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Since when did the Jazz get cursed? Hmm..depends on whom you ask. If you ask me, I would say from right about the time they gave Ostertag that big fat contract

The 04 Pistons is not a model to emulate.How many times people will be conned into believing that such a model exists? Those Pistons were an aberration, a Malone injury away from probably ending up as runner-ups. On top of that, they also landed Rasheed mid-way through the season in a big trade...

They might not be the biggest of markets but still they have superstars and MVP-caliber players. Good luck getting such players on the Jazz

If Iam not mistaken, Gobert was sort of Sloan's find. Sloan had called the FO's attention to this kid during the camps and deserves some credit for this. Of course the FO did a good job of grabbing him with both hands

It isnt the Jazzfanz if the coach's head isnt called for, one-two months into the season. Earlier everything was Sloan's fault. Last year, Corbin couldnt coach. And now Snyder has to go.

You cant but envy players like Anthony Davis and their teams. The guy is averaging something like 25/11/5/3 this year. Amazing. Will the Jazz ever have the luck to draft a player like that? We have had 6 tries with lotto picks so far, some of them very high ones, and havent come close to...

What Iam talking about is the absence of a NBA-experienced veteran mind, like say Phil Johnson. I understand Snyder is not Sloan. But, we also need a offensive guru, a NBA basketball mind like that ultimately to win something. Whereas Most of the coaching staff's experience is in the small...

Looking at the staff I do not see any big names. But then again Snyder is a young coach and it is maybe expecting too much that he gets a big name to work for him. But correct me if Icam wrong, the staff seems to be just a bunch of player development coaches. We need player development sure...

It doesnt seem ironic to me at all. Jacksonm is not playing still. He has retired and is a coach. And he is just evaluating and comparing players out there. Hayward is still wet behind the ears. If Kenny Smith said on TNT that Stockton wasnt that great of a passer, would you automtically call...

Cool video. No, Grant didnt dominate Malone. Not even close. He played Karl tough just like Oakley or Dale Davis used to do. That Porty team was deep. I believe at one point they had Rasheed, Dale Davis and Grant together, correct me if I am wrong. It was Malone all alone going up against...

[When you have either drafted or stockpiled 5 or 6 lotto picks, many of them high picks and not one of them looks anywhere close to being an all star material in their second or third years(Burke still has time), then it might also be less about the coach and more about the FO and their talent...

"Everybody played hard, my man" Oh, ..wait, thats a Rasheedism

Hayward, unless he has another level in him, looks more and more like a nice complementary player and nothing more. Ideally, he would be a 6th man on a contending team, marshalling the bench guys.

Except that Kanter and Hayward have quite a ways to go to be 2nd and 3rd options on a contending team. Think Wade, Harden, Gasol,Pierce( in their prime),Parker/Ginobli, or even Paul George, Kahwi Leonard types. Thats the level of talent/consistency you need from 2nd/3rd options and thats...

Lucas, Biedrins, Jefferson, Rush, Evans..that bench already looks formidable

Let Hayward, Kanter and FAvors try to equal Ben Wallace/Rasheed/Rip first before we talk of Bird or McHale.

I talked about shelling money for the right players and not overpaying somebody like AK or Ostertag and then cheaping out on the rest.No contradiction on that point. Regarding the building through the draft thing, OKC and Sanantone are the only true contenders or champions on that list and...

Not only that, there is nothing like a "Pistons model" out there. Its just a lame excuse for GMs who havent been successfully able to land a star for their team. The Pistons were a one-off team with balanced offense but superlative defense(they did have a defensive superstar, a multiple NBA...

And if you watched the finals, it was the supporting cast/bench(Neal, Chalmers, Battier, Allen, Green and so on) that bailed out Miami and SanAntone during crucial moments. If a guy like Lebron needs that much help, then you can only imagine how much help second-tier players like Favors and...

Because of the fact that they unwillingly pushed themselves into luxury tax territory for some time because of a terrible Kirilenko contract? No, that doesnt count I am talking about paying up for the right players at the right time, when it counts and not cheap out, like they did between...