Some fun gems from local media

[The Thriller]

https://www.deseretnews.com/article/865578511/Utah-Jazz-never-did-learn-how-to-say-no.html

Brad Rock:

they really didn’t do much to stop anyone this year. This team will go down as an overall weak defensive club, one that, with just a few stops, could have been playing next week. As it is they’ll be vacationing in St. Barts — or perhaps calling a home security company.

When it comes to guarding your stuff, it’s good to be cautious.

Too bad for the Jazz they only occasionally locked the front door.

and

There were some good moments, but as many bad ones, in which teams walked down the lane or launched rhythmic 3s, without so much as a hard stare from the Jazz. That’s what happened in the third quarter in Wednesday’s loss. When Mike Conley went unchallenged to the rim, with the Grizzlies up by 12, his easy basket said it all. Moments later Darrell Arthur tipped in a shot, Austin Daye made a 3 and the rout was on.

and

In a lot of ways, it was a painful year for the Jazz. In other words, the Jazz weren’t a playoff team and their defense showed it.

For a franchise used to playing in May, it’s a bitter reality. That makes it two misses in the last three seasons.

Defensively, though, the season had little life.

Most nights they couldn’t stop a grandpa with a walker, particularly if he gave a head fake.

Jody Genessy:

https://www.deseretnews.com/article...-stinging-loss-to-end-up-and-down-season.html

"It's disappointing any time you don't make the playoffs. It's a goal we make at the beginning of the year," Jazz coach Tyrone Corbin said.

A goal??? Only a goal? Can Ty Corbin be fired yet?

Corbin used the word "proud" four different times during his postgame interview

Gee, what a surprise. When isn't he proud of his lazy *** unaccountable team (other than Hayward. Hayward, Burks, and Kanter are always held accountable)?

"There were opportunities for us to go the other way. The guys just hung in there," Corbin said. "We didn't have our best game tonight and that's still disappointing, but this group of guys I'm really proud to have worked with.

Basically, the same quote he always gave during 82 games this year.

Kurt Kragthorpe is brutally honest:

https://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/jazz/56176435-87/jazz-playoff-season-game.html.csp

Everybody probably should thank the Jazz for saving them the trouble of agonizing about the Los Angeles Lakers’ late game Wednesday, investing in playoff tickets or worrying about their team being swept again in the first round. If the Jazz’s exercise in Memphis was this year’s closest thing to a playoff game, a snapshot of how they might play in the postseason, nobody would want to witness what may have unfolded against Oklahoma City. Never in franchise history had the Jazz faced an in-or-out playoff scenario on the final day of the regular season. Their response? Dreadful.

So anyone suggesting the Jazz (43-39) made progress this season is misguided, or wonderfully forgiving.

Nice jab at Locke and his fellow Kool-aid drinkers.

The only positive aspect of Wednesday’s effort is that Jazz executives Kevin O’Connor and Dennis Lindsey are now free to do whatever they want in dismantling and reassembling this team. There should be no strong attachment to anybody

The real work begins now for O’Connor and Lindsey, reworking a roster that’s filled with players who are soon to become free agents. That’s why, amid some redeeming moments at various points, this sure feels like a wasted season.

wow! Brutally honest!

 

[gomretat]

So what word should have Ty used instead of goal? I have heard Pop, Phil Jackson, Sloan, etc etc use the term talking about their teams for years.

 

[gomretat]

And how is saying KOC and Lindsey can now rebuild a shot at Locke? You are really stretching here.

 

[zman1527]

No defense? Thankyou Big Al and Tyrone for believing in Big Al.

Jazz: you will not succeed in the NBA when your starting center is the weakest defender on the floor. BA offense is nice but totally negated and more by his lack of D. Notice how many teams start a C who cannot score but can protect the paint and block shots? There is a reason for that, but it seems lost on Ty. Gotta play low post offense, Jazz basketball, Sloan-Malone ball. Nothing else matters.

 

[zman1527]

So what word should have Ty used instead of goal? I have heard Pop, Phil Jackson, Sloan, etc etc use the term talking about their teams for years.

I think he meant just making the playoffs was the goal. That is a pretty weak goal, when half the league makes it. And look how much fun that was. The goal should have been to be a top 4 seed.

Great coaches get that done. Poor coaches set low goals and fail at those.

 

[Revolution 9]

thanks for the new sig thriller

 

[Stoked]

So what word should have Ty used instead of goal? I have heard Pop, Phil Jackson, Sloan, etc etc use the term talking about their teams for years.

I agree that freaking out about the word goal is overdoing it a little.

 

[Ellipse]

No defense? Thankyou Big Al and Tyrone for believing in Big Al.

Jazz: you will not succeed in the NBA when your starting center is the weakest defender on the floor. BA offense is nice but totally negated and more by his lack of D. Notice how many teams start a C who cannot score but can protect the paint and block shots? There is a reason for that, but it seems lost on Ty. Gotta play low post offense, Jazz basketball, Sloan-Malone ball. Nothing else matters.

LOL I'm guessing you never saw Mark Eaton play for the Jazz. Eaton was the best defensive center in the league and yet he was continually ripped by fans because he couldn't score a lick.

 

[Stifle Tower]

LOL I'm guessing you never saw Mark Eaton play for the Jazz. Eaton was the best defensive center in the league and yet he was continually ripped by fans because he couldn't score a lick.

The only problem with having Eaton is that teams could then play 5 on 4 on defense. Eaton had range out to 2 ft.