The Salt Lake Tribune

It could be the most important game of the season for the Utah Jazz. Or at least the most important game since Sunday night at the Portland Trail Blazers. The Houston Rockets visit Vivint Smart Home Arena on Tuesday night with control of the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference playoff race at stake, plus control of the tiebreaker between the two teams, should the Rockets come away with the win. That makes Tuesday night an extraordinarily important game for the Jazz. They have...

The current crop of NBA rookies looks to be a special one — between the Lakers’ D’Angelo Russell, Karl-Anthony Towns in Minnesota and Kristaps Porzingis making waves in New York City. In their “rookies deconstructed” series, VICE Sports took a crack at evaluating what the Utah Jazz’s rookie — bench celebration phenom and forward Trey Lyles — could become as he develops. The verdict? A cross between Detlef Schrempf, Michael Beasley and Jared Jeffries. Evaluating Lyles’ game, the article cites ...

On Friday morning, Gordon Hayward described a bit what it's like on the floor without Rodney Hood. This is what happens when the Utah Jazz are down one of their main perimeter options. Hayward is easier to double team. His drives to the basket are easier for opponents to collapse on. Hayward finds spacing coming at much more of a premium. It's simply more difficult for Hayward when Hood doesn't play, which was the case on Wednesday night in a loss to the Golden State Warriors. "Rodney's one of o...

Gordon Hayward began celebrating his 26th birthday on Wednesday in as much style as is possible for an NBA player about to play his biggest game of the regular season. There was a brief shootaround. He was serenaded by the Utah Jazz rookies. Assistant coach Steven Schwartz penned a hip-hop verse in his honor. Besides that, there weren’t too many smiles and laughs coming from Hayward, the Jazz small forward. A win over the Houston Rockets is all he and anyone associated with the organization real...

Rodney Hood got everything he wanted in the first half of Monday night’s win over the Lakers. He got exactly what he wanted after the game was over, too. The Utah Jazz sharpshooter, who dropped 30 points on 11-of-13 shooting in a blowout win, made sure to track down his childhood idol, Kobe Bryant, and secure a precious memento after one of Hood’s best games as a pro. “I wanted a picture with him,” Hood said. “My whole family is Kobe fans, so I wanted them to get a picture. Just wanted to see hi...

Former Jazz assistant and executive Scott Layden is engaged in “serious talks” to become the next general manager of the Minnesota Timberwolves, Yahoo Sports reported Wednesday. The Wolves are trying to replace the late Flip Saunders and, according to Yahoo’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the team is looking toward former Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau to become the team’s new head coach and president of basketball operations, with Layden filling the role of general manager. Layden started his NBA career with ...

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