Seven Reasons Why the Jazz Won't Win the Championship
by clarkpojo
on Aug 5, 2008 9:34 PM MDT
1. They lack an interior defender. They will continue to be unable to keep teams from getting to the bucket and in a seven game series, it will cost them.
2. They still won't figure out how to beat the Clippers and Wolves on the Road. Losing road games they shouldn't have lost killed the Jazz's hopes of gettin a top seed last year and if they don't fix that problem, they will have too difficult of a road to the finals.
3. The Front Office sits on their hands. The Front Office overestimates our ability to win the championship and doesn't take any sort of risk in order to better the team and it costs us dearly.
4. Opposing teams shoot 60 free throws a game. With ultra physical players on our team like Matt Harpring and Paul Millsap, our defense is always hindered when we keep sending opposing teams to the line. If the officiating continues to give players like Kobe, T-Mac, and Ginobili the benefit of the doubt, we will have problems.
5. Sloan sticks to his guns and they turn out to be peashooters. You have to love Sloans toughness and consistency, but sometimes his idea of how things should be done get in the way. If he decides to give hardworkers like Harpring and Collins too much burn or if he sticks to his beat the crap out of our competition drill, it will cost us.
6. The team plays without Hart. If the Jazz don't figure out how to get Jason Hart back on the team, they are done for. Just kidding. If the big guns, not including Williams, play for a paycheck and not for honor and glory, we won't have the extra "it" factor we need to get over the top. We all know Deron will bring it every night, but everyone else may not follow his example. I mean, how hard is it to move your feet on defense, player not be named, but yells "and 1" all the time?
7. Another one of the best in the West turns out to be too good. The Jazz are surrounded by championship hopefuls and if Bynum comes back healthy and productive, Yao Ming realizes he is taller than everyone else, or the Suns land Allen Houston, another team might just be too tough for us to outdo.
note: Allen Houston comment was total joke...unless he gets new knees made of adamantium.
Next: Seven Reason Why the Jazz should Make a Trade
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I'm liking this series
just not this particular one.
Pessimism runs in my blood… I don’t need to helping my fears along.
j/k :)
Great job with this. The lack of interior D (and the FT shooting that results) really scares me.
The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".
by UtesFan89 on Aug 5, 2008 9:50 PM MDT 0 recs
haha
Pessimism runs in my blood.
We hadn’t noticed. :-)
I'll make it.
by Shums on
Aug 5, 2008 10:57 PM MDT
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DW will explode...
...on any teammate that is dogging it. There is enough depth at 2 and 3 that we should have consistent performance there. The problems will be at 4 and 5 where we are as deep as a bowl of soup.
My team is on the floor.
-Norman Dale
by MTN on Aug 5, 2008 10:08 PM MDT 0 recs
re #6
player be named! #6 should be retitled “Carlos Boozer is still on the team”...taking up tons of cap space and none whatsoever on the defensive end or the paint on the offensive end
by moni on Aug 6, 2008 12:56 AM MDT 0 recs
That should be the next one
7 reasons we need Booze. 7 reasons Booze needs to get traded.
by basketballjohn on
Aug 6, 2008 5:28 PM MDT
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Not a bad idea
I could do something like it… though being serious would not be high up on my list.
I like the way clarkpojo has been doing these… I’m sure he can do this one a lot better than I could.
The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".
by UtesFan89 on
Aug 6, 2008 6:42 PM MDT
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That was awesome.
I think this is something that we should definitely keep going.
I know, I could write one on the 7 hottest players on the team. I’m sure all of you guys would love that!
by DaniellelovesKK on Aug 6, 2008 9:11 AM MDT 0 recs
Oh yeah, definitely.
Can’t wait!
(j/k by the way, in terms of how much i’m looking forward to it. but why not? best-of-7 lists seem like a good way to pass the off-season.)
The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".
by UtesFan89 on
Aug 6, 2008 2:02 PM MDT
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And who knows
you might draw in more Jazz fans (or just fans) with that list.
The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".
by UtesFan89 on
Aug 6, 2008 2:03 PM MDT
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Hardwood Paroxysm has added to the list...
8. Carlos Boozer loves getting blocked
9. Regular season warriors.
http://hardwoodparoxysm.blogspot.com/2008/08/great-exercises-in-internet-nba-related.html
by moni on Aug 11, 2008 7:58 AM MDT 0 recs
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