Utah Jazz

Ranking the Jazz’s Off-Season Priorities

For the second year in a row, the Utah Jazz had a lackluster start to the season, followed by a dominant second half. I don’t use that word lightly either. Over the second half of the last two seasons, they are a combined...

Offseason Q&A Volume 2: Jazz Targets, Positional Priorities & Cap Tools

Our first call for readers to submit offseason questions was met with such fervor that there were way too many questions to answer all at once. I already posted Volume 1, with questions and answers about current Jazzmen and their...

Offseason Q&A Volume 1: Keeping Favors, Korver’s Unclear Future & Other Answers About Current Jazzmen

There were way too many questions submitted for this first installment of the offseason Q&A to handle them all at once. So let’s make like a magician with a saw and split this thing in two.This first round of questions...

Time to Compete: The Most Intriguing Quotes from Locker Clean-Out

There are a lot of empty lockers at Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City. The Utah Jazz’s season came to a quick end after five playoff games, and the club has now parted for the offseason — maybe never to...

Shooting Woes, Turnovers Hasten the End of Utah’s Season in Game 5

With heart and grit, the Jazz executed another solid defensive performance, but were doomed yet again by poor shooting. The Jazz kept Game 5 close made it tense down the stretch in Houston, but the Rockets ultimately completed...

Notes and Quotes As Jazz Head Into Game Five

The Jazz face another do-or-die game on the brink of playoff elimination as they face off against the Houston Rockets in this first-round chess match. Playing for pride to avoid a sweep was one thing, but to do it again, on the...

With Their Backs Against the Wall, The Jazz Pull Off a Win

“You know you’re down 3-0. But what does that bring out of you? Does it bring out something good? Does it bring out urgency? Or does it bring out something else? I would like to think we’re going to bring something good.”...

Shooting Woes Put Utah on Brink of Elimination

Game Four of the Jazz-Rockets series tips off tonight at Vivint SmartHome Arena. Can Utah extend the series or is tonight their 2018-19 finale? Here are some items to take note of before tipoff. QuotableRegarding the question...

Rubio Wants Jazz To “Man Up” On Defense

Shots were fired from the postgame podium in Houston on Wednesday night. And unlike many of the shots taken by Jazz players that evening, these ones landed.Minutes after the Jazz suffered a wire-to-wire Game 2 beatdown, a...

Struggling Jazz Fall Again to a Red Hot Harden

In the 4th quarter of game one, the Rockets outscored the Jazz 39-19. Picking up right on cue, that same score, 39-19, was on the board after the first quarter of game two, and the Houston maintained their lead throughout as the...