Rudy Gobert "Greatest Jazz Center of All Time" Countdown Thread
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framer
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#17 Olden Polynice
Points 962
Rebounds 916
Blocks 171
Steals 61
Assists 74
Olden Polynice was supposed to be the answer once Greg Ostertag started to crawl back into his shell. Initially bringing in a shot of toughness to the Last Gasp of the Stockton and Malone era he was signed as a free agent in 1999. I seemed to remember him being more effective than he actually was, averaging less than 6 points and 1 block per game. He was an excellent offensive rebounder however and provided attitude in place of the emasculated Ostertag. Unfortunately, he is best known for his "night job" of impersonating an officer, which he did twice in 2000-2001 during apparent road rage incidents, flashing his honorary LAPD badge. His third strike came later that summer when he beat the hell out of some dude at a local golf course, pretty much sealing his exit from Utah and the NBA. He was picked up for a short time by the Clippers a few years later, but couldn't stick. He later coached in the now defunct ABA and did color commentary for the WNBA.
Points 962
Rebounds 916
Blocks 171
Steals 61
Assists 74
Olden Polynice was supposed to be the answer once Greg Ostertag started to crawl back into his shell. Initially bringing in a shot of toughness to the Last Gasp of the Stockton and Malone era he was signed as a free agent in 1999. I seemed to remember him being more effective than he actually was, averaging less than 6 points and 1 block per game. He was an excellent offensive rebounder however and provided attitude in place of the emasculated Ostertag. Unfortunately, he is best known for his "night job" of impersonating an officer, which he did twice in 2000-2001 during apparent road rage incidents, flashing his honorary LAPD badge. His third strike came later that summer when he beat the hell out of some dude at a local golf course, pretty much sealing his exit from Utah and the NBA. He was picked up for a short time by the Clippers a few years later, but couldn't stick. He later coached in the now defunct ABA and did color commentary for the WNBA.
Stifle Tower
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Two words for you, framer: justifiable homicide.
Not even Officer Polynice would arrest you.
framer
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Yeah, but what am I supposed to say, "I am keeping this spreadsheet list of all of the centers that have ever played for the Utah Jazz and I am tracking them against another player then doing lengthy write ups each time that player gets more stats than a previous player all for about 30 dudes on a fan message board!"
Her- "Didn't you just say that you didn't have time to fix the refrigerator?"
Me- "sigh. . ."
I didn't see this. What the ****.
416Klawzz
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Osterag was never a great center, I never knew what people saw in the tall stiff. When subbed on he got dunked on posterized and turned the ball over. He had only one great game and that was against the Kings in the playoffs. Rudy surpassed Ostertag the day he first picked up a basketball as a toddler, I am confident by then he established a more polished post game than Osterag
Joe Bagadonuts
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Framer, is the refrigerator fixed yet? We need you.
gregbroncs
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Barely deserves a response but Tag dominated in an entire playoff run. He frustrated and dominated Olajuwon the 1st year the Jazz went to the finals.
FalseFlagg K
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didn't he do a decent job on Shaq in that playoff run as well ??
FalseFlagg K
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didn't he do a decent job on Shaq in that playoff run as well ??
gregbroncs
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Yes he did.
