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Catman Gorg vs. The Devil David Stern, Monday February 13 @ 6:00 pm mst

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The Backdrop:

Jazz are on game two of a back-to-back-to-back road rally.
This is just the second time this season the Jazz have played consecutive road games. Last was also back-to-back and resulted in losses to NYK and IND.
Utah is a meager 3 and 7 on the road, but NOH has only won four games all season long.



Game Notes:

New Orleans
Jarrett Jack is out once again due to the team being unable to tell if he is stoned or not just by looking at him. Which means...
Some unknown backup point guard will get the nod as Utah seeks to launch yet another overnight sensation.
Also out: Eric Gordon, Carl Landry, and possibly the Geico Caveman-Chris Elliot.

Utah
Let Jeremy Evans dunk
Give Alec Burks some burn
Play the young bigs more minutes against these scrubs



The Prediction:

Jazz should take this one easily by double digits.
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Need to build up some steam for revenge tomorrow night. Also rest for a few guys wouldn't hurt.
 
..never thought a win against these clowns would be considered big......but consider what a LOSS would actually mean?? We'd be back at square one...after demonstrating last night what REAL basketball in the NBA should look like!
 
I think I'll wait until there is more than one page, so that I don't have to look at that photo every time.
 
This game scares me.

We are only a 4pt favorite.

For some reason, this year, on all the BBB games, it is the middle game teams are losing a lot.
 
Hornets may only have 8 active players. Should be a win. Hope we close them out early and rest some of the fellas.
 
NCJazz said:
Looks like Ayon maybe the only big available for them. We should squash them.
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"Word from the arena in New Orleans is no Emeka Okafor for Hornets, no Jarrett Jack, Eric Gordon, Jason Smith, Carl Landry and Okafor"
-David Locke

Wow, so....maybe they might forfiet? That's 6 guys out....how many do you have to have in order to play a game?
 
I believe 5.

Although I do recall a game in the Greek League somewhere 15+ years ago where a team came down with food poisoning and could only dress 3 players. Because of insane rules at the time in the league where a team was awarded 1 point for a loss, 2 for a win, but 0 for a forfeit; they actually played.

The other team ran up a 40 point lead quickly, then played 3-on-3 the rest of the way.
 
Anyone notice how they visited the motel where Martin Luther king was shot and learned a little more about black history in the Memphis game. Do teams do this all the time? Did it help some our players bond a little better or give them a sense of pride to win the game?
 
JimLes said:
I believe 5.

Although I do recall a game in the Greek League somewhere 15+ years ago where a team came down with food poisoning and could only dress 3 players. Because of insane rules at the time in the league where a team was awarded 1 point for a loss, 2 for a win, but 0 for a forfeit; they actually played.

The other team ran up a 40 point lead quickly, then played 3-on-3 the rest of the way.
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I believe you have to have 8 "active" players. I remember a few years ago I believe during the really bad year that we only 8 but played pretty competitively.
 
asian_roger said:
Anyone notice how they visited the motel where Martin Luther king was shot and learned a little more about black history in the Memphis game. Do teams do this all the time? Did it help some our players bond a little better or give them a sense of pride to win the game?
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Maybe it was the guys on the team who actually read coming up with this. Considering the current state of the NBA, we have a surprising number of players with college degrees(three, I believe).
 
JimLes said:
I believe 5.

Although I do recall a game in the Greek League somewhere 15+ years ago where a team came down with food poisoning and could only dress 3 players. Because of insane rules at the time in the league where a team was awarded 1 point for a loss, 2 for a win, but 0 for a forfeit; they actually played.

The other team ran up a 40 point lead quickly, then played 3-on-3 the rest of the way.
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I seem to remember the Warriors being so banged up a few years ago that they only put 4 guys on the court for part of a game.
 
JimLes said:
Maybe it was the guys on the team who actually read coming up with this. Considering the current state of the NBA, we have a surprising number of players with college degrees(three, I believe).
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21%....

staggering.
 
According to this NY Times article from 2 years ago, that's exactly the percentage of NBA players who hold degrees.

https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/06/sports/basketball/06nba.html

About 21 percent of current N.B.A. players have undergraduate degrees, Rothstein Murman said.
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Raja has a degree in Sports Management he finished a year ago. Evans has a General degree with a focus in Fine Arts. Watson seems to have gotten a history degree.
 
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