Yahoo Jefferson Article
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just saying what jefferson said. Every interview I heard with Kahn he also has mentioned that he is happy Jefferson went to Utah because he knew Jefferson could excel in the Jazz system and could become an All-Star here.
Fakers Luck
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Kahn is an enigma to me. Why would he want to help a division rival? And worse yet, hope the guy becomes an all-star? I guess I would understand Kahn a little better if he's a total moran. Takes one to know one, right? I just hope he's not an evil genius or something.
//r00t 4 Jazz
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Maybe Lexus would've been better given the Toyota connections.
Also I think AJ and DW will make sweet music together, maybe even better then this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CYI5bKZMes
Stifle Tower
Punch Bowl Re-Filler
Kahn is rebuilding. In his mind, he probably has a vision that's 5 years down the road (2-3 years to assemble the team, another couple to develop and tweak). Jefferson's time is now. In 5 years, he'll be 30 and on the decline. I'll admit I haven't followed Jefferson's career much, except for knowing his stat line. I did see him a lot more this past season in March/April, as I was doing my "Knicks watch" and hoping some other teams would catch NY in the standings. I watched way too many TWolves, 76'ers, Kings and Clippers games - along with the Knicks.
I admit Jefferson looked a bit lost in that triangle. But Al seems to be a great guy, at least from his interviews. Maybe Kahn respects him as a player and person and wants the best for him. After all, Al never demanded a trade; it was necessitated by McHale's switch to the triangle and the TWolves going into rebuilding mode. They wanted to offload Jefferson's salary, a big reason he ended up with us instead of Dallas (Mavericks wanted to send back some contracts).
Stifle Tower
Punch Bowl Re-Filler
That's definitely a big plus.
I think this is going to be the best group the Jazz have had. I don't see conflicts anywhere. Raja might be a little intense, but maybe that's what the team needs - a veteran with some cachet that can speak his mind when needed. Man I wish pre-season was soon. I am so excited to see how this team does. I think the last time I was this primed was when the Jazz had that great start several years ago.
_DNP_CD_
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Jefferson "I go from being in a Toyota to a Bentley.
Does he know that Toyota dealerships are now paying his salary?
https://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_..._trade_its_like_going_from_toyota_to_bentley/
Its nice to have someone so talented that really wants to be here.
Does he know that Toyota dealerships are now paying his salary?
https://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_..._trade_its_like_going_from_toyota_to_bentley/
Its nice to have someone so talented that really wants to be here.
Gyp Rosetti
Banned
I like that they're talking regularly but ****, I want to hear that they're practicing together regularly. The season ended almost three months ago. Play time's over. And actions that demonstrate one wants to win a championship are louder than words about it.
David Stern
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He picked a player with a top-10 pick who isn't in the NBA right now. He's an idiot.
Hitman
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IIRR he's been working out in Boston throughout the off-season, getting himself physically ready, even before the trade. This isn't the quote I was looking for [waves hand] but it's close enough:
Personally, I think it's refreshing just to hear his words, since he seems genuinely excited to be here, respects his team-mates, acknowledges his weakness on defence and expresses a desire to improve, and has a championship as his goal. Contrast that with a recently-departed player who was genuinely happy only when he collected his paycheck, threw his team-mates under the bus ("I had a great playoff series, but the team fell short."), never admitted his glaring defensive weakness and never even made as much as a half-hearted effort to play defence at all until his contract year, and who's only goal was to get a raise, regardless.Bleacher Report Article said:
I'm liking his attitude and I'm expecting this will translate into success on the court.
David Stern
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We're just all excited because he's everything Carlos Boozer wasn't: genuine.
shadler
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I downloaded and watched the twolves vs rockets game . I have to say this is going to be an interesting year to have a real center on the team. He was slow going up and down the court but i found a lot of other things in his game that is interesting. The whole game he had three people on him and i thought that if he wanted to he could have put up a lot of points in the game. I didn't think his d was bad and he does take up space that boozer did not do. He can be a little bad at times but if he had the right training and learned more into his game he could be a real force. I wanted to see him push people around more and knock them out of the spot. Something i did not see too much in the game. But with him and sap on the floor together is going add something we have not seen in this system maybe ever. One thing for sure is we now have size up front. I wanted to download some laker games to see how he did as well. We might have to force teams more into a half court with us rather then a run and gun.