November 24th, 2014 | by
Matt Pacenza Watch a Jazz game with a 10-year-old, as I often do, and they can be uncomfortably honest. “THAT guy is an NBA player?” my son asked a few weeks ago. That guy, is, of course, Joe Ingles. Ingles just doesn’t look like a...
November 22nd, 2014 | by
Dan Clayton 1. There’s no D in “One-night trip to the Bay Area.” No, really, there’s not. The Jazz never held a lead in this one, and never had a tie after 0-0. In fact, the Warriors lead was in double figures for...
November 20th, 2014 | by
Dan Clayton Unfortunately, the NBA can’t give away a game ball at the end of every contest. They reuse basketballs for a few games before retiring one, so actual Spaldings are only available on certain nights to commemorate special...
November 20th, 2014 | by
Laura Thompson Sometimes I like to think of myself as a somewhat objective Jazz fan. While I’m certainly no Andy B. Larsen, Ben Dowsett, Dan Clayton, or any of the other fantastic advanced-analytics-based Jazz fans, I like to think of myself...
November 19th, 2014 | by
David J Smith My family and I are enjoying some quality time at Disneyland. In fact, we are actually in the midst of our second trip in the past month. Say what you want about the Happiest Place in the World–it’s cliche,...
November 17th, 2014 | by
Ben Dowsett It’s been a mostly positive start for the young Jazz, who sit at a respectable 4-7 after a difficult slate of games to open the year. Quin Snyder’s motion system has breathed some life into the group offensively, Gordon...
November 15th, 2014 | by
David J Smith The Jazz pulled out a 102-100 victory over the New York Knicks in Madison Square Garden tonight, capped by a game-winning shot by Trey Burke as time expired. Here are three keys to the game: 1. Welcome back, Trey Burke Trey Burke...
November 13th, 2014 | by
Dakota Schmidt Prior to the start of the Utah Jazz season, I wrote a JazzRank piece centered around how important Favors and his progression as a player was for the future of the organization. Alongside the pressures of being one of the biggest...
November 13th, 2014 | by
Dan Clayton Nine games isn’t a lot of time to figure things out. But it is plenty of time for certain perceptions to spread like the flu and become part of the early dialogue before they’ve been pressure-tested. Today we tackle a...
November 13th, 2014 | by
Clint Johnson Tonight the Jazz could have, should have, would have, but didn’t. The game had the feel of a contest that could swing either way going in, perhaps because of the multiplicity of connections shared between the two teams....
