Rudy Gobert "Greatest Jazz Center of All Time" Countdown Thread

[Getting Traded]

^my father used to always say Eaton's problem was that he had tennis ball rackets for hands. We see the same with Favors and Gobert (improving a ton), but the league adjustments haven't changed who Eaton could have been in this league.

And Eaton played with the greatest assist maker of all-time, though Mark Jackson (maybe best ever after Magic at throwing the lob) was better at throwing the lob -- I think Jerry was conservative though with throwing lobs, which was one of the conflicts he had with Jackson who wanted to do more of that, especially with AK and I remember the rumor AK was siding with Jackson on that, and may have been the beginning of the dysfunction between him and Jerry. In retrospect, yes, Jerry should've retired when Stock and Malone left. I actually made posts about that, at the time, 10 Things that Drive Me Nuts About the Jazz, or something like that, and it all had to with Jerry's coaching.

 

[fishonjazz]

Corbin.

Lol

 

[infection]

And Eaton played with the greatest assist maker of all-time, though Mark Jackson (maybe best ever after Magic at throwing the lob) was better at throwing the lob -- I think Jerry was conservative though with throwing lobs, which was one of the conflicts he had with Jackson who wanted to do more of that, especially with AK and I remember the rumor AK was siding with Jackson on that, and may have been the beginning of the dysfunction between him and Jerry. In retrospect, yes, Jerry should've retired when Stock and Malone left. I actually made posts about that, at the time, 10 Things that Drive Me Nuts About the Jazz, or something like that, and it all had to with Jerry's coaching.

Wow, so in addition to the persistent and irrational AK love ten years after the fact, it appears you're now starting to bleed that over into Mark Jackson support in the greatest lockerroom rift in Jazz history in which Mark Jackson tried to make his argument to overtake Stockton as the starter. This is certainly headed in a good direction.

 

[franklin]

Wow, so in addition to the persistent and irrational AK love ten years after the fact, it appears you're now starting to bleed that over into Mark Jackson support in the greatest lockerroom rift in Jazz history in which Mark Jackson tried to make his argument to overtake Stockton as the starter. This is certainly headed in a good direction.

Why do people here respond to stupid with anything other than **** off?

John Stockton: All of my stats destroyed this little bitch who can't shoot worth a damn. When I got too old for this game I hung em up. Have fun in LA Karl. BTW, I lead the league in assist % 16 ****ing years, including my final season at old man age. You wanna know why Sloan didn't have us shoot more threes? Me mother ****ers.

 

[Joe Bagadonuts]

Wow, so in addition to the persistent and irrational AK love ten years after the fact, it appears you're now starting to bleed that over into Mark Jackson support in the greatest lockerroom rift in Jazz history in which Mark Jackson tried to make his argument to overtake Stockton as the starter. This is certainly headed in a good direction.

Are you replying to the demons in your head, or to something someone actually wrote which I completely missed?

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

^my father used to always say Eaton's problem was that he had tennis ball rackets for hands. We see the same with Favors and Gobert (improving a ton), but the league adjustments haven't changed who Eaton could have been in this league.

And Eaton played with the greatest assist maker of all-time, though Mark Jackson (maybe best ever after Magic at throwing the lob) was better at throwing the lob -- I think Jerry was conservative though with throwing lobs, which was one of the conflicts he had with Jackson who wanted to do more of that, especially with AK and I remember the rumor AK was siding with Jackson on that, and may have been the beginning of the dysfunction between him and Jerry. In retrospect, yes, Jerry should've retired when Stock and Malone left. I actually made posts about that, at the time, 10 Things that Drive Me Nuts About the Jazz, or something like that, and it all had to with Jerry's coaching.

You deserve to be put in a barrel full of nails pounded in and rolled down a hill. Yaaaa idiot!!




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[NUMBERICA]

Rudy would kick everyone's ***. Sure, guys were a bit more physical, but they also sucked a lot more *** and were much less athletic. Gobert struggles against Adams relative to everyone else, but he still plays great against him.

Lol. Alright dog.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Lol. Alright dog.

Yes, the average NBA player was much worse in the 80's. It's a pretty widely accepted belief.

 

[Siro]

^my father used to always say Eaton's problem was that he had tennis ball rackets for hands. We see the same with Favors and Gobert (improving a ton), but the league adjustments haven't changed who Eaton could have been in this league.

Favors has great hands.

 

[franklin]

Favors has great hands.

He has OK hands. The stats don't show all his missed pass catches as Favors' turnovers. He's had a ton of catchable passes lost this season. He flails his arms up about 2/3 the way in frustration and apology to his teammates quite often.

 

[Getting Traded]

Why argue with the truth? It's not irrational what I say; it's fact. You're just letting your irrational AK hate cloud your memory.

This is what I recall the dispute to be about. I don't think Jackson wanted to start over Stockton. He wanted a more up-tempo, improvisational style. And I do recall the talk about oops, which Jackson really had a knack for, and which Sloan saw as showboating (which was why he needed to retire), which was why Stockton didn't do it that much. Send Mark a message and ask him -- he's on twitter and on the air, so you probably can reach him. And I did read that AK supported that. I really still believe that Sloan stymied AK. If you watched him play with the Russian teams that gave him more freedom, he was a much better player -- even after the meltdown when he cried and went on that horrendous shooting slump, he won the Eurobasket MVP. That year included Gasol and Dirk in their primes, so it's not like there were no other good players.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Why argue with the truth? It's not irrational what I say; it's fact. You're just letting your irrational AK hate cloud your memory.

There is no such thing as "irrational AK hate" only irrational AK homerism which you wear like a damn cape with your tinfoil hat.