Blog | off-the-glass

Dec 4, 2019
4 min

OTG's All-Decade Team: Utah Jazz Edition

Joe Camporeale – USA TODAY Sports The past decade of professional basketball in Salt Lake City has been an up-and-down roller coaster. Deron Williams, Al Jefferson and Paul Millsap led the Jazz to top four finishes in the Western Conference, while the current Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert era looks equally promising. With a few other iterations thrown in, the Utah Jazz have certainly seen great change. There’s been some terrific players to suit up for Utah in the 2010s. Gu

Nick Boylan

Nov 20, 2019
3 min

Royce O’Neale: Utah’s Breakout Glue Guy

Colter Peterson, Deseret News It’d be easy to get lost in an offseason that nets a wealth of new players headlined by Mike Conley and Bojan Bogdanović, but internal growth from one of Utah’s younger pieces has been equally fascinating to watch. Royce O’Neale, 26, has gone from the Jazz’s 2017 Summer League team to now being a regular starter at power forward, helping the Jazz to 4th in the Western Conference. The 6’4 man out of Baylor played all 82 games last year for the Jaz

Justin Vigil-Zuniga

Oct 30, 2019
3 min

Opening Week Duds

SLC Dunk Hey hey hey! The NBA season is finally back and with the surprising studs of opening week, there come the duds. There have been no shortage of duds in less than a week of play but there are definitely some notable names worth a mention who aren’t looking anything like themselves. Mike Conley The Jazz acquired the veteran point guard in a huge trade sending Kyle Korver, Jae Crowder, Grayson Allen, and a pair of first round picks all for Conley in hopes he’d solidify t

Who Will Be First Time All-Stars In 2019-20?

Matt Esposito

Oct 18, 2019
4 min

Who Will Be First Time All-Stars In 2019-20?

SB Nation Ah, yes, I remember my first time. If you just read that opening sentence, it means that my editors are doing one of two things. Option A: I have worn them down so much that they just decided to let me run rampant with these blogs. Option B: Someone isn't doing their job. Regardless, let's jump head first into the discussion. Which players can reach their first All-Star game this year? The best way to approach this is to consider who may not be participating in the

2019-20 NBA Team Preview Series: Utah Jazz

Nick Boylan

Oct 5, 2019
2 min

2019-20 NBA Team Preview Series: Utah Jazz

Desert News 2019-2020 NBA season starts October 22th and to get you ready for tip-off, Off the Glass is previewing all 30 teams. Today we look at the Utah Jazz. 2018-19 Record: 50-32, 5th in the Western Conference. Lost 4-1 to Houston in First Round. Season Recap: After struggling to keep their heads above water with a .500 record in the early months of the season, the Jazz bounced back post-All-Star break and finished strong. Despite the two-win improvement on the 2017-18 se

The Top 50 NBA Players Entering the 2019-2020 Season: 36-40

Kory Waldron/Jac Manuell

Sep 22, 2019
3 min

The Top 50 NBA Players Entering the 2019-2020 Season: 36-40

40. Lou Williams 2018-2019 Season Stats: 20 PPG 3.0 RPG 5.4 APG PER: 21.2 TS%: 55.4% WS: 5.1 - 42/36/87 Sixth Man of the Year aka a walking bucket. Lou Williams is currently in the prime years of his career and now once again playing on a title contending roster. That’s really all I should have to say on this one, a man who can score at will, underrated playmaker. After being the number one option for the Clippers last year he’ll likely be the third option with Kawhi Leonard

Khaleel Abdullah/Matt Esposito/William Jackson

Aug 28, 2019
4 min

2017 NBA Re-Draft: Part 1

Complex Pick 30: Los Angeles Lakers - Frank Ntilikina (Original pick: Josh Hart) The last (first round) pick of the Phil Jackson era in New York has not been great. Defensively is where his game shines, but his career 5.9 PPG on 35% shooting is horrendous. To restart his NBA career, why not put him in L.A. to get some bench minutes while backing up Fox. Pick 29: San Antonio Spurs - Markelle Fultz (Original pick: Derrick White) Let’s have fun. Fultz has not lived up to the hyp

