Jerry Sloan Is Selling Off Everything - The Downbeat - #557
by Basketball John on Aug 18, 2011 11:17 AM MDT
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First Jerry Sloan got rid of all of his tractors, now he's auctioning off some antiques that he has in Indiana. These were part of his late wife Bobbye's collection when she was an antique dealer. There are many Jazz or basketball related items, but there are a few things of note:
John Deere sign - I guess if you don't have any more tractors, you don't really need this sign.
Miller High Life Basketball Hoop - You haven't lived the high life until you've hooped on this.
US 6 - A sign from one of the deadliest roads in Utah and in the country.
John Deere tractor side panel - Again, no need for a side panel for fix-ups if you don't have any more tractors to fix up.
Bud Light Utah Jazz clock - This one is going to go high, so open your wallet.
Deer gun racks - These should sell for a small fortune in Indiana and Utah.
Deer head - Want the deer rack, but don't have a gun? Here's the whole head.
As Ross Siler pointed out, the Pabst Blue Ribbon beer clock would be a hipster's dream. That, along with any of t he numerous bicycles would give you instant hipster cred.
I would love to bid on some of these things if I didn't have to go to Indiana to get them.
(h/t) everyone on twitter. I couldn't find who first posted about this
A Russian blogger yesterday tweeted that AK was in serious discussions to play for CSKA in Russia next season,
Twitter / @selloutxboy: Kirilenko in talks with CS ...
Kirilenko in talks with CSKA, wants $3million and NBA-out. Interesting though that his #Jazz contract has expired.Twitter / @selloutxboy: Oh, that Kirilenko story i ...
Oh, that Kirilenko story is according to championat.ru, which is hardly a reliable source. They're also saying CSKA is keen on signing KD.
It's not that unreasonable to assume that he would play for CSKA. In fact, in his recent interview with Sports.ru, he pretty much said just that,
How can Spartak St. Petersburg attract Andrey Kirilenko? They won't even play in the EuroLeague.
I don't care about the European cups at all; it's my native team, that's it. If I returned to play in Russia, I would do that with my native team, not the one that has bigger ambitions and wants to win something. Anyway, I will try to make it so that my team would play as good as possible. But I will repeat, nothing is clear yet, now it's all at еру negotiations stage, a lot of options have to be taken into account. Even without a contract, I am still in the NBA system, and it's a little bit hard for the teams to sign a player knowing that he will leave in 2 or 3 months.
That native team he speaks of is of course CSKA. I don't know what the time frame would be, but it's not going to surprise me at all when he signs with them. It could be right after Eurobasket is complete. He will have an NBA out though.
Great Sporacle quiz from Prodigy (maker of fine Utah Jazz videos on YouTube) Can you name all of these players? Click on through. I only scored 8 out of 16. I would have got 9 but it doesn't appear that Mark Eaton is listed.
What an awful trade for New Jersey from Chris Broussard (Insider). In his article about keeping Dallas a contender, he submits the idea that they should trade for Deron Williams. That would be more than enough to keep them contending, but why would NJ do this?
Dallas: The Mavericks send Chandler to New Jersey and Beaubois to Milwaukee to get D-Will from New Jersey. They also send Rudy Fernandez and Corey Brewer to Utah, and re-sign free agent Jason Terry. Starting five: D-Will, Jason Terry, Shawn Marion, Dirk Nowitzki, Brendan Haywood.
New Jersey: The Nets send Williams to Dallas and Brook Lopez to Milwaukee in exchange for Milwaukee's Jennings, Dallas' Chandler and Utah's Millsap. Starting five: Jennings, Marshon Brooks, Millsap, Kris Humphries, Chandler.
Milwaukee: Jennings, of course, goes to New Jersey/Brooklyn, but the Bucks also move the disgruntled Andrew Bogut, sending him back to Utah (where he starred in college) and making him the Jazz's new center. The Bucks also send a first-round draft pick to Utah. They get back Beaubois, Utah's Al Jefferson and Jersey's Lopez. Starting five: Beaubois, Stephen Jackson, Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, Jefferson, Lopez.
