"You Gotta Love It Baby" Official Jazz thread

[MarkGrace]

How soon you forget one Roger Bell....

He's giving him a run for his money. But you're right, as of right now he's only the second worst player in the history of the NBA.

[smokymountainrain]

I hope CJ gets a flesh eating bacteria and his dick falls off. He is the most worthless piece of shit and an absolute cancer. MG, statistical analysis of CJ's game could not do justice to just how awful he has been tonight. Almost as bad has been Corbin's refusal to play a DOMINANT Favors in the entire third while Jefferson head fakes and passes over and over. Hayward has been invisible due in part to CJ's absolute inability to create or facilitate.

How in the world can a player in the 79th game of an NBA season actually play himself out of shape like CJ Miles has? He must be 15 lbs over weight.

Well said. I've always said CJ is the fattest skinny guy I've ever seen. But as of late he might just be a fat fat guy.

What the hell does Corbin have against Favors. Does he hate black people?

[MarkGrace]

How annoying that Favors only plays 20 mins when he's playing as well as he did tonight.

[smokymountainrain]

How annoying that Favors only plays 20 mins when he's playing as well as he did tonight.

The fact that the Jazz were +1 for the 20 minutes he was out there is a minor miracle and is indicative of how well he really did play. Weaver and Evans were also both on the plus side too, but they only played 8 mins each. Everybody else was on the minus side.

[Blueintheface]

How annoying that Favors only plays 20 mins when he's playing as well as he did tonight.

He had 3 plays in the first half that were awesome. Called for the ball, backed down his defender, and slammed it home. But he didn't need to play any important minutes, he was probably tired.

[MarkGrace]

Please make your free throws. TIA.

[MarkGrace]

Jazz shooting 55% from the floor and losing by 15. Nice.

[smokymountainrain]

The Watson/Harris combo at the two guard spots is ugly.

[BGRTHNUMEGO]

Biyombo killed it in the game yesterday with a triple-double including 10 blocks.

Is he in the draft this year?

[cougjunkie]

I am not sure if there is a team in the NBA that moves the ball as well as the Spurs. They were putting on a clinic for much of the game last night.

With that being said, Favors is going to be very good. Harpring made a good point last night that Favors feels like with his length he can get his shot against anybody and he showed that last night.

[Sizzle]

Biyombo killed it in the game yesterday with a triple-double including 10 blocks.

Is he in the draft this year?

Probably.

[Maximus]

I am not sure if there is a team in the NBA that moves the ball as well as the Spurs. They were putting on a clinic for much of the game last night.

With that being said, Favors is going to be very good. Harpring made a good point last night that Favors feels like with his length he can get his shot against anybody and he showed that last night.

could we trade down to get him? do we want him?

[Sizzle]

could we trade down to get him? do we want him?

We got Favors, though we paid a pretty price for him.

If you mean Biyombo, I'm not sure that we'll be able to trade down to pick him up. He may be around with our 2nd lottery pick, but I think a lot of that depends on who else is on the board and who we take with the first pick. IMO, we need to land a wing that can come in and play 15-20 minutes a game at least with one of the two picks. I think Hamilton, Barnes, and Derrick Williams all definitely fit the bill, with guys like Terrance Jones or Perry Jones likely being options. If we were to go with an international big at our first pick (Vesley, Valanciunas) then I probably don't think he is an option with our second pick. If we take one of the guys above with the first pick, or a guy like Brandon Knight, then yes, he is probably an option.

The biggest thing about him, is he appears to have put up decent enough stats in Euroleague (6.5 points, 5 boards, 2.5 blocks in 17 minutes per game) that he has some basketball skills, like he is closer to Serge Ibaka than Saer Sene.

Ibaka bio from NBA.com:

NTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS:
2008-09: Spent the past season playing professionally in Spain for Ricoh Manresa…In 31 games, averaged 7.1 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.0 blocks in 15.5 minutes per contest…2007-08: Averaged 11.3 points, 8.2 rebounds and 3.0 blocked shots through 32 games for C.B. L’Hospitalet in the Spanish LEB Gold league...Posted 27 points and 11 rebounds vs. Alicante Costa Blanca. Tallied 14 points and 15 rebounds vs. Basket Cai Zaragoza. Registered 10 points, 12 rebounds and seven blocked shots vs. Ciudad de La Laguna Canarias…2006-07: Averaged 13.3 points, 9.0 rebounds and 1.8 blocked shots in four games with DKV Joventut in the Final Phase of the Circuito Sub-20..

Would I take Serge Ibaka at 12 in this draft? Yes. At 6? I'd probably like to get something more, especially where our strength seems to be at the 4 with Favors/Jefferson/Sap. Unless, of course, you've got a deal in place to move Sap for a legitimate wing, then I'd be more willing to consider it.

[smokymountainrain]

We got Favors, though we paid a pretty price for him.

If you mean Biyombo, I'm not sure that we'll be able to trade down to pick him up. He may be around with our 2nd lottery pick, but I think a lot of that depends on who else is on the board and who we take with the first pick. IMO, we need to land a wing that can come in and play 15-20 minutes a game at least with one of the two picks. I think Hamilton, Barnes, and Derrick Williams all definitely fit the bill, with guys like Terrance Jones or Perry Jones likely being options. If we were to go with an international big at our first pick (Vesley, Valanciunas) then I probably don't think he is an option with our second pick. If we take one of the guys above with the first pick, or a guy like Brandon Knight, then yes, he is probably an option.

The biggest thing about him, is he appears to have put up decent enough stats in Euroleague (6.5 points, 5 boards, 2.5 blocks in 17 minutes per game) that he has some basketball skills, like he is closer to Serge Ibaka than Saer Sene.

Ibaka bio from NBA.com:


Would I take Serge Ibaka at 12 in this draft? Yes. At 6? I'd probably like to get something more, especially where our strength seems to be at the 4 with Favors/Jefferson/Sap. Unless, of course, you've got a deal in place to move Sap for a legitimate wing, then I'd be more willing to consider it.

Ibaka at 12? In a heartbeat. At 6? Most likely, I guess I'd have to see who is in and who is out, but even at 6, there is a 97% chance I'd take Ibaka.

[MarkGrace]

Ibaka at 12? In a heartbeat. At 6? Most likely, I guess I'd have to see who is in and who is out, but even at 6, there is a 97% chance I'd take Ibaka.

If Harrison Barnes doesn't declare, I'd take Ibaka quite possibly anywhere outside of the top 2. This draft is kinda nasty.