Utah Jazz

Understanding and Valuing the Jazz’s Three Pick Swaps

Rudy Gobert has been gone for some time, and last week, Donovan Mitchell was traded to Cleveland, ending a five-year era of Jazz basketball that was more promising on the front end that what it ended up becoming in before the...

Does the Barrett Extension Kill Jazz-Knicks Talks?

After Knicks forward R.J. Barrett agreed to a $120 million contract extension on Monday night, our Dan Clayton hit “record” to explain what it could mean to a potential Jazz-Knicks deal. Specifically, he covers the...

Q&A: Jazz Weigh Alternate Futures As Offseason Enters Crunch Time

In one month, the Utah Jazz will convene in the Zions Bank Basketball Campus and training camp will begin, kicking off a season that will undeniably look different than the last several. With two starters, a key reserve and a...

As With Jazz-Lakers Trade, Vet Deals May Precede the Big Domino

It’s easy to forget given all that has happened since, but the Utah Jazz’s first major piece of offseason business had nothing to do with their All-Stars. Before they dealt Rudy Gobert to Minnesota or began seriously...

Acquiring Westbrook Makes Some Sense For Rebuilding Jazz

Bring up the Lakers or Russell Westbrook to a Utah Jazz fan, and you’re likely to elicit a strong reaction. For many Jazz fans, helping the Lakers improve or imagining Russell Westbrook as a Utah acquisition is a non-starter....

Who Has Had the Most (and Fewest) Top Three Picks?

Championship teams require several elements to come together. Good ownership, good management, good coaching, and good talent. They also need a little luck from time to time. Good talent can acquired through trades and free...

Bridging the Gap On Mitchell’s Value Using Star Trades

More than a week has passed since ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski set Jazz Nation on fire by revealing that the Utah Jazz had changed course and were more earnestly entertaining offers for three-time All-Star Donovan Mitchell.During...

Devil’s in the Details: Quick Cap Refresher on Relevant Offseason Issues

As one of Jazz Twitter’s resident nerds when it comes to the NBA’s collectively bargained transaction rules, I thought it might be helpful to address a few of the topics I’m getting questions about cap stuff...

Imagining Mitchell’s Future in a New Basketball Framework

The future of the Utah Jazz is up in the air. Donovan Mitchell may very well not be in a Jazz uniform to start the 2022-23 season. The Jazz are clearly engaged in talks that could send Mitchell out and start a rebuild for the...

The Mitchell Question is Central To Utah’s Post-Gobert Path

In the 43 seasons the Jazz have belonged to Utah, just three of the franchise’s players have achieved all-league status at least four separate times: Karl Malone (14), John Stockton (11) and a certain Frenchman who’s...