A Season Is Ending, But This Is Just The Beginning

The year may be coming to a close, but in reality, this is just the start of what’s to come. The Jazz wrapped up their home season Monday night with a resounding win over the Mavs, and will finish the 82-game year Wednesday...

Pokémon: I Jazz You!

  It has been a brutal few years in Jazz land, more frustrating than walking through a Zubat-infested cave bereft of a bike and max repel. Over the past several seasons an ill-equipped Bug Catcher (Ty Corbin) was at the helm...

Jimbo’s Mailbag – How Will Dennis Lindsey Improve the Team?

Welcome to the next edition of Jimbo’s Mailbag! At Salt City Hoops, we know that covering a losing 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...

The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on Utah Jazz vs. Memphis Grizzlies 4/10/2015

1. The Jazz’s clutch difficulties strike again. While most of the attention will be on Gordon Hayward’s final missed FT that prevented the Jazz from tying the game, the opportunity really slipped away in a much more...

5 on 5: Reflecting On The 2014-2015 Season

As you’ve probably seen, ESPN.com will do 5-on-5s to talk about various events in the NBA schedule. We’re going to do one at SCH that talks about the end of the season. Thanks to newest SCH writer Aaron Hefner for...

End of Jazz Season and Coach Nick – Salt City Hoops Show on ESPN700

In this week’s episode of the Salt City Hoops Show with Andy Larsen and Ben Dowsett, we talk about Rodney Hood’s recent stellar play and Gordon Hayward’s fatigue that’s allowed it. We look at the...

Four To Go & Game Ball Batch 7

Thirty-six game balls for 36 wins. And counting? The Jazz have only playoff-bound opponents in their final four outings, so there’s no telling how much more mantle candy will be doled out in this space. Given the way the...

The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on Utah Jazz vs. Sacramento Kings 4/8/2015

1. Jazz consistently did just barely enough to win in tonight’s game. You could see it in the Jazz’s play tonight: the Jazz felt they could easily win tonight’s game, from start to finish. Some of that feeling...

Do the Jazz Have an On/Off Switch? Plus Player Grades for Kings @ Jazz 4/8/15

It’s a common theme heard when referencing great teams, particularly those who have been so for multiple years: Does this team have an extra gear whenever they feel like it? It’s a fair question much of the time...

Gordon Hayward is Tired

There are two lines of thought when it comes to themes like fatigue and over-taxation of a given player’s body. The first is more of a short-term view: A guy is leaned upon too heavily within individual games, asked to do more...