How Bout This Jazz

Heading into the last week of the regular NBA season, Tribune Jazz beat writers Andy Larsen and Eric Walden are wondering - Should the Jazz have tanked sooner? With Collin Sexton's return, we also need to talk about where he fits on the next good Jazz team. Plus: Eric pokes fun at how nice Lauri Markkanen has been towards Andy ever since finding out he has the Salt Lake media market vote for post-season awards.

With just three weeks to go in the regular NBA season, Tribune Jazz beat writers Andy Larsen and Eric Walden are surprised by how good the Jazz are currently and are wondering why what they're doing is working. Plus, let's talk about Will Hardy being Will Hardy.

The Utah Jazz just finished up their six-game, 13-day road trip and Tribune Jazz beat writers Andy Larsen and Eric Walden talk about the emergence of players like Talen Horton-Tucker and Simone Fontecchio. Is the emergence real or is it the season? Plus, the tank race needs to be talked about, also known as the NBA playoff standings.

With just 19 games left to go, Tribune Jazz beat writers Eric Walden and Andy Larsen talk about whether they will go for play-off/play-in positioning or draft positioning. The Utah Jazz are going on a six-game, 13-day road trip which will define the rest of the season in many ways. Plus, Walker Kessler is the Western Conference's February Rookie of the Month and Quinn Snyder is the new head coach of the Atlanta Hawks.

Andy Larsen brings the logical to Eric Walden's conspiratorial. Andy and Eric have recovered from last weekend's NBA All-Star Weekend so they recap everything that went on, including how Eric's interview with Karl Malone came to be. With Collin Sexton out, what can we expect out of the Utah Jazz looking forward? We can expect them to be bad.

NBA All-Star Weekend kicks off Thursday in Salt Lake City. Eric Walden and Andy Larsen got invited on a tour of the arena to see the setup for this weekend. Andy and Eric give you a schedule of events that fans (or non-fans) should check out.

The NBA trade deadline has officially passed and the Utah Jazz made news with their trade deals. Eric Walden and Andy Larsen give their trade reactions and talk about the surprises and disappointments that came with the Utah Jazz's decisions. Plus, what does the rest of the season look like for the Jazz? Let's dive in.

With the trade deadline approaching, Tribune beat writers Eric Walden and Andy Larsen discuss trade options and what it means for the Utah Jazz. Walker Kessler has been named to the 2022-23 NBA Rising Stars Team at All-Star Weekend in SLC. How did he react? Eric Walden tells us.

On this week's episode, Eric Walden and Andy Larsen talk after the Jazz lost to the Portland Trailblazers. Damian Lillard scored 60 points against the Jazz and made it very clear that the Jazz can't guard scoring guards. We are also less than a month away from the NBA All-Star Game. There are a lot of events happening that cost a lot of money to get into but there are also events happening around Salt Lake City that are free that you might not know about.

On this week's episode, Eric Walden and Andy Larsen talk about the emergence of Walker Kessler. Andy also seeks out Eric's help on who to vote for in regard to the NBA All-Star Game.

On this week's episode, Eric Walden and Andy Larsen talk about Donovan Mitchell's return to Utah, what he meant by 'draining' and how people of color say he has a point.

The Utah Jazz are at the midpoint of their season and on this week’s episode, Eric Walden and Andy Larsen talk about Lauri Markkanen’s performance. The Tribune Jazz beat writers also discuss previously discussed trade ideas and offer up some of their own.

On this week's episode, Eric Walden and Andy Larsen talk about trade rumors, Kelly Olynyk's possible return this week and the Rudy Gobert situation in Minnesota.

On this week's episode, Eric Walden talks to Joe Vardon, a national NBA writer for The Athletic. Joe is based in Cleveland and that's where Donovan Mitchell is so we need to talk all things Donovan Mitchell.

On this week's episode, Andy Larsen and Eric Walden discuss the young players of the Utah Jazz. Andy and Eric debate on who they'd rather have playing point guard right now. And of course we need to touch on those trade rumors revolving around John Collins.

The Utah Jazz have lost quite a few games since the last time we spoke. On this week's episode, Andy Larsen and Eric Walden do a deep dive on what's going on defensively with the team. Andy also takes a minute to poke some fun at the Lakers, and Eric finds something out about Mike Conley's injury that you may find interesting.

Even with the Utah Jazz playing as good as they are, which 3-5 players are going to be part of the next good Jazz team? On this week's episode, Andy Larsen and Eric Walden give their analysis of Jarred Vanderbilt, Mike Conley, Collin Sexton and Talen Horton-Tucker.

The Utah Jazz are 9-3. They are currently the best team in the West and the third-best team in the NBA. On this episode, Eric Walden and Andy Larsen talk discuss what of the current happenings are sustainable throughout the entire season and what won't be. They also discuss Ochai Agbaji being assigned to the Salt Lake Stars.

On this episode, Gordon Monson joins Eric Walden to talk about the continued unexpected success the Utah Jazz are having. What is the likelihood that it will continue and do fans even want it to continue? Gordon and Eric share their opinions on Donovan Mitchell's comments on the current Jazz team and whether or not it was genuine.

On this episode, Jazz beat writers Eric Walden and Andy Larsen go back and forth with rapid-fire opinions on Utah Jazz players, as well as Will Hardy. They give each other one minute to lay it all out there.