"You Gotta Love It Baby" Official Jazz thread

[cougjunkie]

Saw that. You forgot the Jazz fans part in quotes.

What a douche.

Yeah he is going to regret that it was all over the radio this morning and "Jazz fans" were fired up.

[Blueintheface]

And big ups to Memo and CJ, quite possibly the most godawful tandem in the league.

CJ looks like he's on the Oliver Miller diet on a runaway freight train to the bench and despite a 4 block night (getting rim-checked on your own shot counts, it just has to) Eyore is officially out to lunch. I hope to see less and less of them especially if Kal El is shooting lights out and if Boozer's injury isn't significant.

[scottie]

Saw that. You forgot the Jazz fans part in quotes.

What a douche.

I missed the in quotes version (I copied and pasted).
He must have changed it.

[MarkGrace]

CJ looks like he's on the Oliver Miller diet on a runaway freight train to the bench and despite a 4 block night (getting rim-checked on your own shot counts, it just has to) Eyore is officially out to lunch. I hope to see less and less of them especially if Kal El is shooting lights out and if Boozer's injury isn't significant.

I swear when I see CJ half the time I think it's Jarron Collins. Get in shape for crying out loud.

[MarkGrace]

Deron is in:

Point guards Deron Williams(notes) of Utah, Chicago's Derrick Rose(notes) and Boston's Rajon Rondo(notes) will make their All-Star Game debuts next month in Dallas, sources said Thursday.

Williams, Rondo and Rose top the list of reserves chosen by the league's coaches to participate in the Feb. 14 game at Cowboys Stadium. The names won't be made official until Thursday night, but Yahoo! Sports has obtained the list of reserves.

Besides Rondo and Rose, the East roster includes Boston's Paul Pierce(notes), Toronto's Chris Bosh(notes), Charlotte's Gerald Wallace(notes) and Atlanta's Joe Johnson(notes) and Al Horford(notes).

The West reserves are the New Orleans' Chris Paul(notes), the Lakers' Pau Gasol(notes), Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant(notes), Dallas' Dirk Nowitzki(notes), Memphis' Zach Randolph(notes) and Portland's Brandon Roy(notes).

Among the notable candidates left off the team are the Los Angeles Clippers' Chris Kaman(notes), New York's David Lee(notes) and Denver's Chauncey Billups(notes).

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/bal...urn=nba,216300

[Blueintheface]

Deron is in:


http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/bal...urn=nba,216300

Very nice. I hope he has the chance to trim the beard by then. Without him playing tomorrow night and Boozer's likely absence the Kings game looks bleak.

[Bastage]

Congrats, Deron.

[MartyFunkhouser]

Deron is in:


http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/bal...urn=nba,216300

I don't really disagree with any of the West reserves with the possible exception of Zach Randolph. Knowing Z-Bo's history, I'm still really skeptical that he has become anything more than the typical hurt the team black hole that he has always been.

[Surfah]

I don't really disagree with any of the West reserves with the possible exception of Zach Randolph. Knowing Z-Bo's history, I'm still really skeptical that he has become anything more than the typical hurt the team black hole that he has always been.

He's hurting that Memphis team something good right now.

[MarkGrace]

I don't really disagree with any of the West reserves with the possible exception of Zach Randolph. Knowing Z-Bo's history, I'm still really skeptical that he has become anything more than the typical hurt the team black hole that he has always been.

21/12 and a catalyst for the biggest surprise in the West. There's no way you leave him off the AS team.

[Surfah]

I am happy for D Will. That is well deserved. I love lego man's game.

[MartyFunkhouser]

21/12 and a catalyst for the biggest surprise in the West. There's no way you leave him off the AS team.

He has also put up 24/10 for the Blazers in the past and hurt the team. I may be wrong, but I will always be skeptical of Z-Bo after his time in Portland.

[MarkGrace]

He has also put up 24/10 for the Blazers in the past and hurt the team. I may be wrong, but I will always be skeptical of Z-Bo after his time in Portland.

No, you are wrong. See here: http://www.nba.com/standings/team_re...w_Std_Cnf.html

It's not only about the numbers he's putting up, it's about the results that the team is getting. That team has no business being the 7th seed in the West. Are you really telling me that if you took him off the squad they would be better? That's nuts. He's been the biggest factor in their success.

Everyone has been skeptical about him given his behavior. But your argument that Memphis would be better without him doesn't even come close to holding water given the results thus far.

[smokymountainrain]

I haven't looked at the East team extremely closely, but David Lee should have been a lock.

Comparing him to Paul Pierce:

Lee on a surprisingly good Knicks team - 19.4 pts 11.4 rebs 3.4 assists on 55% FGs

Pierce on a disappointing Celtics team - 18.9 pts 4.8 rebs 3.6 assists on 47% FGs

[MarkGrace]

I agree, Lee has been stellar.

We need to find a way to get him kicked off the Knicks...