Utah: Millsap goes to NJ/Brooklyn and Jefferson goes to Milwaukee for Bogut, Brewer, Fernandez, a Bucks first-round pick and $3 million cash from Milwaukee. Starting five: Devin Harris, Alec Burks, C.J. Miles, Favors, Bogut.
New Jersey would give up their two best players for Redd, Millsap, and Chandler? This would be a steal for the Jazz as well. I would imagine having Bogut back would make a lot of fans happy, Ute fans or not.
Thursday open poll... Your favorite unusual sandwich that is actually delicious... One of mine: Peanut butter, honey, and bananas.
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5- I make this at work prob 4 times a week
Take a bagel, put some lunchmeat on one side (usually ham or turkey), put some cheese on the other (swiss or pepperjack), then put both ends in the oven and turn it on broil for about 90 seconds. Take it out and put some sweet and hot mustard on and enjoy. Damn good.
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That sounds delicious
But not particularly unusual.
"Three-pointer from the parking lot...YES! The Golden Griff!"
by Dr. Dunkenstein on Aug 18, 2011 1:32 PM MDT up reply actions
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Is that really the best interface there is? You have to hit the Next Lot button almost 500 times? That’s horrible. Is there a screen that shows everything all at once?
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5 - Spicy Tuna Sandwich
Mix tuna with Mayo as normal, but add Sriracha sauce and a little bit of ranch dressing. Place between 2 slices of wheat bread. Pickles and/or jalapenos can be added for additional flavor.
I'd love to get Bogut
Millsap and Jefferson would be a small price to pay for a defensive anchor like Bogut and a defensive wing like Corey Brewer. I’d do that trade without even thinking twice about it.
But that trade is an absolute rip off for New Jersey- unless they feel d will won’t re-sign.
Green Bay Packers 13...next closest team 9.
WTF?
WTF? How is this a “steal” for the Jazz? Bring DWill back into our conference so we have to face him and a great team in playoffs? Turdy Fernandez isn’t worth anything, and Andrew Bogus can’t even lift his recently-broken arm past shoulder height. Brewer isn’t too bad, but I wouldn’t give Milsap for him.
Bogut is one of the best big defenders in the league
Probably second only to Dwight Howard. Yes, he is that good. Favors and Bogut would be absolutely lethal defensively.
As for the Mavs and D Will….who cares? We aren’t going to be contending for a whille- we’re 3, maybe 2 years away from that. By the time we’re good, Dirk will be retired or washed out and D Will be be flying solo- unless they luck into a second super star.
Green Bay Packers 13...next closest team 9.
I think you underestimate Cuban.
You seem to think that D-Will flying solo in Dallas isn’t dangerous, but really isn’t that what Dirk did this last year? Cuban will get players to fit around a star. I wouldn’t want to give Cuban a star in his prime. Cuban has one of the best coaching staffs in the league, he is willing to be agressive to add assets, and players like to play for him. You give him a PG in his prime that is good at dishing out assists, I think Dallas would have a pretty easy time filling in the surrounding players to be very good even when Dirk gets older.
I also think Dirk was the best player in the entire NBA last year. I could see Dirk slowly becoming just a very good role player and that would make the transition to D-Will very smooth for Dallas. I think if that deal were to go through Dallas would be one of the top teams for at least 5 years and knowing the way Cuban works maybe longer.
Under estimating Cuban?
He’s been trying to build around Dirk for years. Because he finally stumbled across a good team last year makes him great? The Kidd trade screwed them for a couple years and Cuban was lucky enough that Dallas stayed healthy last year.
I don’t get why everyone thinks Cuban is so freakin smart. The dude just has alot of money to throw around and is very impulsive.
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They would have won way back when
if Cuban hadn’t pissed off Stern.
