October 11th, 2013 | by
Dan Clayton One preseason win doesn’t mean hardly anything, but try convincing me of that at 9:30 p.m. on October 11, 2003. You couldn’t. That was the night, exactly a decade ago, that I covered my first game as a beat writer for...
October 10th, 2013 | by
Kyle Hunt Not everyone is privileged enough to reach stardom in the NBA. For every Lebron James and Kobe Bryant that are able to easily mesmerize crowds with an array of nightly acrobatics, there are millions of young men who play out...
October 9th, 2013 | by
David J Smith Tuesday’s preseason opener against the Golden State Warriors may have shed some light on how the bench positional battles will unfold–at least to start the season. Then again, it was one game and a preseason one at...
October 8th, 2013 | by
Andy Larsen 1. The Jazz’s new defensive focus provided early returns. In a game against the high-scoring Golden State Warriors, with their presumed starting lineup for next season healthy, the Jazz held their opponents...
October 8th, 2013 | by
Andy Larsen Editor’s note: This is the second in the annual series from Salt City Hoops ranking the current players on the Utah Jazz roster. Throughout the preseason, we’ll count up through the current Jazz roster, from worst to...
October 8th, 2013 | by
Laura Thompson What storylines will be the most compelling, the most intriguing, this season? I think we all love stories of redemption, or unexpected stories (Linsanity, anyone?), stories where the hero is someone so seemingly ordinary and...
October 4th, 2013 | by
Scott Stevens It’s almost time to stop speculating and start getting some answers about this Jazz team. Media day has come and gone, the yearly scrimmage is tomorrow, and by early next week preseason games will have tipped off. This may go...
October 3rd, 2013 | by
Dan Clayton Youth is often described as both a commodity and a liability in the NBA. A “divine treasure,” sure, but there’s also a lot of talk to suggest that being young and being elite are mutually exclusive. The Jazz are...
October 2nd, 2013 | by
David J Smith The season is, at long-last, finally here. Media day is in the books, two-a-days are going, and Saturday’s annual scrimmage will give the public the first look at the new era of Utah Jazz basketball. In less than a week,...
October 2nd, 2013 | by
Clint Johnson With every Jazz loss this season—and odds are there will be plenty—many Jazz fans will salve their pain with thoughts of the 2014 NBA Draft. Enough L’s might translate into Andrew Wiggins, after all, with Jabari Parker...
