Salt City Hoops Utah Jazz Podcast

The Utah Jazz blow the doors off the LA Clippers in their home opener. What the heck does this mean about the team? How did they pull it off? Who looked great?Mark Pereira takes this one alone immediately after an in-person viewing of the game to give his strongest, beer-fueled, no-holds-barred opinions on Game 1 for...SALT CITY HOOPS!

We made it! We finally made it! The 2025 Utah Jazz season is here. On the heels of breaking down every player, Mark runs this solo pod to give some broader predictions, vibes, and rotation outlooks for the whole team and season. Get excited! Mark is!

Dan and Mark wrap up the player-by-player previews for the 2025-2026 Utah Jazz! Come check out what is in store, both good and bad, for Keyonte George, Taylor Hendricks, Kyle Filipowski, Jusuf Nurkic, and Svi Mykhailiuk.

Dan and Mark are back with another set of players to preview for the upcoming 2025 season for the Utah Jazz! They break down the NBA season ahead for Lauri Markkanen, Walker Kessler, Walt Clayton Jr., Cody Williams, and Georges Niang.

The 2025 Utah Jazz Season is here! Join Dan (Bluesky / Twitter) and Mark (Bluesky / Twitter) as they kick off the Salt City Hoops Season Preview series with an overview of all 15 full-roster players for the Jazz. First up: Ace Bailey, Isaiah Collier, Brice Sensabaugh, Kyle Anderson, and Kevin Love. What does a great season look like for these players? What does a bad season look like? What lineups do we want to see with these players? Tune in and find out!

Dan Clayton (@danclayt0n / @danclayt0n.bsky.social) and Mark Russell Pereira (@markrussellpereira.bsky.social) are back and super pumped for the 2025-2026 NBA Season for the Utah Jazz! To kick things off, Dan and Mark recap Media Day and the notable bits and statements from the players, coaches, and management. Hear about Walker Kessler's non-extension frustration, Lauri Markkanen's status with the rebuilding Jazz, and how the young players are looking ahead to their development.

Mark Russell Pereira (@markrussell.pereira.bsky.social) goes long on the Kawhi Leonard/Aspiration/Steve Ballmer fiasco, pointing out some under-discussed legal points and Adam Silver's broad authority.Then, a brief recap of Eurobasket! Team Finland had a Cinderella run--how did Lauri Markkanen fare?

It's a three-person pod day! Join Dan Clayton (@danclayt0n), Ken Clayton (@k_clayt) and Mark Pereira (@markrussellpereira.bsky.social) for Salt City Hoops as they select the 6 most intriguing players for the Utah Jazz this season. Who are you most excited to see develop with this young team?

Summer League is basically the NBA Finals when you're a rebuilding team, and it's no different for the Utah Jazz! The Jazz brought a truckload of young talent to NBA Summer League this year, and Mark Pereira (@markrussellpereira.bsky.social) breaks down everything we saw from [deep breath] Ace Bailey, Walt Clayton Jr., Cody Williams, Kyle Filipowski, Isaiah Collier, Brice Sensabaugh, John Tonje, and Elijah Harkless. Then, Mark gives Jordan Clarkson his due with some reminiscing of some of Clarkson's greatest hits and vibes as JC starts his next chapter in New York.

Mark Russell Pereira (@markrussellpereira.bsky.social) goes it alone on this one to give his first impressions on Ace Bailey after 2 games of Summer League (it's good!!!), plus some brief thoughts on the rest of the youngsters. But first, a deep analysis of the John Collins trade and what it means for building the team going forward.

The Utah Jazz disappointed many with a trade of Collin Sexton for a much more negative return than anticipated. What does this mean for the rest of the Jazz vets and the trade block? And with NBA free agency starting this week, are there any plans at all for Utah to get in the mix for...anyone?Mark Pereira (@markrussellpereira.bsky.social) and Dan Clayton (@danclayt0n) go long on what the Jazz seek to do this offseason. Subscribe on YouTube today!

The 2025 NBA Draft wrapped up and the Jazz made headlines with their selection of seemingly mercurial star-in-the-making Ace Bailey! Join Mark Pereira (@markrussellpereira.bsky.social) as he breaks down the Ace Bailey ~*situation*~ and Bailey's strengths and weaknesses. He also goes into detail on Utah's other draft picks: Walter Clayton Jr. at #18, John Tonje at #53, and RJ Luis as an undrafted free agent.

