Draft Comparison: Michael Carter-Williams, Shane Larkin, and Dennis Schroeder Part 2

Yesterday, we released Part 1 of Clint Johnson’s PG prospect breakdown, covering the shooting and finishing games of Michael Carter-Williams, Shane Larkin, and Dennis Schroeder. Today, Part 2 focuses on their athleticism,...

Knights and Dragons in Miami: The Archetypal Heroism of the 2013 San Antonio Spurs

My armour is like tenfold shields, my teeth are swords, my claws spears, the shock of my tail is a thunderbolt, my wings a hurricane, and my breath death! -Smaug the Dragon I had a sort of sympathy for the dragon in the Hobbit,...

Looking at NBA Prospect Comparables

One time-honored tradition of this time of year is the comparison of NBA draft prospects to current NBA players, and it’s easy to understand why. In order to make things simpler on ourselves, we simply substitute an NBA...

Draft Comparison: Michael Carter-Williams, Shane Larkin, and Dennis Schroeder Part 1

Editor’s note: This is the first part in Clint’s three-part scouting report of the PG prospects the Jazz are most likely to draft: Michael Carter-Williams, Shane Larkin, and Dennis Schroeder. Part 2 will be released...

Playing GM – Reviewing Our Own Free Agents

Evaluating our own free agents in a vacuum–ignoring other free agents out there, just for fun here–which of our players would I keep if I were GM? Al Jefferson – Last year: $15 million If I were GM: Al has a lot of...

Could Karl Malone Play in the NBA at Age 49?

What would it be like if Karl Malone suddenly uttered, in the third person language he so often uses, “Karl Malone is coming back to basketball”? As all Jazz fans know by now, Karl Malone was recently hired as a part-time...

Building a Finals Team

Much is made about how Miami bought built their “Big 3” that now has 2 titles and will make a run at a third in 4 years. Not so long ago, though, the Jazz had their own Finals team. Let’s take a walk down memory...

The Backup: The Most Popular Player on the Team

There’s a phenomenon that occurs with almost every fan base, especially the ones that aren’t winning all the time. As fans, we want results, and we want them now. We lack patience. So when losses start stacking up quicker...

A Point-less Jazz Draft is Possible

For reasons that make complete sense, everybody expects the Jazz to come away from next Thursday’s NBA Draft with a point guard. Good luck finding a mock draft that doesn’t land a PG in either the 14th or 21st...

Jazz Quietly Winning the Off-season

A few weeks ago, assistant coach and Utah Jazz legend Jeff Hornacek left the team for the Phoenix Suns coaching gig. That was a bittersweet day for most fans, as few are as adored as Horny was/is. We were sad to see a beloved...