Holy Hollinger - Projects Utah Jazz as the #1 team in the West
by Basketball John
on Oct 1, 2008 1:35 PM MDT
Make sure you're sitting down for this. Well, you likely are if you're reading this. John Hollinger has projected the Jazz to have the best record in the Western Conference. From his column,
Their biggest weakness, he states, is their interior defense. Surprise. This led to the highest hack rate in the league and cost the Jazz between 5-6 games last year. If the offense remains the same, and the hacking goes down, look for the Jazz to have the edge in the conference.
He's spot on in almost all of his statements. In some of my pre-season predictions (for other sites), I put the Jazz at about 57 wins. Hollinger has them at 58. If that's the case, we would have home court throughout the playoffs.
It's looking good.
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But basketballjohn's synopsis is much better visually and content-wise.
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by clarkpojo on
Oct 1, 2008 1:46 PM MDT
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We're screwed
Hollinger just expressed his full hatred for the Jazz and doomed our season. He knows he’s always wrong and by predicting us number one we might not make the playoffs.
by Aldeez on Oct 1, 2008 1:54 PM MDT 0 recs
Hollinger predicts the Blazers to go 42-20
Hooray, they’ll win the conference!
Seriously now, good news for both our teams: Hollinger predicts the Nugs to go 41-41.
Denver is about 1,600 feet higher than SLC, right? Do Jazz players get exhausted playing there?
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by MiledAnimal on Oct 1, 2008 2:35 PM MDT 0 recs
42-20 is a great winning percentage.
But then you have another 20 games to play.
Denver is about 1000 feet higher, much higher if you’re Carmelo
It’s nothing for the Jazz. They usually put the beat down on the Thuggets. Here’s where the Jazz train,
by Basketball John on Oct 1, 2008 2:59 PM MDT 0 recs
Wait
they train at the cabin from Rocky IV?
I'll make it.
by Shums on
Oct 1, 2008 3:01 PM MDT
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Nah
Those are the West Slabs of Mount Olympus – Mountain of the Gods. That’s nearly the same view I have from my office window, alas there’s much less snow right now.
by kris247 on
Oct 1, 2008 3:07 PM MDT
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Facetious
I does it.
(I knew where the pic was, just making the joke.)
I'll make it.
by Shums on
Oct 1, 2008 3:12 PM MDT
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rocky Melo high
nice joke B-John.
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by MTN on
Oct 2, 2008 9:04 AM MDT
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I always liked Hollinger...
Go Jazz!
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by Patrick517 on Oct 1, 2008 4:36 PM MDT 0 recs
Awesome
but then again ESPN.com (don’t know whether it was Hollinger or not) picked the Jazz to go to the Finals in last year’s playoffs, so this may not mean much.
by Vromanite on Oct 1, 2008 6:17 PM MDT 0 recs
Hollinger is the best at predictions though, cuz he uses proven numbers.
He did pick the Jazz to go to the finals when the playoffs started, but he plugged in his magic numbers into the numbers machine and right before the Lakers-Jazz series, he switched his pick and picked the Lakers. But he said it would come down to a few buckets here and there and if the Jazz had won game 5, which they could have, they would have won the series. If there is anyone to trust, it is Hollinger. He has accurately predicted the right NBA champion 6 out of the last 7 years.
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by clarkpojo on
Oct 1, 2008 7:04 PM MDT
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Wrong about refs
Hollinger blamed Kobe’s free free throws on actual Jazz fouls. He may be too tied to the numbers. He might consider watching games some time. Last year’s playoffs, Kobe got better treatment than a fired wall street exec…
Leave the ball, will you George?
by MTN on Oct 2, 2008 9:02 AM MDT 0 recs
i watched the games
and thought the jazz confused kobe with shaq. problem is, kobe can make his throws.
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by cap'n hack on
Oct 2, 2008 10:17 PM MDT
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agree
it was hard to hear about all the referee scandals after the season and not think about the jazz-lakers series. kobe was going to the line if the camera guy looked at him wrong. that was a hard pill to swallow, because each game was close and a couple momentum calls or no-calls here or there and we have a different outcome.
by P_Dizzle on
Oct 3, 2008 2:47 PM MDT
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Gotta love it
I think I agree with him. You figure Deron Williams alone took the Lakers to 6 games. If he gets Boozer, Memo, or AK to play a full game then they beat the Lakers and who knows….
So this year if D-Will can at least get one of the other guys to show up for the postseason then he… uh… i mean THEY might have a shot. Just show up to one game a series is all we ask out of the rest of you. Except for Ronnie Price, he knew how to put his jockstrap on in the playoffs.
by P_Dizzle on Oct 3, 2008 2:38 PM MDT 0 recs
Don't throw Memo under the bus.
He played hard in the playoffs and averaged 18 points and 11 boards in the Lakers series and was the only Jazz man who played well in game 1 with 21 points and 19 rebounds (both team highs).
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by clarkpojo on
Oct 3, 2008 8:12 PM MDT
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it's my guess...
…that memo will have a career year this year. if he picks up where he left off at the end of last season (or regular season if you prefer), i think we’re in for a great ride.
by moni on
Oct 3, 2008 9:31 PM MDT
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