Reader comments: Utah Jazz: Millsap provides energy in late-game comeback

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sob | 6:39 a.m. May 17, 2008
perhaps mill needs to be the man next year, most people prefer consistency
Jazz Fan | 7:57 a.m. May 17, 2008
Millsap should be starting over Boozer.
millsap fan | 8:02 a.m. May 17, 2008
I for one believe millsap deserves a lot more time than 12 minuets! millsap absolutely could have brought a lot more to the game if he was in for boozer. Boozer did great in the season, but he sucked it up in the playoffs, and the only good thing he did last night was foul out.
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Millsap fan | 8:22 a.m. May 17, 2008
I for one believe that Millsap deserves a lot more time than just twelve minuets! He absolutely could have brought a lot more to this, had he of been in for boozer. Boozer did good in the season, but in the playoffs he sucked it up, the only good thing he did last night was foul out.
Sneaky Jimmy | 9:35 a.m. May 17, 2008
Millsap brings energy and toughness every time hes on the floor. Get rid of boozer.
Ticket Holder | 10:32 a.m. May 17, 2008
Dump Boozer. Period. He's got no heart.

Dump Sloan. His style of basketball is outdated. The days of banging around and hanging around the post are gone. Young, fleet, athletic players like D-Will are what we need. We need one good big man who has heart. AK took those 3's and buried them in the last two minutes. Where was boozer? Sitting on his rear end on the bench.

Jazz ownership-- wake up and smell how the league has changed. Our style only works so far and no further.
jazz | 10:36 a.m. May 17, 2008
get booz out of here and start milltank. he is the man, he plays hard and has a heart something that the tin man boozer doesnt have.
booz OK | 2:37 p.m. May 17, 2008
You guys need to get off Booz. His play all year got us here, and his monster game 3 got us to game 6.

Playoffs are all about matchups and strategy. Lakers had good matchups, using their length to advantage by being able to put Pau on Booz and double/triple with Odom/Bryant to neutralize him when necessary. Good strategy. Sloan needed to come up with an effective counter, and never did in 6 games.

That being said, I love Milsap's energy. You have to be able to bring something off the bench, and there are certain games where he can. He runs the floor better and does play better defense than Booz.

Booz needs to hit the gym and figure out what he needs to do to bring it on the defensive end of the floor.
Jazzsmack | 5:10 p.m. May 17, 2008
I don't know if millsap is really the answer.

But I do know sloan has had 20 years to win a championship.

How many more does it take to prove he and his sytem can't get it done?
RE: Jazzsmack | 8:08 p.m. May 17, 2008
How can you blame a coach for his players failing to win a championship. He is not the one who missed free throws with games on the line. He is not the one failing to make his lay-ups. He is not the one rotating late on defense, or letting his man fly by him. His system has kept the Jazz in the playoffs consistently.

Yes the Jazz never won a title with Malone and Stockton, but look at their supporting cast. They did not have a deep team until Stockton and Malone were past their prime. Some people just don't know how good they've had it until it's gone.

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Utah's Andrei Kirilenko (left) and Paul Millsap gang up to block the shot of Lakers' Kobe Bryant late in the fourth quarter on Friday. (Scott G. Winterton, Deseret News)
Scott G. Winterton, Deseret News

Utah's Andrei Kirilenko (left) and Paul Millsap gang up to block the shot of Lakers' Kobe Bryant late in the fourth quarter on Friday.

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