Utah Jazz

Recurring Rivalries of Yesteryear Suggest Jazz, Thunder Just Getting Started

For a two-week stretch in late April of 2018, the Utah Jazz played indisputably better basketball than the Oklahoma City Thunder. That’s a fact. We saw it, and there’s a historical record of a 4-2 playoff series...

The 8th Best Player Performance of 2017-18

Leading up to start of the 2018-19 Utah Jazz season, Salt City Hoops is counting down the ten best player performances from last season. See games that just missed the top ten here and also check out #10 and #9 to from...

The 9th Best Player Performance of 2017-18

Leading up to start of the 2018-19 Utah Jazz season, Salt City Hoops is counting down the ten best player performances from last season. See games that just missed the top ten here and also check out last week’s post...

Tales of Tag: Ice, Expletives and More First-Hand Anecdotes Involving Double-Zero

As I walked back into a locker room that just minutes earlier had been crowded with players and reporters, it was just the two of us. I was about to get my introduction to ‘Tag.It was my first time in an NBA locker room,...

The 10th Best Player Performance of 2017-18

Leading up to start of the 2018-19 Utah Jazz season, Salt City Hoops is counting down the ten best player performances from last season. See games that just missed the top ten here. Now to the countdown!#10: Ricky Rubio, February...

The Top 10 Player Performances of 2017-18

As a lead-in to the new Utah Jazz season, each week Salt City Hoops will count down the very best games by Jazz players in 2017-18.Rankings assessed both traditional and advanced stats but also considered the competitive...

Can the Jazz Disrupt a Dynasty by Staying Big?

Not everything Mark Cuban says is worth hearing. I know, shocker.But one of the greatest insights I’ve ever heard on building a contender came from the Mavericks’ owner. Paraphrasing, he said trying to topple a champion by...

Q&A: Breaking Down Deals, Future Star-Hunting, Is This It?

The Jazz are mostly done with their 2018 offseason. Salt City Hoops readers, on the other hand, are not.There were still a ton of great questions in this week’s offseason Q&A. Specifically, readers wanted to hear more...

2017-18 Rewind: Royce O’Neale Seizes the Moment

Flashback to February 11. The Utah Jazz were on an eight-game winning streak but took flight to Portland, Oregon to face the potent and division-leading Trail Blazers. Making matters worse, floor general Ricky Rubio had just...

Free Agency Q&A: Favors is Back, Who Has Room, Exum & More

We’re not even two days into free agency, and already there is clarity on the Jazz’s roster plans, cap situation, and immediate future.Derrick Favors agreed to a two-year, $36 million deal on Monday afternoon. That...