The Downbeat - 24 August - The Back On Track Edition
by Basketball John on Aug 24, 2009 6:44 AM MDT
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Congratulations to Kevin O'Connor and his ten years with the Jazz. Luhm has a good recap of his career. He's gotten some flak for some of the deals and non-deals that he's done. Letting Mo Williams go is one but with Mo, we probably don't land Deron.
He gets grief for AK's max deal. At the time though, it was looking like AK was going to be the franchise player for the Jazz. I don't think they had any way of knowing that Boozer was going to become available at the time or that they would land Memo as well in the same off-season. So he may have overpaid a bit, it was reasonable to believe that AK would be the cornerstone.
My only fault with him is not trading AK two years ago for Shawn Marion, and even that I think was LHM wanting to keep him.
He's been hit or miss in the draft, but he's gotten some big steals. When you pick low in the draft each year, that's how it's going to be. But when we have picked high, he's done well. He turned the #6 pick into Deron. He's also got Ronnie B and don't forget Millsap.
Maybe we would all like to have seen some trades that make the team better, I have a hard time believing he wouldn't pull the trigger on a deal.
And if he somehow moves Boozer for anything of significance, he becomes GM of the year in my book.
We have this question from Yahoo! answers:
What shoes does Kyle Korver wear?
My answer would be, "Whatever Danielle tells him to wear."
Besides their existing endorsement deals, give me a new product/service that someone on the team should be endorsing.
Give me your predictions for CJ for PPG, FG%, and 3P%.
This might be the year where I spend a large sum of money for some good seats for a Jazz game. Since I've never sat lower than the back row of the lower bowl, any recommendations for where I should try to sit? I know it's going to cost quite a bit anywhere, but I'd like to get the most value for my buck.
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1. i think i appreciate koc especially for the moves that he didn’t make, given all the horrible moves you see everyday. as for ak, like you said, he was the franchise player at the time, and i have no quibble with the max contract. i also think he’s done reasonable well with drafts (like you said, when you pick that low every year…)
8. jerry sloan for john deere. is that too obvious? matty for the nfl? kk for the iowa state tourism bureau?
KOC is pretty good. I agreed with the article that he may be the most underrated GM.
1. And I am convinced that Kevin O’Connor is working hard this summer and that he is checking out all of his options. The problem is that he has to be so careful about deals, so that rumors don’t get out and feelings don’t get hurt while gauging interest. But I agree, that moving AK would have been the right move a couple years ago.
2. I’m sure you can google it.
8. Ronnie Price- Red Bull; Paul Millsap- Wheaties; Boozer- Proactiv or Clearasil;
4. If he scored double digits on over 45% shooting, I would be happy. But I will say 12 ppg, 2 assists, 3 rebounds, 48% fg and 41% 3 point fg % would make the Jazz dangerous.
5. Directly behind the opposing team’s bench.
The more you try to erase me, the more that I appear.
1. koc did a whole lot better than scott layden did, in just about the same time
2. he wears converse — you can see print ads of him and (then) dwade together
8. koufos, some local greek place in SLC; AK world of warcraft; fes with denny’s at 3 am after a night of drinking; deron with a national NIKE spot
4. 13-17 ppg, 48 fg%, 39 3pt%
5. no idea, if i was to get season tickets, it would be one of the first 3 rows myself, but then again, i still have no concept of what the dollar is worth, and i’m 30 years old.
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by AllThatJazzBasketball on Aug 24, 2009 8:11 AM MDT reply actions
1. I think we have no conception of what it’s really like to try to run an NBA team as a GM. I’m probably privy to a bit more info than the average fan, and even I don’t really know what it’s like. We’re in the age of the ESPN Trade Machine and Bill Simmons and sports radio and every schmuck with a computer thinks he could do it better, but I’m more or less pleased with the job O’Connor does year in and year out. Given that the Jazz have had one losing season in, oh, MY ENTIRE LIFETIME, I don’t think we have too much to complain about.
2. Your answer was perfect, BBJ.
3. I love Amar’s AK/World of Warcraft idea. Remember when Shatner did a WoW ad? Andrei could totally do the same.
“Hallo, I’m Andrei Kirilenko… and I’m a paladin. I am a holy warrior for the gods. Just like with Utah Jazz, I make teammates better with sacred aura. And if Coach try to stop me, I GANK him. And steal his loot.”
4. I think Clark’s pretty close, but I will be very surprised (and pleased!) if CJ averages 15 PPG or more. I’d reckon more like 12 or 13. Even that would be a nice step up, though.
5. Man, you’ve got more money than me, I can’t even afford more than a couple games a year, and even then, it’s the cheap seats for me. (Relatively speaking. There’s really no cheap seat anywhere at the ESA. Sigh.)
Uh, do you think you could draw me like a ninja?
3. – Nice
5. – I normally only go to 2-3 a year (family, distance, and other things prohibit me from going more). So instead of just a couple of game in the upper bowl, I thought I might just spend what I would for those games (plus concessions) and go to one game.
by Basketball John on Aug 24, 2009 10:49 AM MDT up reply actions
who are the opposing teams in contention for the prize of your presence?
or is it all and only about the jazz? ;)
Well, I'm not going to pay a lot for the Clippers or the Grizz
It doesn’t matter too much who the other team is, but someone from the WC or a big team from the east would be preferable. I need to start locking down dates.
by Basketball John on Aug 24, 2009 6:43 PM MDT up reply actions
speaking of koc and moves not made
seems now that not trading for beasley (if the heat even considered that) was a good move not made…
endorsements
Andrei – Rocky IV on DVD
Boozer – Goldman Sachs
Collins – elbow pads and brake pads
Harpring – ARUP
CJ Miles – qwerty wireless phones
Ronnie Brewer – Milwaukee’s MLB team
Paul Millsap – TuffShed, Craftsman tools, raw leather, tree bark, and granite
Koof – turds (on the premise that his powers would enable him to sell anything)
Fesenko – hair care products
Ronnie Price – anything in need of the slogan “this Price is right!” – could be cars, knife sets, real estate, oatmeal, whatever….
Deron – the Utah Jazz
Korver – all products that only women buy….tampons, vagisil, leg razors, massengil, food choppers, wheat, Volkswagen bugs, whatever….
Sloan – health care (the idea here is that it would have to be something with inelastic demand, that is, demand-no-matter-the-price, because nobody would buy anything from him.)
I'll make it coach.
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