Utah Jazz News

Basketball's World Cup starts late next month in Spain, and a few members of the Utah Jazz are hoping to make their presence known on the global stage.

Last season nearly a third of the league was directed by rookie coaches. How did they do? How will this years' crop fare? The Utah Jazz will be one of four teams with a rookie head coach this upcoming season.

One of the best things about being a Utah Jazz fan for over two decades is that you were a fan of a team that valued consistency.

When the 2014 offseason began for the Charlotte Hornets, the goals were to find a way to improve upon a 43-39 breakthrough playoff year.

So NBA news is slow now, right? Nope. There's still plenty of information that we need to go over every day.

Meanwhile, our new coach yet to coach 1 regular season game, Quin Snyder already appears to be instilling a new team culture.

Although NBA Summer League is only a small sample of games, some rookies are already emerging as 2014 draft-day steals.

The major NBA Free agent signings are all locked in right now. No longer do we have to wait on LeBron James , Carmelo Anthony , and Trevor Booker types.

Yesterday was Karl Malone 's birthday. The Mailman, among his many honorifics, is the leading scorer in Utah Jazz franchise history.

Mar 24, 2014; Salt Lake City, UT, USA; Detroit Pistons forward Greg Monroe warms up prior to the game against the Utah Jazz at EnergySolutions Arena.

West Virginia Wesleyan coach Patrick Beilein will join Jazz coach Quin Snyder's staff to help with player development and video work, it was confirmed to the Deseret News.

Stat Line: 4 games, 27.0 MPG, 9.0 PPG, 4.0 RPG, 4.0 APG, 0.8 SPG, 0.304 FG% In a very Lions like move the Utah Jazz drafted international man of mystery Dante Exum with a "Best Player Available" mindset.

Being that most of you are all supporters of the former team of the NBA all-time assists leader and one of the greatest passers in history, I'm going to go out on a limb and assume you know a thing or two about passing.

To figure out Richard Jefferson and his role on the team, we went to the man in charge at SLC Dunk to get an idea of what to expect.

The Las Vegas Summer League has come to an end for the Utah Jazz after plenty of excitement and even a few big-time plays.

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There are a few lessons the 2014 free-agency period has taught us. For example, shooting, and not necessarily scoring, is what the market rewards now.

Dec 30, 2013; Salt Lake City, UT, USA; Charlotte Bobcats center Al Jefferson shoots the ball over Utah Jazz power forward Marvin Williams during the second half at EnergySolutions Arena.

The first 30 seconds of this video kill me. No, literally, a Karl Malone elbow would end my existence as a human being.

The Utah Jazz and the San Antonio Spurs are both small market teams from the old Midwest Division.