October 20th, 2017 | by
Clint Johnson Story of the Game Entering the night, Ricky Rubio’s return to Minnesota was the story of the game. At the end of the night (at least for Jazz fans), the story was Rodney Hood’s exit due to injury – though Rubio...
October 20th, 2017 | by
Dan Clayton And we’re back in business. Basketball that matters resumed this week in the world’s best league, and that means the Salt City Seven returns to the Jazz online community. The SC7 is our place to relive the previous...
October 13th, 2017 | by
Dan Clayton While the rest of us spend this last non-NBA weekend of the year preparing for a 6-month basketball hibernation, the Jazz front office actually still has work to do. Go ahead: clean out the den, balance your checkbook, vacuum...
October 13th, 2017 | by
Clint Johnson State of the Jazz The NBA’s 82-game regular season is a marathon. But in the West, competition is so intense that teams who aspire to reach the playoffs will need to sprint out of the gate. Utah’s ability to do that...
October 12th, 2017 | by
Jimbo Rudding Q: Umm… Dante Exum? @Mikeyvp I know…and I don’t get it. What does this kid have to do to get a full season of good basketball under his belt? Dude had been ballin’ (that’s how the teens say,...
October 8th, 2017 | by
Dan Clayton Right up until the moment when 230 pounds of shooting guard landed right on top of him, Dante Exum was having a terrific preseason. In fact, few Jazz players were playing as impressively relative to expectations and the...
October 4th, 2017 | by
Salt City Hoops The Salt City Hoops crew is back to answering the burning questions facing the Jazz this season. On Monday, five of our columnists and contributors kicked off the preseason by tackling topics such as the Jazz’s success and...
October 2nd, 2017 | by
Salt City Hoops Jazz basketball is back in mere hours, which makes it a good time to put a stake in the ground on some weighty issues. Welcome to the first “Staff Scrimmage” of the 2017 preseason, where five of our SCH contributors...
September 28th, 2017 | by
Clint Johnson Dennis Lindsey: “We believe Rodney Hood can be a primary scorer. It’s time for us to pivot, it’s time for us to move on.” — Andy Larsen (@andyblarsen) July 6, 2017 Following Gordon Hayward’s...
September 27th, 2017 | by
Allen Reihman Benjamin Franklin once quipped, “In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” If dear old Ben were alive today he may have included a third certainly: death, taxes, and NBA fans complaining about...