Go ahead and show me the papers who reported it. I dare you, because it wasn't said. Period. I don't know everything about everybody but those who know me can tell you that I know exactly what Fes does or doesn't do. So put up or shut up. Show me and everyone else here where Fes has missed game or practice time due to illness 3 times in the last two weeks. Please show me.
Was Fes' Play Last Night An Aberration?
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Hopper
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I probably misread something, I'm not sure now. The report might have been that 3 jazz players (not just Fesenko) had missed games due to "gastric distress" in the last two weeks. The following account notes that Fess had missed one game and was questionable" for the next game:
"The Jazz's starting power forward, however, is listed as probable to play against the Warriors in the 8:30 p.m. contest after getting hurt in Wednesday's game. Kyrylo Fesenko (gastric distress) and Jeremy Evans (sprained right wrist) will be game-time decisions Friday. Both missed Utah's 125-108 victory over Toronto.Evans worked out before practice in the weight room and did cardio, but did not actually practice with the team. Fesenko participated fully, which he believes will help his health situation. "I feel better, still kind of weak, but it's going to pass," Fesenko said.
I don't recall offhand just where I got the impression that Fess had "gastric distress," as opposed to other injuries, so I'll retract the statement. I may have been confused by this addition to the article, I dunno:
"[Fesenko missed] 14 games because of injuries and illnesses last season. Five absences on four separate occasions were due to stomach viruses."
https://www.deseretnews.com/article...Fesenko-and-Jeremy-Evans-to-be-game-time.html
Hopper
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Williams on the team sticking together: "This was a team win. Paul put us on his back offensively, but everybody won this game. … I can say that everybody on the team that got in helped us."
Williams referred to Kyrylo Fesenko as a "space eater" whose big body makes an immediate impact for the Jazz. Williams also praised contributions by Francisco Elson, Ronnie Price and C.J. Miles
Al Jefferson on not playing during overtime and his thought process: "That we had a chance to win. I feel like at the end of third, beginning of the fourth, we had a great group out there who was doing great things, and we've got to roll with that group. Fes was out there; playing some good defense; active. We just have to roll with that. I was just sitting back there, just cheering my team on, and hoping we'd get this victory."
https://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsjazznotes/50644497-62/game-half-millsap-bell.html.csp
Kinda funny that Williams is willing to give credit to more than just one player, and not simply focus on only the good (or bad) that one player did; and that Jefferson doesn't bad mouth his teammates just because he didn't play more, ya know?
Then again, they are part of a team. If someone here suggests that more than one player made a valuable contribution, it's indicative of "ridiculous hate."
Williams referred to Kyrylo Fesenko as a "space eater" whose big body makes an immediate impact for the Jazz. Williams also praised contributions by Francisco Elson, Ronnie Price and C.J. Miles
Al Jefferson on not playing during overtime and his thought process: "That we had a chance to win. I feel like at the end of third, beginning of the fourth, we had a great group out there who was doing great things, and we've got to roll with that group. Fes was out there; playing some good defense; active. We just have to roll with that. I was just sitting back there, just cheering my team on, and hoping we'd get this victory."
https://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsjazznotes/50644497-62/game-half-millsap-bell.html.csp
Kinda funny that Williams is willing to give credit to more than just one player, and not simply focus on only the good (or bad) that one player did; and that Jefferson doesn't bad mouth his teammates just because he didn't play more, ya know?
Then again, they are part of a team. If someone here suggests that more than one player made a valuable contribution, it's indicative of "ridiculous hate."
Gyp Rosetti
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I went to bed prior to 9pm EST. Great win obviously. Did Fes play well? If so, how well?
InGameStrategy
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If you say so. But you were defending Jefferson at times when he wasn't even defending himself.
InGameStrategy
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Well go4jazz clarified that your '3 different occasions" claim was really 1 or 2, and that doesn't explain the other times when he was healthy but didn't smell the floor.
There were plenty of games to foretell Fes's future, and nobody is saying Fes is an All-Star. Some people might be saying that he's a 15- to 20-plus-minute player who can make a net positive impact, despite low scoring, and that he is definitely less bad or better than the garbage that Jefferson has been producing.
Whew! Glad that I don't fit in that category.
Funny that you don't like the extremism but you're willing to litter your posts with hyperbole (e.g., the ridiculous claim that ANYONE has been lobbying that Fes is gonna be an All-Star in this very same post above).
Hopper
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Al has scored 27 pts (and 23, and 20) in games this year. He has had 15 rebound games, and is averaging 10/game. He is a proven scorer and rebounder in this league, with 6 solid years in the league.
But, to the Fess homer, it is all "garbage" and Fess has "proven" himself to be better than both Memo and Millsap too.
Heh.
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