The Utah Jazz Roster Spot Battle

As the final days of the dreadful NBA offseason tick down, basketball fans everywhere are rejoicing. The dog days of summer are waning, and Utah Jazz fans are inching closer and closer to the team’s return. It is a joyous...

How to Attack the Utah Jazz’s Defense

The Utah Jazz built a dominant defense over the course of the 2014-15 season via several avenues, but perhaps none more tangibly useful than the way they kept unassuming opponents on the back foot. In a league where being a step...

Rudy Gobert On His Future in Utah

The French National Team wrapped up EuroBasket play with a bronze medal win over Serbia over the weekend, but the interesting summer notes for Jazz fans didn’t stop there. On Monday, Rudy Gobert appeared via phone on Tony...

The Crucible of Rudy Gobert (Why Last Thursday Was Awesome)

Jazz fans have seen a lot of things from Rudy Gobert, and in a lot of different contexts. He’s waited his turn on the bench, he’s played important reserve minutes, he’s started. He has unveiled new moves,...

East Coast Hayward

In a recent Locked on Sports podcast with Jazz radio play-by-play caller David Locke, a question was raised concerning what Gordon Hayward’s status would be if he played for an Eastern Conference team. In an ideal world,...

3 NBA Insights From The San Francisco Sports Analytics Summit

Brad Tilley (@bradjtilley) is an Analytics Consultant in the health insurance industry. He lives in Bountiful, Utah with his wife and two daughters. This is his second freelance article for Salt City Hoops. He recently attended...

Jimbo’s Mailbag – My Worst Jazz Memories

  Q: What is the over/under for the season on in-game murderous glares from Quin Snyder? @joel_hiller I, for one, welcome the Quin Snyder glares. It seems to be a GREAT motivator for the players. He gets this glow about him...

EuroBasket, Jazz Ceilings, and Analytics – Salt City Hoops Show

On this week’s episode of the Salt City Hoops Show, hosts Andy Larsen and Ben Dowsett discuss Rudy Gobert’s participation, and ultimate loss, in the FIBA EuroBasket tournament. How did Rudy play against Pau Gasol?...

Utah Jazz Ceilings and Floors, Part II: Bigs

Yesterday in this space, I looked at each guard and wing likely to make Utah’s 15-man roster through the lens of their potential floor and ceiling as an NBA player. I ranked the group in reverse order of ceiling. Today, we...

Rudy Gobert Wrecking Havoc In EuroBasket

Over the past few years, the French National Team has been able to make their mark as one of the elite teams on the international circuit. While they’ve remained respectable over the past decade, due to the likes of Tony Parker...