June 16th, 2015 | by
Dakota Schmidt Throughout this prospect profile series, I’ve maintained a high level of optimism while discussing these players. Every prospect that I’ve profiled has a few flaws to their game, but their strengths have been consistently...
June 14th, 2015 | by
Ryan Hess Perhaps more so than any of the other major professional sports, luck is a major factor in winning a championship in the NBA. In the 1996-97 season, the San Antonio Spurs finished with a record of 20-62, despite having completed...
June 12th, 2015 | by
Andy Larsen Here are some additional notes and quotes from my interview with and KSL profile of Steve Starks this week. We talked for over 30 minutes about a ton of different topics, and I couldn’t fit all of them into my article...
June 12th, 2015 | by
Jimbo Rudding Here at Salt City Hoops, we’re occasionally accused of being too analytical. Basketball is a fun sport, they say, and we’re being too objective about it. Jumbo Rudding, on the other hand, is not analytical. He is zany. He...
June 12th, 2015 | by
Clint Johnson NBA divisions made a strong case that they are still relevant this year. The regular season survival-of-all-fittest that was the Southwest Division, which featured five playoff teams totaling 261 combined wins, drastically...
June 10th, 2015 | by
Andy Larsen On this week’s episode of the Salt City Hoops Show, Andy Larsen and Ben Dowsett eat significant crow as the Cavaliers have taken 2-1 series lead. After being so confident that the Warriors would run away with this series,...
June 10th, 2015 | by
David J Smith On Tuesday, the Utah Jazz released information about a free agent mini camp the team will be conducting June 9-11. Most probably glossed over that information without taking much notice, especially in light of the constant...
June 9th, 2015 | by
Ben Dowsett Though they sport vastly different backgrounds and eventual paths to the NBA, Elijah Millsap and Joe Ingles have found themselves in a very similar place. Both were “rookies” in the traditional sense last season, this despite...
June 9th, 2015 | by
Dakota Schmidt Breaking away from the typical weekly NBA Draft prospect profiles (should have one up later this week), I decided to pull an interview that I did with Euroleague Adventures writer Sam Meyerkopf from mid-May, to explore the...
June 8th, 2015 | by
Matt Pacenza It’s hard to exaggerate how woeful the Jazz point guard play was last year. That’s the bad news. The good news is that even with such poor production at PG, the Jazz by the end of 2014-15 were a playoff-caliber team in the...
