February 19th, 2014 | by
David J Smith First off, Salt City Hoops has a lot of great NBA trade deadline material. If you’ve not done so, check out Dan Clayton’s perspectives on each team’s outlook for trades, both in the Eastern and Western...
February 19th, 2014 | by
Matt Pacenza When your team is 19-33, it has plenty of needs. Ask a fan of the Utah Jazz what it lacks, and that list is sure to include 3-point shooting, wing defense and toughness. (Among other things.) That list raises an interesting...
February 18th, 2014 | by
Laura Thompson The Jazz only had one member of the team at the All-Star Weekend in New Orleans—way to represent the Jazz, Trey Burke—but thanks to social media, we know a little bit about what several of the players did over the weekend....
February 12th, 2014 | by
Andy Larsen 1. Alec Burks’ performance won the game for the Jazz. The game was tied at 91-91 when Alec Burks went on his own 9-0 run to get Utah the 100-91 lead that would withstand a Philadelphia run. To be honest, it was relatively...
February 11th, 2014 | by
Laura Thompson In anticipation of the Jazz playing the Lakers at the Staples Center tonight, I wanted to break down what, historically, has been a very rare phenomenon: both the Jazz and Lakers are well out of the playoff picture heading into...
February 7th, 2014 | by
Clint Johnson With the Jazz halfway through the first season of a new era, nothing is cemented yet. Not the roster, not the coaching staff, not the systems or philosophy, not the identity. So I’ve recently asked myself, who do I hope...
February 6th, 2014 | by
David J Smith At Jerry Sloan night, one of the exciting things for many fans was seeing many familiar faces – guys who once donned the Utah Jazz uniform. They helped bring back many fond memories. There are many former Jazz players...
February 6th, 2014 | by
Dan Clayton Basketball, it turns out, is complicated. I mean, there’s a more simplistic, linear way to approach it, but in the NBA, that route hardly ever makes you very good. Reaching a special level (see: San Antonio Spurs) requires...
February 5th, 2014 | by
Ben Dowsett We at Salt City Hoops, and myself especially, spend a lot of time talking about Jazz players within the context of the team as whole. That’s likely the case for most similar sites, particularly those covering a young team...
February 4th, 2014 | by
Laura Thompson There’s a lot to like about the all-around, two-way game of Gordon Hayward. But I think Jazz fans are also pretty realistic about the fact that he is not the #1 guy on a great playoff team. He’s a very good second or third...