Join Dan (@danclayt0n) and Mark (@markrussellpereira.bsky.social) at Salt City Hoops as they preview the most likely candidates for the Utah Jazz at the 5th pick in the 2025 NBA Draft!Dan and Mark also briefly touch upon some other prospects for later in the draft after a recollection of thoughts and feelings after a memorable NBA Finals.

A preposterous NBA Lottery result prompted an emergency podcast from Dan Clayton (@danclayt0n) and Mark Russell Pereira (@markrussellpereira.bsky.social) to get out feelings on why the Jazz fell and why...everyone else?...moved up. Not all is lost for Utah as there is hope to build the team from here.

Mark Pereira (@markrussellpereira.bsky.social) breaks down and gives final assessments for all of the major players of the 2024-25 Utah Jazz season. How did the young players improve (or not)? Is Lauri Markkanen still a bona fide tentpole to build around? Come hang with Salt City Hoops.

The Utah Jazz are busy on the trade market for this 2025 Trade Deadline in the NBA! Join Mark Pereira and Dan Clayton as they take a look at Utah's role in the earth-shattering Luka Doncic trade, a tiny roster shift, and the possibilities left to ponder as we near the Trade Deadline.

The Utah Jazz make a big swap of important first-round picks with the Phoenix Suns to give Phoenix a chance to improve their roster now, while the Jazz take the long view for a juicy pick 7 years from now. Was it worth it? Join Mark Russell Pereira (@markrussellpereira on Bluesky) to evaluate the trade and also give an update on how Utah's cavalcade of young players are faring these days.

Mark Russell Pereira and Dan Clayton look the positive and negative trends worth discussing a third of the way through the Utah Jazz season. Who has delighted? Who has disappointed? And, most importantly, how can we explain what has happened? Tune in for deep, level-headed, and yet always irreverent analysis from Mark and Dan, followed by a quick moment to remember Paul Millsap, one of the best guys to remember.

Mark Russell Pereira (@markrussellpereira.bsky.social) recaps the past ten-ish days of Utah Jazz basketball. Covering the emergence of Kyle Filipowski as a useful starter, Isaiah Collier starting in place of Keyonte George (at least for a half!), and details and trends from the past five games.

The Utah Jazz kick off their intentional youth movement 1-7 and are already in pole position for the best lottery odds for next year's draft. However, being this bad already means that the current young potential isn't playing well. Join Mark Russell Pereira (@markrussellpereira.bsky.social) as he examines what isn't going right for the likes of Keyonte George and Lauri Markkanen, frustration with rotations already, and maybe a bright spot or three for the team so far.

Mark Russell Pereira (@mark_r_pereira) and Ken Clayton (@k_clayt) are back to give the final season preview podcast for the Utah Jazz! This episode covers the overall preseason takeaways, what to look for in the first few weeks of the season, and what our predictions and dreams are for the Jazz this year. Follow Salt City Hoops on Twitter (@saltcityhoops), Bluesky (saltcityhoops.bsky.social), and YouTube (@salt_city_hoops)!

Dan Clayton (@danclayt0n) and Mark Russell Pereira (@Mark_R_Pereira) continue the Utah Jazz Season Preview Series for Salt City Hoops! We go player by player through the entire roster, and in this episode we finish the team with Keyonte George, Jordan Clarkson, John Collins, Kyle Filipowski, and Svi Mykhailiuk.

Dan Clayton (@danclayt0n) and Mark Russell Pereira (@Mark_R_Pereira) kick off the Utah Jazz Season Preview Series for Salt City Hoops! We go player by player through the entire roster, starting in this episode with in-depth previews of the seasons ahead for Collin Sexton, Walker Kessler, Cody Williams, Brice Sensabaugh, and Patty Mills.

Dan Clayton (@danclayt0n) and Mark Russell Pereira (@Mark_R_Pereira) kick off the Utah Jazz Season Preview Series for Salt City Hoops! We go player by player through the entire roster, starting in this episode with in-depth previews of the seasons ahead for Lauri Markkanen, Taylor Hendricks, Drew Eubanks, Isaiah Collier, and Johnny Juzang.

