Mailbag

Jimbo’s Mailbag: Why Everyone Hates Gordon Hayward

Q: Which player will snap during a game this year and commit a flagrant foul against Hayward a la Aaron Afflalo and Delonte West? @Mare_Bear_Baum Great question! Also, congrats on the pregnancy, Maren! I think it’s hilarious...

Where Have all the Former Jazzmen Gone?

It is always nice to check in on former Utah Jazzmen. Many of them have been headliners this offseason, with several earning very handsome pay days. In fact, the trio of Paul Millsap, DeMarre Carroll and Wesley Matthews combined...

Of Pleiss and Men: Projecting the Big Man’s Future in Utah

In many ways, analyzing Tibor Pleiss as a fit with the Utah Jazz is a tale of two players. One on side of the ledger is a backup in European competition, one who struggled to carve a consistent role at an even lower level than...

Jeff Withey Signed By Jazz: Bio and Scouting Report

Given where the NBA world sits right now, Yahoo’s Adrian Wojnarowski has been understandably quiet. After all, it is late August. Even so, while this news may not constitute what has been endearingly dubbed a Woj bomb, the...

Jimbo’s Mailbag – Warning the Utah Jazz About Stuff

Here at Salt City Hoops, we’re occasionally accused of being too analytical. Basketball is a fun sport, they say, and we’re being too objective about it. Jumbo Rudding, on the other hand, is not analytical. He is zany. He...

5 on 5: Schedule Release

With the Jazz’s schedule released last week, we inch further toward the long-awaited promise of real, tangible NBA basketball. Now that we’ve got the layout for the season, SCH’s panel gives their various...

Gleaning Clues From August Jazz Gossip

To look at the Utah Jazz’s current roster, it’s been a summer without much change. Outside of some training camp hopefuls, everybody under contract as of this writing was either already in the organization or had NBA...

Is Utah’s Late-Season Defense Sustainable?

By now, even the most casual Jazz fan knows how incredible the team’s defense was over the latter months of the ’14-15 season. A group that was a train wreck the previous season and even early on last year turned that notion...

Jimbo’s Mailbag – Hanging Out With Players

Q: You think the Jazz will carry 15 guys to start the season? If so, who do you think will be the lucky 15? Also, what do you think you would do if you could hang out with each of them for a night? @steeleman17...

Who Is Raul Neto And How Does He Fit In With The Jazz?

  Following the drafting of Trey Lyles in June, the Jazz looked to take a complacent mindset towards the rest of the off-season. In an early July interview with a local radio station, Jazz GM Dennis Lindsey stated that...