December 23rd, 2016 | by
Dan Clayton At 2-2 since our last Salt City Seven check-in, the Utah Jazz certainly wish some things had gone differently this week. A no-show in Golden State and being on the wrong end of a 21-point swing on their own court certainly cut...
December 21st, 2016 | by
Spencer Wixom The SLC Stars entered Tuesday night’s game without Joel Bolomboy, who had been recalled by the Utah Jazz, as well as Quincy Ford. This left the Stars very thin at the two big man positions versus the Austin Spurs, and the...
December 20th, 2016 | by
Dan Clayton Jazz big man Rudy Gobert believes in himself. That much is evident, and if you need more proof, ESPN.com has you covered. Gobert told the Worldwide Leader’s Tim McMahon that he thinks he’s the NBA’s best center....
December 18th, 2016 | by
Clint Johnson Story of the Game Aesthetically, this was the athletic equivalent of watching two drunks pound each other with pillowcases full of doorknobs. Utah’s 46 percent shooting from the field doesn’t begin to communicate how...
December 17th, 2016 | by
Jimbo Rudding Some questions demand answers. Others demand Jimbo. Jimbo’s Mailbag is our regular dose of levity here at Salt City Hoops. Jimbo, by virtue of being recently featured in the Deseret News, is now the world’s most famous...
December 15th, 2016 | by
Dan Clayton For what looked like a light week on the calendar, the Jazz got a lot done since our last installment of the Salt City Seven. They nearly came back against the two-time reigning West champs, won two straight games by 20, received...
December 14th, 2016 | by
Spencer Wixom The MVP front-runner, Russell Westbrook, and the Oklahoma City Thunder were in town on Wednesday to take on the Utah Jazz. With the Thunder comes a familiar face in former Jazz-man, Enes Kanter. The Thunder lost another...
December 10th, 2016 | by
Spencer Wixom This game was all about stingy defense as the Utah Jazz Shutdown the Sacramento Kings in a 104-84 win on Saturday. The Kings were playing their second game of a back-to-back, but unlike they Jazz they did not have a single play...
December 9th, 2016 | by
Jimbo Rudding Welcome to the next edition of Jimbo’s Mailbag, our regular dose of levity here at Salt City Hoops. In each mailbag, Jimbo answers your burning questions with his unique outlook on Jazz basketball. Jimbo, by virtue of being...
December 9th, 2016 | by
Dan Clayton The Utah Jazz are still trying to break into the contender class, and as we’ve been saying, they’re not that far off. With a couple of superstar-level guys at the top of the roster and a handful of complementary...