Salt City Seven… Plus One: Wrapping up 2015

Welcome back to the Salt City Seven, this week with an extra 14.286% thrown in at no extra cost to the reader. Normally in this space, we recap a week’s worth of Jazz activity with some key topics, numbers and plays. This...

Game Recap: Jazz @ Timberwolves 12/30/15

The Utah Jazz seemingly picked up where they left off Monday night. Yes, they defeated the Philadelphia 76ers that evening, but if anyone watched the game you would understand that this was not a compliment. As bad as they fared...

The Shrewd Addition of Jeff Withey

The Utah Jazz have a well-deserved reputation of finding rotation players in interesting places. While their first-round draft pick history has been hit-and-miss — and which team’s is not? — the Jazz have...

January Schedule Look Ahead

There are still a few games left in the month of December, but January is right around the corner so it’s time to take a peek at next month’s schedule. vs Memphis (1/2) The Jazz beat the Grizzlies in their first...

Jazz Defense Disappears Late Against Clippers

One way to look at the Utah Jazz’s 5-point loss to the Clippers on Saturday is that they were simply running out of bodies. By game’s end, Utah was down four of its best six or seven players. Rudy Gobert is still...

Salt City Seven: Still On Track

‘Tis the day before Christmas, but here at this site, We still provide reading for your Silent Night. The house is done up like a yuletide boutique, So take time to reflect on the Jazz’s past week. Sugarplum...

Jazz’s Offense, Reviewing 2015 – Salt City Hoops Show on ESPN700

On this week’s episode of the Salt City Hoops Show, hosts Andy Larsen and Ben Dowsett talk about the Jazz’s surprisingly good offense, both with and without Rudy Gobert this season. What’s been the cause? We...

Game Recap: Jazz @ Warriors 12/23/15

The Warriors are who they are. The Jazz are trying to become who they want to be. The space between being and becoming is the biggest difference between these teams. It may seem implausible to claim that a 18-point margin of...

Raul Neto is Proving to be More Than an Afterthought

It was June 27, 2013, a day the Utah Jazz had looked forward to with great anticipation. The NBA Draft had finally arrived. They had just finished the 2012-13 season with a 43-29 record, just two games off of qualifying for the...

The Rundown: Suns @ Jazz 12/21/15

Remember how, when the Jazz were in a bit of a slide with four straight losses, the message from within the team was that no one was panicking even as they looked to find some answers? That sword cuts both ways, as it turns out....