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The Thriller

The Thriller

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There was a time... Not too long ago...

When we had a coach, a PG, and an offense that was actually enjoyable to watch and we were competitive in the playoffs. I can't wait until after this summer and we get back to what makes Jazz basketball great. Look at the cuts, the points in the paint, and how (little) we stand around watching our big man go 1 on 1 or our PG chuck up a 3 from 5 feet behind the line.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2EXq0XFhe8
 
Lol at Boozer guarding Yao. How the **** did we win that series? They should've just kept going at Yao.
Their coach must have sucked.

EDIT- Then again, we used to have 5 starters who were all above average to elite passers.
 
The Thriller said:
There was a time... Not too long ago...

When we had a coach, a PG, and an offense that was actually enjoyable to watch and we were competitive in the playoffs. I can't wait until after this summer and we get back to what makes Jazz basketball great. Look at the cuts, the points in the paint, and how (little) we stand around watching our big man go 1 on 1 or our PG chuck up a 3 from 5 feet behind the line.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2EXq0XFhe8
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You're being too optimistic... we're stuck with Ty for at least 1 more year.

... or do you know something we don't???? Do SHARE!!
 
Weezur said:
Lol at Boozer guarding Yao. How the **** did we win that series? They should've just kept going at Yao.
Their coach must have sucked.

EDIT- Then again, we used to have 5 starters who were all above average to elite passers.
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Boozers couldn't stop Yao. Then again, he couldn't stop boozer. Look at our offense. Look at how we can get the ball into the paint. The only time we ever look close to this is when kanter, favors, junkyard dog, burks, and tinsley are in.

Check out game 7. Boozer was in beast mode that game.
 
[video]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=F2o54nkay2I

Deron and Booz were possessed by the ghosts of St. John and Mailman in this name. Boozer simply dominated and deron controlled the game. Probably our proudest moment since... Well, since the previous time we sent Houston home on vacation. What an awesome game. Great memories. We really need to get back to the p&r and moving the hell out of that rock. No more Big Al isos. He isn't shaq.
 
The Thriller said:
There was a time... Not too long ago...

When we had a coach, a PG, and an offense that was actually enjoyable to watch and we were competitive in the playoffs. I can't wait until after this summer and we get back to what makes Jazz basketball great. Look at the cuts, the points in the paint, and how (little) we stand around watching our big man go 1 on 1 or our PG chuck up a 3 from 5 feet behind the line.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2EXq0XFhe8
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Wow, those Rockets commentators were damn whiny.
 
...nice to see Klinko moving without the ball and without that pathetic tattoo on his back the size of a 19 inch television screen!
 
The real history of not too long ago.

The Jazz mightily struggled to get out of the first round of the playoffs against Houston, who might have won if not for T-Mac's first round curse. Then, the 5th seeded Jazz got one of the luckiest brakes in franchise history because the 8th seeded warriors beat the 1st seeded Mavericks. The Jazz pulled out a win for the series before facing the dreaded Spurs, who put a pretty good whoopin' on the Jazz and make it look like we didn't belong in the WCF. Meanwhile, back on the ranch, Jazz fans were crying about how that's as far as we could ever expect a team with cry-baby Kirilenko, ole-defense Boozer and Memo Slowkur to ever go.
 
We may have been the 4 seed but we actually had the 6th best record in the west that year. Making it to the Conf finals was pretty cool.
 
Gameface said:
The real history of not too long ago.

The Jazz mightily struggled to get out of the first round of the playoffs against Houston, who might have won if not for T-Mac's first round curse. Then, the 5th seeded Jazz got one of the luckiest brakes in franchise history because the 8th seeded warriors beat the 1st seeded Mavericks. The Jazz pulled out a win for the series before facing the dreaded Spurs, who put a pretty good whoopin' on the Jazz and make it look like we didn't belong in the WCF. Meanwhile, back on the ranch, Jazz fans were crying about how that's as far as we could ever expect a team with cry-baby Kirilenko, ole-defense Boozer and Memo Slowkur to ever go.
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This is so true. So many fans did nothing but complain about this team and how they would never compete for a title as constructed. How the Jazz never took chances to "get over the top". Now we look back at how fun and good that team was? LOL.

Some time you just have to enjoy what is in front of you because you might not know how good you have it or what the future holds. It seems that is something a lot of Jazz fans are incapable of.
 
The situation was pretty unexciting back then too. The team was a bit better than it is now (fighting for a 5th seed instead of 8th), but there are many parallels to the current situation. We had two bigs incapable of playing any defense, making our annual series with the Lakers a little more than a mid-playoffs break for them. We had a vet-loving coach who was VERY slow to adapt to the modern game, and who had maddeningly automated rotations that did not reflect what was going on the floor. And most importantly, it was obvious that we were not going anywhere with that squad (minus D-Will, who was a legit franchise player).

At least now, we can delude ourselves into thinking that the management will get a real coach and get rid of the vets who are holding the team back, and reinforce the youth core. But even if none of that happens, we'll simply remain lost in the same sea of mediocrity as we have for more than a decade.
 
Weezur said:
Lol at Boozer guarding Yao. How the **** did we win that series? They should've just kept going at Yao.
Their coach must have sucked.

EDIT- Then again, we used to have 5 starters who were all above average to elite passers.
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Dont we want to hire Jeff Van Gundy to replace Corbin?
 
Because of the Jazzfanz obsession with beating the Lakers, the 2006-10 Jazz teams were underappreciated by many even though they matched up well with virtually every other team in the league. Injuries coupled with the inability of the FO to build upon their upward trend in the summer of 2008 negated the progression from fringe-contender to legit contender - but they were an outstanding offensive team that played average-enough defense to beat just about anybody besides LA - and it should be noted the one time Utah played LA fully healthy in the playoffs the series was nearly even.

It's a shame some fans couldn't appreciate the beautiful basketball they played because there's a good chance it will be several years before we see a Jazz team play at that level again.
 
Gameface said:
The real history of not too long ago.

The Jazz mightily struggled to get out of the first round of the playoffs against Houston, who might have won if not for T-Mac's first round curse. Then, the 5th seeded Jazz got one of the luckiest brakes in franchise history because the 8th seeded warriors beat the 1st seeded Mavericks. The Jazz pulled out a win for the series before facing the dreaded Spurs, who put a pretty good whoopin' on the Jazz and make it look like we didn't belong in the WCF. Meanwhile, back on the ranch, Jazz fans were crying about how that's as far as we could ever expect a team with cry-baby Kirilenko, ole-defense Boozer and Memo Slowkur to ever go.
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...pretty much spot on! But the fact of the matter was we won two rounds of the playoffs, we beat the Rockets on there home court to boot, AND the best series was stomping the "hip hop" Warriors who thought they were the next best thing to slice bread
 
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