What's going on, bluesky? I feel like I haven't really found the engagement yet over here, but I want to. If I was following you at the other place and I'm not yet over here, let me know so I can get my feed built up. (Or hell, even if I wasn't over there, let's get this thing popping.)

Here's the thing about your favorite lottery reform idea: it probably stinks. Most proposals ignore fundamental questions and have glaring issues far worse than the ones we'd be "fixing." Join me as I poke holes, for @saltcityhoops.bsky.social: www.saltcityhoops.com/posts/why-yo...

The exact angle of Utah's ascent next season will be determined by a factor the Jazz can spend their final 26 games exploring, I explain at @saltcityhoops.bsky.social. Plus, an auspicious hint about next year's D identity, Ace Bailey clutch creation & more. www.saltcityhoops.com/posts/sc7-fi...

The NBA did something yesterday that it has never, ever done. Regardless of what you think about tanking and the Utah Jazz, it's worth asking if we're OK with the league telling teams when they can and can't sub players. For @saltcityhoops.bsky.social: www.saltcityhoops.com/posts/nba-en...

20+ streaks to start a Jazz career: Spencer Haywood (5): 27-27-20-23-25 Adrian Dantley (20): I'm not listing them all lol Jaren Jackson Jr. (3 and counting): 22-22-23...

The Jazz didn't have any trouble with the Kings, who lost their 14th straight and might get downgraded to Dukes or Viscounts. We need to give away a 🏀, though... who you got?

Had fatherly duties tonight so just finished Jazz-Heat. That means we need to give away the 17th game ball of the year as Utah matches last season's win total in early Feb. Who gets the 🏀 from South Beach?

In this weeks' Salt City Seven column, I looked at plays from JJJ's first appearance in purple, plus Collier's historic week, stats you won't want to miss, and a great story about John Konchar. Catch it here at @saltcityhoops.bsky.social: www.saltcityhoops.com/posts/sc7-fi...

Now that we know from @loudclap.bsky.social's work that these were actually five separate deals and what the cash details were, here's an updated trade deadline recap graphic for posterity:

Last one of these until we reach the All-Star break. - No reason for Pels to lose and they're playing their guys, winning some - Sac has an easy schedule left... but also isn't good - Indy, Wiz, Jazz all have protected pick debts - Dallas has a crazy road-home balance to close

Cap nerds, here's a Saturday evening treat for you: @loudclap.bsky.social dug to find all the cap details and transaction minutiae on Utah's five deals. If you are curious about how deals/exceptions were structured, it's here at @saltcityhoops.bsky.social: www.saltcityhoops.com/posts/transa...

Wondering where #pickwatch sits after the trade deadline? I got you.

The Jazz's week of transactions on the aggregate: 11 players involved in Utah's 4 trades, with six picks and $86 million in salary changing hands.

Fun post from Riley to help you imagine what a Kessler-JJJ defensive duo could feel like to opponents.

The Utah Jazz SLAM the gas pedal! How does Jaren Jackson Jr. fit? Did Utah give up too much? Dan (@danclayt0n.bsky.social) and I break it down for you in this Salt City Hoops Podcast: 📽️: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj5s... 🎵: open.spotify.com/episode/7yR5... 🍎: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...

The Jazz win with just 7 guys in Indy. All 7 guys get to double figures, led by Lauri and a meaty double-double from Flip, Svi made shots, but the 🏀 probably needs to go to a historic night by a guard who played all 48. Let's compare notes... who gets it?

Our guy Zarin Ficklin comes through with instant analysis of the Jazz's surprise acquisition of JJJ, for @saltcityhoops.bsky.social: www.saltcityhoops.com/posts/utah-h...

The 👏 Jazz 👏 are 👏 not 👏 trading 👏 Lauri Today's deal makes it wayyyy less likely, not more. They want to win the second the calendar says October 2026.

I was expecting a boring deadline at the NBA level, but if suddenly there's a groundswell of weirdness, the chances go up of the Jazz benefitting in some indirect way.

Salt City Seven! This week we rue the lack of Jazz All-Stars, but also have another gem of a quote by Hardy, dig into trade history for deadline week, and more! www.saltcityhoops.com/posts/sc7-no...

West All-Star reserves... selections and snubs

Pick watch for the butterfly crowd:

This week's Salt City Seven (pre-Jazz-Clips, but I forgot to blast it out) has a dissection of a historic week by Nurk, plus lotto watch, Ace's comfort level growing & much more. www.saltcityhoops.com/posts/sc7-of...

Nurk's game was delightful, but the night Ace Bailey just had was really important and fun. Might be his best pro game yet in an overall sense (beyond the obvious of a career high). He's rounding a corner now. Cody also solid again. Key had 23-4-5 and we're just like "oh yeah."

watched late tonight, so pardon the late ask... but how on earth do we decide who gets this 🏀? The rare triple-double, but also Key's career-best and clutch 3, but also Will's 100th, but also Ace's most aggressive game ever, but also Collier, but also, but also... Who?

