Will this year be a turning point for the Utah Jazz?

Photo by Omar Rawlings/Getty Images

In measured music, the downbeat is the first impulse that can be heard in the beginning. It is the strongest part of the rhythm. At SLC Dunk, The Downbeat is the first story of the weekday. It's to jump start your Jazz fandom before work, school, or a long day watching the kids.

The Utah Jazz are a good team.

They’ve been a good team for most of their existence. This team has had many eras of high-level basketball, from Dantley and Griffith to Stockton and Malone, Williams and Boozer, and now to Mitchell and Gobert.

After Deron Williams was traded and the rest of that squad slowly went their separate ways, the Jazz went for a complete rebuild. They hired Quin…