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SLC Dunk -- Best Posts of the Off-Season Part 8

We wrote a lot, you may have missed some good stuff. Here are some "can't miss" posts from August 15th to 28th.

By AllThatAmar
Russ Isabella-US PRESSWIRE - Presswire

No really, I'm going to do my best to be the equal to the task of our great writers here and hand pick some of their best work this off-season. SLC Dunk did not go on holiday this off-season.

Date Topic Title of Post
August 15 Opinion Jazzlandia and the New King
August 15 Jazz Players NBA Cult Classics -- Kyrylo Fesenko
August 16 Opinion How would you feel about Jerry Sloan coaching again?
August 16 Media Jazz History in ESPN Ford/Hollinger "Future Rankings"
August 16 Olympics Russia wins Bronze in 2012, just like they did in 1980. Who did it better: Andrei or Andrey?
August 17 Jazz Fans Jazz fans and the need for constant approval
August 17 Jazz Players On Dream, the Future, and Shan Foster
August 18 Jazz Players NBA Cult Classics -- Ronnie Price
August 18 NBA Serge Ibaka's extension, and a look at all the bigmen and all of the money!
August 18 Jazz Front Office Kevin O'Connor has positioned the Jazz to ascend in the next few seasons
August 19 Jazz Fans Drowning out the Boos
August 20 Fun Stuff Nets Deron Williams is the cover athlete for an NBA game. Will a Jazz player ever have the honor?
August 20 Jazz Fans Asking the Utah Jazz fans what they want
August 20 Summer League Revisiting the Orlando Summer League: Overall Jazz Statistics
August 20 Jazz Roster A frame of reference for the John Amaechi signing years ago
August 21 Strategy If you ran the Circus - designing the Jazz game plan
August 21 Trades NBA GMs do not follow the rules of Math and Science 1
August 21 Trades NBA GMs do not follow the rules of Math and Science 2
August 22 Trades Best.Trade.Ever. Part 1 - Feelin' a little Horny
August 22 Trades Best.Trade.Ever. Part 2 - Where there is D-Will there is D-Way
August 23 Strategy Defense wins Championships, but the team with more points wins the game…
August 23 Fun Stuff In honor of Kevin Durant's Thunderstruck, here are some real movie and tv credits for '92 Dream Team members
August 23 History 82Games.com takes a look at the NBA Playoff Futility over the last decade. Let's take a deeper look at the Jazz
August 24 Strategy Jazz Defensive Review - Blocking shots and how to get more effective at it
August 25 Playing Time Utah Jazz 2012-13 Minutes Distribution: Part 1
August 25 Playing Time Utah Jazz 2012-13 Minutes Distribution: Part 2
August 25 Playing Time Utah Jazz 2012-13 Minutes Distribution: Part 3
August 25 Playing Time Utah Jazz 2012-13 Minutes Distribution: Part 4
August 25 Playing Time Utah Jazz 2012-13 Minutes Distribution: Part 5
August 25 Playing Time Utah Jazz 2012-13 Minutes Distribution: Part 6
August 25 Playing Time Utah Jazz 2012-13 Minutes Distribution: Part 7
August 26 Playing Time Utah Jazz 2012-13 Minutes Distribution: Part 8
August 26 Media ESPN's NBA Player rankings indicate that they don't think much about our scrubs
August 26 Coaching Jazz Head Coach Tyrone Corbin -- Patience is the key
August 27 Fun Stuff Jazz player (and extended family) statistical milestones to watch for this season
August 27 Jazz Players Jazz Off-Season -- some random August tidbits
August 28 Jazz Players Jazz 3 on 3 Team: Who is your 1st pick?
August 28 Jazz Players Jazz 3 on 3 Team: Who is your 2nd pick?
August 28 Jazz Players Jazz 3 on 3 Team: Who is your 3rd pick?

What I really liked from this batch was how we really try to talk to the fans / readers here and come to consensus on a few things. Or if not consensus, at least have some sort of dialog about stuff. We talked about the direction the team is heading in, how we'd feel about Jerry Sloan moving on, our issue with the media, our issue with how the media ranks our team and players, and so forth. We even go into big discussions about how to divvy up the minutes, how to run the team, and what the team should aim for.

We also talked about a few SB Nation league wide things, like who our cult classic players are, what was our best trade ever, and also who would be on our 3 on 3 team. Of course, we didn't forget the fun stuff and statistical analysis either. It's all here in the second two weeks of August! A funny one was naming the types of video games our Jazz players would be the cover spokesperson for.

Last, I'd like to single out Diana's post on Scott Layden. Check it out here. It is an interesting book end to this Part 8 of the best posts of the off-season, as she started this one talking about the new King. And now we get the changing of the guard.

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