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...

Predicting the Pace for the New-Era Utah Jazz

The question of what’s next for the Jazz has been a big one this summer and it has been asked dozens of different ways. But one that hasn’t been asked is what the Jazz’s new modus operandi will be with regard to...

Salt City Hoops Saturday Show Talks Fan Response to Team Plan

On this week’s edition of the SCH Saturday Show, Austin Horton, Dan Clayton, and Andy Larsen talk about the fan reaction to the Jazz’s new rebuilding plan. Austin says that opinions on the plan are split roughly...

Brandon Rush: Part of the Now and the Future

As is always the case, it is interesting to see national takes on anything Utah Jazz-related. Naturally there has been a lot of discussion of late regarding the big Jazz/Golden State Warriors trade. In his column analyzing the...

The Jazz Fan Twitter Code of Conduct

I’ve had the idea of hammering out a Utah Jazz Fan Code of Conduct ever since I saw my first absurd Twitter fight that began as a disagreement over playing time, and devolved into such vicious mudslinging that a southern...

The Top 5 NBA Coaches and the Attributes That Made Them Great

In my observation, the greatest coaches in history are always leaders first and basketball minds second.  The coaches who influence teams and win games tend to focus on what truly makes a team successful, which oddly enough...

Unique Marketing Ideas for 2013-2014

With only a few familiar faces returning to the Utah Jazz for 2013-2014, and with many experts predicting a dismal season when it comes to racking up wins, the marketing department may need to get creative in order to get folks...

Tracking the Growth of Gordon Hayward’s Beard

With the transition into this new era of Jazz basketball, the brunt of the pressure seems to be falling on one guy: Gordon Hayward. But with all the positive feedback coming from the US Men’s National Team practices in Las...

Three X Factors for the ’13-14 Jazz

During a great discussion on last week’s Saturday Show where we dissected Dennis Lindsay’s comments about the current roster, I suddenly started to see players grouped in a completely different way than how we always...