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Utah Jazz notes: Teammates appreciate Okur
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Sinan | 1:28 a.m. April 10, 2008
He is my countryman. He is the man that i'm proud of his good personality.
He is the man that i enjoy watching his basketball playing. He is the man that
caused me to be a strong fan of the Jazz. He is the man that caused me to meet
with all of you in here.
GO MEMO, GO ALL OF YOU, GO JAZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
GO MEMO, GO ALL OF YOU, GO JAZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Chad | 6:13 a.m. April 10, 2008
Funny to hear Tyson Chandler's comments. He does not pay very good
attention or he would realize the Jazz score more points per game than the
hornets and are in the top 10 in points score per game in the league. He would
also know we have the largest point differential in the league.
Funny how the excuses start to flow when they lose. that is something that I respect about the Jazz. Instead of "we had an off game" or some other comment to show that, even though they lost they are still the better team, the Jazz players and coaches simply give credit where credit is due.
That is good sportsmanship.
Funny how the excuses start to flow when they lose. that is something that I respect about the Jazz. Instead of "we had an off game" or some other comment to show that, even though they lost they are still the better team, the Jazz players and coaches simply give credit where credit is due.
That is good sportsmanship.
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odogtriever | 6:36 a.m. April 10, 2008
Hey Sloan Hater, how is it that the Jazz and its players seem to keep getting
better under Sloan?
Sinan, were not going to give your countryman back, we love him to much. Keep it up Memo!
Sinan, were not going to give your countryman back, we love him to much. Keep it up Memo!
Oz | 7:07 a.m. April 10, 2008
@ bean....I know what ya saying, everybody has it in their heads that Utah is
not a run it up & down team. Out of everyone they have the best looking
roster to be able to run & play the 1/2 court.
@ Sinan....Keep representing like you have all season!!!
Go Sinan, Go Jazz!!
@ Sinan....Keep representing like you have all season!!!
Go Sinan, Go Jazz!!
liberal larry | 7:44 a.m. April 10, 2008
Is it just my imagination, or are the Jazz really good at picking, and then
developing second round picks? Milsap being the latest.
Fans | 7:45 a.m. April 10, 2008
We appreciate Memo too. He's the man on this team,the leader,the defender
in the paint.( sorry Boozer ) Memo is bringing it every game,at home, on the
road,He is the leader by example.Go El Capitain, go Sinan, Go Jazz!!!!!
Go Memo........ | 8:31 a.m. April 10, 2008
.....Go Sinan, Go Turkey, Go Jazz! Be careful what you wish for. You all
wanted Phoenix to beat San Antionio. Looked like Pops got Popped (he's
popped a few himself). Now the spurs could be headed for a 5 seed. And the Jazz
could be stay on the river walk for a week or 10 days starting next Tuesday.
Uncle Keith | 8:42 a.m. April 10, 2008
This is Memo's Team. Memo's and D' Wills team. Not Cuff links!
Memo for Pres | 8:44 a.m. April 10, 2008
Memo and AK are the difference makers, if they play well the Jazz are very hard
to beat.
I love the fact the Sloan hs the Jazz playing so well mostly because I love to see the Jazz winning but partly because it has shut Sloan Hater up or maybe the Dnews finally banned him, one could only hope.
I expect Dwill and Booz to have a bounce back game tonight and play well. I just hope they can continue the winning streak. Another tough game tonight I'm worried about a let down.
What a great team the Jazz have from A-Z, I just hope they can keep them all together. Develop the young talent and add a top round pick from NY in 2010, if they can keep this team together the Jazz could be good for the next 10 years.
Update: Larry Miller for President, Memo for VP, Sloan for Secretary of Defense.
GO JAZZ!!!
I love the fact the Sloan hs the Jazz playing so well mostly because I love to see the Jazz winning but partly because it has shut Sloan Hater up or maybe the Dnews finally banned him, one could only hope.
