The Downbeat - 6 November 2009 - #95 - The 4 p.m. Dinner Edition
by Basketball John on Nov 6, 2009 9:32 AM MST
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Well, dock me two points from my Jazz fan card. Last night, I was chatting away in the game thread and we went into the half-time break. Went upstairs to get some snacks and came back down ready to go again for the last half of the game. That's the last thing I remember before I woke up to Charles Barkley going on about something. That's right, I passed out for the second half of the best game of the year so far. I didn't realize how taxing that Dallas game was on me I guess.
Anyway, that's why I didn't get a recap up. I'll watch the second half tonight and have something then provided that I can stay awake longer than Morty Seinfeld.
A quick hit from what I did see though. Wes Matthews' play has been great. We're getting some huge contributions from him right now. I think I'm most impressed with his poise. What more could you have asked from him?
Now, I'll probably get some hate mail on this, especially from Danielle, but if he keeps this up, does that make Korver expendable? He's already an expiring contract and will be coming back from surgery. As much as I love KK, if he helps bring a player that helps the Jazz somewhere they have a whole, I'd be all for it.
From Deron's tweet last night,
A lot more fun when we win! All it took was 48 min! Now I can stop being a craby patty as my daughters would say….. Now make it 2 in a row
First, what's wrong with a "craby" patty? They're delicious. Second, let's make it several in a row so that we can show we win on the road.
So what does it take for the Jazz to make the NBA's top 10 (5)? They're the only one of two games on the night. As much as they wanted to just show all LeBron James highlights, they felt they had to squeeze a couple in there for the Jazz
I'll write more about this when I finally get a recap up of the game 24 hours later, but give credit where credit is due. Booze had a heck of a game last night. And whether you want him traded or kept with the team, this is the kind of game you wanted him to have.
The most impressive part was his hustle (that's right, I said it) and D on Timmy. He had three steals and a couple of jump balls.
Is all forgiven now? No. But this type of performance is the best for everyone's interests.
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I must admit defeat. The week had me so tired (the games + having family friends over from LA + classes & essays) that I went to bed during halftime.
I tried though…
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If we traded KK it would leave a lot of guys with bleach-tipped hair and popped-collar pink Abercrombie shirts with a useless jersey hanging in their closet. Won’t someone think of the preppies?
Seriously though? I think you have to hang onto KK because of the perceived 3-point threat, and the near automatic points from the free throw line. Korver’s offensive value at the end of a close game makes it worth keeping him around. Although, if a good D-and-3 player (think Bowen 3 or 4 seasons ago) became available that’s a trade the FO should look at.
To be fair though, I’ve never actually seen Matthews play. He might be that player, I don’t know. I’ll never know. The ownership braintrust has decided that I’m not worthy to see the games until I plunk down some extra cash for cable/satellite television, and I sure as hell ain’t shelling out the big bucks to go to ESA to see this team.
I think you mean “Won’t someone think of the ”http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/d08b02ae4b/we-are-douchebags" target="new">douchebags."
And I think you’re right, Korver is worth almost as much as a shooting threat as what he actually produces.
Uh, do you think you could draw me like a ninja?
I usually don't pimp up my website on this site, but I don't feel like writing the particulars.
You can read about a Boozer for Tayshaun Prince proposition here: http://jazzingitup.com/
Because all isn’t forgiven from my standpoint. Trade Boozer still.
The more you try to erase me, the more that I appear.
Thanks, buddy.
I want you to know that even though I have my own website, I tell everyone I know that SLCDUNK is hands down, the best blog on the internet about the Utah Jazz. It isn’t even very close. The front office should switch it to the official site of the Utah Jazz.
I also failed to mention that Deron flirted with making my triple double prognostication come true. He was only 1 assist and 2 boards away from his first career triple double. The boy can play.
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Thanks for the kind words and the posts you do at the dunk.
by Basketball John on Nov 6, 2009 12:27 PM MST up reply actions
yes, all cannot be forgiven in one game. If Boozer continues to get his game on then I won’t mind keeping him. But I would like to see some more of this if he is traded… :)
1. i lasted ’til about 7 minutes left in the 4th quarter. with the time change we all have an excuse.
2. wes matthews reminds me of a poor man’s trevor ariza from last year. he’s a great energy guy. it’ll be very interesting when kk and miles come back. and i am not opposed to trading korver if it brings in some toughness or some defense.
8. it is a lot more fun when we win. and if you can throw crabby patty in a tweet then you are officially cool.
4. can’t watch ’cause i am at work but i know that any night lebron plays he is going to automatically be in there.
5. he just increased his trade value. now trade him while he is hot. please – o – please don’t keep him.
but in boozer’s defense, millsap can’t stay on the floor. he keeps committing fouls. millsap has got to learn to play the game smarter. don’t lose that aggressiveness but lose the fouls. if boozer wasn’t on our team we would have lost last night because millsap couldn’t stay on the floor (wow, that actually pained me to type that). there are 2 things that millsap needs to do before i am comfortable with him as a starter, stay out of foul trouble and develop a consistent 15-20 foot jump shot.
please don’t read into that too much, i am still on the trade boozer express.
korver is definately expendable. He is much more a perceived threat than an actual threat. Though he is a monster on the free throw line, His 3 ball isn’t good enough to make up for the lack of athletesism that Matthews has provided thus far. I think CJ is enough of a 3 point threat to make the loss of Korver less noticable.
that being said, I don’t think the FO will trade Korver. He is more important to the organization than to the team. His jersey may be the most popular one out there (even if it is primarily worn by females and children under 14) and he has probably doubled our female ticket purchases
Mutual benefit
The better Booze plays, the harder Sap will play, the more games we’ll win, the higher his trade value will be. The trick is that if he plays great, we won’t want him gone. It’s a conundrum wrapped in an enigma or whatever that saying is.
I am more and more pinning the blame on Sloan. We need somebody willing to bench Boozer until he shows he’s willing to play D, someone who will say to his face, “Listen you specimen of manliness – grow a pair or you can pour gatorade for Sap the rest of the season.”
I'll make it coach.
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