Future Finance Watch Part I: This Season and Next

Cap space doesn’t score buckets, and financial flexibility has never hoisted a Larry O’Brien Trophy. The value of keeping financial doors open is limited to the sum of what teams are able to do in leveraging that...

Jimbo’s Mailbag – Improving the Jazz Game Experience

Here at Salt City Hoops, we’re occasionally accused of being too analytical. Basketball is a fun sport, they say, and we’re being too objective about it. Jumbo Rudding, on the other hand, is not analytical. He is zany. He...

Player to Watch: Rodney Hood

The NBA off-season, especially the months of August and September, are always interesting. With little news out there — especially after the joy that is June and July — it can sometimes be a struggle for basketball...

Organic Cotton: How Bryce Might Be Utah’s Best Fit at PG

It seems strange to label any point guard on Utah’s roster a forgotten man given all the attention paid to the position this summer, but that’s just what Bryce Cotton has become to a degree. Despite a strong close to the...

5 on 5: Offseason in the Rear View Mirror

1. On a scale of 1 – 10 (1 being absolutely no agreement and 10 being complete agreement), how closely do you agree with the front office’s decisions this summer? Aaron Hefner: 6. While I don’t think the Jazz needed...

Jimbo’s Mailbag: Why Everyone Hates Gordon Hayward

Q: Which player will snap during a game this year and commit a flagrant foul against Hayward a la Aaron Afflalo and Delonte West? @Mare_Bear_Baum Great question! Also, congrats on the pregnancy, Maren! I think it’s hilarious...

Jeff Withey, No PG Lineups, and All-Star Candidates – Salt City Hoops Show

Andy Larsen and Ben Dowsett host this episode of the Salt City Hoops Show, talking about the Jazz’s signing of Jeff Withey and whether or not it was a good move. Could the Jazz have found more useful signings, or was Withey...

Where Have all the Former Jazzmen Gone?

It is always nice to check in on former Utah Jazzmen. Many of them have been headliners this offseason, with several earning very handsome pay days. In fact, the trio of Paul Millsap, DeMarre Carroll and Wesley Matthews combined...

Of Pleiss and Men: Projecting the Big Man’s Future in Utah

In many ways, analyzing Tibor Pleiss as a fit with the Utah Jazz is a tale of two players. One on side of the ledger is a backup in European competition, one who struggled to carve a consistent role at an even lower level than...

Jeff Withey Signed By Jazz: Bio and Scouting Report

Given where the NBA world sits right now, Yahoo’s Adrian Wojnarowski has been understandably quiet. After all, it is late August. Even so, while this news may not constitute what has been endearingly dubbed a Woj bomb, the...