Enes Kanter, Jazz Development, and Royce Young Guests – Salt City Hoops Show

  On this week’s episode of the Salt City Hoops Show, Ben Dowsett and I talk about the Enes Kanter quotes, what we learned about Enes, and what we learned through the Jazz’s reaction to them. We also talk about...

The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on Utah Jazz vs. Denver Nuggets 4/1/2015

1. The Jazz’s defensive switch is a little insane at this point. In the first 12 minutes, Denver scored 29 points. In the next 30 minutes, they scored 32 points. Those sort of insane defensive runs are starting to become...

Dante Exum’s Growing Comfort, Plus Player Grades for Nuggets @ Jazz 4/1/15

Dante Exum relentlessly got into the lane in Wednesday’s win over Denver. He flew past Ty Lawson, one of the quickest players in the league, on multiple occasions and sliced through Denver’s weak help defense on the...

The Value of Alec Burks

The Utah Jazz have been one of the league’s really fun stories over the second half of the season. The defense has been the league’s best, experiencing an absolutely stellar metamorphosis right before our very eyes....

HAGS: What Each Jazz Player Needs to Improve This Summer

Player’s goals for improvement during the season are dramatically different than player’s goals for improvement over the summer. In-season growth is often about learning the system, understanding the game better, reading...

How Utah’s Length Has Become a Defensive Weapon

During Utah’s emotionally-charged victory over Oklahoma City Saturday night, one particular play stood out as the Jazz began to mount their comeback in the second quarter: No, it wasn’t for the long shot of The Former Player...

The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on Jazz @ Timberwolves 3/30/15

  1. The Jazz Just Played the JV, with Predictable Results Utah won by 20, dominating the Timberwolves offensively and defensively – despite not playing that well.  Yeah, it was a good game, but certainly not...

Utah Jazz Draft Prospects 2015: Jakob Poeltl

  In last week’s post on Kelly Oubre, I put a lot of emphasis on this decision for the Jazz during June’s draft: between drafting the high upside talent that will need time to develop (Oubre) or picking a player...

The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on Utah Jazz vs. Oklahoma City Thunder 3/28/2015

1. Enes Kanter made this game about him, and the Thunder were punished for it. There was a very simple way forward for Enes Kanter today: he could have thanked the organization for his time here, said that it wasn’t an...

On Quin Snyder and Process, Plus Player Grades for Thunder @ Jazz 3/28/15

Process, process, process. Those who follow Jazz coach Quin Snyder closely are surely more than familiar with this simple word, one Snyder stresses in all forms on a regular basis. The route his team takes and the habits they...