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Off-beat Jazz still too much for Toronto
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KM | 1:51 a.m. Nov. 15, 2007
The Jazz grinded out a great game. Deron better watch out because AK means
business in the assist category. Two games in a row AK has more assist. AK--Mr.
Intangible, Deron--Mr. Clutch, Brewer--Mr. Larceny, Booz--Mr. Double-Double,
Memo--Mr. Inconsistent.
Does it matter? | 6:24 a.m. Nov. 15, 2007
I don't think D-Will cares if he gets 15 assists a game, AK wins games,
D-Will likes that.
Jimmy's Sneakers | 6:35 a.m. Nov. 15, 2007
Solid win againgst an Eastern Conference playoff team on the road.
@ KM
Jimmy likes this game. Milsap--Mr. Boardwork, Harpring--Mr. Knee, Hart--Mr. Escalade-rental, Collins--Mr. Invisible, Fes--Mr. Dane Cook, Gira--Mr. Stutter-step-traveler.
@ KM
Jimmy likes this game. Milsap--Mr. Boardwork, Harpring--Mr. Knee, Hart--Mr. Escalade-rental, Collins--Mr. Invisible, Fes--Mr. Dane Cook, Gira--Mr. Stutter-step-traveler.
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Bill | 6:36 a.m. Nov. 15, 2007
It's nice to see the Jazz doing well, particularly on defense.
The truth | 7:20 a.m. Nov. 15, 2007
AK's strength is in defense and assists. If he can overcome his past
desires to be a scoring leader.. he'll be an all star again just from his
other stats. Kudos to the Jazz on a great beginning this year!
Steve, DC | 8:13 a.m. Nov. 15, 2007
D-Will went flying for the block on T.J. Ford first two tries to get the shot
off at the end. I would have done the same thing, but I'm pretty sure
that's not kosher D in Sloan's book. But whatever, we got the win,
and Memo stepped up and put a hand in the shooter's face. The Jazz are
getting pretty good in close games.
Sinan From Turkey | 8:34 a.m. Nov. 15, 2007
Go ahead Memo..You're good at defence and offence.
Moto X | 8:58 a.m. Nov. 15, 2007
An ugly win but nonetheless it is a W. It is nice everyone seems to be settling
into their roles.
AK is piling up the stats and is probably the difference in this game. Obviously we can not get the win without D-Will and Booz scoring down the stretch but the fact is that we would not have been in the position to win the game without all of AK's stats.
On another positive note, we held the best 3 point shooting team in the league to a very average night. Defending the three has forever been our achilles heel. Everybody playing their role equals a gutty win on the road when we were not really playing that well.
Cleveland will be an even tougher test--we do not seem to be able to run and score alot on them either. If we do not play some tough D there Friday night we will be toast.
The T E A M is coming together nicely.
Go Jazz!!
AK is piling up the stats and is probably the difference in this game. Obviously we can not get the win without D-Will and Booz scoring down the stretch but the fact is that we would not have been in the position to win the game without all of AK's stats.
On another positive note, we held the best 3 point shooting team in the league to a very average night. Defending the three has forever been our achilles heel. Everybody playing their role equals a gutty win on the road when we were not really playing that well.
Cleveland will be an even tougher test--we do not seem to be able to run and score alot on them either. If we do not play some tough D there Friday night we will be toast.
The T E A M is coming together nicely.
Go Jazz!!
Mikey | 9:10 a.m. Nov. 15, 2007
Anybody else regret taking Milsap for their fantasy team. He is killing me!
R Jazz FAN! | 9:34 a.m. Nov. 15, 2007
The jazz are doing pretty good this year so far- they almost lost the lead to
toronto but they won, Boozer has been getting it done every night, i really
think that he ought to get mvp, hes better than garnett by far. Williams is the
best PG in the leauge. Ak is doing alright, i still think that sloan should get
rid of him, he misses more shots than he makes, but his assists, rebounds, and
blocks are still high, and memo, i dont even know wat hes been doing lately, hes
starting to get inconsistence. But brewer, that kids got talent, he could be
good one day, i just hope the jazz keep on winning and make it to the
playoffs
GO JAZZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GO JAZZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Still trade AK? | 10:11 a.m. Nov. 15, 2007
Where are all the jazz fans and even the owner that were wanting AK traded all
summer. There is not another player in the league as versatile as he is when it
comes to his defense.
Who cares if he doesn't score, he does so many other things. And lets face it if AK was gone booz and memo certainly won't pick up for him on defense and blocks.
Milsap is good defensively and a good player. But I thought all along jazz fans were nuts for wanting to trade Kirilenko.
I'm not a jazz fan but they look good and with kirilenko they can go a long way. Without him they would struggle in the playoffs without his defense and blocks and big plays that spark the team.
In their crappy division they should be poised to have the best record in the western conference. Because SA, Dal, Hous and PHX are in tougher divisions and their records shouldn't be as good at Utah's record. It will be interesting.
