Who’s Been Naughty or Nice Ahead of Utah’s Christmas Day Game?

In the song Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Santa keeps tabs on who’s naughty or nice — always watching, always taking notes. A bit creepy, really. But to be honest, not too different from those who write about the NBA. We...

Setting Floors and Raising Ceilings: On Utah’s Star Duo

The Jazz have been a consistently good team since the 2016-17 season, with a .633 winning percentage that is the best in the NBA over that six-season span.  When that stretch started, Gordon Hayward was about to make his first...

Salt City Seven: Common Bugaboos Resurface, Ainge Hired, COVID Watch & More

Every Monday during the regular season, the week here at SCH begins with the Salt City Seven: seven regular features that let us relive the biggest moments, key performances and hot issues in Jazzland from various angles. Check...

Live Postgame Show: Jazz 124, Clippers 103

After select Jazz games this season, we’ll be hanging out in our new series of live postgame shows. Come join us, beverage or bedtime snack in hand, as we react to the game together.Minutes after the final buzzer of the...

Trade Talk: Exploring Jazz targets as trade season launches

Trade season is upon us. The league has been in a holding pattern for deals since many recent signees couldn’t be traded until today, but 84% of the league became trade eligible.Recent mid-season trades by the Jazz have...

Do the Jazz need to make a deal to win? Trade questions answered

Starting Wednesday, the Utah Jazz and their 29 NBA peers have a lot more freedom to construct roster-reshaping deals.Many around the league consider Dec. 15 the de facto start of the trade season, because it’s when trade...

Salt City Seven: Rim Wreckers, 5-on-5 Defense, Mitchell on Fire & More

Every Monday during the regular season, the week here at SCH begins with the Salt City Seven: seven regular features that let us relive the biggest moments, key performances and hot issues in Jazzland from various angles. Check...

Are the Utah Jazz on their way to the best offensive season ever?

Conley and the Jazz could execute their way to league history (Tony Dejak via sltrib.com).The Jazz own the NBA’s best offense this season, and it’s not close. At the start of this week, they were three full points better than...

Salt City Seven: Stars Being Stars, Small-Ball, Spida’s Passing & More

Every Monday during the regular season, the week here at SCH begins with the Salt City Seven: seven regular features that let us relive the biggest moments, key performances and hot issues in Jazzland from various angles. Check...

Experimental Jazz Unleash Gobert, Seek Versatility (Film Study)

One interesting bit of context around the Utah Jazz’s performance so far is the noticeable effort to operate with a bit more defensive versatility.They are 15-7, with the league’s top offense by a mile and the second...