January 13th, 2014 | by
Andy Larsen 1. Alec Burks can score and amaze. Alec Burks was Utah’s best player tonight, scoring a career high 34 points in the 5th start of his career. First of all, he got the shots around the basket that he likes: 13 of his 19...
January 10th, 2014 | by
Andy Larsen 1. Jazz without Hayward… are they tanking? The Jazz played without Gordon Hayward tonight, Hayward’s first DNP of the season. Hayward was ruled out due to a muscle strain in his left hip flexor. When I asked Ty...
January 8th, 2014 | by
Clint Johnson Last night, the Utah Jazz won their seventh game in the last twelve contests. For those Jazz fans who believe the one overriding purpose of this season is to get a high draft pick, this winning is devastating. The team that...
January 7th, 2014 | by
Andy Larsen 1. GORDON HAYWARD FOR WORLD LEADER President isn’t enough for the man known as G-Time. Gordon Hayward was absolutely incredible for the Jazz tonight, scoring 37 points for the Jazz. That wasn’t enough for him, so he...
January 7th, 2014 | by
Laura Thompson When word broke earlier in the week that both Ian Clark and Rudy Gobert had been sent down to the D-League for their second stint, I had mixed emotions. On one hand, they’d each get some much-need minutes, some time to develop...
January 3rd, 2014 | by
Clint Johnson Reward the big. It’s a frequent mantra on the hardwood. If a front court player sprints up the floor, give him the fast break dunk. If a center is anchoring a defense and cleaning the glass, throw him a bone...
December 30th, 2013 | by
Clint Johnson At the end of the first quarter of the Jazz’s November 15th game against the Spurs, I had a thought: Derrick Favors is a beast! He’d racked up six points and nine rebounds in the first quarter alone. (Not bad when...
December 30th, 2013 | by
Andy Larsen On this week’s edition of the Salt City Hoops Saturday Show, Andy Larsen, Dan Clayton, and Ben Gaines talk about important issues in the Jazz’s young season. the development of the young core. The team leads off by...
December 22nd, 2013 | by
Tracy Weissenberg Trey Burke, acquired by the Jazz to fill a desperate need at the point guard position, spent the beginning of the season on the sidelines. The ninth overall pick suffered a fractured right index finger on October 12,...
December 20th, 2013 | by
Tracy Weissenberg As reporters congregated around Paul Millsap, the eighth-year forward’s tone had a bittersweet tinge when reminiscing about his time as a member of the Utah Jazz. Millsap, the 47th overall pick in 2006, grew into a household...
