From Stockton to Malone, to Williams to Boozer, the fine folks of Salt Lake City, Utah have long been accustomed to formidable point guard to power forward connections. Of course, over that time, they have also known no other coach other than Jerry Sloan. Discuss the NBA in our NBA forum. That, of course, has [...]

Mikhail Prokhorov is making waves in his first year as the new owner of the New Jersey Nets. Prokhorov has orchestrated two last-second moves before the NBA trade deadline. (Discuss Deron Williams being traded to the Nets) The biggest is a huge surprise. The Nets obtained Deron Williams, the all-star guard for the Utah Jazz, [...]

Just visited our friends @ SaltCityHoops and found this great pic of Utah Jazz rookie Gordon Hayward in a sweet retro Jazz jersey. With Kyle Korver gone, and if Hayward can consistently stroke from the outside, look for the 6-9 versatile forward to get some decent minutes in Salt Lake this season. This kid has a bright [...]

Pau Gasol‘s 22 points and 15 rebounds helped to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 111-103 win over the Utah Jazz on Tuesday night. (Discuss the NBA playoffs in our NBA forum) The 7-0 center from Spain shot 7-11 from the field, gobbled up 5 offensive rebounds, and blocked 2 shots as the Los [...]

As a passionate fan of Puerto Rican basketball, one must have heard about Carlos Arroyo. (Discuss Carlos Arroyo and Puerto Rico Hoops) Arroyo is a talented NBA player that started out undrafted player and eventually worked his way onto the Utah Jazz roster after spending a couple seasons as a third string guard behind Hall-Of-Famer [...]

The almost 37-year old Steve Nash has been revitalized in the early season. Nash tallied 21 points and 20 assists in a Phoenix win against the the Sixers last night. Without Shaq holding down the offense, Nash is averaging 12.9 assists through 8 games and has had games of 14, 17, 20, and 20 assists, [...]

NBA roundup of the NBA’s international player performances during the first few days in the NBA. Discuss the NBA in our forum. Pau Gasol watched from the bench with a strained right hamstring  as the Dallas Mavericks trounced the Los Angeles Lakers 94-80.  Dirk Nowitzki led all scorers with 21 points and gathered 10 rebounds in [...]