The Downbeat - 20 October 2009 - #105 - The Trifecta Edition
by Basketball John on Nov 20, 2009 10:32 AM MST
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Deron's shoes that he's wearing now. What do you think?
via inside.nike.com
Sloan has always been a "You don't lose your job because of injury" coach. It will be hard though to deny minutes to Maynor when Price comes back.
Normally it wouldn't be an issue because Price can play the 2 as well. But when he and Maynor have been on the floor, it's been nasty. Then again, that was when Maynor was playing limited minutes and before his current streak. So maybe when Price does come back, it will be better.
So does anyone feel guilty for getting on Boozer so much earlier in the season? No? Good, me neither.
The Jazz have delivered the application to the Basketball Hall of Fame for Karl Malone. It will of course be just a formality to seeing Malone enshrined next year.
That will make three consecutive years of Jazz players/coaches in the Hall of Fame. Adrian Dantley in 2008, Stockton and Sloan this past year, and the Mailman in 2010. I couldn't think of any other team that has done that. And as I've mentioned before, this could be the last HOF ceremony featuring a Jazz player for 20 years or so if Deron were to make it.
I wonder if they put in Larry H Miller's name for consideration as an owner. He showed that you could have a thriving NBA franchise in a relatively small market. He's had a great impact on the league.
Last poll of Poll Week. After last night's win against the Spurs, what's your outtake on the season now?
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there is another category for basketball contributors, LHM fits in that category for sure. I wrote about it last season when i researched it.
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by AllThatJazzBasketball on Nov 20, 2009 10:36 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
those kicks
are off tha chain…I want some!!
by hustla801 on Nov 20, 2009 11:14 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
1- Deron’s shoes are pretty sick. Much better than last year’s with the giant 8 on the side.
2- Even Sloan has to realize that Maynor is playing out of his mind right now, and he will have to ride the hot hand.
8-I was always saying Boooooooz!
4-I would still love to see the Jazz do something to honor LHM permanently before hoping he gets into the HOF.
5-While I always see things with my Jazz colored glasses on, I think home court in the first round and a competitive second round series with the Lakers would be considered a success this year.
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by BC7 on Nov 20, 2009 11:15 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
8. guilty?
Hell no. Noone has ever argued that he isn’t a talented player wqhen he’s on his game. Despite the ole defense and his apparent preference for the J instead of going to the hole, my complaints are with his big yapper.
I appreciate that he’s put a lid on that, and I appreciate each game he plays well, but no guilt here! Looking forward to a) the trade line or b) cap relief after his contract expires.
by Juan B on Nov 20, 2009 11:19 AM MST via mobile reply actions 0 recs
I'm starting to have bad visions of the Jazz resigning him after this season.
The more you try to erase me, the more that I appear.
by clarkpojo on Nov 20, 2009 11:51 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
It is a possibility
I swear, Locke will lay in front of the moving van if he has too
by Bobby Joness on Nov 20, 2009 2:00 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
1. am i the only one not feeling them? then again, i’m not really an athletic shoe person.
8. absolutely not. am i glad to see him playing well? absolutely. does it change anything? no way. the damage has been done.
4. lhm should definitely be honored somehow, some way. and i agree with bc7—the jazz should be doing something to honor him asap. i’ve never stepped foot in utah, but i’d still say that he has impacted my life greatly.
by moni on Nov 20, 2009 11:57 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
Jazz fans are the most critical yet most forgiving.
by iLoveBooks100per on Nov 20, 2009 12:00 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
2. If Sloan really wants to win games, he will end his ego and stick to his same ol’ “you don’t lose your job because of injury”. I hated it especially when Collins came back from his injuries. Speaking of Collins I saw him in ESPN highlights.
8. Nop. He got what he deserved.
5. Am among the 13% living in the fantasy “We’re winning it all baby!”
by iLoveBooks100per on Nov 20, 2009 11:59 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
i’m not feeling those shoes, they look like they are for WNBA players
by utahmanami on Nov 20, 2009 12:06 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
I think that Larry H. Miller definitely deserves induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a contributor. I also think that the Jazz should retire numbers in honor of both him and Hot Rod.
by Taivo on Nov 20, 2009 12:44 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
1. I like ’em
2. It will be interesting. I kind of don’t want Price, KK, and Miles to come back because I know what we are getting out of those guys. The rookies I have no idea, but I like what we are getting so far.
8. Hells no! But I was thinking the other night, what about keeping Booze and dumping Memo? I disapprove of Boozer as much as the next guy, but if he is going to give the intensity he showed in San Antionio the rest of the season then I kind of want him. Just an idea, I haven’t given it too much rational thought.
4. ’Bout time. Kudos Malone.
5. I hope the front office ain’t satisfied. We still need a change. I voted for the “I no longer want to hang myself…” but something still needs to happen.
by P_Dizzle on Nov 20, 2009 1:28 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
2. I just read in the Trib, “Yet the Jazz have found ways to win even while having to start rookie guards Eric Maynor and Wesley Matthews for two games”. That “even while having to” should be changed to "Because of ".
8. If Boozer played every quarter like that last fourth, I would be a huge fan. His best play that quarter (and I am being serious), Jefferson drove past AK and was going for a dunk and Boozer met him at the rim and knocked him over (a foul of course). Jefferson never drove again that game. That’s the play that sparked Boozer as well. Thats the Bowen, Battier, Bell type shit that wins games but doesn’t show up on a players PER.
But then again, in the third quarter I was cursing at Boozer after the Spurs made two easy little dunks over Boozer who literally moved out of the way. That’s the Boozer I can’t stand.
All he needs to ask himself is whether he want to be a leader or a prima donna.
by Frank5 on Nov 21, 2009 9:52 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
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