Thee Jazz Fan
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How I miss the 80's and 90's
Kenny the Jet complains about Stockton
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Thee Jazz Fan
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I never liked Kerr. Even back in the day he always seemed to be jealous of Stockton, and always had something against him.
you forgot to mention how much Weber respected Stock's toughness as his shoulder didnt even phase him!!
Brown Notes
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Was that the game Webber got body slammed by Karl?
Mr. McGibblets
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Except it was a forearm shiver, not a shoulder, and it did phase Stockton - it broke a rib or two and he wasn't the same the rest of the series. Maybe if he would have laid out somebody his own size then I'd feel differently about Webber.
This is a really interesting topic
JAZZFAN_2814
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Stockton had to have off-season surgery on the arm. Shot and played under-par most of the playoffs. Tough SOB? Obviously. Most guys wouldn't have been playing after that.
The opposite of Webber: tough and clutch.
Webber's biggest moment in the series. And it happens on the first play of the first quarter.
Meanwhile, a one-armed Stockton still was what eliminated the Kings.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rB3LaFGvaU&feature=related
I doubt the Jazz could have made it 3 Finals in 3 years -- just looking at the history, modern teams struggle tremendously after three seasons of 100+ games, and Utah hit that after 98 -- but the Stockton injury was arguably the final blow to a run that seemed inevitable a couple of weeks earlier; the horrific lockout schedule in the final month, that only Utah had, started the ball rolling, of course.
The Jazz dropped in the way most big contenders do after a long run: the second round.
Utah owes Chris Webber a special thank you for that disastrous outcome.
We never heard the end of the Mermaid's domestic abuse , even though Malone decked a guy who played Center, and was suspended for it. Of course, Malone always outplayed Robinson in their playoff matchups.
Webber? He couldn't handle the defense of Bryon Russell in the post -- a guy giving up four inches and forty pounds.
Webber was a high-post pansy his entire career. A real trail blazer for the eurotrash of today.
The Jazz were the team that had the reputation for being dirty, so other teams wanted to play dirty against them, and could get away with it, while the Jazz had to be extra nice, or face the wrath of media , refs, fans, and probably Stern.