Who cares if he doesn't score, he does so many other things. And lets face it if AK was gone booz and memo certainly won't pick up for him on defense and blocks.
Milsap is good defensively and a good player. But I thought all along jazz fans were nuts for wanting to trade Kirilenko.
I'm not a jazz fan but they look good and with kirilenko they can go a long way. Without him they would struggle in the playoffs without his defense and blocks and big plays that spark the team.
In their crappy division they should be poised to have the best record in the western conference. Because SA, Dal, Hous and PHX are in tougher divisions and their records shouldn't be as good at Utah's record. It will be interesting.
Jimmy's Sneakers | 10:15 a.m. Nov. 15, 2007
Jimmy thinks the Jazz are a shoe-in for the playoffs. If this trend continues...
OH YEAH!!!!! (Jimmy digs the Kool-Aid Man). D-Will is Mr. Good Friday. AK is Mr.
Let's Get Bizzay! and Booz is Mr. Armageddon.
Rich | 10:57 a.m. Nov. 15, 2007
Trade AK? Your points are invalid. If the owner had wanted to trade AK he
would've done it before training camp. It was AK himself who wanted to be
traded. As for the Utah fans? We have always had the attitude...if you
don't wanna play here then get out! We don't want you. (Remember
Shandon Anderson, Howard Eisley, even Karl Malone to some extent when he first
left).
I heard a lot of fans say during the offseason that if AK were to not get traded we would forgive him as long as he played hard and didn't stand on a corner of the court and sulk like last year. So far he's playing hard, focused, and exactly like we hoped. Let's hope he keeps it up all season.
I heard a lot of fans say during the offseason that if AK were to not get traded we would forgive him as long as he played hard and didn't stand on a corner of the court and sulk like last year. So far he's playing hard, focused, and exactly like we hoped. Let's hope he keeps it up all season.
to: Still trade AK? | 11:04 a.m. Nov. 15, 2007
"Who cares if he scores?" Of course none of the fans care the problem
in the past with AK is that HE CARES! If AK can be content with his current
role that will be great for the team. Something tells me he is pretending to be
great with it but that he still thinks he should be scoring more. His comment
to KK in the Trib that he didn't want to talk about his current happiness
makes me think he is still not happy but playing his role because he has no
other choice.
To: Trade AK | 11:44 a.m. Nov. 15, 2007
A team's division hardly affects a their record. The Jazz play each team
in their division 4 times and they play the rest of the Western Conference teams
either 3 or 4 times. It may give the Jazz 1 or 2 extra wins for being in a weak
division. If the Jazz actually do win the Western Conference it would only be
because they are good, not because their division is bad.
Moto X | 11:48 a.m. Nov. 15, 2007
Last year Millsap was an unexpected surprise to everyone we played. This year
they have game planned for him and things are not so easy. Welcome to the NBA.
This ought to make us appreciate our stars even more--they game plan for Booz, D-Will, Okur (has worked somewhat), and even AK (postioning his offensive man away from the hoop to prevent AK from getting blocks) every night and these guys have to overcome it.
That said it actually may make Millsap more affordable to keep on the team. He is a solid role player with occasional super strong games. Unfortunately the market will probably overpay him for that--probably more than we can afford. We can hardly blame him when the time comes and he takes the payday.
This ought to make us appreciate our stars even more--they game plan for Booz, D-Will, Okur (has worked somewhat), and even AK (postioning his offensive man away from the hoop to prevent AK from getting blocks) every night and these guys have to overcome it.
That said it actually may make Millsap more affordable to keep on the team. He is a solid role player with occasional super strong games. Unfortunately the market will probably overpay him for that--probably more than we can afford. We can hardly blame him when the time comes and he takes the payday.
Calgary Jazz | 11:56 a.m. Nov. 15, 2007
AK is shooting 45% for season, not exciting but better than Okur's 39%.
Gym | 12:01 p.m. Nov. 15, 2007
Win-Win trade: Okur, Kirilenko and 1st rounder to Indiana for J. O'neil
and D. Granger. Everybody wins - everybody is happy.
Moto X | 12:06 p.m. Nov. 15, 2007
AK finally realized he was literally stuck here in Utah if the situation stayed
status quo (preseason). By that I mean, AK was viewed as having a bad attiude
by playing poorly and demanding a trade. LHM could not get decent value as a
result so he would not trade him (we were not getting Marion without Banks lousy
contract). LHM was going to let him sit here and rot. No contract release for
AK--bad precedent to set.
One of two things has happened. AK has realized he has to prove he is valuable enough for the Jazz to get a good player in a trade without taking a dog contract OR AK truly has gotten involved enough to be happy.
We will all know which it is, probably by the trading deadline.
As far as the other comment about fans wanting AK traded? AK was poor last year--nobody wanted another season of that, especially for your highest salary player. Of course we did not want him here, in that frame of mind, because he did not want to be here.