Lauri Markkanen is here to stay with the Utah Jazz for 5 more years after officially signing his renegotiation and extension deal. Join Dan Clayton and Mark Russell Pereira of Salt City Hoops as they break down the specifics of the new deal, their enthusiasm for the young star, and what this means for the Jazz rebuild plan going forward to get back into title contention. Read Salt City Hoops Follow Dan on Twitter Follow Mark on Twitter

The Utah Jazz are primed for an extremely active offseason of roster shakeups, following a rookie draft that many are lauding. Dan Clayton and Mark Russell Pereira from Salt City Hoops will introduce Jazz fans to the new rookies Cody Williams, Isaiah Collier, and Kyle Filipowski, followed by a discussion on what to do with Lauri Markkanen this summer and how the Jazz may fill out the rest of the roster.

After a pair of deadline week trades by the Utah Jazz, Mark Russell Pereira, Ken Clayton and Dan Clayton came together to talk about how the deals fit into Utah's ongoing rebuild and forecast just how bumpy the closing stretch could be after the resulting rotation shuffle.

On the eve of what will be a very different Utah Jazz season, Salt City Hoops' Dan and Ken Clayton came together to discuss six (and ultimately seven) big questions relating to the season and the club's future. They first spent a few minutes reacting to news about Jazz GM Justin Zanik's extended contract, and then dove in on questions about Utah's current talent and how they will aim to construct a contender on their current foundation of players and assets.

The Jazz finally made the deal everybody expected -- by making the deal nobody expected. They moved on from All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell, but not by trading him to the New York Knicks, whose pursuit of the Westchester County native had been well documented. Instead. the Jazz got three young players, three unprotected picks and a pair of first-round swap options from the Cleveland Cavaliers, who will be the next employer of a player who has brought Utah's fans a lot of joy for five seasons. Mark Russell Pereira joins Dan Clayton to think back on what Mitchell's tenure meant for fans, and to react to the trade, both from a visceral and an analytical perspective. They look at the rebuilding period ahead of the Jazz and along the way philosophize about fandom.

The Utah Jazz's offseason saw yet another plot turn on Tuesday afternoon when Adrian Wojnarowski reported at ESPN that the club is increasingly "showing a willingness" to entertain trade offers for star guard Donovan Mitchell. The asking price is "steep," Wojnarowski reports, but the Jazz are reportedly listening. Ken Clayton and Dan Clayton jumped in front of microphones to proffer their interpretations on just what this shift in language from the NBA's biggest newsbreaker does or doesn't signal. They also analyze the diverging paths in front of franchise leadership, and just for good measure scan the NBA landscape for teams with enough draft capital to meet a theoretical (or maybe not that theoretical anymore) Jazz asking price.

This week always had a high likelihood of being consequential for the Utah Jazz, but all date was erased with a major announcement that came Tuesday: Will Hardy will be the Jazz's next head coach. Ken Clayton and Dan Clayton used that news as a springboard to talk about the likelihood of imminent roster change. Each came prepared with a list of (ostensibly) budget free agents who could be available to fill out the roster around whichever Jazz players return for the 2022-23 season.

This Utah Jazz postseason could potentially define the next decade of the franchise, so it's worth analyzing all the ways it could turn out. To do that, Dan Clayton and Ken Clayton fired up the Salt City Hoops podcast to dive into Jazz-Mavs. They start by looking at how the games/series could change with or without Mavs star Luka Doncic, including examining how the Jazz have done in Luka's off-court minutes. Then they speculate about these "weapons" Jazz forward Bojan Bogdanovic says the club has been keeping in reserve, and finally wind through a couple of random topics that could influence the series.

The Jazz might have brought back their entire core, but that doesn't mean there aren't still interesting storylines surrounding many of the key personalities as they head toward a season with high expectations. Ken and Dan Clayton decided to pepper one another with specific questions about Jazzmen and what their growth, roles and narratives could entail as Utah tries to establish itself as a title threat. Neither brother knew what specific queries the other was going to ask, so the conversation winds and weaves through a number of tangents as they tackle topics that could very well determine how good the 2021-22 Jazz can be.

