Jimbo’s Mailbag – Jazz Players’ Grocery List

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...

Spring Training: Why the Stretch Run Matters

A significant chunk of basketball still remains in the 2014-15 season. Sure, 22 games — or six weeks, as our friends from the other side of the Rockies reminded us — might seem paltry. But that means a quarter of the...

The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on Jazz @ Celtics 3/4/15

1. Two matchups with Boston this year have exposed some flaws in Utah’s team construct. This game will be most discussed for the events in the final minute, but the other 47, combined with a January home loss to these same...

Finding A Niche: How Elijah Millsap Has Hung On With The Utah Jazz

When the Jazz signed D-League vet Elijah Millsap to a 10-day contract in early January, it was thought that he’d offer fix after both Alec Burks and Rodney Hood suffered separate injuries that took them out of the lineup...

The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on Utah Jazz @ Memphis Grizzlies 3/3/2015

1. Utah’s Post-Trade Deadline Defense Continues To Be Deadly Since the Trade Deadline passed, the Utah Jazz have faced four playoff-bound teams (Milwaukee, Portland, San Antonio and Memphis). Against those stretch of...

Super Stats, Would You Rather, and Jimbo – Salt City Hoops Show on ESPN700

  On this week’s episode of the Salt City Hoops Show, hosts Andy Larsen and Ben Dowsett have much to discuss with the new and improved Jazz. We lead off with a two new segments: “Super Stats at Seven”,...

Jimbo’s Mailbag – Jazz 10-Day Contract Power Rankings

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 Utah Jazz Through the Lens of Synergy Data

During the All-Star break, NBA.com unveiled yet another set of intriguing and informative stats, this time in the form of Synergy Sports figures that had been largely unavailable to the public since the site’s fan version shut...

The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on Bucks @ Jazz 2/28/15

1. Trey Burke was Utah’s best player tonight, and had perhaps his best two-way game as a pro. Utah’s second-year point guard has been playing well for a period now, but tonight really seemed to up the ante. His...

The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on Utah Jazz @ Denver Nuggets 2/27/2015

1. All in all, it was a very nice bounce back game for the Utah Jazz.  A young team is going to have its share of ups and downs. After a pair of stellar games versus two contenders, Wednesday’s horrible loss to the Los...