Brice with an absolute microwave quarter - 21 points. A lot of what greased the wheels for the Jazz was their 5 steals. They scored (or earned a FT trip) within 4 seconds of each of those steals. Winning 8-0 on the fast break (10-0 if we count the Brice FTs off his steal)

16th different starting lineup of the season for the Jazz tonight: Key-Zay-Ace-Cody-Flip Have never started together, but did play close to 3 minutes together in one game. Have fun!

Just recorded a massive Trade Deadline Preview for the Utah Jazz with the Clayton Bros. @loudclap.bsky.social and @danclayt0n.bsky.social for Salt City Hoops (@saltcityhoops.bsky.social) The Jazz are going to be very busy at the Trade Deadline and I think y'all will really enjoy this one

The Jazz bounce back with an impressive road win against the Cavs, led by their two stars, another meaty double double by Nurk, and some late defense by the rookie. But we only have one 🏀... who gets it?

OK, let's do this again. Let's assume LeBron is getting an emeritus 13th spot... that means you can pick 5 of these guys. Go!

Had to adjust the scale of the graph tonight, as the Jazz suffered their biggest margin of defeat since 1979 (-56, NOJ at Mil) and their biggest home loss ever (next closest was -45).

Second time in less than a month that the Jazz win a close one against the Mavs in Salt Lake City. We have a single hunk of leather to hand out, who gets the 🏀?

The SALT CITY SEVEN is back this week! As it is every week! The best actual written content about the Jazz, hands down. Follow @saltcityhoops.bsky.social! From the Salt City Hoops EIC, @danclayt0n.bsky.social : www.saltcityhoops.com/posts/sc7-ro...

An updated All-Star bubble watch. At this point I think Kawhi kinda has to be in. Not sure what to do with Reaves, who likely won't play again until around the time coaches vote. Realistically, 3-4 of these 11 will make it. Maybe one more if LeBron gets an emeritus 13th spot instead of 1 of the 12

The Jazz pop into San Antonio at 3 in the morning after beating the EC's best team, promptly followed it up with perhaps the win of the season. Who gets the 🏀 after another shocking win against an elite team? I've got 3 main candidates and a 4th guy who deserves some love.

That was the second time this year Keyonte hit a go-ahead bucket in the final 5 seconds of the 4th/OT. There have only been 20 such shots this NBA season. The only players with more than one are Bane, Vooch and now Key.

Jazz come from double digits back to knock off the East's best team... two guys with 30+, big buckets late, nice second half for Brice, Nurk did Nurk things... who gets the 🏀 after Motor City sputters in the mountains?

Late in pushing this to the masses, but this week's SC7 contains a look at Utah's record vs. opponent tiers, a(nother) nod to Keyonte, an All-Star bubble tracker, other guys running "Lauri action" and more... www.saltcityhoops.com/posts/sc7-op...

Mercy rule?

A youth movement win for the Utah Jazz, who use a big OT by Key and Lauri, plus Flip's season high. 🏀 probably needs to go to one of them, but Cody's late defense was also nice, and a Hendricks sighting is also fun, too. Who gets it?

Lots of big lines in Memphis tonight, but I think 🏀 is a pretty easy call tonight. Let's compare notes, though. A career night for Key, a throwback night for Love, meaty double-double for Nurk, Lauri was big again. Who you got?

It's a BIG Salt City Hoops Podcast! Dan Clayton (@danclayt0n.bsky.social) joins me to talk about this 1/3 mark of the season. What did we get right/wrong? What's the deal with Will Hardy? YT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBZ9... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1eWX... Apple: bit.ly/498DKxC

Cool thing a friend of mine is doing, that my sports-loving online friends would probably dig. These are cool little blocks you can use to display hats. But I won’t explain it as well as the guy who created them, so here are his words. Brimblox.com

For this week's Salt City Seven, it felt like a good time to talk about the vet minutes, plus Lauri weighs in on the rebuild, and a bunch more stats, plays and thoughts about two unique figures in Jazz history. Up now at @saltcityhoops.bsky.social! www.saltcityhoops.com/posts/sc7-ve...

The Jazz had a slow start but the Nets were just too bad to hang onto a double-digit lead. 59 for the featured Jazz duo, 15 for Flip as a starter, nice game off the bench for Clayton... who gets the 🏀 from Kings County?

Heck of a bounceback game for the Jazz after getting blown out on Sunday and then coming back to lead the Rox by as many as 21. Seven guys in double figs, plus a nice spark off the bench by an 8-point scorer. But there's only one 🏀, so let's figure this one out together.

Jazz wrap up a skid-busting with thanks to three guys with 20+ and plenty of supporting performances. Let's hand out our first 🏀 in nearly two weeks.

Happy Monday! The latest Salt City Seven is up and looks at the Jazz's 5-11 record through the lens of opponent strength. Plus a quick glance at what's working for Keyonte, and more stats, quotes, highlights etc. Up now at @saltcityhoops.bsky.social www.saltcityhoops.com/posts/sc7-br...

Updating this because there were some superlatives tonight: This was the widest swing in any Jazz game all year at ±54. Also the biggest lead the Jazz gave away in a loss (+18)

Wait, it's @markrussellpereira.bsky.social's bday?? Happy birthday to one of my favorite podcasters and a very good dude!