Hot Take Marathon: Donovan Mitchell Will Finish As A Top-5 MVP Candidate

Matt Esposito

Aug 20, 2019
4 min

Hot Take Marathon: Donovan Mitchell Will Finish As A Top-5 MVP Candidate

SB Nation “My mind’s telling me no, but my body, my body’s telling me yes.” – Robert Sylvester Kelly. I know what you’re thinking and you’re right, it is not a great time to be quoting R. Kelly. But, this classic Bump n’ Grind lyric applies so well to what I am proposing. For those who saw the title of this piece but wanted reassurance that their eyes didn’t lie to them, I will state it once more: Donovan Mitchell is going to finish as a top-5 vote getter in next season’s MVP

5 Players We Can All Root for Next Season

Cameron Tabatabaie

Aug 14, 2019
5 min

5 Players We Can All Root for Next Season

5 players we can all root for next season Toronto Star The 2019-20 season is coming into focus. We know all the story lines. We know who the favorites are. We even know the most exciting tilts on the schedule. Lost in all of these headlines, however, are the many personalities and struggles that make NBA basketball so human. The league needs its stars and its villains, and somewhere in between are the players we all universally root for. Here’s who we all ought to collectivel

Hot Take Marathon: Utah Will Be a 1 Seed Next Season

Michael Austin

Aug 7, 2019
2 min

Hot Take Marathon: Utah Will Be a 1 Seed Next Season

ABC4 Utah Due to one of the craziest offseasons we have ever seen, the NBA has completely transformed itself for next season. The Western Conference in particular has changed drastically. Los Angeles alone has become the new basketball mecca of the world, housing most likely the two best teams in the NBA. In spite of all of this, the Utah Jazz are uniquely situated to make a run for the number one seed this year. Utah has had one of the best off-seasons of any NBA team. The a

Hot Take Marathon: The Utah Jazz Will Have 2 All-Stars, and Neither of Them Will Be Donovan Mitchell

Jeremy Freed

Aug 3, 2019
3 min

Hot Take Marathon: The Utah Jazz Will Have 2 All-Stars, and Neither of Them Will Be Donovan Mitchell

Utah Jazz Mafia Where exactly the new-look Utah Jazz will fit into the West hierarchy is to-be-determined, but their roster looks to be as talented as it has since the heyday of Stockton and Malone -- the last pair of Jazz to play together in the All-Star Game. Sure, the Jazz have had players since then: Andrei Kirilenko, Deron Williams, more recently Gordon Hayward (and would you believe, in between, Mehmet Okur and Carlos Boozer?!?) but all had to fly solo until this year,

Michael Austin

Jul 25, 2019
3 min

2020 Darkhorse MVP Candidates

USA Today In this upcoming season, there is much speculation about who next year’s MVP will be. LeBron James, Anthony Davis, James Harden, Nikola Jokic and Giannis Antetokounmpo are all expected to make a run at the coveted award, along with many other of the NBA’s usual suspects. Every now and then, a player comes out of nowhere to win the award, surprising fans and basketball analysts alike. With the upcoming season having more parity than the NBA has had in years, now is t

How Good Can the Utah Jazz Be Next Season?

Nathan Sherman

Jul 11, 2019
3 min

How Good Can the Utah Jazz Be Next Season?

