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A leading candidate for the Defensive Player of the Year award, Warriors All-Star Draymond Green is an elite defender. Green is also an excellent rim protector despite his short stature for a big man. But against the Jazz in Game 4 on Monday, Green’s defense couldn’t stop Utah big man Derrick Favors. In a sequence […]

The Utah Jazz already have a tall order ahead of them as they try to win against the top seeded Golden State Warriors in their Western Conference Semifinals matchup. If only having one day to prepare for Game 1 wasn’t enough, the Salt Lake City team received more bad news ahead of the first game of the […]

For Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert, returning to the starting lineup can’t come soon enough after suffering a hyperextended knee and bone bruise in Saturday’s matchup against the Los Angeles Clippers. An MRI later revealed Gobert didn’t tear any major ligaments, but that doesn’t mean he’s out of the woods just yet. The Jazz will remain short-handed […]

The Utah Jazz will be short three starters on Tuesday against the Portland Trail Blazers, with Rodney Hood and Derrick Favors sidelined with knee injuries, while point guards George Hill and Raul Neto nurse groin injuries, according to ESPN’s Tim MacMahon. The timing couldn’t be worse for the Jazz as they try to hold on […]

The Utah Jazz will have their prized big man Derrick Favors back on the court on Wednesday against the Oklahoma City Thunder, according to Tim MacMahon of ESPN. Favors is slated to play limited minutes upon return from a bone bruise in his right knee which cost him the last 13 games. The 6-foot-10 power forward […]

The Utah Jazz had been aggressive during the summer signing free agents and acquiring veterans to solidify their roster. They aren’t out of cap money yet either, but they do have to make a tough decision. The team has to make a decision on whether they should extend point guard George Hill or big man Derrick Favors. […]

The hapless Utah Jazz will have bodies out of the rotation yet again, as point guard George Hill (sprained right thumb) and power forward Derrick Favors (left knee bone contusion) will be out of the lineup against the Chicago Bulls on Thursday, according to ESPN’s Tim MacMahon. Luckily enough, shooting guard Rodney Hood will come […]

The Utah Jazz received some bad news after finding out that their power forward, Derrick Favors, will miss their game on Thursday against the Chicago Bulls and possibly a few more after that. The 25-year-old Georgia Tech product has been suffering from knee soreness that has given him a lot of discomfort over the past weeks. […]

Updating a previous report, the Utah Jazz will be without their starting backcourt of George Hill and Rodney Hood tonight vs. the Memphis Grizzlies, according to ESPN’s Tim MacMahon. Hill is sitting his fifth straight game due to a thumb injury despite being a participant in practice earlier today. Hood has been battling a nasty cold and […]

The Utah Jazz have a series of players in danger of missing Monday’s game against the Memphis Grizzlies, according to a report by Tim MacMahon of ESPN. Rodney Hood, one of only two starters to have played every game this season, is questionable to play due to a nasty cold, which he’s battled through during the […]

Utah Jazz fans have five reasons to be excited as their team’s whole starting lineup cracked the Sports Illustrated Top 100 NBA players of 2017 rankings. Without further ado, let’s see what Sports Illustrated’s Ben Golliver and Rob Mahoney had to say about the teammates. No. 85: Rodney Hood (SG) “In Year Two, Rodney Hood completely flipped […]

Derrick Rose’s offseason has seen him with his hands full with both on and off the court news. The former MVP’s trade to the New York Knicks created serious buzz league-wide, but his other headline grabber, which is non-basketball related, also put him a more concerning situation. This involves the case filed against Rose by […]

The Utah Jazz have managed to remain competitive while collecting assets over the last three years. They also signed and acquired a few veteran players this summer to help balance the roster between young players and experienced veterans. However, there is a problem looming in the near future for the Jazz. The team will soon […]

Utah Jazz forward Derrick Favors has done something many professional wrestlers can’t claim — he’s finally seen John Cena. Favors met the 15-time world champion on Friday at a booth at the Salt Lake City Comic Con. .@dfavors14 meet @JohnCena #SLComicCon #YouCantSeeMe 👋🏻 pic.twitter.com/k0a3tZCugl — Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) September 2, 2016 If the height difference was […]

Utah Jazz forward Derrick Favors is putting in work this offseason. After the myriad of injuries that plagued the team last season, Utah fell short of the final playoff spot — finishing behind the eight-seeded Houston Rockets. Favors, who missed roughly a month with a back injury, struggled to regain his groove and the consistency […]

The Utah Jazz stayed out of the fray. They weren’t chasing Kevin Durant in the Hamptons, and they weren’t trying to negotiate a last minute deal with Dwyane Wade. What they did do was improve their roster through a series of quiet trades and signings the past few days, elevating them right into the Western […]