Comments about ‘Utah Jazz: Dead in the water?’

I hate Lazy Basketball. If you can't bring your A game atleast bring your A effort. A high schooler could get through those Jazz screens. Three defenders on the ball in the paint...lazy...With the money you are making at least break a sweat!! LAZY, just plain LAZY!

Can we just cancel the NBA already?

Lakers shot 43 freethrow attempts, to Utah's 16 freethrow attempts.

Show me any team in the league that can overcome being clobbered with almost triple the amount of freebies by the other team.

Tonight, one team was allowed to defend any way it wanted.

The other, was not.

Stern wants a Celtics-Lakers revival. That much is obvious.

Cancel the NBA and have the Lakers tour, like the Globetrotters. Why pretend it's an honest competition anymore?

Oh, and for the series through two games, Utah has just 46 freethrow attempts to L.A. getting 89 freethrow attempts.

That is just flat-out WWE-style officiating.

Where in the world is Carlos Boozer? Does he know his team is in the playoffs? He is playing like he is in a daze. Wake Up Boozer! Unless you already have a vacation planned.

What has happened to his Game? No where to be found!!

Not enough horsepower in the tank to compete. I love the Jazz, but no one can stop Kobe. He can score at will. But could we at least stop the traitor Fischer from draining 3's!!??

Fisher is playing angry and this is motivating the entire Laker team against the Jazz.

We will lose this in 5 games maybe 4 if Sloan is not careful with game plan and doesn't make adjustments as needed.

Been saying this for days. The Fisher fiasco will cost us this season's playoffs. Don't blame Sloan or the players for this one, because it is on O'Connor and Miller for letting Fisher out of his contract.

Fisher and the Lakers are laughing at the stupidity of the Jazz management now. I guess karma is getting us back for stealing Boozer from the Cavaliers.

Nice job D-Will and Millsap. At least they showed up ready to play.

Boozer: I am no leader. I am mentally weak. I am intimidated by big games. I shrink when defended down to nothing

Williams: I am scared to death of Derek Fisher. He knows where I'm going before I do and there is nothing I can do about it. I am not a defensive point gaurd. I am not ready for the big games. One day maybe but right now I am blinded by that glaring light. What is that light? Oh it's Chris Pual's shinning star status. My star is flickering.

Sloan: I wake up at night in cold sweats with visions of Phil Jackson in my head. I fear no man but Phil scares me to death. How is it that Phil knows what to do durring the game to combat my every move. Wait I have no moves. I substitute based on the game clock. My substitutions kill player momentum, unfortunately my own players. I I wish I could bring the best out in players but I don't know how. I have lived a lie. My teams are not tough. My teams don't know how to defend. I don't know how to teach them. I am weak.

Booz really showed up tonight. When we were really down, he hit some amazing clutch shots, went after loose balls like an insane man and really hustled on def... oh wait. Booz was riding the pine pony while Millsap kept us in the game. In fact, did Booz eben show up to the arena the last few games?

Play Millsap more! This guy has no fear, is tenacious on both ends of the floor and his energy is contagious. "Sap got 17 and 10 in 29 minutes (.58 and .34 per minute). Booz had 10 and 5 in 24.5 minutes (.4 and .2 per minute). Booz went 3 for 10, 'Sap shot better than 50%.

Give me 'Sap or give me (playoff) death!

Who can we get in the offseason for Boozer????

Does anyone have a guess?

I hope the Jazz can turn it around in SLC.

Where in the world is Carlos Boozer? He must be on vacation in Carmen-San Diego. Seriously what is the deal with this guy? An All-star? I'm still waiting to see the All-star in him. He had a great season, but like playoffs past, he tends to disappear when we need him the most. An NBA player makes a name for himself in the playoffs. I wonder what they will say years from now about Boozer? I'm guessing they will say that he was a great talent, but a major disappointment.

Who can we get for boozer? With his massive contract? Which team would want this slow, uninspired loser? Only a stupid team led by incompetents. I kno. The Grizzlies!! After all, they didnt want Pao Gasol. Maybe they'll take Boozer.

Look on the bright side. We might get Kwame Brown in exchange!!!!!

Let it start now. Boozer for Bogut this summer.

The Jazz will never win a title with Boozer because he is a liablity defensively and gets eaten alive by longer, more athletic forwards (like ODOM)

"Stern wants a Celtics-Lakers revival. That much is obvious.

That is just flat-out WWE-style officiating."

Well the Jazz are one of the leaders in fouls given during the season. Jazz opponents average 30+ FTs a game.

The Lakers are the better team right now, just like the Jazz were in the 90s. I'm sure you'll agree Stern would have preferred Bulls/Lakers matchups in the NBA Finals back then, so why would he not rig the outcomes & whistles in favor of the Lakers back then?

And certainly he would have preferred the Suns in the finals last year compared to the low-ratings of the Spurs? Yet he laid down those suspensions that clearly tipped the scales towards the Spurs...

If you look really, really hard, Im pretty sure you can come up with something else.
I dont mind losing to a better team if everyone gives their best out on the floor, what makes these losses so tough to watch is the feeling that some players dont even seem to care about winning or losing. Its ridiculous. People said the Jazz wouldnt stand a chance against the Lakers and might think theyve been proved right so far. The problem is, they havent. The Jazz could have won BOTH games if they hadnt decided on trailing by 15 before starting to actually compete.

The Jazz still have a chance but they will have to step up BIG TIME defensively and need to win both games at home.

I know you always say Its not a coachs job to get players motivated. Of course it isnt. We all know that. After all, that would mean spending less attention yelling at the refs or staring at the game clock in order to know when to substitute. It would perhaps require actually saying something positive to a player once in a while or pretending you actually believe in your own team. I know, I know, it sounds pretty far out.
But please, your let them play through it strategy obviously does not work with these guys.

Im not sure anyone or anything could motivate Carlos Snoozer
His own life could be at stake and he would continue to sleepwalk down the paint shouting grab it at his teammates.

Yes, it's true that the league benefits more from having the more popular and PC Lakers win than the old-fashioned, small-market Jazz. And there's no doubt the referees are on notice to that fact, formally or implicitly. It shows.

However, the Jazz know this! It's like the 1998 Finals--the superstar was supposed to retire on top, so the Jazz were at a disadvantage and knew they had to make up for it. Rather than ask why they aren't getting fair officiating, the Jazz (and us fans) should instead ask why our guys did not use better shot selection and play clean defense. If the answer is that the Lakers are just better, fair enough. But whining about officiating will get you nowhere, especially for a small market team. It nearly worked for Houston, but it won't work for us.

Go Jazz, better luck back in SLC.

jazz foul more than any team in teh NBA. they should've been called for more in game two. this is just a lame excuse b/c jazz fans don't want to admit the Lakers are just a better team.

Hey "Statement game" - If you an all star effort by Boozer maybe you could set an example by trying some original comments. Isn't this just a copy of your comment on another blog?

Everybody - check the box score. The Jazz got outscored by the Lakers in only one quarter. It was in the first quarter and it was by 15 points. Obviously that was what made the difference in the game but PLEASE don't accuse the Jazz of not trying. Yea, I yelled at the TV more than once asking the Jazz players to get off their rear ends and rebound but I think most teams would have caved early in the second half but the Jazz were battling to the end. If you're a true fan you'll be urging to do better, not accusing them of not trying. They are playing the "greatest player on the planet", afterall. And by the way, where I live the game ended at 1:30 a.m. and I stayed up for the last second and then got work by 6:30 a.m. How about you other fans? What sacrifice are making?

In most places a rapist is a criminal not an MVP, just shows why this country is going to pot.