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The Miami Heat have surfaced as the latest suitors for Utah Jazz forward Gordon Hayward, who is expected to opt out of his contract and seek a long-term deal. With a solid core within the starting lineup and plenty of cap space with $89.8 million in the books for next season, the Heat is reportedly worrying the […]

With free agency only a month away, the Utah Jazz will focus their efforts on retaining All-Star Gordon Hayward and extending him to a long-term deal. Many possibilities await him with teams like the Indiana Pacers and Boston Celtics considering his potential addition to their respective teams. According to Steve Kyler of Basketball Insiders, the […]

With the Utah Jazz‘s season now over, their players can now turn their focus on resting their tired bodies and making the most of their vacation. One of them is their veteran forward Boris Diaw, who has been hiking and sharing his experiences on his Instagram account. The 35-year-old French international is continuing to be […]

Coming off his best season in the NBA this year, it’s expected that Utah Jazz swingman Joe Ingles will generate a lot of interest from teams around the league. Despite his pedestrian averages of 7.1 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.2 steals per game, he provides his team hustle and the ability to defend […]

Joe Ingles will be on the free agent market this offseason after having the best season of his three-year career in the league — and while he’s made it clear that he would like to remain with the Utah Jazz, there are rumblings that teams would be willing to greatly reward him for signing elsewhere. “He […]

Although the Utah Jazz got swept in the second round of the playoffs, their season can still be considered a successful one as it was the first time they made the postseason in five years. One of their bright spots was veteran big man Derrick Favors, who had a decent campaign, with averages of 9.5 […]

Chandler Parsons‘ first season with the Memphis Grizzlies might have gotten cut short due to his nagging injuries, but his offseason social media run is just getting started. In an ad for PSD underwear, the 6-foot-10 forward posed with his shirt off in an Instagram post, urging fans to get his sponsored brand, also inviting […]

Gordon Hayward may not have been named to an All-NBA team, but he’s still one of the few franchise players in the association. Yet, that exclusion could end up playing a pivotal role in Hayward possibly leaving the franchise that drafted him. With the offseason nearing rapidly, Utah Jazz general manager Dennis Lindsey is franticly […]

The Defensive Player of the Year award this season is one of the most heavily-contested end-of-season honors of this 2016-17 campaign, sporting names like forward Draymond Green of the Golden State Warriors, swingman Kawhi Leonard of the San Antonio Spurs, and center Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz. Green has finished runner up for the […]

In what seems to be the season of the European renaissance in the NBA game, the league announced the three finalists for the Most Improved Player award. Milwaukee Bucks hybrid forward/guard Giannis Antetokounmpo, Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic, and Utah Jazz big dipper Rudy Gobert are the final trio from which one will come out the 2016-17 […]

Following a clear dismantling in a Game 1 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Finals, it has made quite evident that the Boston Celtics are still a notch below the defending NBA champions. This has shifted some of the attention over toward what Boston can do to find ways to improve the […]

The Golden State Warriors have gotten off to an 8-0 start to their postseason run, including a dominant four-game stretch against the defensive-minded Utah Jazz last week. Whether it was Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, or Klay Thompson, the Warriors always had someone hot when it wasn’t the others’ night. During Game 3, one […]

Los Angeles Lakers forward and veteran NBA player Metta World Peace made a bold prediction during the playoffs. World Peace picked either the Los Angeles Clippers or Utah Jazz to win the 2017 NBA championship. The Lakers forward shared his prediction on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MettaWorldPeace/status/858349910252322816 As we now know, Peace’s prediction did not come true. The […]

Matt Barnes made a lot headlines when he made it known that he was rooting for the L.A. Clippers to win against the Utah Jazz in the first round of the playoffs because there was apparently no nightlife in Salt Lake City, and the Warriors would be heading to the winner of the Clippers-Jazz series […]

The very popular #Stayward campaign, designed by super fan Garrett Jones in efforts to convince Utah Jazz forward Gordon Hayward to stay with the team, given that he’s expected to opt out of his deal and seek a max deal with the team. What started as a hopeful $5,000 GoFundMe campaign turned into a major […]

George Hill may have already hinted that he plans to stay put with the Utah Jazz, but he has also made it clear that his free agency decision this summer will depend on his “little brother’s.” The 31-year-old point guard recently admitted that Gordon Hayward‘s decision would factor in on his own. He also added […]

If you were wondering what the orange things Stephen Curry had on his feet during Monday’s Game 4 against the Utah Jazz, they were a sign of love and acknowledgment. While the Golden State Warriors have not have the color orange on their jerseys for several years now, after switching to the classic blue and […]

In the present-day landscape of NBA free agency, it is becoming more and more of the norm for players to walk, as opposed to staying with their current club for more money and security. However, there are obvious exceptions to such trends, and there’s a solid chance you can add Utah Jazz point guard George Hill to such a […]

During Game 4 between the Golden State Warriors and the Utah Jazz in the second round, a fan that sat near the court had plenty to say to Draymond Green. Not one to be quiet, Green returned fire and even frequently pointed at the Jazz fan. So what was going on during those exchanges? Well, […]

An elite defender, Warriors All-Star Draymond Green knows how to effectively use his body to draw charges. His detractors however, believe Green frequently flops. One such detractor was a Utah Jazz fan, who brought a “Draymond Green Flop Counter” sign to Game 4 against the Warriors on Monday. But while that fan had strong opinions […]

