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,...

SUNS BEAT THE ROCKETS!!!, Jazz Playoff Push, and More – Salt City Hoops Show

What a great day. As the Salt City Hoops Show hosted by Andy Larsen and Zach Harper unfolded, the Phoenix Suns started to actually make inroads against the Houston Rockets. Sure, at first, the Suns went down 13. But on the back...

Salt City Seven: Why We Watch, Playoff Picture, Alec Burks & More

Seven more nights of NBA regular season basketball. And they’re big ones. For this last regular-season installment of the SC7, we refocus the playoff race, starting with a mammoth game on this weeks’ schedule. Games...

Jazz Lose Thriller to Unreal San Antonio Squad, 88-86

The Utah Jazz lost a heartbreaker Tuesday night to the cyborgian San Antonio Spurs 88-86, the home team’s first loss of the season when holding a team below 90 points in a game. We Have to Talk About the Spurs The Spurs are...

Psychology of a Jazz Fan

When Dante went down at the beginning of the season, I had to temper my expectations drastically. I was more excited for this season than I had been for years, partially because the young core was finally going to be given the...

Keep on Keep’n on: Jazz 101, Suns 86

The old saying “Anyone can beat anyone any given night” was solidly undermined in Utah’s 101 to 86 victory over Phoenix in the valley of the Sun. Despite a first quarter where the Jazz combined horrendous shooting...

Hayward, Lyles Lead Jazz to 98-85 Win Over Timberwolves

In a game the playoff pursuant Jazz had to win against a sub-.500 team, Gordon Hayward led his team with a ho-hum line of 22/5/3/2 and had a +/- of 20 which lead the Utah squad to a 98-85 win over the soon-vacationing Minnesota...

Jimbo’s Mailbag – I Dance for Jazz Wins

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...