November 1st, 2017 | by
Clint Johnson Story of the Game Utah defeated Portland in a crazy, contentious, and extremely competitive match up that required a gutsy Jazz comeback – and a game saving buzzer beating block by Rudy Gobert – simply to force...
October 31st, 2017 | by
Jimbo Rudding Welcome to your first regular season dose of Jimbo Rudding, our resident mailbag artist. Jimbo provides our regular dose of levity here at Salt City Hoops, and he does it by answering the burning questions to which Jazz fans...
October 31st, 2017 | by
Steve Godfrey Two weeks into the 2017-18 NBA season, the Utah Jazz have already shown fans both Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde. When times are good, like a third-quarter dominance against Oklahoma City, things are really good. But when things go...
October 30th, 2017 | by
Clint Johnson Story of the Game This contest was best understood as two disparate halves spliced into an odd whole. The first belonged to Dallas. Enabled by some lackluster individual defense by the Jazz, the Mavericks started the night white...
October 28th, 2017 | by
Clint Johnson Story of the Game While Utah broke its two-game losing streak at home against the lesser of Los Angeles’ NBA squads, the victory didn’t warrant undue excitement – except for perhaps the showdown between lottery...
October 26th, 2017 | by
Dan Clayton It’s time for the Salt City Seven, the weekly recap of all things Jazz, served up in seven capsules on topics big and small. As usual, we’ll start with a prominent big picture topic, which this week centers on, well,...
October 25th, 2017 | by
Clint Johnson Story of the Game Utah’s depth is supposed to a team strength. On the road against the Suns on the tail end of a back to back, that proved anything but the case. While the Jazz starters looked lackluster for much of the...
October 25th, 2017 | by
Clint Johnson Story of the Game Entering the season, it was clear the Jazz would lose some games because they simply couldn’t shoot. The question was how many games. The tally now stands at one. This takes nothing away from a solid...
October 21st, 2017 | by
Clint Johnson Story of the Game Death. By. Defense. When Oklahoma City added Paul George and Carmelo Anthony to reigning league MVP Russell Westbrook, many assumed the Thunder had created an unstoppable juggernaut. So much for that....
October 20th, 2017 | by
Clint Johnson Story of the Game Entering the night, Ricky Rubio’s return to Minnesota was the story of the game. At the end of the night (at least for Jazz fans), the story was Rodney Hood’s exit due to injury – though Rubio...
