Jazz drop disappointing game to bottom-dwelling Nets, 98-96

Despite scoring 35 points in the fourth quarter and having a chance to win it at the buzzer (on a Jingles game-winning 3, ‘cause: sure), the Utah Jazz dropped a winnable home game to the Brooklyn Nets who collected just their...

Jimbo’s Mailbag – I Want to Punch the Rockets in the Face

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’s 3-point shooting ice cold in loss to Spurs

Well, it was a good streak while it lasted. I came into tonight’s game having covered four Jazz games and four Jazz wins. Alas, streaks are made to be broken and the Utah team fell to the ageless/bionic/real, real good San...

Salt City Seven: Three’s a Crowd at PG, Tough Month, Freeing G

Welcome to the 17th installment of the weekly modular recap of Jazz basketball. With 26 games to go, there’s a lot to talk about.   Suddenly, some of the intriguing second-half subplots for the Utah Jazz involve the...

The Jazz’s Forgotten Man: Jeff Withey

Things are starting to really hum smoothly for the Utah Jazz. While they dropped a few heart-breakers of late, they have emerged victorious in nine of their past 12 outings. They look every bit the part of a Playoff team in the...

Portland’s Shooting and Rebounding Overshadow Shelvin Mack’s Utah Debut

Any Utah Jazz fan who followed the team in the late 1980s and early 1990s can most likely recall clearly those painful battles with the Portland Trail Blazers. It felt like every 3-point shot Terry Porter. Clyde Drexler or Danny...

Jazz recover from DC loss to bully Boston, 111-93

Behind a monster line from Derrick Favors (23/10/6/3) and far more effective point guard production than last night when they were blown out by the Wizards, the Utah Jazz came home from their faraway makeup game in the nation’s...

Jimbo’s Mailbag – Does Shelvin Mack Make the Jazz a Contender?

Q: Does the addition of Shelvin Mack make the Jazz instant contenders? Also, what does the other half of your face look like? @JazzManZach GREAT questions! I was a little surprised that the Jazz traded for Shelvin Mack. In some...

Shelvin Mack: the Newest Jazzman

While the talk Wednesday night and Thursday morning centered around troubled Houston Rockets point guard Ty Lawson, the Utah Jazz ultimately passed on that possibility and went the more conservative route. As rumored,...

*Updated* SC7: Why Exum’s Still Central, Shelvin Mack and More

Here we go again. The Jazz are about to kick their basketball machine back into action, but first we have some business to resolve in this trade deadline edition of the Salt City Seven. Along with our usual items, this...