Jazz Draft Watch Part III: Wings on the Run

In the past few weeks I’ve previewed potential draft picks for the Jazz from among the bigs and the guards in this draft class. With a just under a week to go before draft night, reports from Jazz insiders lead me to...

Previewing the Utah Jazz’s Decisions in an Abbreviated Off-Season

The NBA and its players agreed to start the 2020-21 season on December 22, which means that basketball news will ramp up over the remaining few weeks. Just in the next few weeks, the NBA will hold its annual college draft...

How a Cap Maneuver Could Drop Conley’s 2020-21 Price, Extend His Stay in Utah

On the surface, Jazz guard Mike Conley has one of the easiest decisions anybody will make during this weird NBA offseason. Because of the deal he originally signed in Memphis before being traded to the Jazz in 2019, he has the...

Clutch Stops Highlight Gobert’s Incredibly Underrated Season

If a game-saving block was considered as exciting or valuable as a game-winning shot, Rudy Gobert’s 2019-20 season would go down as one of the greatest seasons of all time. However, just like his entire career, the All-NBA...

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...