This Year’s Gifts for the Utah Jazz

  Christmas is a time for generosity. So, while it may be easy to focus on the negatives of an early 6 – 16 season, this post assumes the young Utah Jazz are securely on Santa’s Nice List. After all, there is...

The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on Jazz vs. Heat 12/12/14

1. This is the story of the Jazz’s season: They give up a lead in the 1st half, fight back in the 2nd, but lose the game. Here’s tonight’s quarter by quarter breakdown:            ...

Jimbo’s Mailbag – More Halftime Show Ideas, Kobe MVP Chants, & More

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...

Gordie Chiesa, LOLakers, and More – Salt City Hoops Show on ESPN700

On this week’s episode, our main guest is Gordie Chiesa, who shares his coaching experience on what the Jazz are doing well and what they need to improve on in order to become a contending team. We play quotes from Gregg...

On Actions, Outcomes and Playing with Purpose

  Oh good, you’re thinking. Another diagnostic piece about the Utah Jazz. Well, it comes with the territory. The Jazz narrowly avoided the worst losing streak since before all current Jazz players were born, so logic...

Utah Jazz Sign Patrick Christopher: A Scouting Report

Update: SCH writer Dakota Schmidt gives his opinion on Patrick Christopher’s game: Throughout the D-League, there sit many extremely solid scoring threats. But within that landscape, Patrick Christopher has always...

The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on Jazz vs. Spurs 12/9/2014

1. Jazz avoid ignominy, first 10 game losing streak in 33 years.  Had the Jazz lost tonight, it would have been the team’s first double-digit losing streak since the 1981-82 season. However, the 9 game streak is only their...

The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on Jazz vs. Kings 12/8/2014

1. Sacramento’s Rudy G proved a lot Monday.   Rudy Gay is stepping up in a major way. His reputation has been well known around the NBA: an inefficient gunner who will put points on the board while offering very little...

The Natural Selection of Jazz Fans

I had a conversation with my dad the other day that went something like this: “So how are the Jazz doing this year?” To which I hesitantly responded, “ummm…not…great.” “Oh, so pretty much like normal...

Some Positive (!) Notes Among Current Utah Jazz Players

The Jazz lost their eighth consecutive game against a shorthanded Magic team Friday night, and morale surrounding the team has likely reached a season low. Utah continues to hemorrhage points at an alarming rate, still 29th in...