Jazz Shorts

KSL.com reporter Ryan Miller takes a few minutes on a wild day of breaking news to chat with producer Sean Walker about the upcoming Utah Jazz season, which starts Wednesday night at Vivint Smart Home Arena against the Oklahoma City Thunder. 

What was a bigger surprise — Snyder's extension to keep him in Utah long enough to finish building a house, or Ingles' deal that will keep the Aussie on the Wasatch Front through 2022? 

Plus, the guys have some burning hot takes for the current iteration of the Jazz. Is a winless preseason merely a harbinger of things to come, or can the Jazz pull it together in time to live up to lofty expectations by the fanbase (and management)? Can Donovan Mitchell, Rudy Gobert, Mike Conley and the rest carry the Jazz to the tops of the Western Conference? 

What about the rest of the 15-man roster? What roles will Stanton Kidd, Royce O'Neale and Miye Oni play on the team? 

And finally, Ryan answers the most burning question of all: Which Hogwarts' House will take in each Jazz player, as well as coach Snyder? 

The preseason is here!

The Utah Jazz held media day Monday before opening training camp with a bunch of new faces, including Mike Conley, Bojan Bogdanovic, and a host of complementary players to Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert. So what did they talk about?

The NBA is cracking down on "height manipulation" on rosters across the league, and many more important items of business — like team chemistry and Dante Exum. 

Is this the worst Team USA of all time? The Ringer thinks so ... but also doesn't? Ryan and Sean discuss this hot take of all hot takes in advance of the FIBA World Cup in China, which tips off Aug. 31. 

Regardless of level of talent, Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell is poised to be Captain America. Is that a good thing for the Jazz? And how can the NBA help international basketball.

In "This Week in Irrational Upsets," Ryan goes off on bananas. Yes, bananas. And Sean has a problem with fantasy football. 

Ryan is back from the dead (or vacation), and he joins Sean on the holiday known as National NBA Schedule Release Day to break down the Utah Jazz's 2019-20 home schedule. What games should you buy tickets? Which games should you avoid? And how will Utah fans react when Russell Westbrook pays them a visit — on the same team as James Harden? 

KSL.com's Ryan Miller and Sean Walker break down the Utah Jazz 2019 draft — and much to his better ambition, Ryan has some optimism with the likes of Jarrell Brantley, Justin Wright-Foreman and Miye Oni, whom the Jazz selected in the late second round. 

If you aren't excited for another crop of NBA draft picks, listen to this episode. And if you are — well, still listen to it, because we need the download. Sean then tells you why you should still be excited for a Ja Morant-less Salt Lake City Summer League (hint: Vroom goes the Ferrari ... comma Frankie), and Ryan reveals the worst thing about NBA draft season and the close of a business year in the league. 

With four days left until the 2019 NBA draft, is the Jazz draft picture coming into focus? Maybe so, argue Ryan and Sean, as news began to trickle out that Utah is interesting (again) in Memphis point guard Mike Conley. 

But how will the deal get done? What are the benefits of bringing a player like Conley to Salt Lake City? And how can the Jazz even afford him? 

Ryan Miller is piping hot with Jazz takes. First, one why Ricky Rubio is telling a Catalan radio station that the Jazz "haven't made him a priority" ... or something like that? Then, he's hot with Utah's mini-camp roster, which produced such free-agent gems as Royce O'Neale and Willie Reed. 

Then, Ryan decided he was going to get ... mad? .... because Donovan Mitchell is friends with EVERYONE who the Jazz invite to Utah for a pre-draft workout. OK, so maybe he's not mad at that last part. But he's steaming hot. Oh, maybe that's just because the air conditioning at the KSL.com offices has been turned off. 

Either way, download the podcast to listen to Ryan's #HotTakes with producer Sean Walker — including in all-new fantasy draft! 

KSL.com's Ryan Miller and Sean Walker are back in the studio during NBA Draft Combine wrap-up week. Should Utah State's Neemias Queta stay in the draft (he has until May 29 to decide, remember)? Is he a Jazz target (hint: probably not, if you believe VP of player personnel Walt Perrin)? So who will the Utah Jazz draft at No. 23 overall? 

Ryan and Sean are back to talk about leadership changes at the Utah Jazz. Were there changes? Justin Zanik is the new general manager, but he's still reporting to former general manager Dennis Lindsey. Confused yet? So were we, so Zanik explained what the changes mean to the organization. 

After that, the guys go through the list of usual Offseason News Fodder aka #content — and draft their favorite storylines from the NBA and Jazz offseason storylines. Derrick Favors? Ricky Rubio? What about the Jazz pre-draft workouts? 

Ryan and Sean are back for another not-so-short Jazz Short. 

Jazz Shorts is stayin’ alive, and so are the Utah Jazz. 

KSL.com's Utah Jazz beat writer Ryan Miller is finally back in the same studio as producer Sean Walker, and boy did they have stories. 

But that'll come for another day. In the mean time, the guys discuss whether the Jazz can come back from an 0-2 deficit to the Rockets, as well as the preparations staff employees are making at Vivint Smart Home Arena to try to grow its home-court advantage before Saturday night's 8:30 p.m. MT tipoff.