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Had Dirk not missed the 10 games he did last year they would have been right there
for best record in the regular season. So they just were healthy at the right time.
I agree the Kidd trade wasn’t smart. I also thought letting Nash go wasn’t smart, but he kept working to put together a team that works. I am not saying Cuban is the smartest guy in the room. But I am saying he is willing to do things to get his team better. Players like playing for him and he is willing to take risks to win. Look at Dirk last year. People forget he was a free agent too. He took less than the max to stay with Cuban with a group that we thought was not good enough to win the ring. Clearly adding Chandler helped the guys they had come together, but just think when, as you saw last year, the guy who is currently the best basketball player on the planet takes less money to sign with a team that looks to be past their peak, you have to say Cuban had something to do with that.
We shouldn't nix a great trade for us just to spite a rival team
Andrew Bogut would be a great, great piece. Defensively, he is second only to Dwight Howard. And offensively, I think he can be a reliable 12-14 ppg scorer. The guy is good. A trio of him, Favors and Kanter would potentially be among the best in the league.
Also in this hypothetical trade, Dallas loses Chandler. Without Chandler, they don’t win the title last year, so it’s not a complete steal for them.
Green Bay Packers 13...next closest team 9.
Right we shouldn't stop a trade to spite a rival, but
The trade isn’t that great for us. If Bogut can return to Bogut then it might be a good deal, but I feel like the only reason the Bucks would trade him is that they don’t feel like he will be like Bogut any time soon.
I also don’t like giving up 2 good bigs for a big with injury problems, a Spanish shooter that can’t shoot and doesn’t want to be here anyway, and a guy that couldn’t take playoff mins away from DeShawn Stevensen or Peja. I don’t see how that makes us better.
Your point on Chandler is correct, but he is a free agent so he would have to agree to a sign & trade anyway to make this work.
dianaallen said almost the same exact thing below.
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Bogut will return to form
His stats last year weren’t too far off from his best years. Tyson Chandler himself has(d) a reputation for being injury prone. Yet his stellar defense and rebounding made all the difference for the Mavs title run.
Bogut has a similiar skill set as TYson. Better shot blocker (by far) and probably better D too. THat is why trading Sap and Jefferson for him is worth it. His skills are skills the two Jazz bigs don’t have: interior defense. Favors and Bogut would be an impregnable interior defense, a solid foundation.
I agree
It clears out minutes for Favors and Kanter. Seriously, Millsap has made it clear he doesn’t want to come off the bench, and I don’t blame him. So this trade would take two 30+ minute guys from the Front court and replace them with one. In addition to that it brings two solid wing role players. Fernandez can contribute at a higher level than Korver could, he has a better skillset, just hasn’t applied himself to the fullest. Brewer has played well when he has gotten minutes, he is an above average defender, yeah, he can’t shoot for crap, but doesn’t every team need a skilled defender that can guard 3 positions?
This trade would make us the skinniest team in the league though… I think.
If Bogut is Bogut it does change things.
But that is also why I can’t see the Bucks trading him unless they see him as damaged goods.
Trading for Chandler last year was a different situation because Dallas traded Dampier for him. The risk wasn’t that high, plus Chandler was entering the last year of his contract and they had Haywood. The gamble was small. For us it is us giving up our 2 best players for a guy that had a TS% 3% lower than Big Al’s. Plus that would be over the last half of a season losing a hall of fame coach and our 3 best players. That said if Bogut is Bogut then it may be worth it.
3. I hate to brag
But I got all 16. Hey, I’m old! I remember all those guys!
5. The turkey/bologna special: turkey, bologna, lettuce, tomato, mayo, and spicy brown mustard on a sandwich roll. Cheese may be added if desired. My boss turned me on to this one. I’m not a big bologna fan but this sandwich tastes mighty fine if you use a decent brand of bologna like Boar’s Head.
