Podcast
January 31st, 2014 | by
Andy LarsenOn this week’s Salt City Hoops Podcast, Laura Thompson moderates a discussion between Ben Dowsett and Clint Johnson about defense. In particular, we’re concerned: the Bulls have built an excellent defense despite...
Analytics
January 30th, 2014 | by
Dan ClaytonUh oh, fellow basketball math nerds: we might have overcorrected. The analytics movement has given us so many new ways to see and understand NBA basketball. I myself am an ardent subscriber, and I think we’re just starting to...
Rudy Gobert
January 29th, 2014 | by
Ben DowsettWhat have we learned about Rudy Gobert in his 226 minutes of playing time? We have the scouting...
Utah Jazz
January 29th, 2014 | by
David J SmithUtah governor Gary Herbert declared January 31st to be Jerry Sloan day. For Utah Jazz fans, given the ceremonies that will transpire that day, it was already going to be Jerry’s day. From the sound of things, many Jazz...
D-League
January 28th, 2014 | by
Laura ThompsonWith Malcolm Thomas’s recent signing (and check out Dakota’s fantastic breakdown of his game here), I’ve been thinking about other pickups over the last few years—whether D-League call ups or picking up off waivers or...
Triple Teams
January 27th, 2014 | by
Andy Larsen1. Mike Malone has a bad defensive squad, and he knows it. Ranked 28th in the league defensively, the Kings don’t exactly have a sterling reputation when it comes to defending the ball. Sacramento head coach Mike Malone...
Trey Burke
January 27th, 2014 | by
Ben DowsettBecause Adjusted Plus-Minus (APM; full description here) is a metric designed to track the actual scoreboard impact of individual players, it has some tendencies that aren’t shared by other common player evaluation metrics. ...
Malcolm Thomas
January 26th, 2014 | by
Dakota SchmidtOn late Saturday afternoon, it was announced that NBA journeyman Malcolm Thomas was acquired off waivers from Utah after being released from San Antonio earlier in the week. Prior to his less than stellar stint with the Spurs,...
Triple Teams
January 25th, 2014 | by
Andy Larsen1. The Jazz answered the Wizards’ two-big lineup with one of their own. The Jazz have had more success (i.e., more than 1 win in 15 games) since starting Marvin Williams at the 4, giving them a lineup with lots of shooting...
Malcolm Thomas
January 25th, 2014 | by
Andy LarsenThe Utah Jazz picked up Malcolm Thomas off of waivers Saturday, two days after the San Antonio Spurs waived him on Thursday. Thomas, a 6’9” power forward from San Diego St, brings the Jazz’s roster to the...