Utah Jazz

Weekly Q&A Part Two: Win Streak, O’Neale, Free Agency

There were way too many meaty questions in this week’s Q&A to get to them all at once. Part one went up earlier, focusing on the roles and free agency questions for Derrick Favors and Dante Exum. Now, we continue on,...

Impact of the Crowder Trade in One Chart

 Last Thursday’s three-team trade between the Utah Jazz, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Sacramento Kings generated a range of reactions among Jazz fans. The deal sent Rodney Hood and Joe Johnson out of Salt Lake City and...

Weekly Q&A Part One: Free Agency Lies Ahead for Favors, Exum

 The trade deadline passed and Derrick Favors is still with the Jazz. Fans of the franchise would like to for how long.Leading up to the deadline, we started each week with a Q&A session to answer reader questions about...

Perfect 10: Jazz Run Their Streak to Double Digits with Comeback Win Over Spurs

The San Antonio Spurs wore their camouflage jerseys in Salt Lake City Tuesday night, perhaps hoping to hide from the wreckage the Utah Jazz have laid down in the last two weeks. They nearly got away with a win, but the Jazz had...

Defense Wins Jazz Ninth Straight in 115 – 96 Win in Portland

Story of the GameEntering tonight, the Utah Jazz had won eight straight games, the longest win streak in the NBA. Simultaneously, the Portland Trail Blazers had won nine straight home games. Something had to give. It was...

Salt City Seven: Jazz Add Jae, Rubio’s Rolling, a Dominant Week & More

The Jazz continue to roll, extending their win streak to seven with four more victories, all on the road. And yet, obviously, that’s not even close to being the main story in Jazzland this week.We’ll get to the...

2019 Salary Cap Calculator

The idea of entering an NBA off-season with cap room is great on paper. But turning even a relatively clean salary sheet into actual cap space requires some tough decisions. This salary tool will estimate the cap space Utah will...

Jazz Grind to 92 – 88 Win in the Grindhouse

Story of the GameYuck.While the Utah Jazz entered the night on a six-game win streak thanks to their offense, which averaged 128 points per game in their last four contests, tonight it was their defense, and putrid offense by the...

From Blockbusters to Rotation Pickups, Reviewing a Decade of Deadline Deals in Utah

The NBA’s trade deadline is fast approaching. For some, it is one of the most exciting times of the long season. For others, this cannot pass quickly enough. More than in recent years, the Utah Jazz are one of the teams...

Jimbo’s Mailbag – A Cow-Tipping Center, Waterbeds and Utah’s Dream Team

Following an NBA team should be fun, and Jimbo Rudding makes sure it is. Jimbo provides our regular dose of levity here at Salt City Hoops, answering reader questions with his signature blend of creativity, humor and unabashed...