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Derrick Favors Featured on Week 2 of the Jr Jazz Tour

nightmare3983 said:
https://www.nba.com/jazz/news/20120723-favors-junior-jazz-clinics.html

It's a good year for the kids on week 2. It was mostly hit or miss on these when I was in Jr. Jazz. The very best player at one that I went to was Jeff Hornacek. The next best was Jeff Malone. It was all downhill from there, and I was in Jr. Jazz for at least 5 or 6 years.
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How old are you? The specific one I remember going to was when Jeff Hornacek was there. I remember him calling on me to shoot a shot and it was such a perfect shot the net didn't move. Needless to say, Jeffy was impressed. I remember Bryon Russell being at one but other than those two I'm drawing blanks.
 
ClLUTClH said:
How old are you? The specific one I remember going to was when Jeff Hornacek was there. I remember him calling on me to shoot a shot and it was such a perfect shot the net didn't move. Needless to say, Jeffy was impressed. I remember Bryon Russell being at one but other than those two I'm drawing blanks.
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I'm 28, so this must have been 15-16 years ago or so. I don't rembmer a lot about it, but I remember him saying that if a shot had a good rotation on it it the ball would roll back to you if you swished it. He even had an example where he made a shot but said it wasn't a good shot because the ball didn't come back to him.
 
To be 8 again......

On another note, I couldn't tell you within any respectable radius where any of those places are except maybe 2. I need to go back and re-take my elementary Utah geography courses apparently.
 
Great news that Derrick is willing to participate. After being on the US Select team, he could have easily said he was taking a break and working out on his own until training camp. The more we have these young guys involved with the team and community and each other, the better chance we have of hanging on to them as their contracts come up.
 
MoTown16 said:
Great news that Derrick is willing to participate. After being on the US Select team, he could have easily said he was taking a break and working out on his own until training camp. The more we have these young guys involved with the team and community and each other, the better chance we have of hanging on to them as their contracts come up.
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I completely agree. Maybe Hayward or Burks will do the last leg of the tour.
 
nightmare3983 said:
I'm 28, so this must have been 15-16 years ago or so. I don't rembmer a lot about it, but I remember him saying that if a shot had a good rotation on it it the ball would roll back to you if you swished it. He even had an example where he made a shot but said it wasn't a good shot because the ball didn't come back to him.
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That sounds on point. Of course he might have used this same method many times. I'm 24 but I can't recall which year it was when Horny showed up. I think it was the same year I went to the Jazz/Celtics game with my team.

One more really ****ed up part of my life as to why I don't talk to my Dad:

Our team was playing the "Championship Game" the day my father decided we were moving to Tennessee. No big deal, right? Yeah, it's just too bad I was 200 miles east when our team was playing that night. I still don't know if they won or not. It was in 1999, I know that much. I can't remember any names, which really sucks, or I would have tried Facebooking some of my former teammates/coaches to find out. What a dickhead move, especially now looking back. It's not like we had to rush down to Tennessee. We were on the road for a solid two weeks before we even made it to Tennessee. Dad thought it would be fun to take a vacation on the way. That **** pisses me off to no end. What would have ONE more night in Utah have hurt? Son of a bitch.
 
ClLUTClH said:
That sounds on point. Of course he might have used this same method many times. I'm 24 but I can't recall which year it was when Horny showed up. I think it was the same year I went to the Jazz/Celtics game with my team.

One more really ****ed up part of my life as to why I don't talk to my Dad:

Our team was playing the "Championship Game" the day my father decided we were moving to Tennessee. No big deal, right? Yeah, it's just too bad I was 200 miles east when our team was playing that night. I still don't know if they won or not. It was in 1999, I know that much. I can't remember any names, which really sucks, or I would have tried Facebooking some of my former teammates/coaches to find out. What a dickhead move, especially now looking back. It's not like we had to rush down to Tennessee. We were on the road for a solid two weeks before we even made it to Tennessee. Dad thought it would be fun to take a vacation on the way. That **** pisses me off to no end. What would have ONE more night in Utah have hurt? Son of a bitch.
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Sorry to trigger bad memories.
 
nightmare3983 said:
Sorry to trigger bad memories.
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I think about this all the time actually. Basketball has always been my favorite thing and that was a HUGE letdown. It was ONE last game and it was the championship game for Jr. Jazz. I had hit the game-winning shot a few games before that @ the Copper Hills (?) school. That's probably my greatest basketball memory of all-time. It's too bad Facebook wasn't around back then so I could at least find out the results. I don't know, I'm probably being a big baby about this, but given the circumstances, I think I'm right to be upset.
 
