Utah Jazz Rumors & News

Salt Lake Tribune "With the NBA combine underway this week in Chicago, the Utah Jazz are busy studying their options, working through every possibility, tossing them in the air like a dough slapper at Pizano’s. They have two picks in the coming draft, one in the lottery, a likely No. 14 selection, and another at No...." May 16

USA Today "In the category of unemployed future Hall of Fame coaches, Phil Jackson has been capturing the large majority of the spotlight in recent weeks. But while it remains to be seen if the former Lakers and Bulls coach will re-enter the NBA anytime soon, another member of this rarest of clubs may be..." May 13

Salt Lake Tribune "Utah Jazz assistant Jeff Hornacek has emerged as a candidate for vacant head coaching jobs in Philadelphia and Charlotte. Hornacek could also become a factor in Phoenix’s search for a coach, which will get serious once the Suns name a new general manager. Yahoo! Sports first reported the..." May 09

Salt Lake Tribune "Utah Jazz assistant Jeff Hornacek has emerged as a candidate for vacant head coaching jobs in Philadelphia and Charlotte. Hornacek could also become a factor in Phoenix’s search for a coach, which will get serious once the Suns name a new general manager. Yahoo! Sports first reported the..." May 04

Salt Lake Tribune "The morning after their fathers walked off the court together for the last time as Jazz teammates, David Stockton went to school as a sixth-grader and Karl Malone Jr. reported to his second-grade class. Now that David is about to become a fifth-year senior guard for Gonzaga University and K.J...." May 01

Salt Lake Tribune "Kevin O’Connor, the Utah Jazz’s fiery former general manager who stepped into a diminished role last summer, denied a television news report late Tuesday night that he is stepping away from the organization’s familial management team. Asked if he was stepping down after 14 years as an executive..." May 01

CBSSports.com "The founder and managing director of the National Basketball Players Association's former financial firm has been charged with attempting to defraud the union of $3 million by forging the signature of a dead man, federal prosecutors said Thursday. Joseph Lombardo, 72, the founder and director..." April 26

Salt Lake Tribune "Gordon Hayward’s demeanor after the game that ended the Jazz’s season last week at Memphis descended to the same subterranean level it had fallen to after every loss, particularly the 28 beatdowns on the road: a dark place somewhere between disappointment and devastation. There may have been..." April 21

Salt Lake Tribune "When the NBA playoffs opened Saturday afternoon at Madison Square Garden, at least one Jazz player had no interest in tuning in. "After tasting the playoffs last year and being out of it this year," Derrick Favors said, "I don’t want to watch it." Gordon Hayward, a basketball savant, had his..." April 21

The Deseret News "Utah Jazz guard Randy Foye entered the 2012-13 season with expectations already placed on his shoulders. “I had the pressure on me from the beginning,” he said at locker cleanout at EnergySolutions Arena on Thursday afternoon. “I had the pressure put on me early on saying, ‘We need you to..." April 20

The Deseret News "With three and a half point guards on the team — the three being veteran free agents and the half being a two-guard who is unlikely to make a career at the position, the Utah Jazz are bound to make changes at the point guard position in the offseason. Mo Williams was the starter most of the..." April 19

Salt Lake Tribune "Al Jefferson sat in a folding chair for which he was too large, his knees angled upward, and shook his head slowly. His lips stuck out in a frustrated pout. Mo Williams rolled gently back and forth on a rubber medicine ball. As minutes passed, the truth set in. Their bid to qualify for the..." April 18

Salt Lake Tribune "Wishing and hoping and thinking and — oh, right — playing. With apologies to Dusty Springfield, nothing else remains for the Utah Jazz. Their season may conclude with a loss to the Grizzlies here Wednesday, it may end with a Lakers win over the Houston Rockets in Los Angeles or it may be..." April 17

Yahoo! Sports "Brazilian 7-footer Lucas Nogueira, a serious candidate to be a first-round draft pick, has decided to enter the NBA draft, sources told Yahoo! Sports. Nogueira, 20, possesses a 7-foot-6 wingspan and has been an intriguing prospect to NBA executives for several years. The center initially..." April 17

ESPN.com "Michael Jordan was one of the fists NBA players ever to have his own trainer, and Tim Grover was his guy. Grover's access to Jordan has long been as good as anybody's, and now the trainer to Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade and others has just released a book called "Relentless: From Good to..." April 17