I expect Dwill and Booz to have a bounce back game tonight and play well. I just hope they can continue the winning streak. Another tough game tonight I'm worried about a let down.
What a great team the Jazz have from A-Z, I just hope they can keep them all together. Develop the young talent and add a top round pick from NY in 2010, if they can keep this team together the Jazz could be good for the next 10 years.
Update: Larry Miller for President, Memo for VP, Sloan for Secretary of Defense.
GO JAZZ!!!
Re:Fans | 8:50 a.m. April 10, 2008
Little kids are saying Memo before they can even say mommy or daddy!!!
Queenie | 8:53 a.m. April 10, 2008
Memo, He's changing peoples lives!
Anonymous | 8:55 a.m. April 10, 2008
Everyone talks about how Boozer doesnt play defense but you all forget the good
job that Boozer did against Tim Duncan. Boozer has gotten under Duncan's
skin the last 2 times they have played. I think that the Jazz have the most
potential of any team in the NBA. They can play the fast game, they can play
the slow game, they can hit from the perimeter and they can kill you in the
paint. Anybody on the team can get hot and have a career night. You have to
guard every body on the Jazz team very tight. I am very happy with the team that
they have. Get rid of Hart and Collins, use Fes in Collins spot and get a more
efficient back up PG to play along with Price when Deron is out.
GO JAZZ!!!
GO JAZZ!!!
3rd generation JazzFan | 9:13 a.m. April 10, 2008
I was at Sacrament meeting with my 1 1/2 year old son. The Hymn was just over
and they bread was still being broken. It was dead silent in the Chapel. My
son was amazed at this silence and he looked around to see what was going on. He
stood up on the bench and stretched his neck to look about. Then with his
amazingly loud voice ye yelled "Memoooooooooh!" People were holding
their mouths and trying not to laugh. Mine and my wifes faces were turning
redder and redder. Then when I thought it couldn't get any worse and
people were just gaining their composure he yells
"Moneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey!" People started cracking up and some of the
men on the stand were glaring my direction. I tried to hunch down but I just
froze not wanting to draw any more attention to myself I could not even move.
Then with a smile at all the attention that he was drawing and the fascination
with the sound of his voice blasting of the walls and ceiling of the Chapel, he
bellows "It Went Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin!" At this moment even the guys on
the stand were smiling and trying to remain composed.
3rd generation JazzFan II | 9:11 a.m. April 10, 2008
When I looked over at him he was holding his arms straight up for an extended
amout of time as if to signal 3. I began to ponder, and I realized at that
moment just how high the Jazz had become on mine and my families priority list.
And I knew that everyone in that building was also aware of this.
M.V.P. | 9:54 a.m. April 10, 2008
Memo.
Re: third generation | 10:03 a.m. April 10, 2008
Raise up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart
from it....
sean | 10:18 a.m. April 10, 2008
3rd Gen Jazz fan: I just spit coffe all over my screen with that story!
Absolutly classic!
HEY SINAN! CASH MONEY BABY! The scuttlebutt around the league is that the Pistons are regret losing Memo more than they regret not drafting Carmelo. 'Sheed said they miss him big time. Memo has been hurt for a year and is finally healthy. He's now playing some of the finest basketball of his carreer. Paul Gasol has nothing on Memo! "Don't touch me, I'm still hot!"
HEY SINAN! CASH MONEY BABY! The scuttlebutt around the league is that the Pistons are regret losing Memo more than they regret not drafting Carmelo. 'Sheed said they miss him big time. Memo has been hurt for a year and is finally healthy. He's now playing some of the finest basketball of his carreer. Paul Gasol has nothing on Memo! "Don't touch me, I'm still hot!"
magnus | 11:09 a.m. April 10, 2008
@ third generation fan
Priceless, simply priceless!
@Anonymous & Memo for pres
I also hope they can keep this group together but I am not sure if Larry Miller will Shell out that kind of cash. Here's some numbers....
