Projecting Gobert’s Production Into His New Deal

All-Star center Rudy Gobert is 28 years old. He will be 33 in the final year of the contract extension he just signed to remain with the Utah Jazz. As various pundits have reacted to Utah’s decision to extend him for a...

The Price of Advantage Basketball

When the Utah Jazz stumbled out of the gate to an umimpressive 2-2 start to the season, one of the prevailing early-season narratives was the notion of “effort” (or lack thereof) at its core. Let’s explore that...

Salt City Seven: The D is Returning, Sticking With Conley & 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...

Who Will Be the Jazz’s Third Best Player This Season?

It is no secret which Utah Jazz players are the most important to the team’s future and success on the basketball court. Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell are All-Stars who were just rewarded with massive contract extensions...

Early Season Lineups Contain Few Surprises

Five games into the season, the Jazz have experienced the entire spectrum of basketball possibilities, from scorching the nets against the Blazers in the opener to a disappointing home loss to the pesky Timberwolves, and...

Salt City Seven: Conley’s Calming Presence, Starter Shooting Woes & 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...

Threading the Needle: The Jazz’s 2020-21 Jersey Lineup

Welcome to the very first installment of Threading the Needle! Whether you have followed me on Twitter or just discovered the JazzUniTracker here on Salt City Hoops, I sincerely appreciate the interest. I’m excited at the...

Reader Q&A as Jazz Secure Their Core With Extensions For Their All-Stars

Rudy Gobert joined fellow Jazz All-Star Donovan Mitchell on Sunday in committing to a long-term future in Utah. Gobert and the Jazz agreed to a 5-year contract extension that will pay him $205 million in total salary starting in...

Utah’s Unique Superstar: On Gobert’s Greatness, Continued Growth and Possible Extension

All-NBA center Rudy Gobert might be the league’s most misunderstood superstar. He also might be on the verge of being obscenely rich, which makes this a good time to try to suss out just how much impact he has on winning....

Rebuttal to Hollinger’s Blasting of the “All-in-er” Jazz

John Hollinger is a really smart guy. The University of Virginia grad (good school!) is a basketball analytics pioneer, renowned inventor of Player Efficiency Rating (PER), a MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference mainstay, and...