"You Gotta Love It Baby" Official Jazz thread

[old_gregg]

Ad hominems probably aren't the best way to convince Laker fans of the error of his ways. Just a guess.

Also, I find a number of the Laker players to have endearing qualities. They are qualities that would quickly endear me to them were they on the team I cheer for.

i'm not sure which part of that is ad hominem





all i'm saying is it is far too easy to be a lakers fan than any other team in the league (cleveland, boster, orlando close seconds). when have lakers fans faced any kind of adversity? for me, at least, it's a lot more respectable to have been a fan of the jazz in 2003, or the the bucks for the past five years, than to have been a lakers fan for the last 13 or so. it's the same way i feel about the yankees.

[hostile]

We're not 100% and I am not even sure the Lakers are as good as they were last year. But the Lakers might as well start prepping for San Antonio. No serious Jazz fan can think they have a legitimate chance at winning this series save catastrophic injuries to any of the Lakers stars.

As much as I would like to see the Jazz win this series I don't think it goes past 5 games. There are just too many mismatches in the Lakers favor.

[Donuthole]

i'm not sure which part of that is ad hominem

". . . your coach is an overrated dick . . ."

Yeah, no ad hominem there.

all i'm saying is it is far too easy to be a lakers fan than any other team in the league.

I'm not saying I disagree. I'm saying that your persuasiveness is lacking.

for me, at least, it's a lot more respectable to have been a fan of the jazz in 2003, or the the bucks for the past five years, than to have been a lakers fan for the last 13 or so. it's the same way i feel about the yankees.

It has nothing to do with respectability, unless you're seriously advocating that fans should disassociate themselves from a team once it becomes a winner (which I know you aren't). Hate bandwagoners all you want, but try using a much slimmer brush when painting your masterpiece.

[YOhio]

Die Lakers. Die!

Jazz in six.

[myboynoah]

Die Lakers. Die!

Jazz in six.

Finally, after eighty pages and almost 2,400 contributions, someone brings some sanity to this discussion.

[scottie]

DWill is officially a game time decision for Sunday. His reaction to the injury looked more like a shoulder/collar bone issue than an elbow one.

[Surfah]

DWill is officially a game time decision for Sunday. His reaction to the injury looked more like a shoulder/collar bone issue than an elbow one.

So is Bynum. Partially torn meniscus. Ugh.

[Fiyero]

Oh lord, my two least favorite teams in the league. Remind me not to watch the local news for a while....

[scottie]

Oh lord, my two least favorite teams in the league. Remind me not to watch the local news for a while....

If you live in SLC and the Jazz is one of your least favorite teams, now is not a fun time to live here.

[MarkGrace]

DWill is officially a game time decision for Sunday. His reaction to the injury looked more like a shoulder/collar bone issue than an elbow one.

He claims he's fine.

[Commando]

If we contain gasol, who's gonna score-- Kobe? If Sap can do his thing down low and get either gasol or odom in foul trouble, Fess can clog the lane and we get our usual great perimeter D from Matthews and D Will, we have a chance to do great if we just shoot a decent %. I think Booze is the X factor here. If AK comes back and is 90% or >, watch out.

[Surfah]

If we contain gasol, who's gonna score-- Kobe? If Sap can do his thing down low and get either gasol or odom in foul trouble, Fess can clog the lane and we get our usual great perimeter D from Matthews and D Will, we have a chance to do great if we just shoot a decent %. I think Booze is the X factor here. If AK comes back and is 90% or >, watch out.

[scottie]

This series hinges on Boozer. If he's affective in game 1 and able to prove to himself that he can do something against the LA bigs, I predict LA in 6; if not, I think it's LA in 5.

[Donuthole]

We're not 100% and I am not even sure the Lakers are as good as they were last year. But the Lakers might as well start prepping for San Antonio. No serious Jazz fan can think they have a legitimate chance at winning this series save catastrophic injuries to any of the Lakers' stars.

Great points! Not sure what your collective health has to do with anything, though. Normally I would just assume you were including yourselves as members of the Lakers (if so, congrats on making the roster! CUFfers never cease to amaze!), but then you immediately reference the Lakers in the third person. You can see why I'm confused.

[Donuthole]

One thing that annoys is that the Lakers and Jazz have to play tomorrow, while SAS and PHX wrapped up their series a day earlier and don't start until a day later. That might not have happened if the Mavs hadwon their series, but there's no way in hell Stern is wasting a Sunday slot on the Spurs unless he has no other choice.