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The Utah Jazz entered the NBA in 1974. Since then, the franchise has compiled a record of 2,005-1,701 and reached the playoffs 28 times. However, the Jazz are one of the few franchises in the NBA that hasn’t won a title despite boasting some of the most talented teams in league history. For this piece, […]

With the NBA seemingly on the brink of announcing a plan on how it intends to resume the current season, Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey has signed off on his preferred playoff format. According to Morey, his Rockets would have a considerable advantage if the league opts to adapt a “conference-less” playoff bracket, which […]

The Jazz franchise has been around since 1974. The organization came into the NBA as the New Orleans Jazz, holding that name for five years before becoming the Utah Jazz in 1979. For this piece, we’ll be taking a look at every trade deadline move the Jazz organization has made in its rich, long history. […]

There have been plenty of memorable playoff matchups throughout the NBA’s existence mostly because of the grueling competitive basketball between two equally deserving clubs. But in some cases, the ending is mired with controversy. Here are some of the five notable ones. 5. 1998 NBA Finals Fresh off the unparalleled success of ESPN and Netflix’s […]

Utah Jazz Hall of Fame power forward Karl Malone was a 14-time All-Star, two-time MVP, and perennial top contender for opposing big men, but a championship always alluded him. Similarly, all-time great power forwards Charles Barkley and Chris Webber had similar issues competing for a title. Malone, 56, however, revealed Barkley and Webber were “more […]

NBA Hall of Fame coach Jerry Sloan passed away on Friday, leading to an outpour of support and tributes from the sports community from beyond the mortal realm. Chief among those memorials was Jerry West, another player-turned-coach (and later executive), who remembered Sloan as a tough player. “At that time, hell, you could almost take […]

The NBA lost a legend on Friday, as longtime Utah Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan passed away at the age of 78. Many around the league have been paying their respects to Sloan, and most recently, San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich had this to say about the Hall of Famer: “He was a […]

NBA legend Jerry Sloan passed away at the age of 78 on Friday, and many around the league are paying their respects to the Hall of Famer. Commissioner Adam Silver released a statement on Sloan, raving about Sloan for both his 11-year playing career between the Baltimore Bullets and Chicago Bulls and his 23-year coaching […]

Gordon Hayward spent the first seven years of his career with the Utah Jazz before moving on to the Boston Celtics. Hayward broke into the NBA as the No. 9 overall pick out of Butler in 2010, so he spent some time around Jerry Sloan, who passed away at the age of 78 on Friday. […]

Utah Jazz forward Joe Ingles just set the record straight on some previous comments he made, as he claimed in March he would be prepared to walk away from the NBA and not play another game in his life, if staying meant endangering his family. The Jazz veteran noted he said this at a moment […]

Deron Williams paid his respects to the late Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan, who he played for during the initial stretch of his career. The two infamously had a falling out as Williams rose as one of the best point guards in the NBA, a tiff that ended in Sloan resigning from his post in […]

The NBA community is mourning the passing of Jerry Sloan, who died on Friday after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia at 78 years old. Sloan was a legendary coach for the Utah Jazz after starring for the Chicago Bulls as a player and spending a brief time as Bulls coach. […]

Jerry Sloan, the longtime coach of the Utah Jazz, died on Friday morning due to complications from Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia at the age of 78, according to a team release. The Jazz shared a few words on the passing of Sloan, who had been battling Parkinson’s disease for several years: “Jerry Sloan […]

The heated verbal altercation between then-Thunder star Russell Westbrook and a Utah fan during the OKC’s win over the Jazz a few years back provided America another argument to dive into. Just… fantastic. Westbrook threatened the fan and his wife, and after the game was over, Westbrook said that his response was provoked by a […]

Gordon Hayward’s current contract with the Boston Celtics expires in the summer of 2021 becoming a free agent yet again but at the age of 31 and coming off an injury-riddled post-Utah Jazz career. The swingman will have made $184,615,627 in NBA money by that time, per Spotrac. Hayward entered the NBA in 2010 as […]

Another funky wrinkle has surfaced in the wake of the last two episodes of “The Last Dance,” in which Michael Jordan claims “The Flu Game” was actually caused by food poisoning from eating an entire pizza before Game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals. A Utah resident by the name of Otto told “The Rich […]

Utah Jazz small forward Bojan Bogdanovic underwent season-ending surgery on his right wrist on Tuesday. The Jazz swingman then took to Twitter to share the news of his successful procedure: https://twitter.com/44Bojan/status/1262849297038614532?s=20 The Croatian international is expected to be ready for the start of the 2020-21 season. He originally injured his right wrist in a late […]

ESPN and Netflix just collaborated on what is one of the greatest documentaries of all time in “The Last Dance.” The excellence of the execution and delivery of the 10-part series is only fitting to the subject himself in the one and only Michael Jordan and his Chicago Bulls. Be that as it may, there […]

Utah Jazz forward Bojan Bogdanovic is set to undergo season-ending surgery on his right wrist Tuesday. With the 2019-20 NBA season on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic, the veteran opted to go under the knife to repair the scapholunate ligament in his wrist. Bogdanovic apparently hurt his wrist in late 2019 and had been […]

One of the most contentious bits of Sunday’s final episodes of “The Last Dance” was Michael Jordan’s tale about the infamous “Flu Game.” Jordan himself claims that he was actually suffering from food poisoning when the Chicago Bulls faced off against the Utah Jazz during Game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals. The general belief […]

