July 20th, 2013 | by
Clint Johnson Hope soared among fans when the Utah Jazz traded up to procure Trey Burke in the 2013 draft, perhaps higher than at any time since the Stockton and Malone era. Even the drafting of Deron Williams failed to achieve such...
July 19th, 2013 | by
Scott Stevens The dust from free agency has almost settled. Bobcats are now Hornets. And Hornets, Pelicans. If there is one constant in the NBA landscape right now, it’s change. The Jazz took Adidas’ advice. They are all in: All in for...
July 18th, 2013 | by
Dan Clayton Still scanning the list of available free agents and photoshopping them into Jazz jerseys? You can probably stop. Utah, according to reports, is looking to spend the last $4 million and change of its cap space, but not that way....
July 15th, 2013 | by
Dan Clayton I began my eulogy of a passing era of Jazz basketball before it was officially over. Last month, I shared a look at jump-shooting trends that defined recent Jazz basketball, and now that nearly every veteran free agent of...
July 12th, 2013 | by
Laura Thompson In pondering what the Jazz’s defensive ranking might be this year with increased minutes for Derrick Favors and Enes Kanter—and zero minutes for defensive liability Al Jefferson, now a Bobcat—I was curious as to how...
July 12th, 2013 | by
Scott Stevens Raulzinho! The name alone is fun enough. The unsuspecting nature of the man behind it is even better. Raul Neto took the Jazz summer league by storm and all with one simple...
July 11th, 2013 | by
Clint Johnson Trey Burke has had a rough welcome to the NBA in his first three Summer League games in Orlando: shooting just 9 of 41. He’s struggled finishing inside and had problems getting the same separation for jump shots he...
July 10th, 2013 | by
David J Smith The free agency moratorium lifted Tuesday evening at 10:01 p.m. MST and now everything that has been bandied about in various news reports will become official. How are each of the teams faring so far? Here’s a team-by-team...
July 9th, 2013 | by
Denim Millward After hitting a homerun on draft night, Jazz GM Dennis Lindsey couldn’t wait to test his newly acquired loyalty by taking on two of the most bloated contracts in the league. For the princely sum of first-round picks in 2014 and...
July 8th, 2013 | by
Kyle Hunt Dear Big Al, We both knew this relationship would eventually come to an end, but perhaps neither of us expected such an abrupt conclusion. You’ve served as the veteran leader of the Jazz organization for three long years, and...