CBSSports.com "The Utah Jazz have been playing with a win-or-go-home desperation for the last three weeks. And it's all come down to one last game. Al Jefferson had 22 points and eight rebounds to help Utah keep its playoff hopes alive with a 96-80 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night,..." April 16

Pro Basketball Talk "It’s been an interesting, up and down season for the Utah Jazz. The team has nine players who can become free agents after this season, yet for the most part, head coach Tyrone Corbin has done a decent job of getting his guys to come together, especially when you consider how close they are to a..." April 14

Salt Lake Tribune "Utah Jazz back-up point guard Jamaal Tinsley left Friday morning’s shoot-around with a cast on his left wrist, but he plans to play tonight against Minnesota. In the last three games, Tinsley has provided a lift while giving starter Mo Williams a breather. He’s handed out 13 assists in only 45..." April 12

Salt Lake Tribune "By mid-afternoon Wednesday, Enes Kanter was alert in his hospital room, watching a movie. Kanter underwent surgery to repair a dislocated left shoulder earlier in the day in Chicago. His agent called the procedure "very simple" and said it "went perfect." But, as the Utah Jazz announced a day..." April 11

Salt Lake Tribune "The Jazz played without rotation regulars Enes Kanter, Alec Burks and Marvin Williams on Tuesday night at EnergySolutions Arena. It showed. With Kanter sidelined because of a dislocated shoulder, Burks out with a sprained ankle and Williams sent home with a stomach ailment, coach Tyrone..." April 10

The Oklahoman "The stakes set up an intriguing showdown. For the Thunder, Tuesday's contest was about preventing a rare two-game skid. For the Utah Jazz, it was a fight for their playoff lives. “It's going to be a perfect game for a physical game,” Thunder coach Scott Brooks predicted. As it turns..." April 10

Salt Lake Tribune "Jazz center Enes Kanter was in New York on Monday, consulting with doctors about his dislocated right shoulder. Kanter was injured on March 27 against Phoenix. He has missed the last six games and, although the Jazz have not announced a official timetable for his recovery, it seems unlikely he..." April 09

Salt Lake Tribune "Utah Jazz center Enes Kanter will miss the remainder of the season regardless of a postseason run, multiple sources confirmed to The Salt Lake Tribune. Kanter, the second-year former lottery pick, dislocated his left shoulder in the first half of a March 27 win against Phoenix when he and Suns..." April 09

San Francisco Chronicle "The Warriors wanted this one, but Utah needed it. On a Sunday night when Utah beat the Warriors in physicality, energy and hustle, the Jazz also beat the Warriors on the scoreboard, 97-90, in front of the 29th consecutive sellout crowd at Oracle Arena. The Warriors could have clinched their..." April 08

Salt Lake Tribune "After a highly productive Sunday, the Jazz again have positioned themselves to make the Western Conference playoffs. But they’re not there yet. The Jazz’s victory at Golden State, coupled with the Los Angeles Lakers’ loss to the Clippers, restored a half-game lead for the Jazz (41-37) over..." April 08

Salt Lake Tribune "By the time the Utah Jazz took the floor Sunday, through no effort of their own, they had crept back in the playoff picture. Early arrivals to Oracle Arena sat around the visitors’ locker room, watching intently on a projector as the Los Angeles Clippers ran the Lakers out of their shared..." April 08

NBA.com "The Utah Jazz announced today that the team has signed guard Jerel McNeal for the remainder of the season. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Following the move, the Jazz roster remains at 15 players. McNeal (6-3, 200, Marquette), whose first name is pronounced Jah-rell,..." April 06

Salt Lake Tribune "Marvin Williams dressed but did not play in Utah's 95-83 win over the New Orleans Hornets, a move that paid dividends for the Jazz and, likely, Williams. The small forward had struggled with tendinitis in his right heel for several games, coach Tyrone Corbin said, and the game against one of the..." April 06

Salt Lake Tribune "This is how quickly it all crumbles. In 48 minutes Wednesday night, the Jazz went from a five-game winning streak to an embarrassing loss, from having everybody begin to believe in them to causing a rush for the exits midway through the fourth quarter, from showing signs of storming into the..." April 04

Salt Lake Tribune "As it turns out, Derrick Favors is quite the help defender. When Al Jefferson is seeking input on improving his offensive game, the starting Jazz center turns to the lankier, more athletic Favors. "I learn defensive stuff from him and I’ve been in the league nine years," Jefferson said...." April 04

