Salt City Seven 2016-17 Archive

Melissa Majchrzak via utahjazz.com

Since the start of the 2015-16 season, the Salt City Seven has been our weekly, multi-faceted way of catching up on all things Jazz through a number of different lenses.

I occasionally get asked if there’s a page with, for example, all of the “Playbook” plays in one place. I do link the entire season archive in every post, but some readers want a quicker way of flipping back through past sections to find something.

To those readers, here’s a SC7 archive for the most prominent sections.

Archive by section

Playbook (breaking down the X&O behind a Jazz play)

• What we’ll see in Jazz-Clips (Spain P&R, floppy, pistol)
• Jazz run some pistol! (Rudy DHO screen roll dunk)
• 1-3 for a Hood curl from baseline
• Stagger to side elevator doors (Ingles 3)
• Simultaneous flare & roll (Gobert dunk)
• Off-ball post split (Hayward 3)
• Diagnosing why Jazz offense stalls
• Favors slipping the pick for open looks
• FT line tight 3-man pick (Gobert alley-oop)
• Horns to stagger to double flare (Hill 3)
• Hayward & Gobert playing off each other
• Hammer action for Hill corner 3
• Big-to-big passing out of P&R read (Fav dunk)
• Hayward transition buckets in win vs. Cavs
• Finding ways to space with Gobert-Favors
• Pindown screen-the-screener (Ingles GW 3)
• Quick-hitting stagger & roll w/ backscreen (Favors layup)
• Jingles open on weakside reversal
• Ode to role players: Johnson “snake” + Diaw & Ingles connect on alley-oop
• Rudy rolls with relay pass from wing
• Using defensive overplays against them
• Side stagger for Hayward dunk
• Fake horns, then side ice counter (Rudy dunk)
• ATO SLOB with misdirection (Hill 3)
• Horns, adjusting to a trap (Johnson 3)

Big story (a bit of a deeper look at an important storyline from the week):

• Stealing one in LA
• The math on picking opponents based on season series
• Joe solving the Jazz’s power forward crisis
• Preview of Clippers-Jazz
• Debunking a fear of the Clippers
• Another leap for Gobert
• Gordon Hayward, Swiss Army Star
• Pros and cons of rotation options coming out of ASB
• Honest Quin talks mental toughness
• Improved PG play
• Trade tiers ahead of deadline
• Favors still not closing games
• Jazz clutch success
• The suddenly dispensable Joe Ingles
• Getting Favors right
• Schedule turning as 2017 hits
• Momentum shifts after pair of losses
• Jazz getting healthier
• Jazz vs. good/bad teams
• Exum to the bench
• Schedule paying the Jazz back after tough start
• Favors aching
• Using Favors and Gobert together
• Hayward’s returning coming
• Injuries forcing guys into different roles

Quotable (inside perspective, usually on another prominent storyline):

• Gobert on his pitch to Hayward
• Snyder on surviving injuries, Gobert/Hayward
• Rudy on effort
• Quin Snyder on seeking energy
• ESPN’s Windhorst & MacMahon on state & future of Jazz
• Snyder on role players stepping up
• Snyder on TOs, and why they don’t matter that much
• Hayward on his first All-Star experience
• Hayward milestones & All-Star accomplishment
• Favors on a mini-resurgence
• Snyder on the Jazz weathering injuries
• Gail Miller on the legacy of the Jazz in Utah
• Ingles on Hayward’s All-Star bid
• Hill on Hayward’s All-Star leap
• Snyder on PGs against the Jazz
• Snyder on injury onslaught
• Rudy Gobert on who the best center is
• Rudy on Jazz becoming elite
• Snyder on injuries
• Hayward on what Hill adds
• Snyder on having Hill back
• Hayward on a 4-1 trip
• Snyder on Hayward’s return making things easier for everybody
• Gobert on extension
• Snyder on reintegrating Favors

Just for Fun:

• 274 sad souls (and counting)
• Utah’s Favorite Fighting Frenchman
• Jerry Sloan statue ideas
• ’97 Reunion / Stockton recreates the shot
• Rudy breaking old lady hearts
• Gobert nominates Raul Neto for DPOY
• The 5 best SC-worthy plays from the week
• Rudy, trolling the All-Star game from afar
• Exum throwing down
• The “winning bucket” from every Jazz victory
• Hayward officially an All-Star
• Exum & Lyles selected for Rising Stars Challenge
• Kanga-Ruthless, the Joe Ingles rap
• Trivia around Favors’ block list
• Gobert on AS voting returns
• Merry Holidays
• Snyder .500 career record
• Hayward approaching top 10
• Game-sealing, career-high clinching Rudy dunk
• Best Rudy photo ever
• Turkey day
• Guess when Snyder hits .500 career
• Veteran’s Day
• Response to reader feedback about Rudy’s block list
• Rudy’s block list update

Other notable items:

Other regular sections of the SC7 include a By the Numbers capsule, Game Ball for Jazz wins, and a “road ahead” with upcoming games — which has recently been replaced by a playoff race tracker. Mostly those are pretty straight-forward sections, but occasionally there’s a stat or something I use to highlight another prominent narrative.

• The final injury chart for 2016-17
• 3-point defense as it relates to the DPOY race
• Hayward/Jazz on national TV
• New collective bargaining provisions
• Rudy becoming an elite P&R finisher
• Hayward becoming a consistent 20.0 guy

Full archive

• Oct 28
• Nov 6 / 11 / 17 / 24
• Dec 1 / 8 / 15 / 23 / 29
• Jan 5 / 12 / 19 / 26
• Feb 3 / 9 / 17 / 24
• Mar 3 / 10 / 16 / 23 / 30
• April 6 / 13
• A link to all 2015-16 posts