Utah has spent a bunch of money recently and we may as well have pissed into the wind for all the good it has done. The Jazz weren't going anywhere, and frankly, as good as Dwill was on the court, he was nearly as destructive off of it if the reports are true. I have to believe that he was a locker room cancer if KOC make this move.
The Jazz are trading D-Will to New Jersey!?
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Utah has spent a bunch of money recently and we may as well have pissed into the wind for all the good it has done. The Jazz weren't going anywhere, and frankly, as good as Dwill was on the court, he was nearly as destructive off of it if the reports are true. I have to believe that he was a locker room cancer if KOC make this move.
Gyp Rosetti
Banned
Is that Ante Tomic music I hear?
and I am the only one who finds it ironic that AK is not going to the Russian owner? Isn't that what everyone was thinking would happen when Prokorov (sp???) bought the team?
**** this draft. We're going to get two lottery picks in what will be the closest thing to the 2000 draft.
Gyp Rosetti
Banned
Am I wrong? UCLA kids translate in the NBA because of great coaching there with the emphasis on hustle and defense. This kid has the hustle and has a great frame, albeit thin, a great shooting stroke, and a great overall offensive game. I called it on Batum and I'm calling it on this kid. My goal: Irving and Honeycutt out of this draft.
these guys have Barnes sitting there at 6th. i don't watch college basketball, but i do remember last summer, right after the draft, the guy was projected as this year's number one.
It's easy to forget about a guy that's quietly been doing his best Chris Wilcox impersonation all season.
LifeOnaPlate
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If that happens, and given how this season may tank like a motherbear, I might be hanging up my NBA interest for a while, if not forever, depending. I only fallow the Jazz, and the rest of the NBA through the lens of a Jazz fan. Could mark the death knell. Or I'm just being very overdramatic. Only one thing would make me feel any better: if Dwill said "I was planning to leave Utah anyway." But, despite the opinion of many, I actually think Williams would have re-signed here for the right money, and given a few extra players. Trading him feels like quitting, just like Sloan's exit felt like him quitting. That's a lot of quit to take in a few weeks' time.
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fairweather
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I agree (about change). How many star players jump teams and win championships? It doesn't happen often. Championships are won by teams built up over years...
Well that lineup will certainly be an offensive power house. With DW going the Jazz may not score over 80 pts a game so they better improve dramatically defensively. JVG is so overrated as a coach. He has won nada.
With that logic, why even bother with the 2nd round of the draft? After all, it yields nothing compared to the first.
LifeOnaPlate
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ha, I like the brutal honesty and imagery.
The Grizzlies got Marc Gasol. I don't see us getting a player that good. But here's to hoping that young Chris Wilcox actually turns out to be Dwight Stoudemire.
Yep, that's what a life of a Jazzfan is about to become. Reviewing the draft prospects is the most exciting thing to do in the middle of the season.
You don't find FRANCHISE players (which we just lost) in the 2nd round. Deron wasn't perfect, and when he wasn't winning, he wasn't fun, but that's how most winners are. We just lost the one thing that gave this team some semblance of an identity. Who are the Utah Jazz now? What is the goal over the next 3 years? WHY IS AL JEFFERSON STILL ON THE TEAM?
I need drugs.
So are you saying that it was a good deal because DWill was leaving and you think Harris is going to stay? If that is the case then your blind support of the organization is hilarious.
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fairweather
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I'm there with you, man. I've been a Jazz fan since the early 80s. What sets this franchise apart is that despite the small market, it has managed to stay competitive and maintain a sense of cohesion and family. I am convinced, now more than ever, that the death of LHM has cost this team beyond measure.
Besides being the last to coach a relevant Knicks team and being one of the most impressive advocates and teachers of defense the league has ever seen, you're right. He hasn't done anything. We're much better off with whatever it is Corbin is doing and all of his experience (no offense, Ty).
Gyp Rosetti
Banned
Which is as much as Sloan who had 23 years.