2008-2009 Salary Cap is estimated to be around $59.9 Mil with a luxury tax threshold around $70Mil
The Jazz currently have about $60Mil in contracts for 2008-2009.
CJ Miles is the only free agent this summer.
The following players will have the option to become free agents in the summer of 2009.
Williams
Boozer
Okur
Price
Milsap
Collins
Hart
The Jazz will be focusing on Williams and Milsap this summer. Williams contract will be about $14Mil a year, he is currently due $5Mil next year. Milsap is probably worth 2-3Mil a year, he is currently due $700K next year.
So if the Jazz do not resign CJ and keep everybody else their team salary would be around $70Mil, that is doable for next year but that summer they have to resign Okur and Boozer and if they both keep playing at the level they are they will both be entertaining Max contract offers.
Priceless, simply priceless!
@Anonymous & Memo for pres
I also hope they can keep this group together but I am not sure if Larry Miller will Shell out that kind of cash. Here's some numbers....
2008-2009 Salary Cap is estimated to be around $59.9 Mil with a luxury tax threshold around $70Mil
The Jazz currently have about $60Mil in contracts for 2008-2009.
CJ Miles is the only free agent this summer.
The following players will have the option to become free agents in the summer of 2009.
Williams
Boozer
Okur
Price
Milsap
Collins
Hart
The Jazz will be focusing on Williams and Milsap this summer. Williams contract will be about $14Mil a year, he is currently due $5Mil next year. Milsap is probably worth 2-3Mil a year, he is currently due $700K next year.
So if the Jazz do not resign CJ and keep everybody else their team salary would be around $70Mil, that is doable for next year but that summer they have to resign Okur and Boozer and if they both keep playing at the level they are they will both be entertaining Max contract offers.
re magnus | 12:17 p.m. April 10, 2008
What about Kirilenko. He becomes a free agent the folling year. That will free
up a lot of money. And hart has a team option after this season. My bet is the
Jazz don't exercise there option on hart. That money will go to CJ.
Aunt Vonda | 12:46 p.m. April 10, 2008
I certianly hope they can keep C.J. on the Jazz. It would be hard to watch him
develop into a super star on another team. I see C. J. as a big part of this
teams future. I'm sure not many agree but check back in a couple of
years.
Memo to Memo: Uncle Dean and I are sure happy with the way you have taken control of the paint. Keep up the good work and you will be rewarded for your efforts.
Memo to Memo: Uncle Dean and I are sure happy with the way you have taken control of the paint. Keep up the good work and you will be rewarded for your efforts.
Uncle Vaughn | 1:17 p.m. April 10, 2008
Vonda is Right On! CJ is the Future! Memo is the Present and he sure is a
prescence in the paint. Roarke loves Korver and the longball.
LaJune | 1:32 p.m. April 10, 2008
We'll take CJ any day. Put him in Sloan. Keenan said CJ is his favorite.
magnus | 2:14 p.m. April 10, 2008
I didn't know Hart had a team option, that is good news, I think the Jazz
should definately let him go. Collins will have a mid level exception and and
expiring contract next year so it's not impossible that they could get some
value out of him next year if they wanted to.
AK's current contract runs through 2011 and is max money every one of those years, so unless we trade him we are stuck with that until then. That's why his trade value is so low, no team want's that anchor hanging around their neck, especially given AK's tendancy to have lots of little injuries reducing his production every season.
I agree that the Jazz should try and keep CJ especially if they move AK, with Harprings retirement eminent we could find ourselves short at the small forward position.
I love AK, I think he has given alot to the Jazz and I think his contribution in this years playoffs is going to be huge, but I still think it may be good for him and the Jazz, if they can get some decent value for him, to find him a new home.
AK's current contract runs through 2011 and is max money every one of those years, so unless we trade him we are stuck with that until then. That's why his trade value is so low, no team want's that anchor hanging around their neck, especially given AK's tendancy to have lots of little injuries reducing his production every season.
