Scouting Reports vs. Reality: The Jazz Core Revisited

In June, draft profiles become almost canonical in their importance to fans. We quote them, we memorize them, we judge teams’ intelligence based on them. They are holy writ. If you’re anything like me, these profiles...

Utah Jazz Mock Draft Roundup 6.0

Strange to believe, but the NBA Draft is just three weeks away. What once seemed like it was ages away is now quickly approaching. Without further ado, here is the latest mock draft round up and which each of the sites has the...

Pros and Cons for Drafting Gordon, Randle, Smart, and Vonleh

So the last 365 days gained the Jazz no playoffs, no 26th win, no compensation for the loss of Al Jefferson or Paul Millsap, no coach of the future, no emergent star from the young core, and no top three pick. Yup. Well, life...

Larry Miller’s Perspective on Team Ownership

With the recent events in the NBA surround Donald Sterling and the Los Angeles Clippers, we’ve learned more about NBA owners and ownership (including the rules and constitution of the NBA owners). All of the information out...

Derrick Favors Season Review

With so much of the franchise’s direction set to be determined in the upcoming months through the draft, free agency and the search for the team’s next head coach, nearly every element of Utah’s future remains up the air. ...

Coaching Profile: Lionel Hollins

Hollins’ head coaching history is unique, to say the least. That’s because he has had three separate NBA head coaching stints – but always for the same franchise. When the Vancouver Grizzlies fired Brian Hill 22 games into...

Draft Projections and Accelerated Rebuild – Salt City Hoops Podcast

Welcome to the New Salt City Hoops Podcast! This podcast is the first of many to come recorded at the ESPN700 studios, as announced earlier this month. In this episode, we focus on the #5 draft pick. Ben Dowsett explains...

Two Perspectives on Alvin Gentry, Possible Jazz Coach

While the NBA Playoffs are slowly, but surely winding down, the Utah Jazz coaching search is slowly but surely starting to gain more traction–at least through the media. A few names are being connected to the Utah Jazz in...

15 Ways to Fill Time in a Long Offseason

As Jazz fans, we’re not used to having this much time off in the offseason. For more than a decade, we were used to going well into the postseason, almost always into May, and often into June. But in the last several years,...

Could The Jazz Be Winners Next Season?

No one likes losing. Painfully obvious observation aside, there are times where a patient, long-term development plan is subject to the unpalatable side-effect of piling up losses in the interim.  The loss of interest among...