Forward Draymond Green has relished the unexpected boos coming from Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City, getting plenty of them during the Golden State Warriors short road trip en route to a 4-0 sweep of the series. “There are some arenas we go to that I for sure should be booed,” Green said on his Dray […]

Showing how dominant they truly are, the Golden State Warriors have swept both the Portland Trail Blazers and Utah Jazz out of the 2017 NBA playoffs. The Warriors beat the Blazers in four games in the first-round and then followed that up on Monday by sweeping the Jazz in the second. Both the Blazers and Jazz […]

Sweeping the first two rounds of the 2017 NBA playoffs, the Golden State Warriors have been sensational in the postseason. The Warriors aren’t just winning in the playoffs, they consistently beat the Blazers and Jazz by double digits. From SI’s Ben Golliver: Warriors (8-0) boast +16.5 playoff point differential. Best playoff PD for champions: 71 […]

Getting swept in four games in the second-round by the Golden State Warriors, the Utah Jazz‘s season came to an end on Monday. The Jazz are a young team with plenty of talent but they are heading to a somewhat uncertain offseason as All-Star forward Gordon Hayward will be a free agent. Hayward hasn’t made […]

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 […]

Possessing unlimited range, it is almost an anomaly whenever Warriors All-Star Stephen Curry misses a shot. Yet it does happen from time to time. And in Game 4 against the Utah Jazz on Monday, Curry missed a shot in epic fashion. Coming down in transition, Curry pulled up for a three but missed everything, airballing the […]

Steve Kerr may not be with the Golden State Warriors during their games now, but he still finds a way to make his presence felt even while recovering from his condition. The third-year head coach usually gets in touch with his coaching staff and still gives his suggestions on how he thinks they can play […]

It’s a rare occasion when Zaza Pachulia gets to outscore any of his team’s starters, but even more rare if he gets to have more than sharp-shooting Klay Thompson. The big man tallied seven points in Saturday’s Game 3 against the Utah Jazz, while Thompson struggled mightily from the field and scored only six points […]

Kevin Durant was plenty disgruntled after getting called for a Flagrant 1 foul and a technical foul for shoving Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert during the late stages of the fourth quarter of Game 3 on Saturday. The Golden State Warriors forward had gotten shoved from the back by the Frenchman in order to gain […]

A disgruntled Golden State Warriors team was not happy with a Flagrant 1 foul call on Kevin Durant in the later stages of the fourth quarter of Game 3, after he pushed Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert in the back after being shoved himself when battling for inside position. The incident was reviewed and Durant […]

The Utah Jazz faced a pivotal situation in Game 3 of their Western Conference semifinals against the Golden State Warriors, being down eight points with 3:02 to go in the fourth quarter on their own home floor, so they got a little enthusiasm from their mascot, the Jazz Bear, who overstayed his welcome on the hardwood. […]

Game 3 of the Utah Jazz against the Golden State Warriors wasn’t short of its share of physicality, with Kevin Durant and Rudy Gobert getting into it, exchanging shoves for rebounding position in the fourth quarter. Gobert pushed Durant to free himself up for the a shot in-close, but Durant retaliated by shoving him on the […]

The Utah Jazz will look to avoid an 0-3 hole when they host the Golden State Warriors in Salt Lake City tonight. The West’s fifth seed will ride the coattails of All-Star swingman Gordon Hayward, who scored a game-high 33 points in the team’s Game 2 loss, and Rudy Gobert, who dominated the glass with […]

The Golden State Warriors could tie one of the most resurgent teams by winning tonight’s Game 3 on the road against the Utah Jazz. By tallying a seventh straight win this postseason, they would tie the 1988-89 “Bad Boys” Detroit Pistons as the team to win the most games after having lost a Game 7 […]

Much has been made of the Warriors’ wishes that the Clippers beat the Jazz in the first round of the playoffs. Warriors players wanted this because Los Angeles is a much more entertaining place for an NBA player to spend time in than Salt Lake City. As fate would have it, the Jazz won the […]

Utah Jazz center and Defensive Player of the Year hopeful Rudy Gobert was the latest to get the shooting stars treatment by none other than reigning MVP Stephen Curry in the second quarter of Thursday night’s Game 2. Getting caught on a switch, the 7-foot-1 Frenchman was in no man’s land trying to keep up with […]

Despite a well-rounded performance by all starters of the Golden State Warriors in Game 2 against the Utah Jazz, point guard Stephen Curry stole the show late in the fourth quarter, banking a three-pointer from the corner to get the crowd on its feet. The reigning MVP couldn’t help but turn to his bench and smile, […]

The Utah Jazz will trot point guard Shelvin Mack in the starting lineup in place of an injured George Hill for Game 2 against the Golden State Warriors tonight, the team announced prior to the game. Mack is a fast-paced rim-attacking guard that will suit Utah in the drive-and-kick game while also favoring the transition […]

Before their second-round series against the Utah Jazz, a few members of the Golden State Warriors openly complained about the matchup. Mainly because there is nothing to do late night in Salt Lake City. Well, tourism officials from Salt Lake City heard about Golden State’s complaints and decided to give the Warriors some help with […]