ESPN 700 The Utah Jazz have not advanced past the second round of the NBA playoffs since the 2006-07 season, but a reinvigorated Utah franchise is eager to restore its name among the NBA’s elite this coming season. The Jazz crashed out of the playoffs at the hands of the Houston Rockets each of the past two seasons not because of their defense (Utah has been top-three in defensive rating for each of the past three seasons), but because of their lack of offensive firepower. T

Matt Esposito

Jul 1, 2019
3 min

Bojan Bogdanovic to the Utah Jazz

Sporting News What’s the deal? According to both Woj and Shams, Bogdanovic inked a four-year deal with the Utah Jazz worth $73 million. His annual average salary will be $18.25 million with his yearly earnings starting at $16.9 million and increasing throughout the contract’s duration (Spotrac.) What does Bogdanovic bring to the team? The European forward had a breakout year for the Indiana Pacers last season. Bogdanovic was able to take advantage of a higher usage rate when

Michael Austin

Jun 27, 2019
2 min

Top Free Agent Targets: Utah Jazz

Utah Jazz Mafia Max Cap Space: $18.94 Million Projected Cap Space: -$36.72 Million Tobias Harris The Utah Jazz would need to free up a lot of cap space after the Conley signing in order to get Harris. That being said, Harris would be a great addition to the team, most likely putting them over the top in a possible title run. Derrick Favors is a great player but hasn’t quite fit in to the Jazz’s lineup. Upgrading from him to a versatile scoring forward would really help round

The NBA Outlet: Mike Conley to the Jazz, Horford, Trade Rumors

OTG Production

Jun 20, 2019
1 min

The NBA Outlet: Mike Conley to the Jazz, Horford, Trade Rumors

The NBA Outlet: Mike Conley to the Jazz, Horford, Trade Rumors OTG’s Nick Fay and Kory Waldron break down the Mike Conley trade and discuss the latest NBA rumors! - Mike Conley to the Jazz - What this means for Utah ? - The next step in the Grizzlies rebuild - Can the Jazz contend? - Who’s making a move on draft night? - Al Horford opting out - Other trade/free agency rumors https://dsgntree.com/off-the-glass MORE NBA PODS Music via Chuko Beats NBA Outlet on Itunes #NBA #OTGp

Gus Saltonstall

Jun 19, 2019
11 min

Best Fan Moments of the 2019 Playoffs

USA Today With the NBA postseason now behind us it seems like the right time to reflect on the spectacle of the 2018-19 playoffs, before the memories of the earlier rounds and the greatness of the Finals fade away into free agency and the start of next season. The Toronto Raptors are the champions of the world. The Golden State Warriors quest to win four out of five was ended by a strong Toronto team, a myriad of injuries, and inconsistencies on the defensive end. At the end

Which Teams Should Gamble on Talen Horton-Tucker

Matt Esposito

Jun 12, 2019
4 min

Which Teams Should Gamble on Talen Horton-Tucker

CBS Sports A freshman from Iowa State University, Talen Horton-Tucker causes serious debate among scouts. Should we fall head over heels for a 6-foot-4 playmaker with a 7-foot-1 wingspan? At merely 18-years-old, are we miscalculating his untapped potential? Or, do scouts have good cause to question his shot selection and shooting? What we know for sure is that Horton-Tucker is a gamble. If the dice roll in his favor, then some team will be getting a steal. THT has not yet fla

Jeremy Freed

Jun 4, 2019
3 min

2019 NBA Free Agents: Ricky Rubio

USA Today Overview: After tantalizing league executives as a teenager with his flashy, fearless, open-court wizardry in Europe, Ricky Rubio became the first point guard off the board in 2009, ahead of such peers as Stephen Curry, unfortunately for Minnesota Timberwolves fans.To make matters worse, he took two years to come stateside, so all these years later, is only a seven-year vet at age 28. While Rubio has had his flashes, he has settled into a role quite below what was h

Who’s Coaching for Their Job This NBA Postseason?

Cameron Tabatabaie

Apr 16, 2019
3 min

Who’s Coaching for Their Job This NBA Postseason?

Just qualifying for the playoffs usually isn’t enough in the postseason. Front offices often demand much more, and head coaches are often the most obvious and useful scapegoat in the face of unreached expectations. This season is no different. There are a few coaches in the playoffs that could find themselves out of a job depending on how things shake out. In no particular order: Brett Brown - Philadelphia 76ers Deep in the heart of the Process, Brett Brown was named head coa