The Downbeat - 24 November 2009 - #107 - The Sparkly Edition

I don’t know about over-reacting. I still view it as “this team isn’t built to win it all”. CJ + Korver don’t change that, at least I don’t think so. We’ll have to see after they return.

By the way, I know 8>3 and all, but isn’t not using #3 an insult to E3?

1- I look at it as Fes using great restraint and sticking within his limits. Good for him.

2- You are right about shots getting blocked. They aren’t layups and dunk and yet right in those gray areas, is where you are likely to have your shot contested, so blocks and just being right in the thick of the defense makes it a difficult shot.

8- I think having them should help, but I am not banking the franchise’s success on their returns. The Jazz are shooting 3 less 3 pointers than last year and shooting it 2% worse. So if CJ and Kyle come back it would theoretically move us from 3.7 threes made a game to 5 a game. Those 4 extra points a game would be a big deal long term.

4- I’ve said from day one that he looks more like Carrot Top…which is really scary for Kyle Korver, because Carrot Top is one of the scariest looking human beings on planet earth. A girl I graduated from high school with, used to date him. I can’t explain her actions.

5- You’re aren’t fooling anyone, BBJ. We can sense how excited you are to see New Moon.

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but where they lack is that they don’t shoot enough corner three’s …. statistically the most efficient shot in basketball. Those are the two zones where we have the least amount of shots… BIG problem in my opinion. Also why we tend to have a low overall thee percentage. We don’t shoot the easy ones. Contrast that to the Spurs who have made it a priority for the last decade to open up that shot AND take it away from their opponent. That is the one point where I have been most frustrated with Sloan – we are only a few adjustments away from having an amazing offense and a much better D…. but he seems a little to stubborn to change.

5. two days ago, i had this conversation with a friend:

him: so have you seen the twilight movie?
me: no.
him: i just rented it on dvd.
me: are you a girl?
him: no, my students said it was good.
me: the only thing i know about is is when it came out a lot of the posters on a jazz blog were complaining that they were missing games because their wives made them go watch it.

so bbj…going of your own free will? haha.

BBJ — please post on tomorrow’s downbeat the beatdown you get from Danielle. Anxiously awaiting her reaction.
(Uncanny resemblance, though — it’s as if they were separated at birth)

Ok, honestly. Who posted this? Are they smoking crack? This is like slanderous. I think you need to write KK a letter of apology.