The Downbeat - 19 January 2010 - #147 - The Real 19th Edition
by Basketball John on Jan 19, 2010 8:44 AM MST
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Maybe Deron is going on a tweeting hiatus until the Jazz win 5 in a row as well? Maybe it lost its charm once the first round of all-star voting was released. I think this whole thing might be affecting him more than we thought.
The game Sunday against the Nuggets was the first Sunday game of the regular season for the Jazz. Of course they don't have any Sunday home games and they only have three all season.
Another scheduling quirk is that all of their Thursday TNT games have been at home so far. They have one more game on TNT and that one is at PHX.
Thanks for letting me mail it in with this spot for all-star voting awareness. Today will be the last day. Let's hope that T-Mac isn't in.
If he does get in, I wonder if he gives up his spot. If he does, I think Deron gets in in either case.
Starters are announced this Thursday.
Good stuff from Siler if you haven't already read it. He gives out a midseason report on each of the players. In addition to a poignant statement about Okur, here's the biggest thing I think about this team,
Andrei Kirilenko: If only the Jazz could get from Kirilenko every night what they did at Madison Square Garden in November against the Knicks. Kirilenko still has the capability to be a difference maker for the Jazz but his inconsistency seems to mirror the team’s.
AK wants to stay with the Jazz after his contract is up. I'd really like to see #47 retired with the Jazz if for no other reason that who else can really wear that jersey now?
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I wonder if he would renegotiate his contract this summer to decrease the Jazzes payroll and bring in some help?. I wish it was the 20th thats payday.
by neds on Jan 19, 2010 8:49 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
He can't renegotiate
I don’t know if it’s in the CBA, but I believe it’s mainly because the union wouldn’t let him.
by Basketball John on Jan 19, 2010 9:25 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Don't see that happening...
he has to feed his kids.
by iLoveBooks100per on Jan 19, 2010 10:42 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
8. is he even allowed to give it up? i know that vince carter gave up his spot to mj way back when, but this isn’t an mj-type situation and the nba also fines uninjured players that don’t play.
4. i’ve been meaning to blog about this, but you brought it up first so here goes. here’s the thing about ak, and i don’t say it as a homer. although it hasn’t been apparent lately, jerry has always been a stickler for his set rotation and substitution patterns (which drive utesfan insane)…why? because he feels players will play better if they know exactly when they’re going in and going out.
however, the player jerry seems most willing to mess the minutes for is ak. one day he’s a starter, one day he’s not. one day he plays 20 minutes, the next he plays 36. sometimes he plays the 3, sometimes he plays the 4. his time on the court is all over the place, and yes, i can see why jerry would think he’d be a spark off the bench, but maybe ak would be more consistent if his playing time were more consistent. we want more consistency from him, yet his minutes are the most inconsistent of any player on the team.
5. what’s up his hair in that pic? as for what you said, agree 100%
by moni on Jan 19, 2010 9:37 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
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Someone brought up rotations so here goes. During the Nuggets game on Thursday, din’t it seem like the Thugs went on a tear during Deron’s predetermined resting periods? I thought so. The game was tied after one. Deron sat for three minutes and the Jazz were down by ten when he came back in. Same thing at the start of the fourth. I think our bench sucks.
Or maybe they finally don’t suck. I’ve been kicking around a new theory lately that the reason the Jazz are finally playing well is that there is competition for playing time among the four headed monster known as Korver-Miles-Matthews-Brewer. For once they each have an incentive to play well. Miles, Brewer and Korver all got shown up by Matthews. Brewer and Korver are in contract years. Miles’ starting spot has been dangled around. And Matthews is an undrafted rookie with a crap contract from the Paul Millsap school of make the most of every second of playing time. I love it. I almost wish we could keep the three of them in limbo.
by tyrantking on Jan 19, 2010 4:43 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
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