The Downbeat - 9 December 2009 - #118 - The Hippity Hopped To Another Team Edition

by Basketball John on Dec 9, 2009 9:15 AM MST in The Downbeat Comment 12 comments

1_medium I don't feel good about this at all. I know that he started out with the Lakers, but having Hot Rod call a game for the Lakers when they play the Jazz kind of makes my stomach turn.

I've always thought he was still in love with the Lakers from some of his broadcasts when we played them. This is almost up there with seeing Malone in Laker gold.

2_medium Hmm, for what it's worth, there's a petition to have Brandt Andersen donate the $100k to a charity that he promised when he announced the whole Jordan/Russell matchup. Did anyone technically win? Did Russell even play the impostor?

He probably should. Right now the petition only has 4 signatures though. Maybe we can bump that up a little? Not sure how effective online petitions are, but Brandt is pretty much in sackcloth and ashes right now, so maybe.

8_medium I forgot to bring this up in the game recap, but if you haven't been paying attention to the standings, the Jazz are now percentage points ahead of Portland for second in the division. They're also fifth in the conference for what it's worth so early in the season.

Also, Hollinger released his first Playoff Odds of the season. According to his calculations, the Jazz are currently a 78.3% lock to make the playoffs. It of course changes with each W and L. I wonder if he has a Trade Odds that he could let us in on.

4_medium The Knicks Pick took a hit the past week as NY suddenly remembered how to play basketball again. They've won 3 straight and now have the 5th-worst record in the league. They have had wins over Atalanta, Portland, and Phoenix. They're schedule coming up doesn't look too hard either, so they could climb.

I wonder if D'Antoni will use the pick for motivation at all in a "We don't want them to have a lottery pick" kind of way. Also, would they be tanking after the All-star pick if they still had it? They really have no reason to tank which is bad for us.

5_medium Maybe we'll see some Fess tonight? With Bynum and Gasol I would think Sloan might dust him off. Maybe we just have to say Fesenko three times and he'll appear?

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The "AK is out" edition

1- Agreed. Just FYI… I have more or less hated Malone since then. Hopefully the same doesn’t happen with Hot Rod… esp. b/c I’m not a big fan of his replacement.

2- I don’t know what Brandt was thinking… but if he had mentioned it to anyone, they could’ve told him that it was a stupid idea.

3- Portland, I think, is really going to struggle with Oden out… at least until they make a trade.

4- They do have reason to trade for more expiring contracts though, it seems. Or at least trade for youngsters (potential, but not good) to try & excite LBJ. Like Tyrus for Al or whatever. Hopefully it happens.

5- I doubt it. Fess scored a season-high 11 points 3 games ago… and hasn’t played since. Blow out or not. Not even when the Spurs had success like mad driving into the paint with guys like Batman, Mr. Longoria & even Matt Bonner.

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by UtesFan89 on Dec 9, 2009 9:21 AM MST reply actions 0 recs

5...

Fess did not travel with the Jazz according to Siler’s Notes section today. AK also didn’t make the trip for what it’s worth.

http://www.sltrib.com/sports/ci_13954499

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by BC7 on Dec 9, 2009 9:52 AM MST reply actions 0 recs

That's right

Completely forgot about that. Lakers are going to have a field day inside tonight.

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by Basketball John on Dec 9, 2009 10:02 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Defending the Lakers

I would play a box-and-three defense on them, which is like a 2-2 zone and then 3 guys to chase Bryant.

I'll make it coach.

by MTN on Dec 9, 2009 10:44 AM MST reply actions 0 recs

RE: Defending the Lakers

don’t you mean a 1-1 zone? i think bryant could still drop 30 on us even if we did have 7 defenders out there…

by JimmyNoobtron on Dec 9, 2009 11:40 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Is there a way that I can get the hot rod broadcast version? The front office is really stupid for alienating him.

by murderousmalone on Dec 9, 2009 11:09 AM MST via mobile reply actions 0 recs

He might be on league pass

Not sure though.

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by Basketball John on Dec 9, 2009 11:48 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Love Hotrod

But ya sorta have to be able to stay awake for an entire game right? :)

by RRR on Dec 9, 2009 7:10 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Fesenko Fesenko Fesenko

by JAZZfanLA on Dec 9, 2009 12:43 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

he's sick, won't play.

Uh, do you think you could draw me like a ninja?

by Shums on Dec 9, 2009 1:44 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

1. Why Hot Rod, why? He goes to greener pastures and we get stuck with Locke! Thanks Hot Rod. I would rather have high school announcers than Locke.

2. Dumb! Just dumb! I am still waiting for a lawsuit.

8. Yeah and I think he had the Jazz with a 4% chance of taking it all. Please don’t show that to the Jazz front office. We will never get a trade if they see that. The trade doesn’t need to be Boozer but a trade still needs to happen.

4. Hopefully the addition of Iverson will help Philly pass the Knicks in the standings. I predict us picking 7th. You heard it here first.

5. I hope we see Fess, but we won’t see Fess ’til the Lakers are up 15 in the 4th and the Lakers have scored 70 points in the paint.

by P_Dizzle on Dec 9, 2009 1:49 PM MST reply actions 0 recs