I agree that the Jazz should try and keep CJ especially if they move AK, with Harprings retirement eminent we could find ourselves short at the small forward position.
I love AK, I think he has given alot to the Jazz and I think his contribution in this years playoffs is going to be huge, but I still think it may be good for him and the Jazz, if they can get some decent value for him, to find him a new home.
@ 3rd generation | 2:58 p.m. April 10, 2008
Aside from your marriage and the birth of your son, this must have been one of
your proudest moments.
I copied your story and will be forwarding it to all my family and friends
I copied your story and will be forwarding it to all my family and friends
Sloan Hater | 2:57 p.m. April 10, 2008
re: Odog
I would LOVE to hear your explanation on how Any Jazz Player has 'gotten better' as a result of Sloan. I will anxiously be awaiting your reply.
In the meantime.
Let me educate you.
The Jazz have a organizational system in which the assistant coaches run a large portion of the team. The assistant coaches are responsible for a lot more than most other NBA teams.
This INCLUDES Player Development. Johnson, Corbin, and Layden are the ones who work with players at practice running drills, teaching basketball skills, and informing the players about the other teams'/players' idiosyncricies.
If Sloan is such a great coach... Why do the Jazz Fly in Horney as a special assistant coach to AK??
Seems to me that it takes a 'special' type of Coach to destroy an All-Star in less than 3 years.
Fire/Retire Sloan
I would LOVE to hear your explanation on how Any Jazz Player has 'gotten better' as a result of Sloan. I will anxiously be awaiting your reply.
In the meantime.
Let me educate you.
The Jazz have a organizational system in which the assistant coaches run a large portion of the team. The assistant coaches are responsible for a lot more than most other NBA teams.
This INCLUDES Player Development. Johnson, Corbin, and Layden are the ones who work with players at practice running drills, teaching basketball skills, and informing the players about the other teams'/players' idiosyncricies.
If Sloan is such a great coach... Why do the Jazz Fly in Horney as a special assistant coach to AK??
Seems to me that it takes a 'special' type of Coach to destroy an All-Star in less than 3 years.
Fire/Retire Sloan
Bob | 3:10 p.m. April 10, 2008
I think Sinan really lives in the Bronx.
As for me, I am so proud of MY fellow countrymen Williams, Booz, Brewer, CJ, Price, Harpring, Hart, Millsap, Almond, Ostertag, LeBron, Kobe, Duncan, etc etc..
As for me, I am so proud of MY fellow countrymen Williams, Booz, Brewer, CJ, Price, Harpring, Hart, Millsap, Almond, Ostertag, LeBron, Kobe, Duncan, etc etc..
Zoo Mom | 3:14 p.m. April 10, 2008
Re: Sinan
You are a TRUE BLUE Jazz fan. I enjoy your comments and your devotion to the Jazz, even when they sometimes have off-nights. I agree, Memo has really picked up his defensive game. He is such an asset to the Jazz. Hope you plan to have a lot of sleepless nights in the next 2 months, since I believe we can make it to the finals. As you say,
GO JAZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ, Go MEMO!!!!
You are a TRUE BLUE Jazz fan. I enjoy your comments and your devotion to the Jazz, even when they sometimes have off-nights. I agree, Memo has really picked up his defensive game. He is such an asset to the Jazz. Hope you plan to have a lot of sleepless nights in the next 2 months, since I believe we can make it to the finals. As you say,
GO JAZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ, Go MEMO!!!!
Minerman | 4:06 p.m. April 10, 2008
RE to SLoan Hater: Just curious, if it's the asistant coaches who do all
the work with the players, who do you think had the brains to hire the
assistants? Mabye...Jerry? Dunno, just throwing that out there buddy. Can't
give cred to the underlings without givin some to the general. Who do you think
approved flying Hornacek in? Or at minimum, ok him coming on as an assistant?
