The All-Time Utah Jazz Tease Team
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Curtis Borchardt was supposed to be good and should be on this list, damnit. A shot-blocking center who liked to shoot.
The guy was so injury-prone he became a physical therapist: https://stridestrong.com/curtis-borchardt/
The guy was so injury-prone he became a physical therapist: https://stridestrong.com/curtis-borchardt/
Damn, yes. I was excited about our potential lineup:
Lopez
Pavlovic
AK
??? (Really wanted Melvin Ely)
Borchardt
Damn. ALL of those guys are on the tease list.
I liked Sasha. It's funny to think he played until 2013 as it feels like he was yesterday's news 15 years ago.
Screw the Bobcats for stealing him from us in the expansion draft!
Thee Idiotic Minivan K
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Easy, he played second fiddle to a future HOF. He would’ve been much better had Gobert never showed up. Don’t even mention the injuries because he bounced back from those.
Fes is the biggest tease in jazz history. That Lakers game where he got his first start, he dominated then quickly fell off the map.
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No, screw KOC for leaving him exposed in the expansion draft and protecting Collins. They weren’t going to take Collins.
I couldn't locate a list of the protected Jazz players. Though it's neat Wallace and Zaza were selected; both had nice careers (Zaza just retired).
I was on a mission when it happened. I had left in February and had been following from afar. I knew they left Pavlovic exposed and knew they’d take him. I called an old guy who shuffled through the newspaper very slowly to read me the names of those selected. Sad day for me.
Kyoto
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Kanter was a tease for me. He turned out to be a really good offensive player and rebounder, but everything else about him was terrible, including his personality.
When he left after his rookie season and we started seeing pictures like this it was like, WOW he really dropped a lot of weight and is looking ripped. Sad times
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When he left after his rookie season and we started seeing pictures like this it was like, WOW he really dropped a lot of weight and is looking ripped. Sad times
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Ty Corbin (as a coach)
Carlos Arroyo’s performance in the Olympics
The dream of Brewer developing a jump shot (he over achieved for the Jazz though)
Wesley Matthews only being on the Jazz for a year :’(
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Carlos Arroyo’s performance in the Olympics
The dream of Brewer developing a jump shot (he over achieved for the Jazz though)
Wesley Matthews only being on the Jazz for a year :’(
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That was very stupid on the part of KOC. I agree that they wouldn't have taken Collins, and if by chance they did, who cares?
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PattBattMann
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Lopez was supposed to be great. However, he was as injured as Exum
Giricek
candrew
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I remember watching clips of Favors in high school thinking he was going to be the next Shawn Kemp (in Seattle). I was thrilled when The Jazz traded DWill for him. I thought 4 or 5 years averaging 20/10 was a definite possibility.
I was excited about DeShawn Stevenson only because at the time The Jazz were such a conservative franchise. When they picked him I figured they knew something the rest of the league didn't......then I saw him play.
I drank the Kool-Aid on Burks and Raul Lopez too. I thought Burks could be a legit NBA starter on a good team and Lopez could be a 10 APG player.
I was excited about DeShawn Stevenson only because at the time The Jazz were such a conservative franchise. When they picked him I figured they knew something the rest of the league didn't......then I saw him play.
I drank the Kool-Aid on Burks and Raul Lopez too. I thought Burks could be a legit NBA starter on a good team and Lopez could be a 10 APG player.
Yes. I thought he was a pretty good fit in a lineup of Deron / Giricek / AK / Boozer / Okur. But Sloan apparently didn’t like him and we traded him for Giricek on steroids (Korver) who, though getting more burn than Giricek, I felt was underutilized and should have been starting.
Miggs
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Agreed on Favors. He reminded me a lot offensively of Amare. Then at G Tech he was known for his defensive focus...so I thought we were getting an elite player.
Lakers_Slapper
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There is one man that stands out to me above and beyond anyone else. Luther Wright. He got paid from the Utah Jazz 25 years after his rookie year in 1993. I remember at the time, Luther Wright was called the Shaq stopper and the Jazz were immediately talked about as being the the next Dynasty in the NBA because of him joining Stockton and Malone. He was supposed to be our Center of the future after Mark Eaton. He played 15 games and was found in Salt Lake high on drugs, screaming and breaking things at a gas station. After his arrest he was never heard from again.