The Pain of Being a Jazz Fan

The greatest player in NBA history still gets a lot of press; you can’t talk about Lebron’s potential legacy or any part of Kobe’s game without referencing MJ. And if there’s only one play they can show, it’s always the...

Derrick Favors & Gordon Hayward: Do They Get Extensions, and For How Much?

The Jazz have just under three months to complete what would be their most important transactions of this off-season (no offense, Richard Jefferson). The extension deadline for Gordon Hayward and Derrick Favors looms in late...

Primer: NBA Contract Extension Rules

As Peter Novak and I were preparing for our nerd smackdown debate on extension values for Gordon Hayward and Derrick Favors, Peter aptly threw in a primer on extension rules. I decided to share those here as a companion post for...

The Greatness of Jeff Hornacek

While some of the different articles out there have varying opinions on how the Jazz off-season has fared (NBA.com’s David Aldridge, for instance, listed Utah 29th of 30), in many ways, I think the Jazz are having a very...

2013-14 Utah Jazz: Figuring out a Rotation

In a season that most anticipate to be a rebuilding effort for the Jazz, the prime objective seems to be giving the young core as much playing time as reasonably possible.  Despite this clear path, Utah’s rotation is, as my...

Utah Jazz Likely To Receive Significant Revenue Sharing Payments

Remember when revenue sharing was the big topic of debate during the recent lockout? You’ll recall that most small-market ownership groups wanted the new Collective Bargaining Agreement to address the struggle for...

Salt City Hoops Saturday Show: Intangibles and Pace of Play

On this week’s episode of the Salt City Hoops Saturday show, The Big Show producer Austin Horton and Andy Larsen sit down and talk about intangibles: should sports teams look at character when making personnel decisions, or...

Could a Fashion Change Translate to Wins?

Lately it seems NBA players are recognized more for their fashion than their ability to play basketball. Have you witnessed the trend?  In the last few years the once popular Nike Dri-FIT t-shirt worn by the NBA’s elite has...

What Makes Someone Choose to Be a Jazz Fan?

I’ve been wondering this week, during the doldrums of summer in between the start of free agency and training camp, what makes a fan a fan? And what makes a Jazz fan a Jazz fan? We each have a bunch of reasons why we root...

A Few Minutes With a Jazz Legend

On the week of its retirement, I sat down with the former Jumbotron of both the Delta Center and Energy Solutions Arena to ask a few questions about its illustrious career with the Utah Jazz. Here’s a transcript of our...