MoTown16 said:
So there were no phones in Utah or Tennessee back then?
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Haha, good point.. damn. I was a very shy, reserved kid. At the time, it didn't really hit me that I was missing the most important game of my life. My parents were fighting constantly, things were really stressful, and I just kind of kept my mouth shut for the first year or two when we moved down here. I WILL find out the results of the game before I die. I just wish I could remember last names.

Wait, wait.. I want to say Mom had asked me several times if she wanted to call and see if they won and I said no.. I'm not for 100% certain but I want to say she did ask at least once. I'll have to ask her the next time we talk.
 
ClLUTClH said:
Haha, good point.. damn. I was a very shy, reserved kid. At the time, it didn't really hit me that I was missing the most important game of my life. My parents were fighting constantly, things were really stressful, and I just kind of kept my mouth shut for the first year or two when we moved down here. I WILL find out the results of the game before I die. I just wish I could remember last names.
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And sorry, it dawned on me after I posted that you were talking about the championship of a camp game. So naturally, these weren't friends you had spent a season with. Sorry to hear about your rough time with your parents. Mine divorced when I was 7. I remember a lot of arguing, but being so young, I think I was kind of isolated from it. And out of that, my father would generally take me to a Utah Stars, SL Angels or SL Golden Eagles game - or bowling - for his Saturday visits.
 
MoTown16 said:
And sorry, it dawned on me after I posted that you were talking about the championship of a camp game. So naturally, these weren't friends you had spent a season with. Sorry to hear about your rough time with your parents. Mine divorced when I was 7. I remember a lot of arguing, but being so young, I think I was kind of isolated from it. And out of that, my father would generally take me to a Utah Stars, SL Angels or SL Golden Eagles game - or bowling - for his Saturday visits.
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The only thing I can ever remember my Dad doing is drinking. My parents finally got divorced earlier this year. They said they wanted to stay together for us kids. They don't realize that sticking together really put a strain on all our relationships as a family. No one talks to my Dad anymore. In fact, I haven't spoken to him since last Christmas. I absolutely love my Mom to death, though. She's always been there for me. Both parties are much happier now, so that's good.
 
MoTown16 said:
ClLUTClH said:
So missing one day of Jr Jazz camp has permanently soured your relationship with your father? Wow, that's sad.
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Ohhhhh, no. I could write book about how horrible my Dad has been to my brothers, my mother, and I. That really wasn't a huge thing at all. Just one of many, many instances of my dad not caring about anyone but himself.

And my Mom and I talk quite a bit. Yeah, it's okay to call me a momma's boy.
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ClLUTClH said:
The only thing I can ever remember my Dad doing is drinking. My parents finally got divorced earlier this year. They said they wanted to stay together for us kids. They don't realize that sticking together really put a strain on all our relationships as a family. No one talks to my Dad anymore. In fact, I haven't spoken to him since last Christmas. I absolutely love my Mom to death, though. She's always been there for me. Both parties are much happier now, so that's good.
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Sorry man, must have been a tough childhood. Stay strong.
 
Duck Rodgers said:
To be 8 again......

On another note, I couldn't tell you within any respectable radius where any of those places are except maybe 2. I need to go back and re-take my elementary Utah geography courses apparently.
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Southeastern Utah... Monticello is really nice. Hopefully, Favors will be spending some time in the red rocks of Moab as well.

The thing that sucks about being in Germany this summer is that I am not Jeeping.
 
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