(Salt Lake City, UT) — The 2018 preseason schedule for the Utah Jazz is now available. Utah opens exhibition play at home on September 29th versus the Perth Wildcats of Australia’s National Basketball League. Utah will also host the NBL’s Adelaide 36ers as well as the Toronto Raptors. They’ll visit […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Jazz are cutting ties with Papa John’s Pizza. The team will no longer associate itself with the popular pizza chain after a partnership that lasted more than 10 years. Last week it was revealed that Papa John’s founder John Schnatter used a racial slur […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell continues to bring home the hardware. Mitchell won the ESPY award for Breakthrough Athlete last night in Los Angeles. Mitchell led Utah in scoring last season and helped them advance into the second round of the playoffs.
(Las Vegas, NV) — The Jazz beat the Orlando Magic 75-70 to advance in the NBA Las Vegas Summer League tournament. Diamond Stone led Utah with 14 points and 11 boards. Georges Niang contributed 12 points and 11 rebounds. The Jazz will play the Memphis Grizzlies tomorrow.
(Las Vegas, NV) — The Jazz will take on the Magic today in the first round of the Las Vegas Summer League tournament. Utah went 1-and-2 during the first three games to earn the 22nd seed in the tournament. Orlando enters as the 11th seed after going 2-and-1. First-round pick […]
(Las Vegas, NV) — The Jazz wrapped up the preliminary round of the NBA Summer League with a 98-90 loss to the Heat in Las Vegas. Rookie Grayson Allen led the way with 17 points in defeat. Utah enters the tournament portion of the Summer League at 1-and-2. They take […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) USA Basketball has picked its lineup of coaches to assist Gregg Popovich at the men’s national team minicamp in Las Vegas this month. Of the nine picks, seven are NBA assistant coaches: Golden State’s Mike Brown, Miami’s Dan Craig, Utah’s Alex Jensen, Boston’s Jay Larranaga, Dallas’ Jamahl Mosley, San Antonio’s Ime Udoka […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A trio of players each scored 15 points as the Jazz edged the Hawks 92-87 in Summer League action at Vivint Smart Home Arena. Stanton Kidd, Georges Niang and Tony Bradley each dropped 15 and Grayson Allen scored nine. The Jazz went 2-and-1 in the […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Six NBA teams will host teams from Australia’s National Basketball League for 2018-19 preseason exhibition games. The NBA and NBL announced the plans Tuesday for five Australian teams to visit the U.S. for games from Sept. 28-Oct. 5. It’s the second straight year the Australian league […]
Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz is the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year. The center was the leading vote-getter for the league’s All-Defensive first team. Gobert anchored a Jazz defense that ranked second in the NBA in defensive rating. He beat out Anthony Davis of New Orleans and Joel […]
