The Downbeat - 9 September 2009 - #54 - The 999 Edition

by Basketball John on Sep 9, 2009 6:34 AM MDT in Features - Downbeats

1_medium My HOF posts on Stockton and Sloan will be coming tomorrow. As far as Stockton goes, it seems like so long ago that he was playing and yet it was just yesterday.

As far as Sloan, how remarkable is it that he's getting into the HOF without ever having won a Coach of the Year award?

Kosta had 10 points and 2 boards on 4/5 shooting in 13 minutes. The one miss came on a missed layup but he got the putback. They play Israel today at about 1:15 MDT. Koof could be getting more minutes as Greece has their group wrapped up.

8_medium February is a shortened month for the Jazz with only 13 games because of the All-star game. The home/away games are pretty split, as closely as you can split 13 anyway, with 7/6. Dallas, Portland, Denver, and LA area the bigger games, but the Jazz should be able to pull those out. Trips to Portland and Houston are the tougher road games (relatively speaking for the Jazz). I'll go with 7-0 at home and go crazy saying 3-3 on the road. So that's a 10-3 record for the month.

4_medium I don't think I can think of anyone who would be less likely of a coach.

5_medium So when should this spot be changed to 32? When Boozer is traded? Now? Keep it?

Tweet Comment 13 comments | 0 recs |

Do you like this story?

Comments

4. that had to be sarcasm. seriously.

5. as he is dead to me, now would be a good time.

by moni on Sep 9, 2009 7:00 AM MDT reply actions

4. Marc Jackson or Carlos Boozer?

"I really don't eat that much. I just, more or less, tend to eat all the time." -- Chuck Barkley

by Juan B on Sep 9, 2009 8:01 AM MDT via mobile reply actions

I was thinking that the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 would be related to the 5 positions on a court (PG, SG, SF, PF and C) — but now I remember that D-Will isn’t a PG so my theory is moot. (but, essentially, giving the best player from our team history a spot in the downbeat — like eaton’s 53 for the #5 spot, pistol’s #7 for SG, etc)

That’s why I felt like 4 should go to Karl (I don’t think I explained myself correctly). AD was a beast offensively, so I’m not upset if this one does not change — he’s still a Top 5 Jazzman of all time.

Follow me on Twitter: AllThatAmar
Visit my blog: http://allthatjazzbasketball.blogspot.com/
E-Mail me at: allthatjazzbasketball@hotmail.com
Really, I'm totally not lonely or anything . . .

by AllThatJazzBasketball on Sep 9, 2009 8:30 AM MDT reply actions

I MEAN D-Will isn't a SF . . . .

wow. i’m totally out of it from call last night. probably need to go to bed, lol

Follow me on Twitter: AllThatAmar
Visit my blog: http://allthatjazzbasketball.blogspot.com/
E-Mail me at: allthatjazzbasketball@hotmail.com
Really, I'm totally not lonely or anything . . .

by AllThatJazzBasketball on Sep 9, 2009 8:30 AM MDT reply actions

1 – Stockton never really won MVP either (not even close, but during steve nash’s years he probably would’ve)

4 – Is going to Duke the only qualification? I think the majority of player coaches in the NBA would have to be point guards

5 – Sometimes I think of our current team plus Karl Malone instead of Boozer and I cry. If somebody ever invents a time machine, we should go get Karl Malone from the 90’s. Tearing a hole in the space time continuum be damned!!

by murderousmalone on Sep 9, 2009 11:12 AM MDT reply actions

I'd rather

bring DWill, Brewer, AK, Sap and Memo to our Finals teams . . . that’s one heck of a bench, if not some starters.

Follow me on Twitter: AllThatAmar
Visit my blog: http://allthatjazzbasketball.blogspot.com/
E-Mail me at: allthatjazzbasketball@hotmail.com
Really, I'm totally not lonely or anything . . .

by AllThatJazzBasketball on Sep 9, 2009 11:30 AM MDT up reply actions

We will need to get a Minivan instead of a Delorean, but I love the idea.

by murderousmalone on Sep 9, 2009 12:18 PM MDT up reply actions

can we also go further back in time and get eaton on that team?

by moni on Sep 9, 2009 7:06 PM MDT up reply actions

Coach Carlos

I think he’d be just as good as, say, Mike Dunleavy….

Seriously, that choice came out of nowhere. It was a fascinating article, and then it was like biting into a taco and realizing it is a fish taco.

I'll make it coach.

by MTN on Sep 9, 2009 11:35 AM MDT reply actions

by MTN on Sep 9, 2009 7:18 PM MDT up reply actions

Leave 5 where it is. No point switching it out with 32, because nobody seriously believes that Boozer is better than Karl. Keep 8 as the only substituted number.

Before each game, please remember to feed the bats.

by Cool Hand on Sep 10, 2009 1:03 AM MDT reply actions