Press Releases

Full text of the new Anti-Flopping Rules

NEW YORK, Oct. 3, 2012 — The NBA will adopt an anti-flopping rule beginning with the 2012-13 season, Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations Stu Jackson announced today. “Flops have no place in our game – they...

Media Day – Player and GM Interviews with David Locke

In case you haven’t listened to the David Locke one-on-one interviews with the players and Dennis Lindsey on Media Day, here they are: Utah Jazz Media Day: Randy Foye Utah Jazz Media Day: Enes Kanter Utah Jazz Media Day: Al...

Utah Jazz Announce 2012-13 Season Broadcast Schedule

ROOT SPORTS to Broadcast all 82 Regular-Season Games 1280 The Zone to Air all 90 Pre- and Regular-Season Contests SALT LAKE CITY (September 28, 2012) – The Utah Jazz announced today the 2012-13 broadcast schedule for Utah’s...

Kiki Vandeweghe’s Utah ties run deep

With the Summer of Enes in full swing, a lot of attention is on Kiki Vandeweghe, the former NBA forward and front office fixture who is teaching Kanter his bag of tricks. In the rush of excitement about Kanter’s...

Checking your religion at the door, or the No Booing Former Players Manifesto

One of my least-favorite things in basketball and all sports is terrible fan behavior. From The Malice in the Palace to the racist taunts in European soccer, the horrible things shouted at players, referees, coaches, or other...

Purple mountain jerseys make a return this season

I’ve been meaning to post this for months, but a leaked Adidas catalog for retailers shows the throwback jerseys NBA teams will wear during the 2012-13 season. The Jazz purple mountain jerseys made famous during the Finals...

Jazz hire Brad Jones, promote Mike Sanders

In the wake of Scott Layden taking a new position with the San Antonio Spurs, the Jazz promoted Mike Sanders as his replacement and hired former Utah Flash and Austin Toros coach Brad Jones as the new Assistant Coach/Player...

Jazz release statement thanking Scott Layden

Press release from the Jazz on the departure of Scott Layden to the San Antonio Spurs: SALT LAKE CITY (September 5, 2012) – The following statements are regarding Scott Layden, who announced today he is leaving his position as...

Scott Layden takes assistant GM position with the Spurs

Now is as good a time as any to check out this bizarre vignette found in the KSL archives as part of our Retro Jazz project with KSL’s Jeremiah Jensen, featuring Frank Layden and Thurl Bailey re-enacting scenes from Indiana...

Enes Kanter is Officially Not Fat

After some rumors swirled last week that perhaps Enes Kanter was “losing his head” and maybe even getting out of shape, he went ahead and posted the following photo to let everyone know that yeah, he’s doing...