The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on Jazz vs. Knicks 3/31/2014

1. Jazz started Marvin Williams tonight against Carmelo Anthony. I actually like this move. During the Knicks media session, coach Mike Woodson announced that Amare Stoudemire wouldn’t be playing, calling it a...

The Linearization of Basketball

Is our desire to analyze leading us to oversimplify a complex game? If a=b and b=c, then a=c. That immutable truth your junior high math teacher taught you is unquestionable. It’s tidy. It’s neat. It’s linear. It’s easy...

The Favors-Kanter Pairing Revisited

As a long season winds down in Salt Lake City, we begin the transition to the offseason – both a look back at the results from the year that was, and a look forward to the future.  In this year’s case, there will be somewhat...

Jazz Jolt Podcast: Jazz Coaching Situation

On this week’s Jazz Jolt Podcast, host Ben Dowsett is joined by Salt City Hoops writer Dan Clayton to discuss Utah’s coaching situation and the performance thus far of Ty Corbin.  They discuss Corbin’s time as...

The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on Jazz vs. Grizzlies 3/26/2014

1. Memphis allowed just 7 points in the last 7 minutes of the game. That was the difference: the Jazz went into the 4th quarter with a 9 point lead, but Memphis shut them down offensively with just 16 points in the quarter. This...

52 John Stockton Memories

In the midst of a rough Utah Jazz season, sometimes it’s good to take a minute to reflect on some better times. In that same spirit, today is the one and only John Stockton’s 52nd birthday. Without further ado, here...

Utah’s Record After Blowout Losses Revisited

Just over two months ago, I wrote an article detailing the Jazz’s blowout losses and their response in games after each of those losses. At that point, we’d had ten really rough games where it appeared the team didn’t show...

The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on Jazz vs. Pistons 3/24/2014

1. Everyone agrees the Jazz didn’t bring effort tonight. But is that all that occurred? The official topic of discussion for this game is that the Jazz, for whatever reason, didn’t bring the effort tonight. Here are...

The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on Jazz vs. Magic 3/22/2014

1. Trey Burke gets the credit for the game winner, but Gordon Hayward was the one who won the game for the Jazz. Trying to get themselves out of a 3 point deficit while being out of timeouts with 20 seconds left, the Jazz had...

The T Word

I’ve loved hockey my whole life, even before I knew basketball.  I played competitively for 15 years until I got fat and lazy after high school, and now I just play in an adult league locally.  Just last weekend, my team was...