The Utah Jazz quickly re-signed Mike Conley Jr. as free agency opened, then completed three other transactions that may have solidified their 2020-21 roster. Ken Clayton and Dan Clayton reconvene on the Salt City Hoops podcast to talk about the active week for Utah and where it leaves them as they look to build on last season's No. 1 finish and, perhaps more importantly, finally break through in the postseason.

Draft expert Adam Spinella from The Box and One (@TheBoxAndOne_) joins Salt City Hoops' Isaac Adams and Dan Clayton ahead of the 2021 NBA Draft. Adam and Isaac each share some names that make some sense as Jazz draft targets, and the trio also examines some broader questions along the way. What do the Jazz need the most after their playoff collapse? Do they target an immediate contributor or a high-upside prospect?

Just hours after we published an episode looking at all the angles and inflexion points in a 2-2 Jazz-Clippers battle, the series changed completely. It felt weird to leave last night's podcast sitting out there without reacting to the news that Kawhi Leonard will miss the remainder of this series with a knee injury. So Dan Clayton jumped back on the mic and recorded a quick addendum where he talks about how unfortunate it is that we don't get to see this heavyweight matchup unfold with the stars involved, as well as a look at how the Clippers might adjust and some pedantic rambling about "asterisks" and why whoever wins this year should be extremely proud of being the last team standing.

The Jazz and Clippers have, perhaps fittingly, found themselves knotted up at 2-2 in their best of seven series in the Western Conference semifinals. Heading into a massively important Game 5, Ken Clayton and Dan Clayton convene on the long lost SCH podcast to react to Game 4 and process some award news that will cost one Jazz player $32 million. Dang injuries! Then we spend the bulk of the episode addressing concerns about Quin Snyder's adjustments, and discussing just how valid fan concerns are in three specific areas: Rudy Gobert's playoff minutes, the back of the rotation and general rigidity on sets and subs.

On this week's episode of the Salt City Hoops Show, hosts Andy Larsen and Ben Anderson talk about the Jazz in the future. There's the short term future: how will Jazz players like Donovan Mitchell, Joe Ingles, and Rudy Gobert deal with the rigors of the FIBA World Cup? Then there's the slightly longer-term future: which of the Jazzmen are projected to have better seasons this year than last year? All that and more on this week's episode!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode, hosts Andy Larsen and Ben Anderson talk about the Jazz's offseason: getting Mike Conley, Bojan Bogdanovic, Jeff Green, and Emmanuel Mudiay. What roles will they play? What will next year's team look like? We also talk about the Jazz's summer league and end of the bench signings, from Tony Bradley to the three second round picks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With 48 hours until the NBA Draft, hosts Andy Larsen and JP Chunga break down the trade possibilities and draft prospects who might be available.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode of the Salt City Hoops Show, hosts Ben Anderson and Andy Larsen talk about this exciting second round of the playoffs? Is it the best second round of this millenium? Does the Bucks' success help give the Jazz a selling point for acquiring their own players? Then, we of course take listener questions from our audience. What would Tobias Harris bring, and would he be worth the $30 million per year it might take to sign him? What other options are appealing?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode, shortened by Rockets/Warriors, hosts Andy Larsen and Ben Anderson take your questions on the future of the Jazz's offseason. Who are some free agency possibilities for the Jazz, in all three tiers? There are the near max guys, but who else might make sense as a target? That, plus trade possibilities: how could the Jazz complete a trade, and who might they target? That, plus much more, on this week's Salt City Hoops Show!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of the Salt City Hoops Show, hosts Andy Larsen and J.P. Chunga talk about what to expect from the Jazz final 25 games. Who would the Jazz prefer to play in the playoffs? Is it better to have an easier schedule earlier or late? And how do the Jazz take the next step? We answer these questions on the SCH Show's first hour. In the second hour, we take a look at the Zion Williamson situation and how amateurism might end in college basketball. All that and more on the Salt City Hoops Show!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're now less than a week away from the NBA's trade deadline, and the Jazz are being mentioned in the buzz around some potentially available stars. Which targets are realistic? Are the Jazz interested in these guys? Should they be? What would it take to get them? Ken Clayton and Dan Clayton go deep on eight names in particular, and along the way talk about Utah's approach to this deadline. Both Ken and Dan think the roster could look different in a week.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices