Recent content by Schrödinger's Gerbil

LOL, it’s just one game. The Blazers beat the Thunder, so they’re better, right? Inferior teams beat superior teams with regularity over an 82-game season. If you feel confident enough to project an entire season based on a single contest, be my guest. I’m no less confident after this game that...

I don’t disagree. The issue, though, is that veterans are often playing instead of the core young players. Development isn’t just about minutes; it’s about having the latitude to make mistakes and the opportunity to play in meaningful situations, especially closing out games and navigating tight...

That’s only part of the story. The Jazz appear to have three primary objectives this season: (1) retain their 2026 draft pick, (2) develop the young core, and (3) determine which players are part of the long-term plan and what roles they should play. The latter two are intermediate steps toward...

I’m encouraged to see Ace getting more minutes, but I’d like to see the Jazz run more actions specifically designed to get him shots. For both his development and—unfortunately—the realities of the tank, he needs to be carrying a usage rate that is meaningfully higher than it is now. Stationing...

Yeah, this is very reasonable, and you may be on to something. I don't deny, indeed I fervently hope, that he's all that, as people seem to believe. Plus, he deserves a great deal of benefit of the doubt, given that he's been asked to coach a team that's actively trying to lose, and structured...

Reading through this thread helps one understand how we arrived at a point where an unhinged conspiracy crank is in charge of our nation's healthcare, and formerly eradicated childhood diseases are making a comeback. The human capacity to believe BS is unlimited.

It looks like jom2003 has positioned himself on a precarious branch. I feel some sympathy for some of his arguments, but in playing the Ukrainian card, I fear he's sawed off his branch. What I don't get is the apparent predominant unqualified support for Hardy. With due respect, what's the...

Lol, low probability events happen ALL THE TIME. This includes random lotteries like the NBA and millions of other cases where low-probability outcomes, both trivial and significant, are determined by dumb, random luck. While a 1% chance is “rare” for a single attempt, if this attempt is...

Swell. So let me get this straight: any time the Jazz have a good player, all the pundits and blog boys immediately assume we’re dying to trade him for even more “pieces” so we can drag out a rebuild forever. Why actually try to win when you can keep flipping real talent for hypothetical upside...

Holy hell. What's the record for the fewest points scored in a quarter?

The Jazz are 15.5-point underdogs. That's enough of an insult that I almost hope we win. But, I'd be more thrilled with an overtime game lost on a last-second shot. Basketball Gods, make it happen.

You realize that improbable events happen with regularity. With billions of human interactions and events happening each day, one-in-a-million events occur with regularity. When they happen to us, they seem too improbable and too random, and thus we often seek other explanations, such as...

You've buried the lede: 40% of Jazzfanz actually think the NBA lottery is rigged. That's both bonkers and discouraging. C'mon people, do better.

Lottery rigging doesn't exist. That it does is just yet another garden-variety conspiracy theory. People buy into "the lottery is rigged" for the same reason conspiracy theories catch on anywhere: it makes a chaotic world feel like it has a plan. When your team gets "screwed" by the ping pong...

I'm not a huge Chris Paul fan, but, boy, did he nail this one. Kawhi has been a millstone tied around the Clippers' neck from the day he signed. He’s dragged the whole operation straight down with him. We like to imagine NBA front offices learn from their mistakes, but the Clippers offer a...