Weak argument man. Very weak. And the AK...come on. He never was an all-star to
begin with, and you know it. Maybe it was the assistants who made him an
all-star?
Sloan Hater | 5:05 p.m. April 10, 2008
Perhaps you didn't see my message last week, when I apologized for
criticizing Jerry so much when he was actually amassing one of the best winning
percentages of all time and one of the best winning percentages this year,
including the No. 1 winning percentage at home. Actually, I've been joking
all along. If Sloan can motivate his players by being critical, maybe we fans
can get him to coach better by getting on his behind! He's obviously a
Hall of Fame coach deserving of all the accolades that come his way. He's
a perfectionist who demands effort where it really counts: defense, rebounding,
teamwork, hustle, passing and setting picks.
Seriously, who cares about double doubles? Bolerjack goes on and on about them. Though Boozer did not get double doubles in any of his last four outings, the team won every game. And the Jazz didn't just barely win but by an average margin of more than 20 points per game. So let's forget the double double. The points/rebound double double doesn't mean much. Boozer's improved defense in the past four games meant far more to team's success than his scoring or even his rebounds.
Seriously, who cares about double doubles? Bolerjack goes on and on about them. Though Boozer did not get double doubles in any of his last four outings, the team won every game. And the Jazz didn't just barely win but by an average margin of more than 20 points per game. So let's forget the double double. The points/rebound double double doesn't mean much. Boozer's improved defense in the past four games meant far more to team's success than his scoring or even his rebounds.
magnus | 5:20 p.m. April 10, 2008
@Sloan Hater (the Fake One)
If you are going to imitate somebody you have to get the style right, you can't just use their name and and write any way you want to. Let me help you out...
First off the real Sloan hater always ends his comments with the following...
"Fire/Retire Sloan"
Every time, without fail, so that's a dead giveaway.
Also, the real Sloan Hater will never alow a paragraph longer than 3-4 lines, his points never take that long to make, so the fact that you have one huge rambling paragraph is another dead giveaway.
Lastly, The intro is always short, 1-5 words max, something like
Re:stupid
or
Sloan stunk last night!
...Always followed by two returns.
Remember a good impression is in the details and immitation is the greatest form of flattery.
If you are going to imitate somebody you have to get the style right, you can't just use their name and and write any way you want to. Let me help you out...
First off the real Sloan hater always ends his comments with the following...
"Fire/Retire Sloan"
Every time, without fail, so that's a dead giveaway.
Also, the real Sloan Hater will never alow a paragraph longer than 3-4 lines, his points never take that long to make, so the fact that you have one huge rambling paragraph is another dead giveaway.
Lastly, The intro is always short, 1-5 words max, something like
Re:stupid
or
Sloan stunk last night!
...Always followed by two returns.
Remember a good impression is in the details and immitation is the greatest form of flattery.
odogtriever | 3:57 p.m. April 11, 2008
Re: Sloan Hater.
Russell, Anderson, Ostertag, Eisley just to name a few. They all stunk after leaving the Jazz.
Educate Me? Sloan likes to delegate (he even spoke of it in a recent news articale). He divides up responsibilities to use the coaching talent best.
Then, at the end of the day, he passes all the credit first to his players (allways saying it is a players league) and then to his assistants. Sloan does not need the limelight, nor does he want it.
He preaches teamwork, not individualality. Then he lives it by coaching through TEAMWORK.
Russell, Anderson, Ostertag, Eisley just to name a few. They all stunk after leaving the Jazz.
Educate Me? Sloan likes to delegate (he even spoke of it in a recent news articale). He divides up responsibilities to use the coaching talent best.
Then, at the end of the day, he passes all the credit first to his players (allways saying it is a players league) and then to his assistants. Sloan does not need the limelight, nor does he want it.
He preaches teamwork, not individualality. Then he lives it by coaching through TEAMWORK.
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