Recent content by Schrödinger's Gerbil

Well said. The only point I take issue with is the prevalence of tanking. Sure, tanking in one form or another has always existed. My frame of reference is the structural tank, defined as follows: The organization conducts a strategic, structural teardown of an existing team, trading established...

That is my #1 pet peeve: being constantly told by NBA writers, podcasters, commentators, and others that the regular season doesn't matter and that all that matters is winning in the playoffs. How could we be so naive as to consider it an entertainment product and want, therefore, to be...

For me, the Jazz are a diversion from the pressures and stresses of life. Getting emotionally invested in something relatively trivial, benign, and ultimately inconsequential, but at the same time entertaining, has long been an escape for me. That's one reason why I care much more for the...

LOL, pretty much the same internal dialogue I've been having lately. I'll continue to follow this year mostly to root for the youngsters, but if I see the Jazz pulling the same shiite as last year (i.e., intentionally manipulating games to lose), I'll pull the plug. It's hard to get too...

It's not clear to me whether NBA "reporters" (term used very loosely) just make this shiite up for clicks or are actually reporting something they've heard that someone else heard some shiite someone pulled out of their backside. This thread is evidence that someone is paying attention to this...

What we see in this thread is healthy skepticism that there is particular "path" to building a championship team. Yet, the Jazz FO was so confident that there was a path, and this path involved completely dismantling a winning team and condemning the team, it fans, its corporate sponsors, etc...

That was a long past era of OKC basketball. I struggle to understand why it's relevant to the current context.

Very well said.

The OKC "model" hinges on getting a future league MVP in a trade. Without that bit of luck (nobody expected SGA to be THIS good), it seems improbably that OCK would have won the title. That aspect of its rebuild is highly unlikely to be replicated by the Jazz or anyone else. In general terms...

In a world of the NBA media-scape where pundits with platforms routinely make bold pronouncements with undeserved confidence, Tony Jones stands out.

I remember it well. I has season tickets and grew increasingly frustrated watching McLeod and Palacio play over D-Will, when anyone with even the smallest of discernment could see that D-Will was the far superior player. Plus, he was the #3 pick, people were excited about seeing him play, and...

I haven't read the entire thread, but surely someone's mentioned Milt Palacio. You know, the journeyman worse than replacement player Jerry Sloan stubbornly started and played ahead of Deron Williams during Deron's rookie year. Sloan had some "old school" rationale for it, I'm sure, which just...

The puns write themselves.

It's also the root/origin of the English word Knight. So, he's also a warrior guy.

I agree. Why can't we celebrate even small to moderate wins like this when they occur? It's ok to take pleasure out of something even if it's not earth shattering.