Recent content by vslice02

This. The only thing worse than not firing a bad coach is firing a bad coach and replacing him with another bad one. I wished the Jazz would've made a move earlier in the offseason but at this point let Ty ride out his contract. He either surprises the masses and becomes an average NBA head...

1996-97 - Dream season capped by finally breaking past the WCF and into the NBA Finals. 1997-98 & 1998-99 - Both seasons began with rare "anything less than a title is a disappointment" mentality and although they came up short throughout the season they were front & center on national stage...

I highly doubt Gobert is going to be a 2-time DPOY and average over 4 bpg in his prime but he definitely has all the tools to become a very effective defensive presence and even as a young player could make an impact playing along the backline of a 2-3 zone in short stretches.

Not really. Outside of getting the ball and starting his own 1-man fast break, Dee was mostly a 2 in college with Deron orchestrating the Illini offense in the halfcourt. In Brown's one season at point he struggled to convince anyone that he had the requisite PG-skills to be a starter at the...

Rose was also an athletic freak who came into the league with a very streaky perimeter jumper. Burke looked out of rhythm and had some shots blocked/challenged - but he also missed a lot of the same shots he made consistently at Michigan - so I really believe he'll be fine heading into the...

-4 different Jazz players (Pete Maravich - 2, Truck Robinson -1, John Stockton - 2, Karl Malone - 11) have been named 1st-team All-NBA a total of 16 times. -Karl Malone was 2nd-team All-NBA twice and 3rd-team once to go along with his 11 1st-team honors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78O6--THTF0

It doesn't matter if any of the Core-4 are "superstars" or not (and I don't think they are). The point is they're talented young players with potential whose development has been marginalized by playing mediocre vets on a team that finished 9th in their conference. I don't believe in...

Whether it's Jason Collins or Jimmer Fredette - don't bring in players because you're simply hoping for PR. Bring in players because they help your team. At this point Jason Collins is bad at basketball - so no thanks.

Whether they called Stockton&Malone the best or the worst, Bleacher Report has no credibility because virtually any joe-schmo can submit something and get it published. Despite paying Turner a ton of money to promote their site, they're still bottom-dwellers when it comes to sports and...

Was drafting Hakeem over Jordan as large of a mistake as drafting Bowie over Jordan? It's not always a catastrophe if you don't get the best player in the draft as long as you get a good player who brings you success. George and Leonard are very good but I have yet to see any evidence Ty...

Both Karl Malone and Kris Humphries referred to "Utah" as a "city" after they were drafted by the Jazz. Dirk called SLC a "bad city" during the 2001 Playoffs.

The hilarious thing is after the loss in Milwaukee Ty actually referred to DeMarre as a "veteran" but apparently Carroll lost some of his experience and became a young guy again later in the season.

2012-13 Average Attendance of your 43-39 Jazz who came oh so close to that ever elusive 8-seed - 18,632 (6 sellouts). 2004-05 Average Attendance of the 26-win Jazz that nobody would "pay to attend" - 18,756 (7 sellouts). But what about after the fans realized that team sucked and wasn't...

That year was derailed with injuries and poor free agent signings, and as mentioned - the net result was Deron Williams. It's never an exact science, but I would be perfectly willing to take a 26-win season if I knew Utah would get a top-12 NBA player out of it. That said, I don't think...