Scaling the Stifle Tower: How Teams Have Adjusted to Rudy Gobert

The emphatic rise of Rudy Gobert has come in waves. His rookie season contained flashes of the spectacular within a raw game that most assumed would take several years to refine. His summer seemed to accelerate the process...

Derrick Favors’ Inspired Performance, and Player Grades for Jazz-Kings 2/7/2015

As he continues a strong season marked by increased defensive understanding and a versatile, complete offensive game that has taken some by surprise, Derrick Favors knows it’s a long grind. Energy and motivation ebbs and...

The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on Utah Jazz vs. Sacramento Kings 2/7/2015

1. Gordon Hayward’s big game made the difference. Hayward’s had a run of good games of the last 2 weeks, and tonight’s was no exception. He scored 30 points on 13-23 shooting (including 3-8 from 3), he only took...

The Triple Team: Jazz at Suns 2/6/15

1. Styles Make Fights, and The Jazz Lost This Fight When these Jazz play these Suns it’s always a fascinating combat of style: Utah’s power, with one more talented big than may fit on the roster, and Phoenix’s...

Jimbo’s Mailbag – Which Jazz Player Will Have His Jersey Retired Next?

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...

Utah Jazz Trade Possibilities and More – Salt City Hoops Show on ESPN700

This week’s episode of the Salt City Hoops Show is very trade focused. Ben Dowsett and I get into the possibilities of the Jazz trading Enes Kanter, Trey Burke, and everyone else on the roster. We look at some trade ideas,...

The Utah Jazz & The 2015 Trade Deadline Q&A

Set your Twitter alerts. Start the Woj Watch. Get your Insider login credentials ready. We’re inside the final two weeks before the NBA’s trade deadline. By February 19 at 1:00 p.m. Mountain Time, we’ll know if...

The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on Utah Jazz vs. Memphis Grizzlies 2/4/2015

1. Utah was able to respond to Memphis’ runs, but can’t get closer than 5. Let’s start by looking at the PopcornMachine graph of the scoreline in tonight’s game: It was actually quite impressive: 4...

On A Stern Defensive Challenge, Plus Player Grades for Grizzlies @ Jazz 2/4/2015

The Memphis Grizzlies have developed a reputation over the years as a defense-first unit, a grit and grind bunch that ekes out enough points offensively to survive while they suffocate opponents. Their defense certainly...

Utah Jazz All-Star History: 3-Point Shootout

Comparatively speaking, the Utah Jazz have not had much representation for All-Star Saturday events (and the occasional All-Star Friday) events. In a short series, we will take a in-depth look back on the franchise’s...