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Utah Jazz vs New Orleans Pelicans Player Grades

Jazz lose. Nets win. You can’t ask for a more successful night at this point in the season. Hopefully the Kings can win tonight to complete a perfect night for the Jazz. Cody Williams – C Cody had a pair of airballs tonight, and also went 0-5 from deep, but his midrange shot continues to […]

Utah Jazz vs. New Orleans Pelicans Preview

The Utah Jazz are rolling into New Orleans for a vital end-of-season game. Like their counterparts at the top of the Western Conference standings, every game at this point is important for seeding. For the Jazz, of course, it’s ticking up the losses column that matters most; the Jazz hold the tiebreaker over the Sacramento […]

Jazz vs Thunder player grades: Checking in after the hurricane

I was very tempted to tally every Jazzman tonight to a D or lower, but I had to remind myself who we’re dealing with. No one who is sane thought there was possibly a conceivable chance that the Jazz could have the hope of maybe winning this game by a long shot. The Jazz defense […]

Utah Jazz vs. Oklahoma City Thunder: Recap and Final Score

The Utah Jazz lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder, with a final score of 111-146 in a game that was never particularly close. In a matchup of the Williams brothers, the older, more All-Star of the two, won handily. Jalen Williams finished with 15 points and 7 assists in only 26 minutes, whereas the younger […]

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Preview: Utah Jazz caught in an Oklahoma City Thunderstorm without an umbrella

My significant other suggested that I ask each of you to “tuna in” to the Utah Jazz’s upcoming contest against the Oklahoma City Thunder. I don’t know what could have possibly possessed her to ask this of me, nor have I figured out what tuna could have to do with a basketball game of any […]

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Utah Jazz fan survey results: Can Will Hardy coach a good defense?

In our most recent Utah Jazz Reacts survey, we got some interesting answers from Utah Jazz fans. Utah is nearing the end of another season where draft position was the goal. With that in mind, most of Jazz Nation is looking forward to next season and how good the team will be. One of the […]

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Utah Jazz vs Houston Rockets recap and final score

The Utah Jazz and the Houston Rockets played in what was clearly an end-of-season game for two teams going in different directions this offseason. Houston won easily, 140-106. Houston is a talented but imperfect team that was able to out-talent the Jazz, who are playing a rotation of developmental players, rookies, and 10-day contract players. […]

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Utah Jazz vs Houston Rockets preview: Shooting for the moon

Tonight marks the Jazz’s preparation for their closing performance in the ceremony. They went through the depths of hell for the last four years, they made their bid for Ace Bailey, they got their win-now trade piece, and now we must bid adieu to what was the strangest Jazz season in the last decade. Funnily […]

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Utah Jazz sign Bez Mbeng to two-year contract

The Utah Jazz are signing Bez Mbeng to a two-year contract, according to Shams Charania via Mbeng’s agent. This comes after hearing from Sarah Todd that Mbeng would be signed through the end of the season. This is great news for Mbeng, who brings defensive intensity to the Jazz on the perimeter. It’s a sign […]

Are the Utah Jazz seriously about to luck into Darryn Peterson?

Look, as far as couch-bound talent evaluators go, I haven’t been the most pro-Peterson scout during his freshman season at Kansas. The off-court issues left many — including myself — questioning his motives, drive to compete, and overall health as he withdrew from games on his own accord and constantly battled nagging injuries from the […]

Denver Nuggets vs. Utah Jazz: Preview, start time, how to watch

The Utah Jazz are hosting the Denver Nuggets for their second-to-last home game of the season. The Jazz made a pit-stop in Denver last week, pushing the Nuggets to the wire despite playing with a depleted roster. These last few games of the season offer opportunities for Ace Bailey and Cody Williams to continue their […]

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Utah Jazz Reacts Survey: Will Hardy defense and who’s an All-Star?

The Utah Jazz are nearing the end of another season at the bottom of the rankings. Looking forward to next season, the question is going to be, how good can the Jazz be? The major issue with this team during this rebuild has been the defense. At no point has the Utah Jazz defense been […]

Which Utah Jazz 10-day and two-way players I would like to see back in 2026-27

All season — and especially the last month — the Utah Jazz have been playing G-league and overseas-level players in an effort to lose games. Some of them made their NBA debuts for the Jazz and some are trying to make their NBA comebacks. Without being too critical, there’s a reason that most of these […]

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Utah Jazz vs Cleveland Cavaliers recap: The closure with Donovan Mitchell is here

In another matchup where the Utah Jazz had to do everything they could to lose, Donovan Mitchell and the Cavs pulled away late to win 122-113. It’s another example of the Utah Jazz having to manipulate games to make sure they lose. What’s incredible is that this is against Donovan Mitchell, James Harden, Evan Mobley, […]

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Utah Jazz vs Cleveland Cavaliers: Preview, start time, how to watch

As the season slowly winds to a close, Utah Jazz fans should be excited for the future at this point. It’s finally the end of this years-long blatant tank job. Depending on what happens with the Draft Lottery and the 2026 NBA Draft, next year should look tremendously different for this young Jazz squad. There […]

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The most important/often overlooked NBA Draft principle

The amount of stats available to the average fan these days is astounding. Fans have never had it easier finding stats from games. Not only raw stats, but also advanced stats are extremely available for dissecting and comparing prospects. The problem is that the statistical element tends to dominate the narrative for every prospect, to […]

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Utah Jazz vs Phoenix Suns Recap: Raining Threes in the Desert

The Utah Jazz rolled into Phoenix on Saturday for the second game of a back-to-back, after a gutsy, hard-fought loss to the Denver Nuggets on Friday night. Given the energy they expended in keeping pace with Jokic, Murray and company, and the walking wounded lining the Jazz bench, taking down Devin Booker and the Suns […]

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Preview: The Utah Jazz slather some SPF-50 as they approach Phoenix

Some say it was one of the most blatant examples of tanking by the most heinous culprit of basketball’s trendiest crime. Others say that sitting your starters in the fourth quarter doesn’t really matter when you couldn’t pick half of Utah’s starters out of a lineup. Regardless of public opinion, whatever happened against the Denver […]

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Utah Jazz fan survey results: Who is the most important Jazz player?

It’s a close one in this latest Utah Jazz Reacts survey results. The Utah Jazz are going to be very good next year, and I was curious who Jazz fans think will be the most important player. These results don’t include the potential results of the upcoming NBA lottery and draft, and that may change […]

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NBA Draft Big Board 1.0: the star-saturated 2026 class, digestible

Welcome to the NBA Draft class of 2026! This year’s batch is positively loaded with star power at the top, with three to five premier prospects (depending on who you ask) boasting All-Star or even All-NBA potential and the talent to lift their floundering franchise to the promised land. The race between Big 12 stars […]

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