The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on Jazz vs. Nets 2/19/2014

1. Gordon Hayward’s up-and-down season continues. Hayward was coming off a 3-17 performance against the Philadelphia 76ers last Wednesday, that was naturally overshadowed by a win. After a loss, naturally the players get...

Utah Jazz Trade Rumors and Trade Machine Fun

First off, Salt City Hoops has a lot of great NBA trade deadline material. If you’ve not done so, check out Dan Clayton’s perspectives on each team’s outlook for trades, both in the Eastern and Western...

What If We Had Kept Wesley Matthews? An Alternate History

When your team is 19-33, it has plenty of needs. Ask a fan of the Utah Jazz what it lacks, and that list is sure to include 3-point shooting, wing defense and toughness. (Among other things.) That list raises an interesting...

Jazz Unlikely to Make a Move?

  Let me be blunt:  It’s been crystal clear since the first jump ball of the 2013-14 season was tossed into the air that the Jazz weren’t going anywhere this year.  The odds of a playoff run after the departure of...

What the Jazz Players Did During the All-Star Break

The Jazz only had one member of the team at the All-Star Weekend in New Orleans—way to represent the Jazz, Trey Burke—but thanks to social media, we know a little bit about what several of the players did over the weekend....

Trade Deadline Central: Around the Western Conference

Last updated 2/19/14 at 2:18 p.m. EDT. February 20 will be an interesting day, either because of breaking Jazz news or because of the lack of it. Either way, we’ll have a better sense in less than a week what the...

Trade Deadline Central: Around the Eastern Conference

Last updated 2/19/14 2:24 p.m. EDT. February 20 will be an interesting day, either because of breaking Jazz news or because of the lack of it. Either way, we’ll have a better sense in less than a week what the Jazz’s...

Alec Burks and Marvin Williams – Jazz Jolt Podcast

As we’ve reached the all-star break, Andy Larsen and Ben Dowsett identified two players who have exceeded expectations for the Jazz this season: Alec Burks and Marvin Williams. We break down their improvement in this 20...

All-Star Break Jazz Stat Party!

It’s All-Star time, folks!  With just over half the season in the books, players will get a well-deserved break from the grind while the league’s elite head to New Orleans.  It’s sure to be a weekend full of dunks,...

The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on Jazz vs. Sixers 2/12/2014

1. Alec Burks’ performance won the game for the Jazz. The game was tied at 91-91 when Alec Burks went on his own 9-0 run to get Utah the 100-91 lead that would withstand a Philadelphia run. To be honest, it was relatively...