It’s easy to forget at times given the speed with which an encouraging season has flown by, but Rodney Hood is still just learning the game at this level. Not only is he a rookie, he’s less experienced at this point...
March 10th, 2015 | by
Ben Dowsett By now, any observant Jazz fan knows the numbers. Utah’s defensive ascension has been rapid and incredible, and they remain the league’s best per-possession unit since the All-Star break and, indeed, since the start of...
March 10th, 2015 | by
Dan Clayton The way the Utah Jazz are winning games right now, giving out game balls has become a much tougher job. And not just because of the volume. Sure, when I promised readers a game ball update every five wins or so, I thought that...
March 4th, 2015 | by
Ben Dowsett 1. Two matchups with Boston this year have exposed some flaws in Utah’s team construct. This game will be most discussed for the events in the final minute, but the other 47, combined with a January home loss to these same...
March 3rd, 2015 | by
Ben Dowsett During the All-Star break, NBA.com unveiled yet another set of intriguing and informative stats, this time in the form of Synergy Sports figures that had been largely unavailable to the public since the site’s fan version shut...
February 28th, 2015 | by
Ben Dowsett 1. Trey Burke was Utah’s best player tonight, and had perhaps his best two-way game as a pro. Utah’s second-year point guard has been playing well for a period now, but tonight really seemed to up the ante. His...
February 27th, 2015 | by
David J Smith 1. All in all, it was a very nice bounce back game for the Utah Jazz. A young team is going to have its share of ups and downs. After a pair of stellar games versus two contenders, Wednesday’s horrible loss to the Los...
February 26th, 2015 | by
Dan Clayton You’re going to read a lot about Gordon Hayward in this fourth edition of the Game Ball rankings. Another batch of glowing recognition for some of Utah’s recent victory engineers seemed like exactly what Jazzland...
February 25th, 2015 | by
Ben Dowsett Analytics and all its accompanying elements has been one of the hottest topics among NBA die-hards for much of the year, and especially in the last few weeks. Comments by guys like Charles Barkley and Shaquille O’Neal on...
February 25th, 2015 | by
Ben Dowsett Much of the hubbub surrounding Enes Kanter and Steve Novak’s trade out of town in the final hours of Thursday’s crazy deadline has had an eye on the future, and justifiably so. Kendrick Perkins won’t so much as set foot in...
