The Rundown: Magic @ Jazz 12/3/15

“Just gotta play with more force. Gotta get to where you want to go. Gotta have a little more poise.” Words from Gordon Hayward go a long way to summing up Thursday night’s lethargic Jazz loss to the Magic. A...

Salt City Seven: A Survival Guide to Life Sans the Stifle Tower

By now, you probably know that the Salt City Seven is meant to be a survey of a bunch of different important topics and data points surrounding the Utah Jazz. But suddenly there’s one storyline dominating the Jazz...

Zach Harper, Jazz/Warriors, Media, & Nate Duncan — Salt City Hoops Show

On this week’s episode of the Salt City Hoops Show, host Andy Larsen brings on Zach Harper to co-host in the place of newly famous Ben Dowsett. In the show’s first segment, we talk about the Jazz/Warriors game how the...

Early Utah Jazz Impressions: The Starters

Believe it or not, one month of the NBA season is past us.  It has been an exciting start for the Utah Jazz, full of impressive road wins, a few disappointing losses and some nail-biters versus some of the NBA’s elite...

The Rundown: Warriors @ Jazz 11/30/15

Now that we’ve all resumed breathing (hopefully), let’s break down easily the most exciting game to take place in Vivint Smart Home Arena since that became the namesake. My goodness, what a game. While it’s...

December Schedule Look Ahead

Depending on what the Utah Jazz do against the undefeated Golden State Warriors tonight, they will either be 9-7 or 8-8. The Jazz had a difficult schedule to begin the season, thanks to the unusual amount of road games they...

The Rundown: Pelicans @ Jazz 11/28/15

Slowly but surely, it feels like the pieces are coming together for this Jazz team. Snuck up on by the absence of star Derrick Favors and facing an opposing stud in Anthony Davis who was at risk of missing the game himself 24...

Derrick Favors, Superstar!

“I think already have a superstar in development. His name is Derrick Favors.” I wrote that on January 8th, 2014. The premise met a healthy dose of skepticism. I suspect as I revisit the theme, the sentiment is not...

Jimbo’s Mailbag – Are Blake Griffin’s Tantrums a Stat Category?

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: An Alternate Use for Triple Wing & Oh, Hey There Hayward

Thanks for stopping by in between leftovers. Take a break from the cold turkey sandwiches and help yourself to a nice heaping portion of our new-ish weekly feature recapping a 168 hours of all things Jazz. It goes great with...