Jazz V Spurs II Why a back to back with the same team only Stern knows
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orangello
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My wife just asked me a series of questions and I thought that I would share it with this board.
She just asked me if the Spurs best players were playing. I told her that they were not.
She then asked me if the Spurs were the top seed in the west. I told her that they were.
She then asked what seed that the Jazz were fighting for. I told her the 8th seed.
Then she came to a brilliant conclusion. She asked why everyone wanted the playoffs so much when there is a good chance that the Spurs would win big in a sweep and the Jazz would lose their pick.
She also asked me if she was missing something. I told her that she wasn't.
She then said, "Wouldn't it be better to get some more talent and develop that talent?" I told her yes.
She just shook her head and walked away.
She just asked me if the Spurs best players were playing. I told her that they were not.
She then asked me if the Spurs were the top seed in the west. I told her that they were.
She then asked what seed that the Jazz were fighting for. I told her the 8th seed.
Then she came to a brilliant conclusion. She asked why everyone wanted the playoffs so much when there is a good chance that the Spurs would win big in a sweep and the Jazz would lose their pick.
She also asked me if she was missing something. I told her that she wasn't.
She then said, "Wouldn't it be better to get some more talent and develop that talent?" I told her yes.
She just shook her head and walked away.
Thee Idiotic Minivan K
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Wow!! Jazz basketball baby!!
thats a good story
orangello
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Bring on the Spurs!! We can beat them any time anywhere and with anyone!!! (Except Parker, Duncan and Ginobili) Yea, go Jazz!! You are a playoff team!!
Thee Idiotic Minivan K
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So we should forever just develop young talent, halt long term success. We already have four talented sky's the limit talents that need to be developed who were lotto picks. We don't need anymore rookies. We have the future now! By making the playoffs we are essentially talking the young 4 into signing long term. We need to find good vet roll players. Why do you think the spurs are so good. We struggled tonight because of mistake after mistake after mistake was committed by this team. As long as we make the playoffs we have a chance to make noise. If we miss we don't.
JazzFanNBama
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I'm sure I'm about to get berate because of what I'm about to say, but oh well. It is beyond me how some of you people think that it's perfectly acceptable to "tank" this season away so we get the lottery pick. I would have to guess that the people that think that's acceptable didn't play sports EVER! If you did I dang sure wouldn't have wanted you on my team. I want to win. I want to win today, tomorrow, two years from now. I get the fact that we aren't going to win the West or win it all. However, we have a very young team that is trying to grow up. Hence the ups and downs we've experienced over this year. I'm a firm believer we can build with what we have. I know we are missing a piece or two to make this a complete team. I also think that a trip to the playoffs would help this team more than some maybe even most on this board believe. I'm just glad to know our players don't think like some of you do.
Rant over.
Rant over.
My point is even if the Jazz win but struggles to do so .. which is exactly what happened ... the Jazz does not deserve to be in the playoffs.
I am all for playoff experience but with the lineup that the Jazz have and the way they are playing, it might be better if they instead draft a good player.
JazzFanNBama
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Hey, somebody else gets it!!! Well said.
asian_roger
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So...Can anyone else see Pop sitting the big 3 for the playoff series between the Jazz and Spurs so Timmy can rest against better opponents? Imagine the insult if the Jazz were swept like that!
Thee Idiotic Minivan K
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Last few minutes were amazing! Good to see this young team trying to find it's way fight and claw back and make big plays down the stretch. I don't care fow the jazz win as long as they win.
I want to see how this team responds in a playoff setting. Jazz basketball is better suited for playoff ball then the regular season. In the playoffs the game slows down, and play is more physical, something the jazz need a taste of, mainly guys like Hayward and Favors. The playoffs would do wonders for this team.
Not every young player will develop, but the more you get, the more chances that you find a gem. Do you honestly think the Jazz will win any games, much less a playoff series? The Spurs are good because they have a few key players that know how to win. Who is that for the Jazz? Hopefully the young guys become that, but the vets aren't, and I don't care to see them limp into the playoffs and get killed by whomever they may face.
Because the Jazz aren't very good right now, and they won't do anything in the playoffs, I don't really want them to make the playoffs. I don't understand how you can want them to make the playoffs and get killed, rather than get young talent. How is that a bad thing?
Brown Notes
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These games over the last stretch are almost as good as playoff games against certain teams. Tonight was a good example of playing against a team that fought like it was a playoff game from start to finish. I don't think Pops leaving their 3 behind was smack on us as much as it was to teach their young players what it takes to win when the chips are down. Fortunately for the Jazz it also showed a lot of our players what that's all about. Al, and the young guys don't get that yet aside from Hayward. It looked in the 4th like they were beginning to.
All that being said it sucks that Utah is so bad executing that they had to rely on a huge, almost shades of Deron performance from Harris against a team that was overplaying Al that hard.
All that being said it sucks that Utah is so bad executing that they had to rely on a huge, almost shades of Deron performance from Harris against a team that was overplaying Al that hard.
Thee Idiotic Minivan K
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You don't understand what I'm saying! A win is a win. By your logic since we beat OKC they don't deserve to be in the playoffs. We've both beaten good teams, and lost to bad teams. You can say this about every team in the NBA. Your logic is flawed.
We have fantastic players on this team most are very young and still learning how to play in the NBA. Don't you think they will get better we will be a better team next year because of experience. The playoffs will only exceleratetheir development of these guys as a team and as individual players.
We have plenty of good players on this team, the only problem is most of them are young and unexperienced. It's not like there's a lack of talent on this team.
Brown Notes
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I would also add this was maybe the worst officiated game I have seen all year. There was zero star power on the other side yet those guys were allowed to do a ton of things our team was not.
Bonner crying like a little girl and crumpling to the ground like he'd just been shot after Kanter made a perfectly legal and common basketball move to get space INSIDE the circle draws an offensive foul. Typical of the game.
Bonner crying like a little girl and crumpling to the ground like he'd just been shot after Kanter made a perfectly legal and common basketball move to get space INSIDE the circle draws an offensive foul. Typical of the game.