Utah Jazz

Early Season Lineups Contain Few Surprises

Five games into the season, the Jazz have experienced the entire spectrum of basketball possibilities, from scorching the nets against the Blazers in the opener to a disappointing home loss to the pesky Timberwolves, and...

Salt City Seven: Conley’s Calming Presence, Starter Shooting Woes & More

Every Monday during the regular season, the week here at SCH begins with the Salt City Seven: seven regular features that let us relive the biggest moments, key performances and hot issues in Jazzland from various angles. Check...

Threading the Needle: The Jazz’s 2020-21 Jersey Lineup

Welcome to the very first installment of Threading the Needle! Whether you have followed me on Twitter or just discovered the JazzUniTracker here on Salt City Hoops, I sincerely appreciate the interest. I’m excited at the...

Reader Q&A as Jazz Secure Their Core With Extensions For Their All-Stars

Rudy Gobert joined fellow Jazz All-Star Donovan Mitchell on Sunday in committing to a long-term future in Utah. Gobert and the Jazz agreed to a 5-year contract extension that will pay him $205 million in total salary starting in...

Utah’s Unique Superstar: On Gobert’s Greatness, Continued Growth and Possible Extension

All-NBA center Rudy Gobert might be the league’s most misunderstood superstar. He also might be on the verge of being obscenely rich, which makes this a good time to try to suss out just how much impact he has on winning....

Rebuttal to Hollinger’s Blasting of the “All-in-er” Jazz

John Hollinger is a really smart guy. The University of Virginia grad (good school!) is a basketball analytics pioneer, renowned inventor of Player Efficiency Rating (PER), a MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference mainstay, and...

Jazz Improve Perimeter Depth With Late Signing of Ex-Bull Harrison

More than a week into training camp, the Jazz are still tweaking their roster. Utah reportedly added some perimeter depth by agreeing to terms with free agent guard Shaquille Harrison on Wednesday, per reports from Tony Jones...

The Favors Factor Explains Why Utah Passed On Adding a 3-and-D Wing

“Geez, the Jazz front office sure whiffed by forgetting to pick up a 3-and-D player.”Pretty much every offseason involves Twitter fans and couch pundits criticizing (or.. Twitter-cizing? Eh?) decisions made by GMs...

2020 Free Agent Tracker (With Thoughts On Jazz Fit For Each)

Bookmark this page now. You’ll be coming back to it. Trust me.Here is a list of literally every restricted and unrestricted free agent who finished last season on a standard NBA contract, listed in order of Wins Above...

Active Jazz Select Azubuike, Hughes After Draft-Day Deals

 For the Utah Jazz, the 2020 NBA Draft started hours before the selections began. In the early hours of the morning on Wednesday, the Jazz agreed to send the No. 23 pick to the New York Knicks in exchange for the No. 27 and...