Jazz Winning, Mascot Bracket, and Clark Schmutz – Salt City Hoops Show

On this week’s edition of the Salt City Hoops Show, hosts Andy Larsen and Zach Harper begin by talking about the Jazz’s win against the Cleveland Cavaliers: how it happened, why it happened, and whether the Jazz can...

Thinking Out Loud: Where do the Jazz go from here?

I personally have decided not to talk, or even worry about the Jazz and the playoffs this season. It just isn’t healthy. On top of that, it almost seems like a flip of a coin at this point. As soon as I think the Jazz...

Random Jazz Thoughts

The following is a collection of thoughts I’ve had over the past few weeks, but was unable to expand each into it’s own separate post so they are all getting bunched in together. Shelvin Mack: Not the solution or the...

Sloan Sports Analytics Conference Day 2 Takeaways

One of the big themes of the 2016 Sloan Sports Analytics Conference (SSAC) was rest/sleep for athletes. In the NBA, back-to-backs are legendary for draining players of energy and contributing to injury in some cases. Most SSAC...

Magic Mack’s 27 Gives Jazz W in Must Win Game Vs. Wizards

The Utah Jazz grabbed a must-win game over the wilting Wizards Friday night in emphatic fashion, scoring 114 points to Washington’s 93 and lead by semi-freshly acquired point guard Shelvin Mack who scored a career high 27...

Sloan Sports Analytics Conference Day 1 Takeaways

The first session of the 10th annual Sloan Sports Analytics Conference (SSAC) in Boston opened today with a memorable quip from Bill James, arguably the godfather of sports analytics. The moderator, ESPN’s Jackie MacMullan,...

Jimbo’s Mailbag – Are Season Tickets REALLY a Good Idea?

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...

Salt City Seven: Floor Spacing, Playoff Chasing and More

In this 19th edition of the weekly touchbase on all things Utah Jazz, we put on the stethoscope to assess what’s up with the struggling club. The answer, or at least one of them: Utah’s best players haven’t had...

Jazz Offense, Ethan Strauss, and Warriors Optimism – Salt City Hoops Show

Sure, the Jazz had lost 6 of their last 7 coming into Wednesday night’s game against the Warriors. And sure, the Warriors haven’t lost in Oracle in 45 straight regular season games. But our producer Jon La Follette...

Hawks’ Defense Stifles Jazz in SLC

The Utah Jazz lost their 34th game of the season to the Atlanta Hawks Tuesday, turning what was once a 13-point lead into a seven-point loss after four quarters. Jeff Teague had a monster game for the Hawks, clocking 24 points...