Denver Post "Seven hours before tipoff, an arena quiet, George Karl envisioned nighttime at EnergySolutions Arena — an ear-popping crowd where "the whistle gets wild and crazy against you," he said. Oh, and Utah had won five consecutive games, fighting for a playoff spot. As such, the Nuggets' coach suggested..." April 04

Salt Lake Tribune "Carmelo Anthony trudged out of EnergySolutions Arena three years ago on the last night of April, months away from strong-arming a trade to New York, his Denver Nuggets career effectively over. Down the concrete corridor, Deron Williams celebrated a first-round playoff win, four straight losses..." April 03

The Deseret News "Sure, the Utah Jazz have won five games in a row, and they've looked mighty good in the process. But they'll really know if they turned a corner after tonight's game against the Denver Nuggets. Even without injured point guard Ty Lawson, the Nuggets are clearly the best team the Jazz have..." April 03

L.A. Daily News "The Lakers survived that must-win game. On to the next one. On the night they honored Shaquille O'Neal by retiring his jersey, the Lakers clung to their playoff hopes with a determined 101-81 win over the surging Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday at Staples Center. The battle for survival in the..." April 03

Salt Lake Tribune "They put the brakes on one trend and reversed course. The season has become one, big chase-down block. The same Utah Jazz team that 10 days ago couldn’t stop losing, now can’t stop winning. The countdown to a surprising playoff berth is now at seven games after the Jazz beat the Portland Trail..." April 02

NBA.com "The New York Knicks' J.R. Smith and the Utah Jazz's Al Jefferson on Monday were named Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Monday, March 25 through Sunday, March 31. Smith led the Knicks to a 4-0 week which included two wins over the Boston Celtics..." April 01

Salt Lake Tribune "The chatter was back. For more than a month, the Utah Jazz locker room had been an itinerant carnival of sorrow. This team with playoff aspirations had not won on the road since Feb. 13. They traversed the country, distributing victories like third-graders sharing Valentine’s Day chocolates,..." March 30

Oregonian "One team walked off the Rose Garden floor hootin’ and hollerin’ Friday night after suddenly thrusting itself into the thick of the Western Conference playoff race. It wasn’t the Trail Blazers. With a clutch and stunning late-game assault, the Utah Jazz delivered a virtual death blow to the..." March 30

The Deseret News "The Utah Jazz started the game with new jerseys. They started the second half with a new starting lineup. And they finished a road game with a new resolve. That all added up to a new result. For the first time since Feb. 13 in Minnesota, the Jazz clutched it up when it counted for a win..." March 30

Salt Lake Tribune "They were just a couple of alumni, watching their school advance to the Sweet 16. One was Wesley Matthews, the guard who rose from obscurity in his rookie season with the Utah Jazz before decamping for Portland. The other, Jerel McNeal, is on a 10-day contract with the Jazz and hopes to follow..." March 30

Salt Lake Tribune "The Utah Jazz have signed former Marquette guard Jerel McNeal to a 10-day contract, the team announced Wednesday morning. McNeal has been playing with the Bakersfield Jam of the NBA Developmental League, where he averaged 18.1 points and 5.5 assists in 44 games this season. McNeal, 25, is a..." March 28

The Deseret News "As the Utah Jazz enter the most critical stretch of their season, they may be forced to make their playoff push without an integral part of their lineup. Enes Kanter, Utah's 6-foot-10 backup center, suffered a dislocated shoulder early in the second quarter of Wednesday night's 103-88 victory..." March 28

Salt Lake Tribune "The Utah Jazz can’t look up without being reminded of where they sit in the playoff race. The standings are literally right in front of them, on a whiteboard in the team’s locker room at EnergySolutions Arena. And while the only conversation among pundits and fans right now seems to be whether..." March 27

CSN Philly "When a team has just 27 wins on the season, clearly victories don’t come easy. It’s even harder to win when you are going into EnergySolutions Arena in Utah where the Jazz are notoriously dominant and had a 24-9 record heading into Monday. The Sixers found out just how good the Jazz are at..." March 26

Salt Lake Tribune "The Jazz hustled, defended, shared the ball, made shots and generally acted interested Monday night in a performance that could only make everyone wonder: Where have these guys been lately? Or, viewed another way, where were the Philadelphia 76ers when the Jazz needed them? With some..." March 26

Salt Lake Tribune "Cue the theme music, run the credits. Sunday night was time for happy families to gather around the TV and watch another episode of something they’ve come to count on for prime-time torture. The Jazz blew a lead, then the Mavericks nearly did, but there was no twist. Through a combination of..." March 25