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Jeff Withey, Quin Snyder Show Each Other’s Strengths

For Basketball Insiders, Utah-based writer Ben Dowsett wrote an extremely insightful article on Jazz center Jeff Withey, who came to Utah from...

Chris Johnson Is Seizing His Opportunity

At the end of the preseason, I wrote about all the players deep in Utah’s bench and predicted that Chris Johnson...

How the Sixers Nearly Beat the Raptors

If you were just looking at the scores from last weekend’s games, and saw that the Toronto Raptors dismissed the Philadelphia...

Takeaways From Masai Ujiri’s Interview With Adrian Wojnarowski

If you haven’t been listening to the new The Vertical podcast, hosted by Yahoo’s Adrian Wojnarowski, I definitely recommend that you do....

Rodney Hood is Winning With His Size

Because Rodney Hood fits in so well with the rest of the Utah Jazz roster — quiet, attention-deflecting — it’s rarely...

Cerebral Trey Lyles Will Figure it Out

A lot of NBA fans probably got their first look at Utah Jazz rookie Trey Lyles on Wednesday night, when Utah...

Upcoming Schedule Should Lift Jazz Up Standings

With Christmas Day come and gone, the Utah Jazz don’t appear to have taken tangible steps forward in their multi-year rebuilding...

Victor Oladipo Shows Why Bench Does Not Equal Demotion

For certain NBA players, being told that they getting moved from the starting lineup to the bench is received as well...

Blowout Loss to Cavaliers a Lesson in Ball Movement

The Orlando Magic’s colossal 111-76 home loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers was an interesting type of blowout: it felt like Cleveland never...

How the Jazz Shut Down Kristaps Porzingis

On Wednesday night, the Utah Jazz were nothing short of dominant in their 106-85 victory over the New York Knicks. As...

Scott Skiles Should Expand Orlando’s Rotation

Currently, there are 85 players in the NBA who are averaging more than 30 minutes per game, or a little more...

Trey Burke is Real Contender for Most Improved Player

For Trey Burke’s first two seasons with the Utah Jazz (2013-14 and 2014-15), his extremely inefficient performance left Salt Lake City...

Elfrid Payton Struggling To Pass Driver’s Ed

For the most part, Elfrid Payton’s NBA career is coming along just great. As an intelligent, defense-first point guard, Payton was...

Nikola Vucevic Had Been Playing Like an All-Star

A knee-to-knee collision against the Houston Rockets has sidelined Nikola Vucevic for the Orlando Magic’s last two games—victories against the Toronto Raptors...

Evan Fournier Starts Season as Magic’s Surprise Lead Scorer

Through the Orlando Magic’s first seven games, their team leader in scoring — by just a skosh over the rest of...

Raul Neto Proving to be Smart Fit With Jazz Starting Lineup

Near the start of the Utah Jazz preseason schedule, I wondered if Brazilian rookie Raul Neto would actually be a better...

Derrick Favors is Eating Stretch 4s for Breakfast

One reason that it’s been hard to leap fully aboard the Utah Jazz bandwagon is that the team essentially has two...

Jazz Establish Elite Defense on Early East Coast Trip

It’s tempting to say that the league’s schedule-makers have screwed the Utah Jazz over, seeing as the club is opening their...

Jazz Use Preseason to Crystallize Roster Spots

A few weeks ago, I gave a shot at predicting which end-of-roster players would survive the preseason and stick with the...

Alec Burks Emerges With New Fast-Break Focus

Even though the Utah Jazz are an exceptionally young team, their focus on defensive intensity led to the team finishing dead-last...