The Downbeat - 27 April 2010 - #216 - The Linky Linky Edition
by Basketball John on Apr 27, 2010 8:14 AM MDT
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This is a great find by moni. Seriously? Should just go with this as well. Also, has UtahJazz.com heard of thumbnails? Also, I think there might be some copyright infringement going on with this title.
Steve Luhm gives his all-Jazz playoff teams. His first team is right on. I would have moved up AK and Dantley to the second team though and take Memo over Carr.
Can you guess what player is being talked about here?
The thing about [this player] is that he's almost a mirror image of his coach in that all he does is compete hard and get the job done. There's not a whole lot of style but an immense about of substance to his game and he probably doesn't get the credit he deserves.
Even though when I read this it has his name in there, immediately I thought of John Stockton and all of the comparisons he got to Sloan.
Of course this being more recent, he's talking about Deron. I wonder if he's looking at the box scores and reading the recaps because his "there's not a whole lot of style" comment shows that he either doesn't watch Deron play or that he's a fan of the two-handed chest pass.
There was a dull uproar when JR Smith tweeted this,
You play selfish you lose selfish that's all I'm saying about the game!
Maybe he's just talking about himself? He has the third-most field goal attempts behind Billups and Anthony. Billups is shooting 45% while Melo is shooting neearly 53%.
Smith though is shooting just 34% from the field and 30% from the three-point line. Since game 1 where he shot 4/10 from the arc, he's just 3/13 (23%).
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1. Blogs are blocked here at school, so I can’t see #1. I’ll check it at home.
2. Same issue. Without seeing it, I am guessing Ben Handlotion didn’t make the cut?
8. The line about no style threw me off too. Has this guy ever watched a game? Deron’s shameless about flaunting his handles.
4. Seriously, have these guys never seen Hoosiers?
5. SO obviously, his talent ceiling is the sky. But he is the anti-Harpring, so I voted against it. But now that I think about it, if the rest of our team is Deron, CJ, Wesley, Millsap, Fes, etc., it’s not like he’d be competing for shots with JR….maybe it could work. I think you’d have to not have Boozer on the same team.
I'll make it coach.
4. I think it stems from the 20-footer Chris Anderson took in Game 4.
As for comportment, Chris Andersen and Carmelo Anthony argued on the bench after Andersen launched an ill-advised 20-footer in the second quarter,
I think they want to blame someone and that shot by the birdman is their fallout.
5. I am going to say no for the same reason you say in 4.
You play selfish you lose selfish
ARGH!
Link 2, section 1, got me fired up!
DYK:
Jordan keeps that pic on his office wall right behind his desk so it’s the first thing he sees when he walks in to work (at least he used to, I don’t know about now)?
Melo
Its hard to imagine him in a Jazz uniform, especially right now when he is in a division rival’s uniform who happens to be the biggest threat on their team.
But I think I would be very excited if the Jazz actually acquired Melo. Can you imagine his production in a Deron Williams/Jerry Sloan Offense? Plus, can you imagine the Nuggets without Melo?
Plus
Melo would actually have a lot more fans in Utah. Maybe that Melo commercial is for-shadowing the off-season?
8. assuming it was describing a current player, i guessed millsap. “doesn’t get the credit he deserves” = getting raped by referees night in and night out.
5. i wouldn’t mind him if bought into and played within the established system. i used to not like him a whole lot (the whole “I can’t believe AK made the All-Star team over me” thing didn’t help), but i think he has matured somewhat in recent years. then again, sloan’s system isn’t iso-friendly or really built for a scoring wing. which brings me back to the whole “buying into the system” thing.
Melo's Usage
I wouldn’t want Anthony in a Jazz uni. He needs the ball to be effective, and that would disrupt the Jazz’s entire offense which is predicated on team ball.
Melo would screw up the jazz chemistry. I don't want any part of him.
I like who we draft. millsap, stevenson and miles are all 2nd round draft choices? The jazz just find guys who fit sloans system and everyone contributes. I don’t see those qualities in melo. peace out.
I'm all about covering the spread and moneylines. I was building a house, I don't deserve this, deserves have nothing to do with it. Bang. "Unforgiven" I drink your milkshake. I drink it up! "There Will BE Blood". Hell is just a word, the reality is much much worse." Event Horizon". Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean, I mean plumb, mad dog mean. cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live or win. That's just the way it is. "The Outlaw Josey Wales".
by wolfmanshowlforever on Apr 27, 2010 11:22 AM MDT up reply actions
Fesenko, Fesenko
You probably didn’t know this, but yesterday’s Fesenko headline just happened to be on a national day of remembrance in Ukraine for the Chernobyl accident.
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I also guessed Millsap. Works very hard, is all substance, and is quite underrated.
Mmmph rrgh prrmf! - someone with his mouth gagged
Go Jazz! Go Hogs! GO BILLS!
I guessed Williams
but only because the national media doesn’t really know anybody else on the team yet. Hopefully we go far enough into the playoffs to change that.
by murderousmalone on Apr 27, 2010 2:59 PM MDT reply actions
Melo as a Jazz
Jazz would be crazy not to try to get Melo. This guy is would thrive in Jerry Sloan’s system and he would ensure that Melo would be more disciplined. I may hate his smile but I love his game. Thinking about that prospect gives me goosebumps
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