Jimbo’s Mailbag – A Jazz Time Machine

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...

Playoffs, Listener Calls, and Aaron Falk – Salt City Hoops Show

On this week’s episode of the Salt City Hoops Show, hosts Andy Larsen and Zach Harper talk about the current state of the playoffs. Things look very different than they did just one week ago, with close series littered...

The Utah Jazz and the Roadblocks of Free Agency

Location, Location, Location Imagine you are a small business owner making a comfortable salary in whatever city you currently live in.  Let’s say you make $100,000 a year and you like your job. But you are considering a...

2015-16 Jazz SWOT Analysis

SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) is a popular planning method whereby an organization assesses its own characteristics as well as its situation, be that within a market or professional sports league....

Jimbo’s Mailbag – Going After Big-Name Free Agents

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...

First Round Playoffs, the “Salties” Awards, and More – Salt City Hoops Show

On this week’s episode of the Salt City Hoops Show, we begin by quickly analyzing each of the 8 first round playoff series, and the biggest questions they’ve raised. Next, we have Laura Thompson to talk about her two...

The Five Stages of Jazz Grief

Last time, I wrote about the Psychology of a Jazz fan, and how the science behind fandom can contribute to our behaviors and our (sports) loves. Maybe it was arrogance, maybe it was naiveté, but I genuinely thought—when I...

Jimbo’s Mailbag – Gail, I Need a Favor

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 Season Wrapup – Salt City Hoops Show on ESPN700

On this week’s episode of the Salt City Hoops Show, Andy Larsen and Angie Treasure look at the bad last week of Jazz basketball, the 3 losses in 4 games that caused the Jazz to miss the playoffs when it seemed likely the...

Salt City Seven: That’s a Wrap

Get it while you can, fans and friends of the Utah Jazz. It’s time for the 24th installment of our weekly wrap-up on all things Jazz, the last before we carefully power down the SC7 machine until next fall. This is...