The Notre Dime: Watch All of Rudy Gobert’s 42 Assists

In last week’s post about Rudy Gobert crashing what we might consider the core of the future Utah Jazz, I mentioned in passing the center’s passing. He has started to show some impressive court vision and what his...

Is Elijah Millsap a Keeper?

On Tuesday, the Utah Jazz announced that swingman Rodney Hood will be out until All-Star break, at which point he will be reevaluated. That is sobering news for the promising rookie who has gone through an onslaught of foot...

6 Guards That Could Be Utah’s Next D-League Call Up

Editor’s note: As the Utah Jazz continue their search for the next Danny Green, General Manager Dennis Lindsey and company plan to give looks to a wide variety of D-League players on 10-day contracts. From Dakota Schmidt,...

Has Dante Exum Hit a Rookie Wall?

In a broad sense, there was perhaps no better candidate for a collision with a rookie wall than Dante Exum. Unlike the majority of his peers in the 2014 Draft class who either attended a Division I college program or played a...

How the Utah Jazz Stopped Worrying and Learned to Embrace the 3 Point Bomb

It was only 3 seasons ago that the Jazz took only 12 three point shots a game, good for the 2nd fewest in the league.  The Jazz have never been in love with the 3 pointer, and I’m not sure they’ve even taken the long...

The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on Utah Jazz @ San Antonio Spurs 1/18/2015

1. The San Antonio Spurs will be perpetually good.  Midway through the game, I half-jokingly, half-seriously tweeted the following: The Spurs window is closing; there’s only 17 more years left. #UTAatSAS — David J. Smith...

The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on Utah Jazz vs. Los Angeles Lakers 1/16/2015

1. Jazz take advantage of bad Lakers night. Without Kobe Bryant, and on a back-to-back, the Lakers were pretty bad tonight. They tied a new franchise low in assists with 7, they shot a season-low 8 attempts from the 3 point line....

Jimbo’s Mailbag – The Greatest Day I Ever Had

  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...

Crashing the Core: Rudy Gobert is Making a Case for Himself

We keep saying that  decision time is approaching for the Utah Jazz in their journey back to contender status. One of these times, we’ll be right. The task of sussing out which of the current 15 Jazz players will be vital...

Are We There Yet? The Long Process Of Rebuilding

It’s hard to put an exact start time to the Jazz’s current rebuild. The beginning was more of a drunken stumble, with a few careless refurbishments of the marquee outside.  Then Dennis Lindsey came along and knocked...