Position-by-Position Analysis of the Utah Jazz

The great question every time the NBA draft rolls around is whether to draft the best player available or the player that fulfills the biggest need? Most teams today follow the Best Player Available philosophy, a direct result of...

Morning After Drill: Dreaming Up – The 2011 NBA Draft Lottery

I think we’ve all come to terms with the overall “meh” that is this 2011 NBA draft. It’s a two horse race, and the rest of the field is full of GM landmines. I mean, we have a Turkish player that...

Getting ready for the draft lottery

In the past 25 years have the Jazz had a more important draft than the 2011 draft? There was the 2004 draft with 3 first round picks that ended up being Kris Humphries (right before Al Jefferson), Kirk Snyder (right before Josh...

Off-Season Decisions for the Utah Jazz – Part 2 of 4

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Off-season Decisions for the Utah Jazz – Part 1 of 4

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SCH Podcast – Kurt Kragthorpe

The illustrious Kurt Kragthorpe of the Salt Lake Tribune was nice enough to join us on the Salt City Hoops podcast last night. Kurt is a man who needs no introduction among Jazz fans and has been covering Utah sports since the...

Reconstructive Jazz

A lot has gone wrong during this season.  You know that old joke you would tell your friends before every Jazz season?  The one about how there are 3 things in life that will never change? Death, Taxes, and Jerry Sloan?...

I’d Rather Be a Loser than a Hostage

Last July the Jazz’ wild 2010-11 season unofficially began when Portland offered undrafted rookie Wes...

Vegas Preseason Win Total Summary: Let’s hope you didn’t bet on the Jazz

The 2010-2011 regular season is over, and out of curiosity I wanted to quantify this season’s biggest pleasant surprises and disappointments. In order to set a proper benchmark, I looked at the preseason over/under win...

Jazz Games of the Year

The fact that this year has been a bad year for Jazz fans should be undisputed. The team came into the year with an All-Star point guard, a Hall of Fame coach and postseason aspirations (this writer predicted 50 wins). The year...