Utah Jazz

JJJ And The Knife’s Edge of Small Market Team Building

NBA Articles | Charlie Cummings | February 4, 2026 

 

Header graphic by Emiliano Naiaretti. I love it when a trade comes out of nowhere and rocks our socks off. Two days before the deadline, the Utah Jazz stunned the world by swinging a trade for Memphis Grizzlies forward Jaren Jackson Jr. Hey, NBA inside … Read more

   

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Utah’s Two Timelines of Bad

NBA Articles | Charlie Cummings | July 10, 2024 

 

While watching the 2024 draft, a friend called me out of the blue with a thought: are the Jazz, his favorite team, running two timelines of tanking? And it got the wheels spinning. We all remember the Warriors’ two-timeline plan: one championship core … Read more

   

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Evaluating the 2023 NBA Draft’s “Flawed Freshmen”

NBA Draft Articles | Matt | June 27, 2023 

 

The NBA draft is in the books but things are far from determined. That is especially the case for our set of “Flawed Freshmen,” viewed so for lack of consistent production all over the court, whether due to injury or misplaced role. Not only will this … Read more

   

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Who Deserves Victor Wembanyama?

NBA Draft Articles | Swish Theory | May 15, 2023 

 

On May 16, 2023 around 8:30 PM EST, we will find out where Victor Wembanyama, the best prospect in a generation, will spend at least the first few seasons of his career if not all of it. At Swish Theory we don’t like to be limited by the actual, as stu … Read more

   

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Fountain of Youth

NBA Articles | David Sajdak | October 17, 2022 

 

How some teams have mastered the art of the NBA draft and player development The NBA draft may be over, but for teams across the league, the development process has just begun. Contrary to what most think, success in the draft is more than just making … Read more

   

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