Fans would be, and now are, thrilled that AK is playing like we all knew AK was capable.
One of two things has happened. AK has realized he has to prove he is valuable enough for the Jazz to get a good player in a trade without taking a dog contract OR AK truly has gotten involved enough to be happy.
We will all know which it is, probably by the trading deadline.
As far as the other comment about fans wanting AK traded? AK was poor last year--nobody wanted another season of that, especially for your highest salary player. Of course we did not want him here, in that frame of mind, because he did not want to be here.
Fans would be, and now are, thrilled that AK is playing like we all knew AK was capable.
AK | 12:06 p.m. Nov. 15, 2007
I'll glad let AK miss a few shots a game if he'll give us 2-3 blocks,
4-7 steals, 10+ rebounds, 7+ assists and who knows how many other altered or
intimidated shots. He's like the pesky guy at a pick-up game that you
should be able to beat but somehow seems to hustle his way into more plays than
he should. He's the exact X factor the Jazz need. Last night was a perfect
example, our offense went stale off and on all night, but we were able to get
some great defense and easy buckets because of AK. We already have like 4-5
other guys that can score 30, we need a pure utility man to do the dirty work,
and AK is the man. As far as utility men go, AK is a lot better shot than most
(see Dennis Rodman etc...)
Jazz fans | 12:13 p.m. Nov. 15, 2007
You all have inferiority complexes. If a guy doesn't like it here get rid
off him. NBA players aren't going to love SLC. Who cares if a bunch of
thugs like the city they play in. It is how they play on the court.
"You play in Utah" Derek Harper. I think Fisher just wanted out of SLC. I just don't see why everyone is so down on AK. Who cares if he is happy or not. It seems to me he brings it every night. He nearly had a triple double last night. I'll take that even if that is his bad effort.
And why is memo so loved. The guy just lurks around the 3 point line and plays el matador defense.
I thought a division winner was guaranteed a top 3 seed in the playoffs. I guess the NBA isn't like the nhl with a division heavy schedule. Too bad it wasn't the Jazz would be in even better shape.
Lay off AK! As much as you fell for stock and malone loving SLC how often do you see them around town since thier retirements. Ak is great! so is Masha. Leave them alone.
"You play in Utah" Derek Harper. I think Fisher just wanted out of SLC. I just don't see why everyone is so down on AK. Who cares if he is happy or not. It seems to me he brings it every night. He nearly had a triple double last night. I'll take that even if that is his bad effort.
And why is memo so loved. The guy just lurks around the 3 point line and plays el matador defense.
I thought a division winner was guaranteed a top 3 seed in the playoffs. I guess the NBA isn't like the nhl with a division heavy schedule. Too bad it wasn't the Jazz would be in even better shape.
Lay off AK! As much as you fell for stock and malone loving SLC how often do you see them around town since thier retirements. Ak is great! so is Masha. Leave them alone.
Jazzci | 3:14 p.m. Nov. 15, 2007
Guys, why are you being so harsh on Memo. He is defending, finding the open men
and drilling the 3-pointers. Check the stat sheet. Booz 24 FG attemp in 40
mins, Memo only 5/9 in 30 mins. Memo just not getting the open looks so he is
passing. What's wrong with that. He is a great player and invaluable for
the team. Just imagine if Booz he was playing with, say, Nesterovic. Do you
really think he would get could get those inside shots. Com'on guys be
fair. And, if you don't understand the game of basketball don't write
about it. period...
We love you Money Man,
We love you Money Man,
AKfan | 3:34 p.m. Nov. 15, 2007
Some of you guys are amazing. AK-47 starts playing like his old self and
you're still saying trade him. What more could you want? He's made
the best of his situation by playing well.
For those who still think he's unhappy: If my team was at the top of the division and I consistently neared triple-doubles every game, I'd be a really happy camper. Why leave a place when you're winning and playing at a high level?
For those who still think he's unhappy: If my team was at the top of the division and I consistently neared triple-doubles every game, I'd be a really happy camper. Why leave a place when you're winning and playing at a high level?
odogtriever | 3:45 p.m. Nov. 15, 2007
Ak is more like a point forward now. I really think that is all he wanted,
"to be more involved in the offence, for the ball to go through his
hands". I really don't think he cares about just putting up shots like
some have suggested. Also, lets please get off the "he does not like
SLC" pitty cry, he's from Russia for crying out loud.
AK Triple Double | 10:20 p.m. Nov. 15, 2007
AK avg. 12.0 pts, 9.75 ast, 9.25 rbs over the past four games. That is only 1
ast. & 3 rbs. away from avg. a triple double during that stretch. What more
could you ask for from a player.
jazzKiiFanFromManila | 12:16 a.m. Nov. 16, 2007
jazz's just doing great...just as AK does his thing. go JAZZ!
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