A Jazz Era Ends as Smith Acquires Franchise From the Millers

In a heated 1985 meeting, playwright and investor Sydney Schlenker saw an opportunity to pounce. He had already offered then Utah Jazz owner Sam Battistone two payments of $9 million to take over the club over a two-year period...

Jazz Draft Watch Part II: The Guards Rise

 With the 2020 NBA Finals officially in the rearview mirror, the next event on the NBA calendar is the 2020 NBA Draft: set to take place on November 18. Leading up to draft night, I’ll be running through a few players...

Jazz Draft Watch Part I: Can Utah Strike Gold With Another Non-Lotto Big?

With the NBA Finals potentially ending tonight, we are fast approaching the offseason and one of my favorite times of the year: NBA Draft Season. As with so much in 2020, this draft will be different, and not only because it is...

Conley’s Uneven Season Ended With a Strong Showing In the Bubble

Following the 2019 Playoffs, the Utah Jazz had to take a hard look in the mirror. For the second straight season they’d been dominated by the Houston Rockets 4-1 and entered the offseason prematurely. Clearly their current...

Drawing Answers From the Jazz’s Bubble Experience

Ever since the Utah Jazz’s Game 7 heartbreak concluded their fun, competitive series against the Denver Nuggets, the club and its fans are now in forward-looking mode, trying to learn fro m the early exit and answer...

Jazz by the Numbers, Part 2

Welcome to Part 2 of Jazz by the Numbers, where we take a stroll down memory lane to recognize the best players to wear each uniform number for the Jazz. Earlier this summer we covered 00 through 24 and today we continue on, from...

Offseason Q&A: Gobert Extension, Prioritizing Exceptions, the Favors Option & More

The coming Utah Jazz offseason might be a more straightforward one than last summer, due to a more restrictive set of resources. But as the sheer volume of reader questions indicates, that doesn’t mean there aren’t...

Offseason Targets Part II: Big Wings Who Can Defend, Shoot

The Utah Jazz are still trying to break into the contender class, and as we’ve been saying, they’re not that far off. With a couple of superstar-level guys at the top of the roster and a handful of complementary...

Offseason Targets Part I: Finding A Paint-Protecting, Rim-Finishing Big

As we outlined following Utah’s season-ending playoff loss, the Jazz aren’t that far off from being serious contenders. Already an All-Star heading into this postseason, Donovan Mitchell took a major leap towards...

Staff Scrimmage: Bubble Burst in Game 7 & Where the Jazz Go From Here

After a history-making, highly entertaining 7-game series against the Denver Nuggets, the Utah Jazz’s season is over. A 78-80 loss on Tuesday night in the series decider game ended the Jazz’s experience in the NBA...