Jazz Workout Features Portis, Looney, Connaughton

The Jazz held another in a string of pre-draft workouts Thursday, with six more hopefuls convening on Zion’s Bank Basketball Center. While these workouts are common this time of year, Thursday’s was the first so far in this...

Why the Jazz Should Not Follow the Leader in Building a Contender

Ironically, it is the second team to enter the NBA Finals – the one without LeBron James – that every other franchise wants to be. The Golden State Warriors are in the midst of a well-extolled historic season:...

Will Alec Burks Be Traded? No.

With a budding player in Rodney Hood, another lottery draft pick, plenty of cap space, and rumors of Jazz intending to be very active in trade talks, it begs the question: Is Alec Burks on the trading block this summer? To put it...

On Best Player Available, Upside, and Draft Unknowns

Often lost in a pre-draft shuffle packed full of proclamations from “experts” up and down the spectrum of legitimacy is a simple fact: None of us are all that good at predicting how draft prospects are going to turn out. This...

Tomic Teetering: The Croatian Big Still Up in the Air, Reports Say

The on-again, off-again saga involving Ante Tomic’s NBA prospects is back on… sort of. Gigantes del Basket, an international hoops magazine and website, reports that Tomic is still considering the possibility of an...

Utah Jazz Draft Prospects 2015: Jerian Grant

As we’re now less than a month away from the NBA Draft, the discussion about what the Jazz will do with that 12th pick is flowing freely. Over the course of this prospect profile series, we’ve already covered most of the...

Dennis Lindsey Doesn’t Need the Spotlight to Lead

Twelve months ago, you couldn’t talk about the Utah Jazz without talking about Dennis Lindsey. Now you can, and that’s just fine with the club’s general manager. This time last year, the state of the franchise...

Jimbo’s Mailbag – Tips for Having a Good Workout With the Jazz

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...

Glimpses of the Game: The Dribble Handoff

Glimpses of the Game are short profiles on an aspect of the game of basketball.  Each includes a definition of the play, technique, or element, the purposes of it, and how the subject is employed by Quin Snyder within the Jazz...

Jazz Draft Talk with Dean Demakis, WCF/ECF, and NBA Finals – Salt City Hoops Show

On this week’s episode of the Salt City Hoops Show, hosts Andy Larsen and Ben Dowsett start the process of breaking down the NBA Draft. How does the lottery look like shaping out at this early stage? Which prospects do we...