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Rudy Gobert "Greatest Jazz Center of All Time" Countdown Thread

Stifle Tower said:
I sent him a threatening e-mail yesterday. Said I'd start negging him daily if he didn't update this thread. He has ONE week. Tick-tock, tick-tock...
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Can we send someon to his house? EJ and NAOS are down to meet people I hear.
 
Stoked said:
Can we send someon to his house? EJ and NAOS are down to meet people I hear.
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For some reason, I thought that was either Eenie-Meenie or AKMVP. I haven't been around long enough to understand the nuances of Jazzfanz stalker culture. . .

Other than to admit that Colton looks like a really boring history professor, Dr. Jones needs to lay of the Kentucky Kool-Aide, Core4 called it on Rudy and Giannis, Siro is a dude I wouldn't want left with my wife (much less my daughter), Jamezz looks like a guy whose *** I can kick and Dal is a hairy Euro who praises the Church of Burke and had a thing for a Jazzfanz lady friend and would play the guitar and sing songs to woo her. . .
 
#20 Tom Boswell
Points 781
Rebounds 398
Blocks 30
Steals 33
Assists 133

Drafted by the Celtics in 1975, Boswell won a championship with the Celtics in 76, eventually moving to the Nuggets, then making his way over the Jazz in 79. He left after one year to play in Italy and returned to the Jazz in for the 83-84 season. I was able to find an old clipping from the Denver news paper covering the news that Boswell had been dealt to the Jazz, from the Denver General manager. "We think that Tom is a good player, but by making this deal, we have the opportunity to add another good player to our roster. (Boswell was traded for a second round pick.) In addition this will allow George Johnson a chance to play more. (that dude certainly tore it up, right?) I might add that we're building for the future by stockpiling some draft choices. Don't forget we received second and third round picks from Utah earlier in a trade for Robert Smith."

Evidently the financially struggling Jazz just hated draft picks back in the day. If you read further in the article it talks about how Boswell got in altercation with his assistant coach in Denver and got suspended and fined. Probably why he was shuttled to the Jazz where he didn't stick. His numbers weren't bad so I would guess attitude was the problem.

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Do you guys realize how hard it was to get info on Boswell, I basically had to resort to microfiche.
 
Always astounded at the background info you find. You'd do well as a detective.
You beat the deadline so your kneecaps are safe.

Honestly don't remember Boswell. Ah, now I see why; he didn't do much in '83-84. He had a decent season in '79 which was before my time as a Jazz fan.
 
#19 Mel Counts
Points 610
Rebounds 541
Blocks 51
Steals 65
Assists 220

So, Mel Counts didn't suck. He bounced back and forth between the Lakers and Celtics, before, stop if you have heard this before, ending a good career with the bad New Orleans Jazz. He won two championships with the Celtics in his first two season in 1965 and 66, and eventually ended up with the Jazz in 1974 in a trade from the Lakers for "future considerations." He was a mainstay of the Lakers teams that kept losing to the Celtics in the 60's playing backup for Wilt. Eventually he was traded straight up for Gail Goodrich to Phoenix (a move that would later be disastrous for the Jazz.) The Lakers eventually got him back, before his career died with the Jazz. Today Mel is a real estate agent in Oregon. You can buy farms from him off of youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRYuxUMGr_w

Dude is still pretty darn big.

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Two gems from OKC beat writers...

Royce Young @royceyoung 28 Mar 11:04 ET
Rudy Gobert is the only big man that I've ever seen Russell Westbrook hesitate to challenge at the rim.

And

Royce Young @royceyoung 28 Mar 11:13 ET
Gobert checks out, Westbrook straight to the rim for a layup. The Thunder just can't find anything offensively with Gobert out there.



Read more: https://hoopshype.com/twitter/tag/oklahoma_city_thunder#ixzz3VkQzKTTp

Read more: https://hoopshype.com/twitter/tag/oklahoma_city_thunder#ixzz3VkPce9k7
 
#18 Joe Meriweather
Points 694
Rebounds 556
Blocks 159
Steals 35
Assists 89

Joe Meriweather played 2 seasons with the New Orleans Jazz from 77-79. Drafted by the Rockets he received all NBA Rookie honors before settling into a 10 year journeyman career. He finished his career with the Kansas City Kings where he became a part of that community, developing his talents by coaching various women's teams at the high school, college, and semi-pro level. He also served as CEO of 3C’s Fatherhood Educational Partnership, Inc., a Kansas City-based educational program that works to develop young men into responsible fathers. He was also inducted into the SIU Saluki Hall of Fame. Joe dies suddenly back in 2013 at the age of 59 from sudden unidentified causes after a brief hospital visit. Here is a memorial video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAcChnNPqQ8

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It's awesome how much everyone loves Gobert. In a recent article by Zach Lowe:

Boston has a nice collection of talent, and Ainge has historically outperformed his peers picking in the middle and bottom of the first round. It’s just hard to find stars there. Ainge is good enough to hit solid singles around no. 15, but singles don’t change the course of a franchise. Hitting on Rondo at no. 21 or Rudy Gobert at no. 27 does.
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https://grantland.com/the-triangle/...ying-to-rebuild-then-why-the-postseason-push/
 
I look forward to Gobert sky rocketing up this chart in the 15/16 season.
 
The Legend Grows larger every day

rudy gobert ✔ @rudygobert27
"Thats how i feel almost every game"

on his retweet of this:

Sports IllustratedVerified account‏@SInow
Karl Malone on draft snub: "Every time I played the Mavericks, I looked to kick their ***!" https://on.si.com/1BE4rGD

Rudy Forever.
 
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