If there’s one thing that’s been consistent about the 2025-2026 Utah Jazz, it’s their inconsistent stretches of competent play. One could say that the Jazz are consistently inconsistent. After an embarrassing loss on Sunday to a dominant Houston Rockets team, the Utah Jazz returned home and edged out the Durant-led team and showed some striking […]
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Same time, same place—the Houston Rockets remain in Utah and are set to tussle with the Utah Jazz at the Delta Center. The Jazz were thoroughly outmatched last game, as every Jazz player finished the game with a negative +/- except Ace Bailey, who was +2. Kevin Durant scored 25 points on 14 shots in […]
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We are only 1 month into college basketball and have about 4 months left. There is a lot of college basketball and international basketball left to be played, but I wanted to put together a rough tier list/board of the top 10 just to see how it’s shaping up. At this time last year, my […]
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According to Marc Stein, the Utah Jazz are more likely to make a trade to build around Lauri Markkanen than they are to trade him. From Stein: Utah is one of those seven sub-.500 clubs in the West, but what you repeatedly hear about the Jazz on the NBA grapevine is that they long to […]
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The Utah Jazz had a rough outing against the Houston Rockets, losing 129-101. Let’s look at how the team did. Svi Mykhailiuk | B Mykhailiuk was solid in this one overall. Mykhailiuk, to me, is a puddy player, he can plug holes of scoring where needed, and tries on defense. If you’re expecting more than […]
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The Houston Rockets and the Utah Jazz are both full-fledged members of the National Basketball Association, believe it or not. As Houston frolicked across the Delta Center floor behind Alperen Sengun and Kevin Durant’s combined 52 points, the Utah Jazz fell behind quickly and decisively, essentially falling out of contention by the halftime buzzer. Our […]
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The Utah Jazz are hosting the Houston Rockets for some matinee Sunday basketball. This will be the first of a back-to-back mini-series between the Rockets and Jazz at the Delta Center. The Rockets roll into Salt Lake City with a record of 12-4, putting them third in the Western Conference Standings. Houston’s trade for Kevin […]
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In a showcase of terrible defense, the Sacramento Kings lost to our loveable and upstart Utah Jazz team tonight 119-128. This Sacramento team is going nowhere fast and clearly seem to be sellers…Demar Derozan, Zach Lavine, Domantas Sabonis, and probably anyone else not named Keegan Murray could or should find themselves with new jerseys by […]
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The Utah Jazz will take on the Sacramento Kings in a surprisingly important matchup. Utah and Sacramento are currently tied with 5 wins in the lottery standings and a loss tonight would be huge for both teams in positioning. Speaking of positioning, it’s something the Jazz should really consider worrying about. The Jazz owe their […]
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According to Jake Fischer, Jusuf Nurkic may be generating trade interest. From Fischer: Jusuf Nurkic, meanwhile, has performed well enough in Utah that he’s also expected to generate some interest from rival teams… Since Walker Kessler went down for the season, Nurkic has performed well. His ability to rebound, pass the ball, and shoot well […]
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Come one, and come all, as the NBA’s Great Tank Race is in full swing, now just one month into the regular season. Oh, and what a marvelous and festive occasion it is to gather as a community and celebrate our sport’s most prestigious and fiercely uncompetitive pastime: Losing basketball games at the highest rate […]
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Lackluster offense and bad rebounding define Utah’s loss against Golden State . Here are the grades from tonight. (Note on Grading Scale) All performances are relative. We won’t expect the same from Jusuf Nurkic as we do Lauri Markkanan. That said, if someone plays well, they get a good grade. If they play poorly, they […]
3 months ago | 2 reads
The Jazz were welcomed into the Warriors’ building losing four of their last four games, a majority of them coming off double-digit deficits. It was the back end of a back-to-back with their latest loss being a clutch-time heartbreak against the LA Lakers. Dubs came in this game missing three rotational players, including Draymond and […]
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The Utah Jazz just had of the most gut-wrenching losses of the season on Sunday against the Lakers. With one last chance to tie or take the lead, a Keyonte George fall after making contact with Marcus Smart blew the play up before it even started. It was the Jazz’s third loss in a row. […]
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In a heartbreaker for the Utah Jazz, the Los Angeles Lakers pulled off a close win in Salt Lake City, 108-106. The controversy at the end is the story of this one. On the final play of the game, Utah was trying to inbound the ball, and Keyonte George looked like he might have been […]
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Happy Thanksgiving week to all who remain thankful for the state of professional basketball in the Beehive State. Yes, the Utah Jazz are very bad, but not quite bad enough to compete with the embodiment of toxic sludge flowing across the depths of the NBA standings (still nine teams with five or fewer wins? That’s […]
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Today in NBA Trade Rumors! Lauri Markkanen trade rumor? Indeed! If there is one thing that’s clear this last offseason, it’s that the Detroit Pistons want Lauri Markkanen. We’ve seen what a potential trade could look like, something like Jaden Ivey, Ron Holland, and Tobias Harris plus picks, for Markkanen. What’s clear is that this […]
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The Utah Jazz ended up losing by a large margin to the Oklahoma City Thunder, 144-112. It was a tale of two halves for the Jazz, who looked like two different teams before and after halftime. The Jazz came out hot in the first half, hitting threes at an insane clip. No one was hotter […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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