Salt City Seven: Hayward’s Healed, Hill’s Hot, and More

  The big basketball-related Jazz stories of the past week have all centered around George Hill. And the biggest news involved Rudy Gobert. But before we get to that, there something bigger we need to discuss. The...

Jimbo’s Mailbag – My Brother, George Hill

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...

Jazz Loss Rematch At Home To Spurs; 86-100

The Utah Jazz knew it was not going to be easy to win two in a row to the San Antonio Spurs, and that proved to be true.  While the Jazz had to play the Dallas Mavericks in between their last match-up, the Spurs had...

Jazz Good Start, Rudy Gobert’s Extension — Salt City Hoops Show

On this week’s power-outage-shortened episode of the Salt City Hoops Show, hosts Andy Larsen and Zach Harper talk about the Jazz’s solid start. What’s going well? How good is George Hill? That and more. We then...

How Quin Snyder Measures Up

Jazz coach Quin Snyder is sometimes described as intense. His terrifying glare, fit for the Halloween season, is only one of the reasons why.  In 2014-2015, Snyder’s first season as an NBA coach, we saw him vary his...

Jazz Win At Home Over Mavericks; 97-81

While it may not have been the way they wanted, the Utah Jazz were able to dig deep and pull out a win against Dirk Nowitzki and Dallas Mavericks.  It was a tale of two halves in this one as the Jazz only shot 26.1% in...

Growing Pains: Bench Edition

After an active NBA offseason, several different media outlets ranked the 30 teams’ starting units and benches. The Jazz bench consistently came out as one of the best in the league, if not the top bench. For example,...

New Math: Your Post-Extension Cap Questions Answered

The Jazz cemented their defensive identity on Halloween, committing to a near-max deal for their young star center Rudy Gobert. The elite paint protector and his rising team agrees to a four-year extension that will start next...

Jazz, Gobert Agree to Four Year Extension

With the deadline approaching on Halloween day for contract extensions, the Utah Jazz and Rudy Gobert were reportedly able to come to terms on a four year extension worth approximately $102 million. Sources: Rudy Gobert agrees to...

Jazz Seal 96-89 Victory In Home Debut VS Lakers

The Jazz kicked off their 2016-2017 home season with a “Blue Out” game, inviting fans to don blue gear as the team itself debuted their blue, sleeved “Pride” jerseys. Fortunately for Utah, those...