The Relative Value of Age: Comparing 90’s to Today

Youth is often described as both a commodity and a liability in the NBA. A “divine treasure,” sure, but there’s also a lot of talk to suggest that being young and being elite are mutually exclusive. The Jazz are...

Utah Jazz Positional Battles: The Starters

The season is, at long-last, finally here. Media day is in the books, two-a-days are going, and Saturday’s annual scrimmage will give the public the first look at the new era of Utah Jazz basketball. In less than a week,...

Don’t Reward Losing: Reworking the NBA Lottery

With every Jazz loss this season—and odds are there will be plenty—many Jazz fans will salve their pain with thoughts of the 2014 NBA Draft.  Enough L’s might translate into Andrew Wiggins, after all, with Jabari Parker...

50 Questions 2013-2014 Will Answer

Being a Jazz fan lately means asking a million questions. Luckily, this season is going to be very interesting as we watch the answers play out. Here are my top 50 questions. What are yours? 1. What will the Win/Loss totals look...

JazzRank #13: Andris Biedrins

Editor’s note: This is the first in the annual series from Salt City Hoops ranking the current players on the Utah Jazz roster. Throughout the preseason, we’ll count up through the current Jazz roster, from worst to...

Burke, Rush Expectations, P3, and George/Hayward – The SCH Saturday Show

On this week’s Salt City Hoops Saturday Show, Austin Horton and Andy Larsen are joined by Daniel Tate of the WeAreJazzNation pages, representative of the voice of the fan. Besides giving away a autographed Trey Burke photo...

How the Jazz Spent Their Summer Vacation at P3 – Part 2

For the past several years, Jazz players have been spending weeks at a time during the summer training with the Peak Performance Project, or P3, in Santa Barbara. I sat down with several members of the P3 staff at their facility...

The Rewards of Selfishness: How Young Players Are Incentivized To Look Out For #1

Rumors swirled around Sacramento Kings forward DeMarcus Cousins all summer regarding his availability for an extension this summer, and finally last night, the news came through: according to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports,...

Can Scott Machado Make the Roster?

There was not that much excitement surrounding the 2012 NBA Draft for Utah Jazz fans. At one point in the season, there was the possibility that the Jazz would have two first-round draft picks: their own and Golden State’s....

Talking Burks, ESA’s HCA, and NBA 2K14’s Ratings with Purple & Blues – Salt City Hoops Radio

Midweek, Salt City Hoops Managing Editor Andy Larsen (hey, that’s me!) was interviewed by the crew at Purple and Blues, the Fansided Jazz affiliate. We talk about the Jazz projected starting lineup, and whether Alec Burks...