Apathy quickly set in Monday night for many longtime fans of the franchise, in the aftermath of the draft order for the 2025 NBA draft being decided. After finishing with the worst record in the NBA in the 2024-25 season,

Ashley Smith isn't just the husband of Utah Jazz majority owner Ryan Smith. No, she's a co-owner too, and she was chosen to be the team's representative at the 2025 NBA Draft lottery as the franchise hopes to have the No. 1 overall pick.

Although Napoleon Bonaparte may have said it, along with a number of other historical figures at various times and in various ways, in sports, New York Yankees pitcher Lefty Gomez is credited with popularizing the saying back in the 1930s. “It’s better to be lucky than good.”

The Mavericks had the winning numbers. The team with just a 1.8% chance at winning the No. 1 pick won, against virtually all the odds

Jazz fans were justifiably furious at the lottery's final results. The scapegoat in question after the Jazz rewarded the fifth overall pick was the Boston Celtics' former President of Basketball Operations, Danny Ainge. Many Jazz fans took to their X accounts to express their displeasure with the former Celtics executive.

Dan Roberts is reflecting on his time as the public address announcer for the Utah Jazz after his last season.

Before any bulk of the Utah Jazz 's offseason action takes place over the summer, the team opted to make a major move on their sidelines by inking head coach Will Hardy to a new six-year extension that keeps him in town until 2031.

Yeah, every once in a blue moon someone gets a few bits of fortuity, like, say, Utah Hockey Club in its recent lottery position in the NHL draft, moving up 10 spots to the fourth overall pick, leaning heavily on fractional odds. It can happen, but don’t get your hopes up. it usually doesn’t.