Our Team Is On The Floor
The Oklahoma City Thunder travel to Salt Lake City on Friday to take on the Utah Jazz in the NBA Cup, the league’s in-season tournament. For the Jazz, this is a must-win game, as they will be eliminated from moving on to the knockout rounds with a loss. So far, the Jazz have lost both […]
As of writing this article, the Utah Jazz are 10th in the lottery standings. As you probably know, the Jazz only keep their pick if they are in the top 8 of this draft. Yes, the Jazz schedule is rough, but this is an epic draft, and you can bet a lot of these teams […]
The Utah Jazz have had a surprising season compared to expectations. The team was slated to be at the bottom of the league, but has looked much better with some amazing seasons from Lauri Markkanen and Walker Kessler. The Jazz’s surprising season has come despite Walker Kessler having shoulder surgery after game 5, which will […]
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The overworked and draining game clock remained alight with eight seconds remaining. Knotted at 147 in the second leg of the overtime period, the Utah Jazz were one shot from reaching the 150 point mark for the second time in under a week — they just didn’t need double-overtime to crack that sum against Indiana. […]
The Utah Jazz couldn’t get it done against the Los Angeles Lakers, losing 140–125 in a game that had zero defense on either side and eventually turned into a long, slow unraveling for Utah. What made it frustrating was that the Jazz actually looked sharp early. The pace was ridiculous from the jump — both […]
It has been a confusing, yet entertaining first month of Jazz basketball to say the least. They had endured some of the worst blowouts ever to grace this franchise; however, the ‘WIN WIN WIN!’ voice in Ryan Smith’s head has also given way to some of the best competitive basketball the team has faced since […]
In case you missed it: Lauri Markkanen is really good at basketball. Against the Chicago Bulls on Sunday night, Markkanen might as well have worn a Finnish flag as a cape and called himself “Teräsmies,” — Finnish for Superman. After trailing at the start of the fourth quarter, Markkanen scored 12 points to push the […]
It’s been a while since we’ve even gotten a sniff of something from the trade rumor mill. We got a little bit of sniff (or maybe a crumb?) from Matt Moore today. From Moore, tucked in at the very end: Utah continues to stonewall all talks for Lauri Markkanen. If they move him, it will […]
Are the Utah Jazz making a play-in push? I don’t know, maybe, but in emotional and exciting battles like this one against the Chicago Bulls, it’s hard not to smile as Utah shreds its own lottery ticket. Defense? Never heard of her. How strange is it that we live in a world where basketball teams […]
The year is 1997. The Chicago Bulls have started the season 6-5. The Jazz have started the season 5-6. Both teams are off to a slow start and are playing below their expectations. Both teams will go on to finish 62-20 and meet in the NBA Finals. Today, the Chicago Bulls are 6-5. The Jazz […]
The Utah Jazz did everything they could last year to ensure a top-5 pick, and they were able to make it happen. They rested players strategically throughout the year to ensure they had the best possible odds of drafting a star. It worked when they were able to draft Ace Bailey. It wasn’t the conventional […]
The most juiced the Jazz have been on offense all season, but the Hawks were on steroids. Jazz crumble at home 122-132, falling susceptible to turnovers and giving up open threes to the Hawks’ hot-shooters. Johnson and Okongwu were a juggernaut that couldn’t be stopped. They gave up 24 ATL triples and committed 23 turnovers. […]
Coming off their best offensive performance of the season, the Utah Jazz will take on the Atlanta Hawks minus Trae Young. On top of missing their star guard, the Hawks will be playing on the back end of a back to back on the road. It’s a bit of a trap game for the Hawks […]
When digesting a season like the Utah Jazz are beginning to embark upon, it’s important to take the moments bite by bite, rather than in one giant mouthful. Utah will not win many games this year — that’s a given, and a point that’s been beaten to death at this point — and the remedy […]
The Jazz debuted their ‘City Edition’ jerseys tonight vs Indiana, a remix of their gradient uniforms during the early Donovan Mitchell days. After dropping their past 2 games against Minnesota, the Jazz were hungry. They couldn’t let a 1-9 Pacers team walk into their arena and walk away without a care in the world. And […]
The Utah Jazz, on the back end of a back-to-back, will take on the 1-9 Indiana Pacers in Salt Lake City. The Jazz come into this after two losses to the Minnesota Timberwolves. They’ve also lost 6 of their last 7 after starting the season 2-1. The Indiana Pacers are just 1-9, but do come […]
Svi Mykhailiuk | D+ Will Hardy’s favorite player struggled to hit shots in this one. He also didn’t defend particularly well, as evidenced by his team-worst -17. I don’t normally put too much credence into +/-, but when all of Jazz media points to it when it’s good, you have to also admit when it’s […]
The Jazz returned to the friendly confines of the Delta Center, playing host to the Minnesota Timberwolves, who thoroughly dispatched them their last meeting, 137-97. This one was more competitive, with the Jazz even holding a small halftime lead. However, in the third quarter the Jazz were reminiscent of J.R.R. Tolkien’s ancient dwarves of Khazad-dûm—they […]
The Utah Jazz endured the first date from hell with the Minnesota Timberwolves on November 8th. Julius Randle spoke with a mouth full of ribs and absent-mindedly wiped barbecue sauce on his shirt. Rudy Gobert spoke through just about every major moment of Top Gun: Maverick — in French, no less. Anthony Edwards shot Sprite […]
The Utah Jazz have come into this season with some promising players, but who is the one who is showing the most results? In our latest NBA Reacts, I wanted to see who Jazz fans think is their most improved player, and it’s clear that Jazz fans look at Keyonte George as that player. This […]
After starting the season 2-1, the Utah Jazz have not gone 1-5 since and are now at the bottom of the standings again with a 3-6 record. With Walker Kessler now out for the season, the Jazz’s center depth is seriously compromised. I’m not sure if that’s what they wanted, it’s not really clear what […]
It was a tough loss for the Utah Jazz, who played their toughest opponent this season, and things did not go well. Here are some player grades for this one. Svi Mykhailiuk | B The heart and soul of this Utah Jazz team. Some would say the most important player is driving the winning culture […]
Pretty sure I contracted some form of radiation poisoning with one look at the Wolves’ NBA Cup court. Turns out, it’s difficult to hit your shots when you’re playing on the surface of the sun. For 48 minutes, the Jazz were completely lost on the floor. Wolves blunder the Jazz 137-97, and Utah goes winless […]
It’s now four seasons since the Utah Jazz traded Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert, initiating the current team rebuild. The three seasons before this, Utah has made some interesting decisions. In the first two seasons, there was an obvious lack of a plan on how to move forward. With Lauri Markkanen having a breakout season, […]