One Theory on Utah’s Struggles: Not Enough Fun

It is no secret that the Utah Jazz have gotten off to a slower start than many in Utah and around the league had anticipated. Beyond that, it’s more than just the 9-12 season record that have fans frustrated; it’s the way the...

Pacers Crush Deflated Jazz 121 to 88

Story of the GameThe Indiana Pacers’s 121 to 88 thumping of the Utah Jazz provided a clear profile on Utah’s struggling offense. After a season-high 133 points scored in a desperately needed win in Sacramento,...

Salt City Seven: Fixing the Jazz, Favors and Rubio Sneaking Up, and More

The Salt City Seven drops every Monday throughout the regular season, with seven regular features meant to relive the week in Jazzland from various angles. Check in every Monday for the quotes, stats, plays and performances that...

Salt City Seven: Process vs. Results, Up-and-Down Jazz, Budgeting Wins & More

The Salt City Seven drops every Monday throughout the regular season, with seven regular features meant to relive the week in Jazzland from various angles. Check in every Monday for the quotes, stats, plays and performances that...

Intensity is the Key on Utah’s Upcoming 5-Game Trip

 The Jazz have a slew of tough opponents slated for the rest of their five-game road trip. It did start with a bang in a thrilling slugfest between two Western Conference heavyweights. Okay, not really. It was a terrible...

Salt City Seven: Crowder & the Jazz Get Going, Gobert’s Back, Road Stretch Looms & More

The Salt City Seven drops every Monday throughout the regular season, with seven regular features meant to relive the week in Jazzland from various angles. Check in every Monday for the quotes, stats, plays and performances that...

Could Patience Be Virtuous for the Jazz Two Years in a Row?

Last year’s Jazz started the season 16-24 and were surrounded by questions about the makeup of the roster. The Ricky Rubio experiment was off to a terrible start half a season in and The Salt Lake Tribune’s Kurt Kragthorpe...

Q&A: Fans Already Wondering about Trades & Free Agency

With no games on the Saturday or Sunday, it seemed like a good opportunity for a Salt City Hoops Q&A. To my surprise, only one question came in about the team as presently constituted. The rest focused on potential future...

Writer Panel: Jazz Nation Prepares for a Reunion With Hayward

Gordon Hayward arrived in Utah in 2010 a promising, wiry 20-year-old and grew into an NBA All-Star by the time he left the team as a free agent in 2017. On Friday, he will play his first game ever against the team that drafted...

The Broken Promise of Patience: Jazz Fans’ Belief in Hayward Goes Way Back

In the winter of 2004, Gordon Hayward was attending middle school in Brownsburg, Indiana, and Tom Gugliotta was an overpaid former All-Star languishing in a low-minute bench role for the Phoenix Suns. Those two facts, seemingly...