Utah Jazz

Donovan Mitchell Ready to Write a New Chapter for the Jazz

  This summer, Jazz fans endured an Independence Day full of plot twists and posturing to rival the 1996 blockbuster of the same name. While it wasn’t completely apocalyptic, the aftershock of “The...

Why This Season’s Jazz Will Be MORE Fun to Watch

Jazz fans should be giddy at the prospect of the upcoming NBA season, which may well provide the most pure fun the fanbase has had in a long, long time. To be clear: I am not saying this team will be better or win more this...

Favorable Returns? Jazz Can Benefit from a Big Man Resurgence

There are a lot of reasons to still believe in a version of the Utah Jazz without 2017 All-Star Gordon Hayward, and some of them have been chronicled nationally since the Jazz’s top scorer left via free agency. They still...

Hello Yellow: One Man’s Take on the Jazz’s Golden Get-Up

I’m here to advocate for the hated, the downtrodden and the much-maligned. Yes, I’m here for the yellow jerseys. As Nike gets set to enter its first year as the outfitter of NBA teams, the sportswear giant recently...

Jimbo’s Mailbag – Haywood Who?

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...

Jazz Add Three, Plus Trade Rumors

Dennis Lindsey is on a mid-July shopping spree. The Utah Jazz’s general manager struck deals with three free agents in a period of about 24 hours this week. It could be Lindsey’s way of rounding out a roster that...

Moving On: Hayward’s Out, Lindsey’s Back to Work

At 5:48 p.m. on Tuesday, Gordon Hayward created enough salt among the online Jazz community to line margarita glasses stretching from the Stockton and Malone statues to Fenway Park. After what appeared to be a premature leakage...

A Final Appeal: Open Letter to All-Star Free Agent Gordon Hayward

Gordon, On behalf of Salt City Hoops, as well as a broader community of Jazz writers, followers and fans, let’s start here: Thanks. Thank you for lifting the franchise back to relevance. Seven years ago, you joined a team...

Latest Hayward Chatter Creates a Conundrum

The advent of the free agency period is usually brings excitement. But this offseason, Jazz fans are experiencing more trepidation than anticipation, thanks to Jazzman (for now) Gordon Hayward’s free agency. Thursday afternoon...

Staff Scrimmage: Draft Reactions & What’s Next

How would you rate or grade the Jazz’s draft-night acquisition of Donovan Mitchell (No. 13) in exchange for No. 24 and Trey Lyles? Denim Millward: B+.  I like Mitchell, and more importantly I trust the opinion and scouting...