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Bold Takes Explored Part III: More Opinions On Jazz Teams of the Past

The response to my call for bold Jazz takes was so overwhelming that we had no choice but to split them into three installments. On Monday, we tackled the franchise’s biggest what-if moments, and on Tuesday we explored...

Bold Takes Explored Part II: Modern Jazz, Moving Forward & Cosmic Forces

It’s time to celebrate the hottest, coldest and boldest Jazz takes out there.We asked Jazz Twitter to share the boldest opinions on the Jazz that they actually believe, and we let Part I fly yesterday. That installment...

Bold Jazz Takes Explored Part I: Big What Ifs & Alternate Reality Titles

A while ago, I asked the Tweople to give me their boldest Jazz-related takes that they actually believe. The response was overwhemling, with responses that covered all eras of Jazz basketball. But the hardest ones to respond to...

Jazz by the Numbers, Part I

Earlier this year, The Athletic ran a few features about the best player to wear different uniform numbers in the NBA. As we still have a few weeks to go before seeing competitive basketball again, I thought it would be fun to...

The Jazz are Back: Preparing for the Bubble Sans Bogdanovic

Jazz basketball is almost back! The NBA suspended play nearly three months ago after Rudy Gobert became the first player to test postiive for coronavirus. Now, after working through resumption plans with the Players’ Union,...

For Gobert, Mitchell (and All of Us), Empathy is the Key to Moving Forward

This spring has delivered unprecedented challenges to millions. And yet somehow, it doesn’t feel like an exaggeration to say that nobody had a March quite like Jazz center Rudy Gobert.That doesn’t mean that his plight...

Jerry Sloan Remembered

Jerry Sloan was a tough-as-nails NBA All-Star, a legendary coach, and a beloved basketball elder whose contributions to the game have been memorialized in the Basketball Hall of Fame.Sloan passed away on Friday, due to...

Ranking the D.O.N. Issue #1 Colorways

Donovan Mitchell announced on Instagram that Issue #2 of his signature shoe is coming out this summer. Last offseason, Adidas and Mitchell issued his first version of D.O.N. Issue #1, leading to 12 different colorway schemes....

Here’s What I Know…

The last day I went to work in Lower Manhattan was March 11, the same day the Utah Jazz found themselves thrust quite uncomfortably under the spotlight amid the COVID-19 outbreak.Just three weeks back from a long parental leave,...

Salt City Seven: Mike Drop, Improving Chemistry, Jazz Back in Fourth & More

Every week here at SCH begins with the Salt City Seven: seven regular features that let us relive the biggest moments, key performances and hot issues in Jazzland from various angles. Check in every week for the quotes, stats,...