Utah Jazz

Schedule Spotlight: October a Season-Determining Start?

State of the Jazz The NBA’s 82-game regular season is a marathon. But in the West, competition is so intense that teams who aspire to reach the playoffs will need to sprint out of the gate. Utah’s ability to do that...

Jimbo’s Mailbag – Prepping for a Gobert Statue

  Q: Umm… Dante Exum? @Mikeyvp I know…and I don’t get it. What does this kid have to do to get a full season of good basketball under his belt? Dude had been ballin’ (that’s how the teens say,...

What Exum’s Injury Means to Him, His Future, the Jazz

Right up until the moment when 230 pounds of shooting guard landed right on top of him, Dante Exum was having a terrific preseason. In fact, few Jazz players were playing as impressively relative to expectations and the...

Staff Scrimmage: Pecking Order of Jazz Player Value

The Salt City Hoops crew is back to answering the burning questions facing the Jazz this season. On Monday, five of our columnists and contributors kicked off the preseason by tackling topics such as the Jazz’s success and...

Staff Scrimmage: Jazz Predictions and Defining Success

Jazz basketball is back in mere hours, which makes it a good time to put a stake in the ground on some weighty issues. Welcome to the first “Staff Scrimmage” of the 2017 preseason, where five of our SCH contributors...

The Unlikely Transformation of Rodney Hood

Dennis Lindsey: “We believe Rodney Hood can be a primary scorer. It’s time for us to pivot, it’s time for us to move on.” — Andy Larsen (@andyblarsen) July 6, 2017 Following Gordon Hayward’s...

NBA Star Treatment Bias and Our Own Cognitive Biases

Benjamin Franklin once quipped, “In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” If dear old Ben were alive today he may have included a third certainly: death, taxes, and NBA fans complaining about...

A Look at Jazz Guard Nate Wolters

  The Utah Jazz have reportedly added an 18th player, with point guard Nate Wolters being the latest addition in what has been a busy off-season for the team. Tony Jones of the Salt Lake Tribune broke the news first. The...

Jimbo’s Mailbag – Arena Rumors and VERY Early Season Predictions

It’s not the offseason for our resident mailbag artist. Jimbo Rudding provides our regular dose of levity here at Salt City Hoops, and he does it by answering the burning questions to which Jazz fans just must have...

Globe Guide 2017: Where You Can Catch Jazz Players — OK, Player — in FIBA Competition

As we like to do around these parts to survive the dog days of summer, let’s talk FIBA. Usually the very international Jazz have a lot of basketball to follow as national teams go to work during the NBA offseason. And we...