Shaquille O’Neal and the Death of the True NBA Center

In June of 2011, at age 39, Shaquille O’Neal announced his retirement from the National Basketball Association. It’s possible a few basketball experts were already aware of the negative impact Shaq’s decision would have on...

SCH Saturday Show – Are The Jazz Tanking?

This week’s Saturday Show features Austin Horton, producer of 1280’s The Big Show; Dan Clayton, writer for Salt City Hoops and Spanish voice of the Utah Jazz; and myself (Andy Larsen) talking about the Jazz’s...

Here’s to a Cipher-Free 2013-2014!

Last year, there was a point where I was just so over the makeup of the team. A growing sense of indifference with all the upcoming free agents changed to drastic annoyance and came to a head for me with two games in a short...

Celtic Pride: The Best Jazz Movie

If you don’t know what this post is going to be about based on the title alone, you need to stop what you’re doing and rent this movie. Celtic Pride, starring Dan Aykroyd, Daniel Stern and Damon Wayans is a 1996 film about...

August Jazz Odds and Ends

We’re deep in the dog days now, which means relevant basketball topics are hard to find with both hands and a flashlight. Here, for want of anything truly novel in the Jazz universe, are a few random thoughts about the...

Is the Utah Jazz Roster Finished?

When the Utah Jazz completed their last two signings, inking guards John Lucas III and Ian Clark, some thought that this finalized the roster. For all intents and purposes, this could be the case. My guess is that the Jazz have...

Derrick Favors and Gordon Hayward Extension Debate

In this special mid-week edition of the Salt City Hoops Show, Laura Thompson moderates Dan Clayton (of Salt City Hoops) and Peter Novak (of SLCDunk), as they debate whether or not Derrick Favors and Gordon Hayward will get...

Top 5 Utah Jazz Fantasy Options in 2013

  In terms of popularity, fantasy basketball is the Billy Baldwin of fantasy sports.  Maybe even Stephen. No, fantasy hoops can’t compete with the booming billion-dollar industry that is fantasy football, nor does it have...

We Know These Guys Part II – John Stockton Edition

I left out a couple stories from last week’s article for the sake of space, but I’ve had a few friends ask if there were any others I could include in another “You KNOW these guys!” post. And really, though we’ve had...

Can a Rookie (like Trey Burke) Lead?

Last week’s SCH Saturday Show was full of great conversation about who will assume the reins of a young Jazz team suddenly lacking top-flight veterans. Kyle Hunt continued that conversation in a Sunday post where he...