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Jazz game day

How about putting the two team's records in this game day analysis.

Shortly JAZZ WINS. GOOOOOO JAZZ.

Your on National Tv tonight I hope it is a great game worth watching. Please don't choke
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Tough road game for the Jazz. Jimmy thinks we win so long as Boozer cancels out Jamison and AK47 cancel out Butler. DWill needs to control the pace in this game.

NBA TV's programme in Turkey of Utah games are feb.9 Chicago , feb.19 GSW , feb.27 Detroit and feb.29 New Orleans. It means i am gonna miss 9 games of Utah in Feb. Let me cry. GO JAZZ.

The Jazz will be the last ones taking the Wizz! Washington has no chance tonight is Butler does not play. I hope they beat them by 50 or more.
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Jimmy, you've definitely established your iconic identity with the "Jimmy thinks..." thing, but it's actually pretty annoying. No offense intended; your insights are usually pretty good. Just some food for thought though.

D-Will being on National TV after being snubbed for the all-star game. Look out. Karl went off for 61 with similar circumstances. I would also watch out for D-Will on Monday against CP3. This could be fun to watch.

That being said, I think CP3 deserves the start he is leading his team to the best record in the west and has amazing stats and overall play. Even as a diehard Jazz fan I can't help but be completely amazed by CP3. They usually only carry 2 point guards so I didn't expect D-will to get in over Nash and CP3 especially with AI already on the team.

Keep it up Jazz.

It's becoming pretty clear that the Jazz really screwed up by taking Williams over Paul. I'm a big Deron fan, but I was mad when they drafted Williams and I'm even more upset now. This guy is a superstar, the next truly great NBA point-guard, and the Jazz passed on him despite the fact that everyone else KNEW that Paul was the better player. Williams will be an all-star, and a really great player, maybe even a hall-of-famer, but he's no where near CP3. Chock up another draft blunder for O'Connor.

Knowing now what I know about D-Will and Chris Paul, and how Paul would receive more awards and recognition that Deron, I would still pick D-Will over CP3. He is every bit as good as Paul,if not better right now (D-Will always wins the head to head match-ups with Paul), I also think that with a bigger stronger frame, Deron will be able to play at this status for a lot longer than Chris Paul, especially considering their injury history. So Paul, Nash, Iverson, and every other gaurd in the league better enjoy their time in the spotlight while it lasts, cause D-Will has yet to reach his potential.

the Jazz organization tries to pick players who they believe will fit in a system...obviously they felt like D Will would fit better in the system than CP3...I think we couldn't have asked for much more than what D Will has done...he has carried the team to many wins, especially last year late in the season and into the playoffs...he has been good for 3 years now...

CP3 is just coming along now, and he is having a great year, but he needs to show me more consistency before I take him over D Will...D Will has shown that consistency for quite some time now...

How can you say that Utah "screwed" up by taking Williams over Paul? Yes, CP is a great player and will have a bright future in the NBA, but to say Utah made a mistake is ridiculous. Williams and Paul's numbers are comparable, with Paul being a little more of a scorer, but head to head Williams has won more games against Paul and if you recall Utah played in the Western Conference Finals last season. New Orleans has good team, but until they do something in the playoffs no one can say Paul is better.

CP3 has been better then Deron every year statistically, and Paul is 1 year younger. Deron may have a bigger frame, but I'm yet to see the Jazz post him up. He may be more durable, but Paul is lightning quick and his jump shot is improving dramatically every year.

Also, his team currently holds the best record in the NBA. And he's very consistent, more so then Williams. He's also a much better foul-shooter, and averages more rebounds per game then Williams. The only thing Williams has over Paul is 3-point shooting, but the gap closes more and more every year. Anyone who would take Williams over Paul right now probably hasn't seen Paul play much.

John Rambo, Paul is awesome and fun to watch but are you watching the same Jazz games as me. Every time the Jazz play a team with a smaller point guard they go right to Williams for a post up and he can usually abuse them. Paul vs. Williams is very much like Tony Parker vs. Williams. Paul and Parker can drive at will and are quicker but Williams can abuse them in the lane and cross them over. I think the Jazz made the right choice by taking the bigger player. In the long run Deron should be more durable. Paul deserves the all star bid over Williams but I would still take Dwill.

ANyone who thinks Deron and Chris Paul aren't neck and neck is just being ignorant. If you watched the playoff last year, you would've heard the announcers sayong how Deron Williams was the best player on the floor in all three series (even the one against the Spurs. You remember them, the NBA champs...). So, Paul works in a system where he has to shoot more, Deron works in a system where he can run it like a clinic. Seriously, the guy is like a surgeon. And stop talking about who will do what in the playoffs. The Jazz already took it to the Western Conference Finals. New Orleans didn't even MAKE the playoffs. Ten to one the Jazz finish within a game of N.O. by years end, and then it's just a matter of who can avoid the spurs longer. Sorr, love my jazz, but it's still the spurs world till someone stops 'em.

Williams and Paul are both good--I think it's just partisanship to say one of them is so much better than the other.

All things considered, I'd say Williams is probably a better fit for the Jazz than Paul, and they drafted exactly the right person.

Statistics can only tell you so much (if Paul's numbers are better, it's not by much), and 1 year's difference in age means nothing--it's the years of experience that count, and they're even there. If Paul really is more consistent (though I haven't seen him enough to say), that's a point in his favor. The durability factor is in Williams' favor; he is bigger, stronger, and (so far) is healthier.

Maybe it's my Jazz partisanship speaking, but if I had to pick one or the other right now, I'd pick Williams. Right now it's kind of a wash, but I bet he has a better career over the long term than Paul. I remember a similar debate raging years ago about Phoenix's Kevin Johnson and Utah's John Stockton; Johnson was good, for sure, but I think we know how that one turned out, and I think this will be a lot the same.

john rambo, put down the peace pipe for a minute. the hornets do not have the best record in the nba. the celtics do. anyways, D Will is better than CP3.

jazz will win tonight easy, caron butler isnt even playing.

I love the Jazz, and I'm a Williams fan, but come on, he's not even the best player on his team. Look at his supporting cast: Boozer, Kirlenko, Okur, Harparing, Korver, Brewer... Look at Paul's team. Outside of Tyson Chandler and Peja, who else is any good on that team? Paul is the best player on a great team - Williams is the second best player on a pretty good team.

The Western Conference Finals was kind of a fluke - they weren't the 4th best team in the league last year. Paul is carrying his team, and all of the talk of 'Williams is a better fit for the Jazz's system' is ridiculous. Paul is faster, a better passer, about the same as a shooter, and he is a great playmaker, exactly what the Jazz need in a point guard. The Jazz don't even use William's size to their advantage - when was the last time he posted up?

You guys need to watch a non-Jazz game. Paul is awesome, and once Nash retires, he'll be the best at the position for many years - and he could have been in a Jazz uniform.

All of you d will haters need to get a clue.
So far dwill took his team to the western conf. finals.
Where was paul?

Paul is going to get smacked down monday.

D WILL IS THE MAN !!!!!!!GO JAZZ!