“The Last Dance” aired its final two episodes on Sunday in what was undeniably a bittersweet finale. With the unparalleled success of the hit docu-series, one would think that anybody and everybody would have jumped at the opportunity to take part in the historic documentary of NBA legend Michael Jordan and his Chicago Bulls. As […]

According to NBA legend Karl Malone, one of his former Utah Jazz teammates was never the same after a harrowing incident with Shaquille O’Neal. During Inside Stuff’s ’90s Reunion posted prior to the final episodes of ESPN’s “The Last Dance,” Charles Barkley asked the virtual room of 20-plus former players if there were any hoopers […]

Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell has already reacted to teammate Bojan Bogdanovic needing surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right wrist. Bogdanovic is out for the season, should the 2019-20 campaign resume at some point in the near future. Bogdanovic’s right wrist should be good and healthy for the start of the 2020-21 […]

NBA legend John Stockton might have lost some of his speed and court vision since last playing in the league, but he hasn’t lost his sense of humor. During an NBA Inside Stuff: Zoom Edition with Ahmad Rashad, the Hall of Fame point guard was asked if there’s a player in today’s NBA that most […]

Utah Jazz forward Bojan Bogdanovic will undergo a season-ending surgery on his right wrist, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. His full recovery is expected for the start of the 2020-21 season. Bogdanovic averaged 20 points per game for the Jazz, who were the fourth-seed in the Western Conference before the NBA season came to a […]

On the heels of the rousing success of “The Last Dance” docuseries, ESPN plans to exclusively televise “Game 6: The Movie” — a rendering of Game 6 of the Chicago Bulls’ 1998 NBA Finals title-clinching game over the Utah Jazz. Episodes 9 and 10 of “The Last Dance” built up to a crescendoed finale, featuring […]

Sunday’s finale of “The Last Dance” featured what was arguably the greatest shot in Michael Jordan’s entire career. As you know, we’re talking about that shot he made in the dying seconds of Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals against the Utah Jazz. That game-winner, however, did not come without controversy. There are some […]

Even to this day, there’s still an ongoing debate on whether or not Michael Jordan pushed off Byron Russell prior to his game-winning shot in Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals between the Chicago Bulls and Utah Jazz. But as far as Jordan is concerned, there was nothing illegal going on in the sequence […]

Golden State Warriors head coach and former Chicago Bulls guard Steve Kerr had one of the most epic lines from Sunday’s “The Last Dance” finale. Kerr narrated Michael Jordan’s famous game-winning, championship-clinching shot against the Utah Jazz in the 1998 NBA Finals, and how he described the atmosphere in the arena was nothing short of […]

The legend that was Michael Jordan’s “Flu Game” continues to be one of the most valiant individual performances by an athlete in any major sport. But if then Chicago Bulls head coach Phil Jackson had his way in Game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals against the Utah Jazz, the now-iconic moment probably wouldn’t have […]

In Episode 9 of “The Last Dance,” Michael Jordan recalled the Chicago Bulls’ battles with the Utah Jazz, who were the biggest threats to their title chances that time. Bryon Russell had the task of guarding Jordan, and the former was up for the challenge. Little did he know that MJ already had him on […]

As seen numerous times throughout ESPN’s “The Last Dance” docuseries, Michael Jordan uses apparent slights against him as motivation to perform at his best and prove people wrong. Such was the case in the 1996-97 season when Jordan finished second in the MVP voting behind Utah Jazz superstar Karl Malone. In episode 9 of ESPN’s […]

The final two episodes of ESPN’s Chicago Bulls docuseries, “The Last Dance,” will air on Sunday evening at 9 p.m. ET. These episodes will build to the sixth and final championship won by the Bulls in 1998, which was subsequently followed by the disbanding of one of the greatest dynasties in NBA history. Chicago would […]

With the Utah Jazz reopening their practice facility last Monday for the first time since the league suspension in mid-March, it has been revealed that at least one of their players has refused to return for individual workouts. Jazz forward Joe Ingles himself has come out to say that at this point, he has no […]

Karl Malone had the chance to rewrite history against the Chicago Bulls and give his Utah Jazz a shot in the arm that would have given the 1997 NBA Finals a completely different feel. Michael Jordan had just bricked what could have been the game-winning free throw in Game 1 of the 1997 NBA Finals, […]

NBA commissioner Adam Silver revealed on a conference call with players that Utah Jazz All-Star center Rudy Gobert wasn’t the first player to get tested for the coronavirus, per Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports. Gobert was the first player in the NBA to test positive, however, and it led to the suspension of the season […]

The Utah Jazz were in fourth place in the Western Conference standings before the 2019-20 season was suspended due to COVID-19. The team had a record of 41-23 and looked primed to go on a deep postseason run. Shooting guard Donovan Mitchell and center Rudy Gobert each made their first All-Star teams this season. However, […]

There was a reported rift between Utah Jazz All-Stars Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, but the rough patch in their relationship appears to have been healed. According to Jazz executive vice president Dennis Lindsey, via The Salt Lake Tribune’s Eric Walden on Twitter, both Mitchell and Gobert are “ready to […]

Utah Jazz big man Rudy Gobert is still facing the scorn of many angry NBA fans for the season being cancelled. Given the situation is now a literal global pandemic, with entire states shutdown, it’s rather silly to see be blaming the talented defensive player for the end of the season. Alas, here we are, […]