Utah Jazz

Key Factors in the Clippers–Jazz Matchup

Five years ago, the Jazz upset a star-studded Clippers team in a seven-game thriller. It featured Rudy Gobert’s first playoff experience, a 40-point game from Gordon Hayward, and an epic Joe Johnson game-winner. Things have...

Jazz-Grizz Parallels, Schemes and Possible G5 Wrinkles

Not that long ago, the Utah Jazz were where the Memphis Grizzlies are today: a fun, gritty team playing with house money and led by a superstar blossoming ahead of schedule.Like this year’s Grizzlies, the 2017-18 Jazz...

Dispelling Myths Around Gobert’s Defense

The misinformation continually fueled by clickbait factories and their bands of trolls has created a monumental gap between fan perception of Rudy Gobert and Rudy Gobert’s reality.It’s ironic that in a year where Gobert...

One Jazz Fan’s Call to Unite Against Inequality

As the lines separating sports and social issues blurred like never before in the past year, one basketball fan decided to invite his online community of Utah Jazz supporters to join him in pushing back against racism.A wave of...

Lineups, Tweaks & Quirks That Could Shape Jazz-Grizzlies Series

The Utah Jazz have been a very steady, healthy juggernaut for the vast majority of the 2020-21 regular season. A recent spell without Mike Conley Jr. and Donovan Mitchell notwithstanding, the Jazz’s primary rotation has...

Threading the Needle: April, May & Season Wrap

 By this point, we all know how special this Utah Jazz season was. In securing the clinching win over Sacramento last Sunday, this Jazz team achieved the best record in the league at 52-20, a franchise first. The team also...

Does Gobert Deserve MVP Buzz For Fueling No. 1 Jazz?

The Jazz sent out packs of customized zines to NBA awards voters this week and they are awesome. Just one thing, the zine they sent for Rudy Gobert was for consideration for “DPOY & ALL-NBA.” It’s incredible...

Defining Stats from a Historic Jazz Season

The Utah Jazz had one of their best seasons in franchise history. Despite missing their star guards for a combined 40 games, they still finished the season with some historically great numbers:1st place overall, best ranking in...

Utah Stars’ Golden Anniversary of Title Gold

There was no hotter ticket in Salt Lake than to the Salt Palace on Tuesday May 18, 1971. It was the Utah Stars’ inaugural season in town and a crowd of 13,260 welcomed the Kentucky Colonels to Game 7 of the 1971 ABA Finals....

Jingles or JC: Sixth Man Debate Centers On Utah Bench Duo

As good as the Utah Jazz are, the team’s rise from a decent playoff team to a 60-win pace season is primarily driven by a high-powered collectivism of the entire unit. Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert (and others) have had...