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Get Lost, Jazz style
Jazz writer | Feb. 2, 2010 at 11:34 p.m.
Forget Groundhog Day. Today should've officially been recognized as Lost Day. Have to give Basketball John - a huge Jazz fan with an interesting site called slcdunk.com - some kudos for his idea to commemorate the return of what is indisputably "The Greatest TV Show in the History of the World."
Here is Basketball John's "all-Lost team based on the numbers." And if you don't know what these numbers mean, you should run - FAST - to the local video store and buy seasons 1-5 of Lost to get caught up quickly. (My comments are in parentheses.)
4: Adrian Dantley
(No brainer unless you are from the Boyd family - both Kenny and Fred played for the Jazz and wore these numbers in the 1970s.)
8: Deron Williams
(The other No. 8, however, is a Hall-of-Famer. But considering Walt Bellamy only played 14 minutes in one game with the Jazz, scoring six points with five rebounds, giving the nod to D-Will is certainly acceptable.)
15: Matt Harpring
(Another player who looks like a football player, Sundiata Gaines, is doing his number proud, though.)
16. Lamar Green
(John gave to Green, but this is almost a toss-up between him and Paul Grant - the only other Jazz player to don No. 16. Green averaged 3.8 points in 15 games the 1974-75 season. Grant only played 10 games and averaged 2.5 points in 2003-04.)
23. Wesley Matthews
(Hmmm....gonna have to disagree here. Tyrone Corbin averaged 9.6 points with 5.6 rebounds for three solid seasons with very good Jazz teams in the early 1990s - plus "The Milkman" had an awesome nickname. John rightfully called this a tough one, opting to go for the upside. Aaron James also averaged 10.8 points and 4.1 boards from 1974-79.)
42. Donyell Marshall
(The forward was a solid player for two seasons, 2000-02, with 14.1 ppg and 7.3 rpg. Tom Chambers would have to be considered a runner-up here.)
Now, pardon me, but I've got some Lost to watch.
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