June 24th, 2021 | by
Dan Clayton A playoff collapse like the one the Utah Jazz just experienced demands scrutiny. Utah jumped out to a 2-0 series lead even without All-Star guard Mike Conley Jr. in the lineup, and then lost four straight games in increasingly...
June 24th, 2021 | by
Dan Clayton Last month, we shared the story of a Jazz fan who is inviting his peers to join him in denouncing racism and fighting inequality.We recently received an update from Blair Hodges, who runs the Jazz Fans Against Racism social...
June 16th, 2021 | by
Salt City Hoops With the Clippers and Jazz even at two wins apiece in their best-of-7 series, five SCH writers got together to compare notes on Game 4, series trends, and what to expect from here.Quin Snyder said the Jazz played hard in Game 4,...
June 12th, 2021 | by
Dan Clayton In the fall of 2017, the Utah Jazz made a gutsy decision. A few games into their season, they turned the offense over to a late lottery rookie. Their attempts to turn complementary scorer Rodney Hood into the focal point of the...
June 8th, 2021 | by
Dan Clayton Let’s call Jazz-Clippers what it is: a battle of heavyweights. The two teams that will tip off a best-of-seven series tonight in Salt Lake City emerged from the pack with the NBA’s two best Net Ratings, SRS marks and...
June 7th, 2021 | by
Zarin Ficklin Five years ago, the Jazz upset a star-studded Clippers team in a seven-game thriller. It featured Rudy Gobert’s first playoff experience, a 40-point game from Gordon Hayward, and an epic Joe Johnson game-winner. Things have...
June 1st, 2021 | by
Dan Clayton Not that long ago, the Utah Jazz were where the Memphis Grizzlies are today: a fun, gritty team playing with house money and led by a superstar blossoming ahead of schedule.Like this year’s Grizzlies, the 2017-18 Jazz...
May 25th, 2021 | by
Jake Lee The misinformation continually fueled by clickbait factories and their bands of trolls has created a monumental gap between fan perception of Rudy Gobert and Rudy Gobert’s reality.It’s ironic that in a year where Gobert...
May 24th, 2021 | by
Dan Clayton As the lines separating sports and social issues blurred like never before in the past year, one basketball fan decided to invite his online community of Utah Jazz supporters to join him in pushing back against racism.A wave of...
May 23rd, 2021 | by
Mark Russell Pereira The Utah Jazz have been a very steady, healthy juggernaut for the vast majority of the 2020-21 regular season. A recent spell without Mike Conley Jr. and Donovan Mitchell notwithstanding, the Jazz’s primary rotation has...