billyshelby
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I will always like Koufos because he's a good kid but he got absolutely abused by Al.
Utah Jazz @ Minnesota Timberwolves 12/22/10 6PM MST
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chemdude1232
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The game was a little tight, but a W is a W.
Reset and get ready for Portland on Monday.
Reset and get ready for Portland on Monday.
Duck Rodgers
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It was nice to see Sundiata Gaines on the Wolves' bench, I hadn't realized he ever got picked up by anybody. Can't hate that guy.
InGameStrategy
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Well, Jefferson was worse than Fesenko in the first half (facilitated by Jefferson setting the bar very low--i.e., negative--and Fesenko not playing the first half). The key difference is that AJ gets two quarters to figure things out, and Fes gets two minutes.
And Elson gets four (although he normally gets 8 to 12 overall).
Kudos to Sloan for actually putting Bell on the bench where he belongs--after 34 minutes of neutral-impact play, anyway. The decision to play Elder Hayward in his place, however, seems driven by delirium or randomness--not that Miles was particularly stellar tonight, either.
As has been typical, though, Sloan didn't trust the second string--not that the first string deserved his devotion. Not just ignoring the historical success of Fesenko as part of EW-RP-CJ-FE-KF (such obliviousness has been commonplace in recent games); but also sitting down Price and Elson each after 4 minutes, which ended up putting AJ in foul trouble toward the end of the game, as he picked up a foul or two (and a TO or two) in Q2. If Minny had somehow come back, then poor foul management by Sloan would've rendered the starting frontcourt handicapped defensively.
And no, McFly, I see only partial satisfaction in the Jazz digging themselves a hole, again, largely from sluggish play from the starters, only to race back to an overwhelming win. Such inconsistency doesn't cut it against contenders, as Dallas and Miami and San Antonio (and the first Denver game) have shown. Sloan hasn't shown exclusivity in his non-pay-for-performance approach to achievement; Prices time actually went down. It'll be interesting to see if the Elder gets any love PT-wise after a solid effort tonight in clutch time.
Come on Billy, this game isn't about being nice. It's about results and KK is garbage. The only person on this board who thought he would be the next Kevin Garnett was Tommy aka GVC.
InGameStrategy
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Well, it was a request from Marty.
It's the least I can do given that he washes and waxes my BMW.
InGameStrategy
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In the post-game, Locke said that he had had a nice conversation with Sunny-data earlier that day. SG said that the environment was quite different with the Minny team than with Utah. Implied compliment for the Jazz organization.
Because he was balling.
billyshelby
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I can still root for the kid, right? I only remember Troy talking him up so I don't know what GVC has to do with this. But I don't care. He might have been a little soft and gawky and ugly and weird and uncoordinated but he was lovable. I just want him to have a good life and I'm standing by that.
Yeah, you can still root for him. He just reminded me of that one retarded cousin in my Mom's side who ended up working at the local donut shop. He was nice though!!! Made a horrible eclair though!