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Jazz nation, let’s say it one more time, shall we? The future is bright for the Utah Jazz. We have discussed this, talked about it, speculated on it, but now we have concrete evidence outside of statistics. It comes in the form of accolades and rewards. Reme...

By Rustyn Burnside, ESPN 97.7 With four games remaining on Utah’s docket, the Jazz seem as if they will have to fill a massive hole at the 5 spot. Tim MacMahon of ESPN reported on Monday that the rookie drafted out of Auburn would be placed in concussion protocol, “likely signaling the end of his rookie season.” This stem...

UTAH HOLDS KINGS RANSOM   JAZZ 128 KINGS 120   How do you make a 3-time All-Star Cry? By making him go one on one against Utah Rookie, Walker Kessler apparently. The tears of Domantas Sabonis still lay puddled on the hardwood at Vivint arena after Utah’s gutsy 128-120 win over Sactown. Utah would build up a ma...

TIMBERWOLVES DEFEAT JAZZ 143-118  The Jazz finally did it. After days of hope and weeks of promise, they finally bit the dust. Last night’s loss against the Minnesota Timberwolves was evidence of Utah giving up the ghost when it comes to being a scrappy competitive team. The Jazz ...

HOW ‘BOUT THIS JAZZ? (GAME 55)  UTAH FALLS TO MAVERICKS JV SQUAD, 124-111  As a Jazz fan you may have had some questions going into Monday nights tilt VS the Dallas Mavericks. You may have asked yourself if the Jazz had the ability to potentially push for homecourt advantage in the playoffs being only a handful of games behind, despite being 10th in the standings. Maybe you aske...

HOW ‘BOUT THIS JAZZ?   UTAH 131 TORONTO 128  Here we are, just north of 50 games played on the season, and the Utah Jazz lay claim to a winning record, just like we all expected. The Toronto Raptors by record are not a good basketball team by record, which now stands at 23-30 after Utah took care of home court. They are dealing wi...

FORMER UTAH UTE QUARTERBACK SELECTED TO PRO BOWL, CAUSES UPROAR For the first time since Alex Smith was under center in 2017, the University of Utah will have a former Ute signal caller in the action come Pro Bowl Sunday. Baltimore Ravens Quarterback, Tyler Huntley, who played at the U from 2016-2019, will replace Josh Allen in the flag football action at Allegiant Stadium down the road... Read Mo

AT PORTLAND TRAILBLAZERS (1/25/2023) The Jazz had just played three straight in Salt Lake and would soon have a 5 game homestand to begin February, but before that could happen, they had to pack up and head to Rip City for a clash with Damian Lillard and the slumping Blazers ...

VS CHARLOTTE HORNETS (1/23/23)  The Utah Jazz have welcomed back Donovan Mitchell, Rudy Gobert, Bojan Bogdanovic and most recently Royce O’Neale. Never has the saying “Once a Jazzman, always a Jazzman” rang so true as these players have been welcomed back with massive applause. Lost in all this was ...

VS LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS (1/18/2023)  Lauri Markkanen returned after a 2-game absence and so did Utah’s .500 record, which now stands at 24-24. Utah took down the Clippers in Salt Lake with a never in doubt 126-103 win. Utah didn’t lose a single quarter, which statistically gives you a 100 percent chance of winning. The Jazz as of ...