"Three-pointer from the parking lot...YES! The Golden Griff!"
by Dr. Dunkenstein on Aug 18, 2011 1:39 PM MDT reply actions
True that.
"Three-pointer from the parking lot...YES! The Golden Griff!"
by Dr. Dunkenstein on Aug 19, 2011 10:25 AM MDT up reply actions
#45
Is none other than Jeff “The Franchise” Wilkins.
"Three-pointer from the parking lot...YES! The Golden Griff!"
by Dr. Dunkenstein on Aug 19, 2011 10:24 AM MDT up reply actions
That's not a bad deal
for The Nets if they don’t think D-will is going to resign with them. Chandler and Millsap are a pretty good bargain and Redd’s contract is up quickly and they have the money to take the hit till it does. Not only that they still have a ton of cap space so they could go after someone like Chris Paul in free agency or Dwight Howard still. I’d imagine that the Nets would probably have to get a draft pick somewhere in there too to make it really worth wild.
Really though. If NJ can sign Chris Paul to a contract and get paired back up with Chandler in NJ. While adding Millsap who is a David West type player. It would kinda be the Hornets team we saw a few years ago that made a run in the playoffs.
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I don't like that trade AT ALL!
No way would I give up 2 good big men for a player that is always injured, a player who wants to be in Spain and a player that barely gets minutes
Nicely put.
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I would never trade away Millsap
you just can’t do it
it is like trading Bailey all those years ago
by Russell Kanning on Aug 19, 2011 6:10 AM MDT up reply actions
You're
freeing up future money instead of having it tied up in Jefferson and Millsap and removing a log jam for Favors and Kanter who should by all means be the future of the Jazz.
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Stockton to Malone- The perfect combination!!
MonSTARZ forever!
pb, honey, and bananas isn't that unusual is it?
that combo’s great with cinnamon raisin bread.
another one of my faves — grilled cheese with ranch, sauteed mushrooms and black pepper
Nope, if I've had it, it can't be that unusual.
Wish I liked ranch dressing more. People that like it a lot can find all kinds of awesome combinations. And Wendy’s just came out with a new 99-cent Monterey Chicken Ranch sandwich that would be great if I liked ranch more.
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That picture for the quiz is gold
I grew up as a band nerd (trombone), and even today do work at our high school’s marching band.
AD holding the flute just kills me. I couldn’t stage such awkwardness if I tried. Almost as awesome is the dude with the clarinet. And Mark Eaton on drums, with a Chip ‘n Dale bow tie (I know the bow tie’s on everyone, but it’s special on Mark). Wow. And the best is Darrell Griffith—he just looks pissed that he has to pose for such a dumb idea for a photo.
They just don’t make cheesy team photos like they used to.
But Thurl on the sax—now he looks like he’s pulling off a legit improv riff as they’re taking the shot.
I got the crap beat out of me in Provo one time
I think you mean Chippendale
Unless you really are talking about the cartoon.
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I don't know what scares me more.
That you know the proper spelling for the male dancers and cartoons of the same name or that a cartoon has the same name as male dancers.
I will attribute my knowledge of the spelling of the word "Chippendale"
to a childhood filled with watching Inside Edition, Hard Copy, Montel, and Springer.
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For the record
The guy with the clarinet is former Jazz superstar Mitchell “J.J.” Anderson.
"Three-pointer from the parking lot...YES! The Golden Griff!"
by Dr. Dunkenstein on Aug 20, 2011 12:09 PM MDT up reply actions
And I thought the media calling Chris Bosh a superstar was sign that the term's meaning has declined.
:)
I got the crap beat out of me in Provo one time
This Sloan news scares me.
I had the thought when he resigned that he might have health problems. It almost made sense then because I really can’t imagine Jerry telling people he was terminally ill. He wouldn’t want anybody’s damn sympathy. He’s too tough for that crap.
Selling off his tractors and, from the sounds of it, more and more of his posessions, makes me wonder all the more. Please, oh please, let me be wrong.
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