"You Gotta Love It Baby" Official Jazz thread

[MarkGrace]

Damn did Al go up weak there.

[MarkGrace]

I give Carroll a lot of credit. His minutes are super inconsistent but when he gets his number called he's always ready to contribute.

[Blueintheface]

Why this team plays basketball as poorly as they have against Houston and Sacramento is beyond me. They are just as likely to come out and lose this game by 20 as they are to win by 1.

[MarkGrace]

How is that a foul on Tinsley?

[MarkGrace]

I'd be willing to bet Kanter doesn't get off the bench this half.

[MarkGrace]

I'd be willing to bet Kanter doesn't get off the bench this half.

Airball.

[MarkGrace]

Ibaka has had some filthy blocks.

[Blueintheface]

This just got more interesting. Durant got hammered and didn't get the call and just gave Burks a shove.

[MarkGrace]

Burks really coming alive lately. But 0-3 at the line.

[smokymountainrain]

Burks really coming alive lately. But 0-3 at the line.

And he'd been hitting his FTs lately.

[Maximus]

I have a bad feeling nothing will happen before trade deadline. Same old Jazz.

[Blueintheface]

Well that was a shitty 2 min.

[MarkGrace]

I have a bad feeling nothing will happen before trade deadline. Same old Jazz.

As I said to douger, how do you know better alternatives are out there than just letting guys walks at the end of the season?

Also, this roster has exactly one player still on it from the 2010 season. Same old Jazz indeed.

[smokymountainrain]

It was fun to see Carroll get Burks back on the Durant flagrant and then to watch Burks at the point in the last couple minutes constantly look for Murphy and pass to him at every opportunity. The Jazz bench is tough, athletic, energetic, young, fun to watch - sort of bizarro traditional Jazz.

[MarkGrace]

The Brooklyn Nets are interested in trading for Utah Jazz power forward Paul Millsap, according to a report in the New York Daily News. The Nets also have been recently exploring trade opportunities for Josh Smith and Ben Gordon, sources told ESPN The Magazine's Chris Broussard. The Daily News also reported that the Nets could be interested in another power forward.

Sources told the Daily News the Nets offered Kris Humphries and MarShon Brooks for Smith, but the Atlanta Hawks want a better package for their 27-year-old power forward.

While Nets GM Billy King told reporters Monday that he "isn't going to make a trade just to make a trade," it is expected he'll certainly make plenty of calls given that he's in the final year of his contract and the team he assembled has lofty expectations.

Millsap, 28, is averaging 14.9 points, 7.3 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game for the Jazz this season.

Deron Williams was a former teammate of Millsap's in Utah. Millsap certainly would give the Nets an upgrade at the four spot, while providing Williams with a solid pick-and-roll option on offense.

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/story/_/id/8942329/report-brooklyn-nets-interest-paul-millsap-utah-jazz