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That is advanced mathematics right there.
The Anti-Sloan/Pro-Deron Theory
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That is advanced mathematics right there.
freakazoid
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Excellent post.
I love Deron, but there's little doubt that the friction between him and Jerry was the Major factor in Sloan taking the exit.
Whatever. Jerry is brilliant, and he knew this team was in what-if-mode. Good choice.
Ton of pressure on Deron now. I wish him luck, but even if Jerry's balls get roasted now, at least Deron won't be providing the sauce...
Amen.
I love Deron, but there's little doubt that the friction between him and Jerry was the Major factor in Sloan taking the exit.
Whatever. Jerry is brilliant, and he knew this team was in what-if-mode. Good choice.
Ton of pressure on Deron now. I wish him luck, but even if Jerry's balls get roasted now, at least Deron won't be providing the sauce...
Amen.
freakazoid
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JAZZFAN_2814
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Yeah. I'm the crazy one. As opposed to you, the guy who thinks that Sloan kept "winning" players out of Utah, and that the SLC market is not a turnoff AT ALL. I mean, how could it be? That just doesn't make any sense -- well, at least it doesn't make any sense for the same type of fool that lives there. Namely, you.
So, keep wearing that 'Gr8ness' (dunce)cap, with a Utah Jazz media guide in front of you.
JAZZFAN_2814
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So far as math, good versus bad, I'm willing to bet, looking at the crap you post on this board -- the simplistic yet incoherent rhetoric, the need to slander Sloan while pretending that any sources against Deron are empty, the quotes from 'great' men that you use while being too illiterate to comprehend, and the general tendency to assume the worst about someone like LeBron through the same media sources that you hate in regards to Deron -- that you have an IQ that is south of 100. No hate, really, but I do find it humorous that someone as dim as you has the nerve to call another poster 'dumb'.
Another number that sticks out, is the one on Deron's jersey. How appropriate that it's the one Kobe gave up a few seasons ago.
The negative integer of Deron's on-court performance, and eigenvalue/vector of what is beneath that number 8 jersey so many nights. Some pretty basic and depressing math right there.
JJ Rage
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Although you seem to be ignoring it for your own purposes, I've mentioned several times that it was not my opinion that players didn't want to come here because of Sloan. I posed it as a theory, hence why my original post on the matter was filled with so many question marks. I know that on this board, it may be difficult to believe that there are users not pointing fingers and looking to place blame.
But I'm sure you'll ignore this post too, and continue with some other scathing rebuttal in which you make grand assumptions about my opinions and intelligence based on my place of residence.
JAZZFAN_2814
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So, would you posit the theory that the Earth is flat?
It's about the same level, and by positing if not asseverating it, you certainly put across the idea as plausible.
Which is laughable.
JJ Rage
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What's laughable is that you compared the scientific fact of Earth being round to the suggestion that certain players may not want to play for Jerry Sloan.
An idea which is ENTIRELY plausible. Just ask Carlos Arroyo.
JAZZFAN_2814
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Facts come from theories. Are you aware of this fact? There are good theories, interesting theories, and bad theories (however these become defined). And then there are really, really moronic theories.
That's where you came in.
So far as allegory versus the literal, Sloan as the problem versus Utah as that problem is about, yes, like debating that the Earth is flat.
So, under this same standard -- metaphor, the figurative, allegorical points (really, maybe you should use thesaurus after all) -- if I say you have a head full of marbles, that doesn't mean you should be heading to the emergency room.
Oh, so you really do think that Sloan was keeping FAs out of Utah. That it's, at least, a good possibility.
Thanks for reasserting that.
Hm. And these are the same players that would be all about winning, right? Within your thesis, remember.
Why don't you look at Carlos Arroyo.
So, this is the type of "winning" player that Utah lost out on due to Sloan? Sloan was an even better presence than I thought!
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mirrors serve little purpose for the blind...
or blindfolded
What was the original question here? Oh right, we're supposed to assign fish values to all the players, and then decide if they'll enjoy their time in the tank together.
OK, well here's my evaluation:
CJ Miles - groupers
Raja Bell - anthias
AK - triggerfish
Paul Millsap - boxfish
Jeremy Evans - batfish
Memo Okur - live rock/sand
Deron Williams - grunts/sweetlips
Fesenko - pufferfish
Gordon Hayward - dartfish
Francisco Elson - squirrelfish
Earl Watson - jawfish
Ronnie Price - clownfish
Is that everybody?