Utah Jazz Preview 2010-2011

In conjunction with the good folks over at Celtics Blog and 70 other NBA blogs, enjoy the following recap of off-season moves and story-lines to follow as the new season kicks off: Team Name:  Utah Jazz Last Year’s Record:...

The New D-league Ball

— I’m digging the design on the new ball the D-League will use this year. I’m still not a fan of the weird synthetic material that makes it seem like it cost $10 at K-Mart, but at least it looks good from a...

Preseason Game C: Jazz 105 – Suns 100: Othyus Jeffers doin’ work

— By Fareed Taghvaee Special to Salt City Hoops Follow @tag_fareed Despite a late rally by the Phoenix Suns, the Utah Jazz held on in Arizona to beat the Phoenix Suns 105-100 in preseason action. The Jazz were paced by Al...

Utah at Phoenix: Things To Watch For

Coming off a 109-100 victory in Portland against the Trailblazers the Jazz travel to Phoenix as part of a back to back with another Western Conference foe.  While the final scores in preseasons games have little to no meaning in...

Preseason Game B: Jazz 109 – Blazers 100: Big Fes has a big time game in Jazz win

By Fareed Taghvaee Special to Salt City Hoops Follow @tag_fareed — After an impressive home debut, the Jazz and Blazers went at it again, this time in Portland.  Much like Thursday’s game against the same team, the...

Utah at Portland: Things To Watch For

Coming off a 100-96 victory against the Portland Trailblazers the Jazz travel to Portland to once again face their division foe.  While the final scores in preseasons games have little to no meaning in the regular season, the...

Preseason Game A: Jazz 100 – Blazers 96

It’s early October but if you squinted your eyes a bit it almost looked like the regular season was in full swing. And if the regular season brings more Dikembe-finger-wagging from Kyrylo Fesenko and entertaining finishes...

Jazz 2010-2011 Season Forecast – Steady With Sloan

My unsolicited advice for those readers with a large ego is to become a forecaster. I am confident that the size of your ego will dramatically decrease when you see just how difficult it is to forecast. The reason I can write...

Retire Matt Harpring’s Number

by Jefferson W. Boswell If you didn’t look close, you might have missed it.  Something was different Saturday night with Sundiata Gaines, he of Cavalier-Killer, Green-Team, Buzzer-Beater fame, when the Utah Jazz held their...

Boozer to Miss Eight Weeks with Hand Injury

Carlos Boozer has broken his right hand and will require surgery. The team announced that he is expected to be out for 8 weeks (anticipated return: early December). Boozer broke the fifth metacarpal bone in his hand (on his day...