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Utah Jazz: Ranking the Best Players by Position in Team History -
Utah Jazz: Are They Just Good Enough To Get Swept In Round 1 Of 2012-13 Playoffs? -
NBA: Ranking the 10 Worst Shooting Guards in the NBA -
Utah Jazz: OffSeason Blueprint -
Atlanta Hawks: What Happened to Devin Harris? -
NBA: One Player Each Team Can’t Do Without -
Utah Jazz: Where Do They Currently Stand in the Western Conference?
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Utah Jazz: Why They’ll Be The Odd Team Out In The West
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2013 NBA Trade Deadline: Breaking Down Trade Scenarios For Al Jefferson and Paul Millsap
Utah Jazz: Ranking the Best Players by Position in Team History
The Utah Jazz began in 1974 as the New Orleans Jazz and struggled through five seasons in the Big Easy before moving to Salt Lake City and rebranding themselves as the Utah Jazz—an incongruous nickname if ever there was one—in 1979. The franchise was officially launched on March 7, 1974, when founding owner Sam Battisone paid the $6.15 million expansion fee. In their 39 years in New Orleans and Salt Lake City, the Jazz have reached the NBA Finals twice, back-to-back appearances in 1997 and 1998 that resulted in losses to Michael Jordan’s...
read moreUtah Jazz: Are They Just Good Enough To Get Swept In Round 1 Of 2012-13 Playoffs?
The Utah Jazz have just two games left in the season and trail the Los Angeles Lakers by a game in the race for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. Those two games are both on the road—Monday, April 15, at the Minnesota Timberwolves and Wednesday, April 17, at the Memphis Grizzlies. That’s not good news for the Jazz, who own the worst road record of any of the remaining Western Conference playoff contenders at 12-27. So the question could be: Are the Jazz just good enough to get swept in Round 1 of the 2012-13...
read moreNBA: Ranking the 10 Worst Shooting Guards in the NBA
Today teams in the NBA are constructed carefully and tactfully. Ranking the best shooting guards in the league is no easy task. Some of these players are not full-time starters and are filling in due to injuries. Other teams have great point guards and do not need a backcourt partner next to them that is better than average. Without further ado, these are the 1o worst starting shooting guards in the NBA today. 10. Rodney Stuckey, Detroit Pistons On Wednesday, April 10, the Pistons were without Jose Calderon. They made do and actually won the...
read moreUtah Jazz: OffSeason Blueprint
The Utah Jazz are currently battling with the Los Angeles Lakers and to a lesser extent, the Dallas Mavericks, for the eighth and final Western Conference playoff spot. If they do manage to wrap up the eighth seed and shut the Lakers out, it would be a strong accomplishment. Unfortunately, it would also be a dead end; this team has almost zero chance of getting out of the first round. With that in mind, let’s take a look at some of the things this team could do to become legitimate contenders in the future. One of the biggest things the...
read moreAtlanta Hawks: What Happened to Devin Harris?
Playoff basketball is right around the corner. If there is anything recent playoff history has shown us, it is that stars win championships. Franchises looking to grow must gamble on young players and hope that they develop into stars. Teams such as the Oklahoma City Thunder have found great success using this method. Other teams are following suit, such as the young and promising New Orleans Hornets. Giving the reins to your franchise to a young player is always a gamble. Sometimes, those young potential stars never fulfill their potential....
read moreNBA: One Player Each Team Can’t Do Without
The phrase “franchise player” gets thrown around a lot. Teams usually have a player that encapsulates what the franchise is about. They help sell tickets, bring in new fans and most importantly — win games. Let’s look at one player each team in the NBA couldn’t manage without. Atlanta Hawks: Al Horford Al Horford is a very underrated player. A very skilled big man, Horford doesn’t get the attention of frontcourt mate Josh Smith — perhaps due to J-Smoove’s dunks — but he is definitely more of an elite performer....
read moreUtah Jazz: Where Do They Currently Stand in the Western Conference?
Gordon Hayward is a good player, but he and the Jazz won’t be going far together. (Photo Credit: RMtip21, Flickr.com). When the Utah Jazz held onto Paul Millsap and Al Jefferson at the trade deadline last month, I was shocked. Why? Because the Jazz aren’t going to win the NBA Finals this year. The Oklahoma City Thunder, Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs are among an elite band of teams with realistic championship aspirations and that’s because they have stars. Having Millsap and Jefferson isn’t enough. The Heat have...
read moreUtah Jazz: Why They’ll Be The Odd Team Out In The West
If you haven’t noticed, the Los Angeles Lakers have been really, really good lately. They had marched back to .500 before their loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday, March 5, and are a mere 2.5 games out of the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. Based on how hot they’ve been lately, it feels inevitable that they will crack the postseason, despite many predicting doom for them as they struggled through the first half of the season. If the Lakers do make the playoffs, this means someone currently in the...
read moreUtah Jazz: Will Gordon Hayward reach All-Star Status?
The Utah Jazz have a young squad with plenty of upside. They also could lose two of their star players. Center Al Jefferson and power forward Paul Millsap could be gone after this season and head elsewhere. Both are unrestricted free agents. It seems unlikely that both will remain with the Jazz. Someone needs to step up if the event they leave for greener pastures. Can Gordon Hayward be that player? Will the swingman from Butler reach All-Star Status? Hayward entered the NBA as the ninth pick in the 2010 draft. Since then, Hayward has raised...
read more2013 NBA Trade Deadline: Breaking Down Trade Scenarios For Al Jefferson and Paul Millsap
While the Utah Jazz are on track to make the playoffs this year, it’s safe to say that the Jazz won’t be winning the NBA Finals this year. So, Utah is focused almost 100 percent on the future. The Feb. 21 NBA trade deadline is fast approaching. Every team has this date circled on their calendar because it could make or break their team, in the present and in the future. Lots of great players pack their bags and head elsewhere at the trade deadline and two of the best Jazz players could be experiencing that feeling very soon. Al...
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