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My Apologies to Big Al and this team

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:oI'm sorry I doubted Al and this team. I took the position at the beginning of the year that we should blow it up for draft picks and go into full rebuilding mode.

I didn't believe that this would be a good team with the mixture of young guys, the black hole big Al, no pass Devin Harris, can't shoot Raja Bell, and old *** no defense Memo Okur.
Now, alot of things still remain true. Such as Al is still a blackhole, but he is clearly improving in that area. Raja still can't shoot, but has proven that he still has a use on defense. Devin Harris is still a bad passer, but is getting better at the pick and roll. And Memo... well I got my wish and he is gone.

So why have I changed my position? Because this team plays DEFENSE! I LOVE IT! I hated how bad our old team was at defense. I hated watching Memo and Boozer trying to defend the middle. Maybe it was mostly Boozer's fault, maybe it was mostly Okur's fault, or maybe it was Jerry's fault for forcing middle. I don't know. But I do know that it was the reason why we couldn't win a championship.

This team is so young in terms of playing with each other, and already, they are far better than that old team, as far as defense goes. Our offense isn't as good, but I believe that it will come. We are bordering on being the best defensive team in the league. And I think it will continue and get better. Ty has done a wonderful job to this point. My only complaint is that Favors needs more minutes. I get worried that not playing him will leave a bad taste in his mouth, sorta like it did to Deron. And he is clearly on his way to being a great player. But other than that, it's looking pretty good boys. We may have lost to the Lakers, but you have to admit that it looked and felt so much different than the last few years playing those guys.

So, in summary, I don't think we should trade anybody at this point anymore. I like what I am seeing. And I realize that we our headed for "rough seas" with all the road games coming up. But I am not worried. I believe that defense carries over on the road more than offense does. I believe we are headed for the playoffs this year barring any injuries.



Also, I must acknowledge those who stood up for this team as I blasted the team. You were right. I was wrong.
I don't remember many of the names except Loggrad and Thee Jazz fan. Although Thee Jazz fan flip flopped and did his own thread to trade Al. LOL. O well, it's cool Thee Jazz fan. You were right in the first place. I know there were others but I can't remember your names. Sorry!

I love this team as much as any of you, and I am happy to see them doing well.



P.S.

As always please spell check my Gramma
And throw all the insults you are all so good at, at me


With Love,

BLUESROCKER
 
BluesRocker said:
:oI'm sorry I doubted Al and this team. I took the position at the beginning of the year that we should blow it up for draft picks and go into full rebuilding mode.

I didn't believe that this would be a good team with the mixture of young guys, the black hole big Al, no pass Devin Harris, can't shoot Raja Bell, and old *** no defense Memo Okur.
Now, alot of things still remain true. Such as Al is still a blackhole, but he is clearly improving in that area. Raja still can't shoot, but has proven that he still has a use on defense. Devin Harris is still a bad passer, but is getting better at the pick and roll. And Memo... well I got my wish and he is gone.

So why have I changed my position? Because this team plays DEFENSE! I LOVE IT! I hated how bad our old team was at defense. I hated watching Memo and Boozer trying to defend the middle. Maybe it was mostly Boozer's fault, maybe it was mostly Okur's fault, or maybe it was Jerry's fault for forcing middle. I don't know. But I do know that it was the reason why we couldn't win a championship.

This team is so young in terms of playing with each other, and already, they are far better than that old team, as far as defense goes. Our offense isn't as good, but I believe that it will come. We are bordering on being the best defensive team in the league. And I think it will continue and get better. Ty has done a wonderful job to this point. My only complaint is that Favors needs more minutes. I get worried that not playing him will leave a bad taste in his mouth, sorta like it did to Deron. And he is clearly on his way to being a great player. But other than that, it's looking pretty good boys. We may have lost to the Lakers, but you have to admit that it looked and felt so much different than the last few years playing those guys.

So, in summary, I don't think we should trade anybody at this point anymore. I like what I am seeing. And I realize that we our headed for "rough seas" with all the road games coming up. But I am not worried. I believe that defense carries over on the road more than offense does. I believe we are headed for the playoffs this year barring any injuries.



Also, I must acknowledge those who stood up for this team as I blasted the team. You were right. I was wrong.
I don't remember many of the names except Loggrad and Thee Jazz fan. Although Thee Jazz fan flip flopped and did his own thread to trade Al. LOL. O well, it's cool Thee Jazz fan. You were right in the first place. I know there were others but I can't remember your names. Sorry!

I love this team as much as any of you, and I am happy to see them doing well.



P.S.

As always please spell check my Gramma
And throw all the insults you are all so good at, at me


With Love,

BLUESROCKER
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What?
 
Mostly how I feel.

I admit however that our rookies (and sophs too) are pretty raw in a lot of ways. My hope is that they will learn from watching the vets play, because they will likely not get a lot of time with the mistakes they make. I've decided that Burks is a ludicrously talented rat ball player who knows how to pass the ball. Favors has been so much more athletic than his competition for so long that he has never had to learn some of the basic fundamentals. If these two players learn to play in an offence, with their talents to pick up the slack when things break down, then the Jazz may become unstoppable. For now however, they can watch and learn and help when they can.

(Hayward and Kanter have been discussed already a lot, Hayward needing to be more aggressive going to the hoop and Kanter needing to be more explosive and to develop an mid range game.)
 
So, in summary, I don't think we should trade anybody at this point anymore.
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I could trade CJ for a tuna sandwich. It would have to have those celery pieces in it though. I love those things.
 
I feel bad cause I find myself secretly hopeing that Jefferson gets a minor injury resulting in him missing 5-8 games, which inturn allows Favors to get some more minutes and prove that he deserves more minutes when Al comes back!! Is this wrong?
 
I want to trade Al, not because I don't like him, but I don't know if he is in the long term plans for the Jazz. The sooner you trade him the more value we will get in return for him. I see the business side of it. Trade him before the other teams realize he isn't in the future plans. I still like Al. That thread was also brought on by frustration. At the time it looked like he hadn't improved from the year before, but may have been premature on that.
 
You are right about the defense. It seems to have greatly improved, and I wish I knew why the guys are playing D for Ty when they didn't for Jerry. Of course, it makes no difference now, does it? I'm just glad to see them playing aggressive D, getting a few fast breaks because of it, and watching it improve their confidence.
 
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