Utah Jazz Rumors & News

If hired, Jeff Hornacek will face same challenges as Tyrone Corbin

Deseret Morning News — Current Jazz coach is off to a better career start than Hall of Fame coach Jerry Sloan.

Monson: On the sideline coaching is where Jerry Sloan belongs

Salt Lake Tribune — Monson: On the sideline coaching is where Jerry Sloan belongs by Gordon Monson Tribune Columnist Published May 18, 2013 04:09PM MDT Having interviewed the man hundreds of times and gone to his hometown in southern Illinois to trek down the dirt roads he walked as a kid, to talk with the people he’s known there for 60-plus years, to visit the rotting foundation of his boyhood home, to rummage through, among other old haunts, Don’s Liquor Hut on Route 242 into McLeansboro, I’ve come to this conclusion: Nobody can read Jerry Sloan’s mind. And yet, that’s what I’m going to do here. He’d j...

NBA: Sloan keeps getting calls about coaching jobs

Salt Lake Tribune — NBA: Sloan keeps getting calls about coaching jobs by Steve Luhm The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 18, 2013 02:12PM MDT So much for riding off into the sunset. Jerry Sloan’s name continues to be connected with virtually every NBA job that opens more than two years after abruptly resigning as coach of the Utah Jazz. The list of teams reaching out to Sloan last summer included Portland, Charlotte and Orlando. Already this spring, Sloan says “a couple” of teams have called to gauge his interest in a possible return to coaching, including Milwaukee. Although he hasn’t pursued any of tho...

Monson: Kevin O’Connor says good player will be available for Jazz to draft

Salt Lake Tribune — Monson: Kevin O’Connor says good player will be available for Jazz to draft by Gordon Monson Tribune Columnist Published May 16, 2013 03:17PM MDT 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. 21. There is both skepticism and sunshine as to whether the Jazz can add to their half-vacant roster a player or two who will actually help them...

NBA: Jerry Sloan no longer interested in Milwaukee coaching job

Salt Lake Tribune — NBA: Jerry Sloan no longer interested in Milwaukee coaching job the Salt Lake Tribune Published May 16, 2013 06:43PM MDT Former Jazz coach Jerry Sloan has pulled out of consideration for the vacant job with the Milwaukee Bucks, NBA.com reported Thursday night. Sloan talked to officials from the Bucks last week at his farm in McLeansboro, Ill., and the team was said to be “seriously” interested in him. According to NBA.com, however, agent Keith Glass said Sloan has decided to withdraw from consideration. Glass is “advising Sloan on potential head coaching jobs.” “The bottom line is, Jer...

Kragthorpe: Memphis Grizzlies the model for Jazz’s makeover

Salt Lake Tribune — Kragthorpe: Memphis Grizzlies the model for Jazz’s makeover by Kurt Kragthorpe Tribune Columnist Published May 13, 2013 05:18PM MDT Here in Jazzland, amid the search for signs of hope that the hometown franchise can return to a competitive playoff level after three disappointing seasons, the makeup of the NBA’s conference semifinalists offers some encouragement. Memphis, Indiana, San Antonio and Oklahoma City represent four of the league’s six other smallest markets, and they’re all winning games in the second round of the playoffs. Another common thread: Earl Watson formerly played ...

NBA: Bucks consider making offer to ex-Jazz coach Sloan

Salt Lake Tribune — NBA: Bucks consider making offer to ex-Jazz coach Sloan by Steve Luhm The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 13, 2013 05:23PM MDT Former Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan told The Tribune last week he had talked to “a couple” of teams about returning to the NBA. It turns out one of them was the Milwaukee Bucks. USA Today reported Monday that Sloan has talked to Milwaukee about its vacant head coaching job. The newspaper, citing two anonymous league sources, called Sloan “a serious candidate.” Sloan, 71, coached the Jazz for 23 seasons and into two NBA Finals before abruptly resigning on Feb....

Former Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan meets with Milwaukee about coaching job, report says

Deseret Morning News — Former Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan has met with the Milwaukee Bucks and "is being seriously considered" for that franchise's...

Utah Jazz to host first pre-draft workout with four guards, two bigs

Deseret Morning News — The NBA Draft isn't for another seven weeks, but the Utah Jazz are in full prep mode for that June 27 event.

Brad Rock: It wasn't just basketball for Jazz's Harrison, it was entertainment

Deseret Morning News — Making sure fans went home with a positive vibe was the goal of the longtime vice president for game operations and promotions.

Jazz take a look at point guards Kabongo, Wolters in pre-draft workout

Salt Lake Tribune — Jazz take a look at point guards Kabongo, Wolters in pre-draft workout by Steve Luhm The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 11, 2013 11:13PM MDT The Utah Jazz started the process of restructuring their point guard position Saturday, when Texas’ Myck Kabongo and South Dakota State’s Nate Wolters were among six players participating in a pre-draft workout at the team’s practice facility. None of Utah’s veteran point guards from last season — Mo Williams, Jamaal Tinsley or Earl Watson — is under contract for next year. In addition, none of the Jazz’s four acknowledged building blocks for t...

Monson: Jeff Hornacek on fast track for head-coaching job

Salt Lake Tribune — Monson: Jeff Hornacek on fast track for head-coaching job by Gordon Monson Tribune Columnist Published May 11, 2013 02:11PM MDT Jeff Hornacek will be a head coach in the NBA, probably — but not certainly — somewhere other than Utah. It’s a matter of time, and that time is growing short. The Jazz know this. They know it enough to worry about it, to suffer heartburn over it, but not enough to immediately or automatically alter their current course. “He’ll have some choices, either this year or in the coming years about where he wants to be in his career as a potential head coach,” sai...

Utah Jazz: Team will hold pre-draft workout Saturday

Salt Lake Tribune — Utah Jazz: Team will hold pre-draft workout Saturday The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 10, 2013 02:52PM MDT Six players will be inside Zions Bank Basketball Center when the Utah Jazz hold their pre-draft workouts Saturday at the team’s practice facility. The workouts, which are not open to the public, feature James Ennis, a 6-foot-6 guard from Long Beach State; Jamelle Hagins, 6-foot-9 forward, Delaware; Colton Iverson, 7-foot center, Colorado State; Myck Kabongo, 6-foot-1 guard, Texas; Mike Snaer, 6-foot-5 guard, Florida State; and Nate Wolters, 6-foot-4 guard, South Dakota State....

Utah Jazz: Franchise's future rests squarely on the shoulders of its young Core Four

Deseret Morning News — General manager Dennis Lindsey believes there are a number of NBA teams who'd want to "trade spots" with the Utah Jazz this...

Jazz’s Jeff Hornacek a candidate in Philadelphia, Charlotte

Salt Lake Tribune — Jazz’s Jeff Hornacek a candidate in Philadelphia, Charlotte by Steve Luhm The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 3, 2013 05:39PM MDT Utah Jazz assistant Jeff Hornacek has emerged as a candidate for vacant head coaching jobs in Philadelphia and Charlotte. Hornacek could also became 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 76ers received permission from the Jazz to discuss their job with Hornacek, who spent two seasons in Philadelphia during his 14-year playing career. Other known candidates ...

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