Adam Silver’s Utah Interview Transcript

Editor’s note: What follows is my transcription of Adam Silver’s interview upon his first appearance in Salt Lake City, Utah, in his tenure as commissioner. Silver spoke 2 hours before tipoff of Wednesday’s...

JazzRank #3: Alec Burks

The first few years of a young NBA player’s career are all about layering of skills. Whether a can’t miss blue-chipper or an undrafted upstart trying to stick with a roster somewhere, everyone begins with a baseline and...

12 Things to Watch for This Utah Jazz Season

Every season is a story – each game a page, each quarter a paragraph, ever evolving toward a final meaning.  The Little Team That Could in 2003-04.  The Apocalypse that was 2010-2011.  Last year’s Crucible of...

A Primer on Joe Ingles from Australia

Editor’s note: The following piece comes to you from Roscoe Whalan, an Australian reporter from Adelaide. Roscoe has done work for ESPN TrueHoop affiliate ClipperBlog in the past, and we’re happy to have his...

10 Utah Jazz Season Predictions

The NBA season begins tonight, and the Jazz season begins tomorrow. I won’t waste any more than this sentence telling you all how excited I am: I’m excited. Without further ado, here are 10 of my predictions for the Jazz this...

JazzRank #4: Trey Burke

I’m hopeful about the future of Trey Burke – for a somewhat unusual reason. Burke shot free throws extremely well last year. In his rookie season with the Jazz, the heralded Michigan alum made 102 of 113 free throws – over...

JazzRank #5: Enes Kanter

Enes Kanter’s 2014-2015 season has the feel of a Choose Your Own Adventure book—it could go a few different ways. And he is one who will have a big say in how things play out. It is safe to say that this upcoming year will...

Utah Jazz Waive Carrick Felix, Sign Joe Ingles and Jordan Hamilton

Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports today reported that the Jazz have cut wingman Carrick Felix in order to make room to sign forwards Jordan Hamilton and Joe Ingles. Let’s analyze these moves individually. Waiving Carrick...

JazzRank #6: Rudy Gobert

Jazz fans have known since summer league that this season could be a break-out year—maybe even a special year—for Rudy Gobert, long before GMs took a poll of potential break-out players. Gobert’s performance in the World...

The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on Jazz vs. Suns 10/24/2014

1. Utah lost the battle of pace. This was going to be an interesting test for the Jazz, as they put their (thus far) wildly improved transition defense against the speed attack of the Phoenix Suns. It didn’t work out as...