Jazz Offseason Moves, Summer League Notes – Salt City Hoops Show

On this week’s edition of the Salt City Hoops Show, hosts Andy Larsen and Angie Treasure begin the show by talking about the big three Jazz offseason moves (George Hill, Joe Johnson, and Boris Diaw) on the radio for the...

Who is Boris Diaw?

Last time, I scoured the interwebs looking for information on George Hill, and came away a big fan. For this post, I wanted to learn more about Boris Diaw and see what kind of character we’ll be lucky to have for the next year...

Jimbo’s Mailbag – Are the Jazz Ready to Win a Lot of Games?

Welcome to the next edition of Jimbo’s Mailbag! At Salt City Hoops, we know that covering a team without any humor can be dreary. As such, we decided to add a little bit more levity to our site via Jimbo’s unique outlook on...

Jazz SL Team Drops Final Game to Sixers; Go 0-3 in Tourney

    Welp, the Jazz SL team lost their final game of the SLC hosted event, dropping a game to the stacked Sixers, 86 to 75. Sophomore Trey Lyles played well in his 30:39, scoring 22 points on 17 shots, splashing 3 shots...

Despite Lyles’ 26, Jazz Summer Squad Loses Close One to Celtics

Summer League (suh-mer leeg, Latin origin): July basketball-like pursuits played by rosters of mostly marginal league guys for the evaluation of staffs and enjoyment of fans. Small sample sizes derived therein are subject to be...

Jazz Summer League Squad Falls to Spurs’ Anderson & Co., 90-69

Summer League is all about evaluating players — NBA youngins and/or fringe guys hoping to make a roster — and the phrase “doesn’t belong” is something that has very different meanings when applied to any given player....

Jimbo’s Mailbag – Could Carlos Boozer Return? and Catching up with John Crotty

Welcome to the next edition of Jimbo’s Mailbag! At Salt City Hoops, we know that covering a team without any humor can be dreary. As such, we decided to add a little bit more levity to our site via Jimbo’s unique outlook on...

Scouring the Free Agent Market Part II: Bigs

NBA free agency is already heating up, and we haven’t even reached the witching hour. Teams supposedly have to wait until midnight EDT (10:00 p.m. in Utah) to do business with this year’s class of free agents, but...

Scouring the Free Agent Market Part I: Wings

With hours to go before the NBA’s free agency period begins late tomorrow evening, the Utah Jazz certainly have their strategy in place by now. They know which NBA veterans they’ll be attempting to call or visit, We...

Who is George Hill?

Dan Clayton and David J. Smith have covered George Hill’s numbers and how he’ll fit into the Jazz’s system, and they’ve covered it wonderfully and thoroughly. As I’ve been thinking about the trade for Hill—I was...