Salt City Seven

Salt City Seven: Jazz Season Underway, Mitchell On Fire & More

NBA basketball is back. So is the Salt City Seven.The SC7 is our favorite weekly tradition around here — a 7-pronged recap of the Jazz’s week, told from a variety of angles. Every Monday throughout the regular season,...

Do the Jazz Have Enough at Power Forward?

This past offseason, Jazz decision-makers Dennis Lindsey and Justin Zanik took a wrecking ball to the Utah Jazz’s roster and completely reworked it. The Jazz added five free veterans via trade and free agency, and also added...

Would Load Management Ruin the Season?

It’s hard not to be optimistic about the upcoming Jazz season with the added offensive weapons and already elite defensive makeup. Depending on where you look, the Jazz are mostly slated to win 50 plus games and finish...

Jazz Complete Opening Week Trilogy

After two evenings in Tinseltown, the Utah Jazz returned home to put the finishing touches on their opening week trilogy.In the first episode, the Jazz played the part of the hometown hero that lost a few skirmishes, but emerged...

Jazz lose in a very ugly contest, 86-95

If you didn’t stay up to watch the Utah Jazz’s late West-coast game on Friday evening, you are probably better off just reading this and moving on. It was as ugly of a game as there has been in the Quin Snyder era. The...

Mitchell’s Jazz Soar From Behind to Take Win From OKC

The Jazz’s season opener against the Thunder on Wednesday night was unsurprisingly surprising. It was a rollercoaster of a game, with some expected bumps along the way as the Jazz continue to learn how to play with each...

Jazz’s Star Trio Stands Out, But Who Can Make the Megastar Leap?

For the last dozen or so NBA seasons, the contender class has been determined by Big Threes. Star trios –and in some cases quartets — won titles for Boston, Miami, San Antonio and Golden State during what could be...

Checking in on Fan-Favorite Favors After Pelicans Debut

The NBA season officiall kicked off Tuesday night, and while the Jazz had to wait until Wednesday to have their fun, one familiar face was involved in the league’s opening night. Derrick Favors spent nine seasons with the...

Staff Post: What We Learned (or Didn’t) from the Jazz’s Preseason

A half dozen SCH writers huddled up to talk about what we saw over the course of the Utah Jazz’s exhibition season and what it means to the 2019-20 campaign, which starts on Wednesday.Dig in! What do you know about the...

Roster Cuts Loom: 3 without D or D without 3?

The Jazz face the task of shaving their roster down before the regular season starts next week. Across the NBA, teams are cutting players from their training camp rosters, as the Jazz did with Trevon Blueitt over the weekend, and...