Royce O’Neale: The Strong Competitor & Fierce Role Player

It goes without saying that the Utah Jazz’s two best players are Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell. Mitchell handles a lot of the offensive creativity and production, while Gobert takes care of things on defense with his...

Center Stage: Deciding Factors As Gobert’s Jazz and Jokic’s Nuggets Collide

At the center of the playoff series that opens Monday between the Utah Jazz and Denver Nuggets is one of the most intriguing individual matchups in the NBA. Rudy Gobert and Nikola Jokic bring very different strengths to the NBA...

Jazz Thoughts After Season Finale Victory

The final regular season game for the 2019-2020 Utah Jazz was as anticlimactic as the last two seasons’ Defensive Player of the Year voting. There was little suspense as the load managing Jazz nonchalantly defeated an...

Playoff Seeding Begins to Solidify as Jazz Lose to The Mavericks

The Utah Jazz lose to the Mavericks and all is right in the world … for now. If playoff seeding wasn’t on your mind already, it is now. Are we really rooting for the Jazz to lose just to avoid a matchup in the playoffs?...

Salt City Seven: Playoff Jockeying, Clutch Mitchell, The End is Nigh & More

Every week during the regular season 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. We put the SC7 on pause along...

Mission Accomplished: Jazz Drop Game for Playoff Positioning, Buy Their Young Guys Court Time

The Jazz had the first game of Friday’s bubble slate, an 11:00 AM MDT tip on Friday against the Spurs, so the club released its public injury report on Thursday afternoon:Jazz Injury Report:Mike Conley – OUT (right knee...

Ingles’ Breakout Performance Leads Utah Past Memphis

The NBA Restart has been anything but magical for the Utah Jazz, as they were 1-2 in their first three games back from the league’s long hiatus. The Jazz have struggled offensively as they ranked No. 20 out of 22 bubble...

Can Zone Defense Help Utah Get in the Zone for the Playoffs?

At times during the Utah Jazz’s three games in the NBA Restart, a player has appeared to be guarding an empty spot on the floor. For example, during the fourth quarter of their matchup against the Oklahoma City Thunder last...

Salt City Seven: Basketball in a Crazy World, Playoff Picture, Patient Conley & More

Every week during the regular season 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. We put the SC7 on pause along...

Jazz Basketball Is Back

Rudy Gobert’s Poetic NightOn March 11 the Utah Jazz and Oklahoma City Thunder had taken the court at Chesapeake Energy Arena and the opening tipoff was seconds away when the Thunder’s head medical staffer, Donnie...