Roster Cuts Loom: 3 without D or D without 3?

The Jazz face the task of shaving their roster down before the regular season starts next week. Across the NBA, teams are cutting players from their training camp rosters, as the Jazz did with Trevon Blueitt over the weekend, and...

Counting Wings

The versatile, multi-positional 3-and-D wing is one of the most sought after positional archetypes in the NBA. When Kawhi Leonard and Paul George joined the Clippers, they became instant contenders because both players come close...

Playing With D.O.N.: Reviews of Mitchell’s Issue #1 On the Court

Donovan Mitchell’s signature shoe is a tough product to find. It has been selling out in stores across the country, no doubt the combined result of the Jazz guard’s burgeoning stardom and the popularity of the Marvel...

Staff Post: Preseason Storylines, Encouraging Quotes, Surviving Summer

Once again, Salt City Hoops’ writers are keeping a watchful eye on all things Jazz as the season creeps nearer. And in this latest group post installment, they distill all the biggest narratives as the Jazz have now...

Choosing to Believe

Before Manu Ginobili was a franchise icon, a four-time NBA champion and a surefire Hall of Famer, he was a nervous  youngster wondering if he belonged in the world’s best basketball league. And even on the April evening...

Team USA Summer Foreshadows a New Complexity for Mitchell

Donovan Mitchell is in a great place. Let’s just get that out of the way first. He’s fine.Yes, you heard some of the same specious narratives surface about Mitchell after his experience with USA Basketball this...

Injury-Resistant Jazz? Surviving Through Bumps & Bruises With Versatile Depth

The Jazz are going to be good. That much we have pretty well estbalished after their splashy offseason acquisitions.But an underdiscussed element of the club’s roster-building success is the number of guys on the team with...

ROY Redo: Could Mitchell and Simmons Compete For Hardware Again?

After competing head-to-head for Rookie of the Year honors in 2018, could Donovan Mitchell and Ben Simmons face off in this year’s MVP race? As dark horse MVP candidates go, it’s a scenario I could see happening.First, I...

FINAL UPDATE 9/15 – FIBA Tracker: Jazz’s Best on Display in China

With a roster that features the global diversity of a United Nations subcommittee, there’s always a decent chance that someone in the Utah Jazz’s employ can be found in some international tournament somewhere. This...

No RoCo: Why the Jazz Won’t Be Major Trade Players For Now

NBA news slows to a trickle in August, the quietest point of the year for the league. There are still nearly two months before opening night for the NBA and the eyes of the basketball world have turned to the FIBA World Cup,...