2014 Playoffs: Jazz-Related Rooting

The Jazz aren’t playing in these exciting 2014 Playoffs, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t some Jazz interests at stake. Every year, once the Jazz’s season is done, I try to figure out who wins my...

Coaching Profile: Jim Boylen

In today’s age of instant media, any major sports event, whether national or specific to a single team, will begin being dissected the moment it becomes news.  Naturally, events like the Sterling saga are somewhat rare, as are...

Coaching Profile: Brad Jones

Last week, Utah Jazz president Randy Rigby suggested that the franchise could possibly interview over 20 potential candidates for the vacant head coach position. By all accounts, the Jazz will be thorough and comprehensive in...

Coaching Profile: Mike Longabardi

My first exposure to Mike Longabardi was on November 13, 2013, in Zach Lowe’s Grantland piece. The Suns were still the surprise of the season and, after discussing the Suns’ improvement on offense, eschewing long twos and...

Coach D? Finding the Next Great Jazz Coach Among NBA Assistants

Let’s first state the obvious: there is no magic secret sauce recipe that will automatically produce the perfect coach for the Jazz. Successful NBA coaches have come from wide and far. Some are coaching lifers, who barely if...

Coaching Profile: Jeff Van Gundy

  While certainly not the ideal situation for any NBA franchise, a coaching vacancy brings with it several bits of silver lining.  Struggling organizations can brand a coaching change, both internally and externally, as the...

Coaching Profile: Alex Jensen

Since the news came down on Monday that the Utah Jazz were not going to extend Tyrone Corbin, the landscape for the franchise looks vastly different. It is an unprecedented time for the Jazz, as they have not conducted an...

5 Things You May Not Know About Each Of The Top NBA Draft Prospects

The greatest tournament in American sport has concluded, a champion has been crowned, and now life turns toward the culmination of the college basketball year, at least in the minds of Jazz fans this season: the NBA Lottery and...

Salt City Hoops Podcast: Ty Corbin Not Renewed

On this week’s Salt City Hoops Podcast, host Ben Dowsett is joined by SCH editor Andy Larsen and writer Dan Clayton to discuss Monday’s news that Ty Corbin will not return as head coach next season.  They talk about...

Ty Corbin and the “Haters”

With yesterday’s news about Tyrone Corbin, we thought it might be interesting to tackle how the Jazz’s former head coach handled “haters.” Is there a right response to the people who disagree with you? Were Corbin’s...