Quin Snyder and “Mindset”

  Several years back, Dan Clayton kept talking about the book Mindset on the Twitters. Intrigued, I ordered it off Amazon and read it within a couple weeks; I still pick it up often and refer to it quite a bit. Quin Snyder,...

Hayward, Jazz Get an Unlikely Win Vs. Star-Studded Heat

A team starting two rookies and a borderline NBA player alongside Gordon Hayward and Rudy Gobert in the latter’s first start since returning from injury was not enough to overcome a talented Heat squad with a combined 23...

Jimbo’s Mailbag – I Am Right About EVERYTHING

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...

Buy or Sell, Referees, Seth Partnow — Salt City Hoops Show

On this week’s episode of the Salt City Hoops Show, Andy Larsen and new show co-host Zach Harper dig into the world of the NBA and the Utah Jazz. We begin by playing a little bit of Buy or Sell: about the Jazz, Trey Lyles,...

Salt City Seven: Heavy Helping of Hood, Close Games and Development

We only have six days to cover this week, but let’s get right to it. That will give us time to look at two well-designed plays, look at some stats and themes, give away a game ball, and more. And we’ll start by...

The Elijah Millsap Story

One year to the day he was called up from the D-League, guard Elijah Millsap was waived by the Utah Jazz, a few days shy of the date nonguaranteed players are secured for the rest of the season. Even if it was short-lived with...

Building A Better Bench

The Utah Jazz have now played as many games this season without Rudy Gobert as they have with him. With Gobert, the Jazz are 6-8. Without Gobert, their record is 9-10. Thanks to a somewhat favorable December schedule, Utah has...

Dennis Lindsey, Sam Hinkie and the Egotistical Art of Team Building

Every NBA General Manager has a plan. Every GM has different ways of carrying out said plans, and every GM answers to different owners with different mandates and goals.  But every GM (eventually) wants to build a championship...

Rodney’s Career Night Puts Jazz Over Memphis

In 2016, the Utah Jazz are undefeated and second year player Rodney Hood is the team’s leading scorer, averaging 32 points per game. Small sample size be damned. The Memphis Grizzlies moseyed into town on the second night of...

Jimbo’s Mailbag – Jazz Trade Rumors

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...