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The #21 pick is unlikely to turn into much of a player by historical standards, so I wonder how much it is worth stressing out so much about it. With that said, I'd be shocked if the Jazz drafted Allen. I'm in the Huerter camp, but that's mostly because the guys on Salt City Hoops really sold...

I think people underestimate the fine line that Locke has to walk; he is, after all, employed by the Jazz. In past drafts, he's been very upfront about who he wanted, or at least who excited/intrigued him, e.g., Aaron Gordon a few years back and Lyles. It would not surprise me a bit if at time...

The latest Ringer mock draft has Sacramento selecting Bagley with #2. Man, I'd hate to be a Kings fan. If they do it, this will be ridiculed as one of the worst draft decisions in the last decade or so. GM's who pass up on Doncic better make sure they have their resumes updated, although...

Cowherd belongs to the 'hot take' fraternity of sports commentators. Like others of his ilk (e.g., Steven A., Skip, Chuck, Shaq, etc.), he likes to make polarizing statements without putting in any effort to get informed, while studiously avoiding anything that could remotely be called an...

I'm on record saying that the Suns will regret not selecting Doncic; this will be an epic blunder on the scale of Oden over Durant or Bowie over Jordan. This is now a wing driven league, which makes this draft's fascination with bigs a bit perplexing (other than the supply may be larger this...

Actually, I would find it endlessly entertaining if Boston ended up trading Hayward, particularly if it traded him to a non-contender and/or lottery team. In fact, I fantasize about this outcome. I would sit back and imagine Hayward's anguish about the ruination of his plans and chuckle...

Playoff games are largely independent events. Past performance doesn't necessarily indicate future performance, otherwise how to explain series that go multiple games. After game 4, there was some rumbling in the Twitter/Blog-O-Sphere that the Thunder were dispirited and defeated. Now the...

How about this for a thesis topic: "Readers who mistake obviously facetious and tongue-in-cheek posts as attempts at serious social commentary and critique them as such"?

Ok, I'm too depressed to talk basketball today. So, here's something I've long wondered. I was reading about the woman who has accused Carolina Panther owner Jerry Richardson with sexual harassment, and this fits the common pattern of old/overweight/unattractive men who sexually harass...

Let's see, if I understand how social media works, I should be hysterically mad right now that you don't feel as passionately about this seemingly trivial topic as I do. Ok, here goes . . . Well, dagnabit! How'd I do?

I may be in the minority, but I think the city uniforms are ugly. They are too busy, have too many colors, and are reminiscent of the 70s era Houston Astros uniforms (that's NOT a compliment). I am not opposed to an argument that the Jazz should adopt the city uniform color scheme, but only if...

A few observations, I haven't read the thread, so these may be repeating what's already been said: 1. Monson didn't compose or send the Tweet. His editors did. Hate on him as much as you want, doesn't matter to me, but hate on him for the right reason. It seems evident that his editors were...

Had Boston thrown in Crowder for the Hayward deal, Jazzfandom would have been ecstatic. I'm one who thinks (hopes) Cleveland was an aberration and the Crowder we're getting is the Boston Crowder who was pretty damned good on a very team friendly salary. Cleveland was such a dumpster fire, and...

Hood doesn't have the clout to "demand a trade." He's going into RFA, and he can choose to pout or not try, but he knows he'll lose money if he does. The Jazz had ALL the leverage with him. To me, this signifies that the Jazz FO decided that Hood's downsides (inconsistency, inefficiency (low...

Counting league games, FA cup and others in the range of 20-30.

I agree with you, but in the current NBA there is no team that will challenge Golden State. This at least provides a legitimate challenger to the 4 to 5 year Golden State dynasty, which is almost inevitable moving forward, unless something radical and unexpected happens.

Not to go too far off topic, but I find it interesting how the NBA is such a major sport in the US, but many cities can’t even fill their arena is on a nightly basis. Compare this to England In which several cities have two or more professional soccer teams each of which has a very strong fan...

Not to go too far off topic, but I find it interesting how the NBA is such a major sport in the US, but many cities can’t even fill their arena is on a nightly basis. Compare this to England In which several cities have two or more professional soccer teams each of which has a very strong fan...

I was listening to the open floor podcast the other day where the hosts argued that it makes sense for Cleveland to deal LeBron to Houston and that LeBron would want to go there out of all of his other options. Actually, I found their arguments compelling. Plus, I think it would make one hell...

This is a very reasonable reply, You could very well be right. In the back of my mind, however, I wonder whether Cleveland really wants to go to the finals to lose the Golden State yet again, or whether they might just prefer at this point to begin the rebuild while they can still get something...