Utah’s Core Four: Daring to Dream

What could the Jazz’s season look like if the Core 4 made some great strides in improving their games? Obviously, we’d love for Derrick Favors and Enes Kanter to each average 30 and 18, but what are some realistic numbers for...

Salt City Hoops Saturday Show – Analyzing the Roster So Far

On this week’s Salt City Hoops Saturday Show, Andy Larsen, Dan Clayton and 1280 AM “The Big Show” producer Austin Horton take a deeper look into Dennis Lindsey’s 20 minute interview on Friday. We parse his...

Once Upon a Time…Tim Duncan Had the Summer League Blues

Even the greatest NBA players of all time are susceptible to hunger, fatigue, the common cold, and streaky shooting in games of significant importance.  But history teaches us that star athletes (and potential star athletes),...

Looking at Best PGs in a Draft: Where Does Trey Burke Fit?

Hope soared among fans when the Utah Jazz traded up to procure Trey Burke in the 2013 draft, perhaps higher than at any time since the Stockton and Malone era.  Even the drafting of Deron Williams failed to achieve such...

The Joy and Fear of Going Young

The dust from free agency has almost settled. Bobcats are now Hornets. And Hornets, Pelicans. If there is one constant in the NBA landscape right now, it’s change. The Jazz took Adidas’ advice. They are all in: All in for...

Jazz to Auction Remaining Cap Space Via Trade?

Still scanning the list of available free agents and photoshopping them into Jazz jerseys? You can probably stop. Utah, according to reports, is looking to spend the last $4 million and change of its cap space, but not that way....

What if the Deron Williams Trade Never Happened?

A wise man once said “dealing in hypotheticals is a fool’s errand.”  (Okay, I actually just made that up, but doesn’t that sound like something a wise man would say?)  Regardless, I’m preparing to embark on a...

Post Mortem For an Era

  I began my eulogy of a passing era of Jazz basketball before it was officially over. Last month, I shared a look at jump-shooting trends that defined recent Jazz basketball, and now that nearly every veteran free agent of...

Clark and Andy talk about the Utah Jazz’s Summer

This week Andy talks to Clark Schmutz of SLCDunk.com, reprising the popular Clark and Andy show again. There’s been much to talk about this summer for the Jazz, and we talk about the new direction of the franchise. Does the...

Top Defense, Offenses, and Championships

In pondering what the Jazz’s defensive ranking might be this year with increased minutes for Derrick Favors and Enes Kanter—and zero minutes for defensive liability Al Jefferson, now a Bobcat—I was curious as to how...