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...

Goodbye, Good Riddance 2015-16: Lakers 101, Jazz 96.

Tonight, Kobe Bryant left the NBA in unparalleled style, the Golden State Warriors earned their record-setting 73rd win of the season, and Houston beat Sacramento 116 to 81. The Jazz’s 101 to 96 defeat at the hands of the Los...

Thinking Out Loud — Here Lies Jazz Season 2015-16

The Utah Jazz season passed away peacefully last night with very little fight and in the presence of 19,911 of its closest friends. This Jazz season was born in Detroit, Michigan on October 28, 2015. Its life was highlighted by...

Stifle Tower Collapses Along with Utah’s Playoff Hopes

You could sense it the moment Rudy Gobert tumbled to the ground, writhing in pain. The tone and mood changed in the arena, on Twitter and even on the Jazz TV broadcast after seeing the Stifle Tower collapse. And with that fall,...

Shelvin Mack: Stopgap Starter, Not Savior

The most significant move of the NBA trade deadline was the Utah Jazz trading a second round pick for a career third string point guard. Yeah, that’s true. When the Jazz brought Shelvin Mack into their deliberate rebuild,...