Salt City Seven: The Favors Effect, Seeking Stars and More

So much was going on last week that we barely touched on Derrick Favors’ return. We’ll start there this week, but we also have game balls to give out, a massively important play to share, numbers, quotes and...

Sluggish Jazz Take Care of Nuggets, 85-81

The Utah Jazz used a balanced scoring effort and some gritty defense to escape with another close win and extend their win streak to four in a row after a battle against the Denver Nuggets. Despite Danilo Gallinari’s 24-point...

Trade Talk, Rookie Rankings, Dan Clayton, & More – Salt City Hoops Show

On this week’s episode of the Salt City Hoops Show, we talk more about trade possibilities for the Utah Jazz with the trade deadline just over two weeks away. What is the likelihood the Jazz make a trade? Hosts Zach Harper...

Who Drives the Train for the Utah Jazz?

On March 20th, 2015, Dennis Lindsey was giving an interview on 1280 the Zone and he offered this assessment in regards to evaluating talent, specifically last year’s draft prospects from the University of Kentucky:...

February Schedule Look Ahead

Another month down in the NBA season so it’s time to take a look at the February schedule to make some predictions. vs Chicago (2/1) The Bulls will be coming into Utah on the back end of a road back-to-back. Having...

Can the Jazz Snag a Superstar? Evaluating Trades for Love and Griffin

It’s trade season and the Jazz find themselves in a fascinating situation: loaded with young talent and draft picks, but with a few clear holes to fill. The great Zach Lowe wrote a terrific state-of-the-Jazz column on ESPN.com...

Jimbo’s Mailbag – Jimbo’s 2016 FA Targets

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...

Trade Rumors and Jeff Teague — Salt City Hoops Show on ESPN700

After Zach Lowe’s article on the Jazz this week mentioned the possibility of trading for Jeff Teague, and Teague was confirmed as being available by Hawks writers, he’s been the talk of the Jazz community. Andy Larsen...

Salt City Seven: Expanding Offense, Hayward on the Future, Rising Stars

So much to talk about in just seven days’ worth of Jazz basketball. This 13th edition of our weekly wrap-up covers a lot of ground, from big picture offense stuff to dealing with a star’s message about winning to...

Grading Quin Snyder: Part 1

We’re nearing the half-way mark for this season and we’ve had another surprising coaching change. We’ve seen some very interesting facts being tossed around as part of the game of coaching musical chairs. Here are a few:...