Utah Jazz

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salamat pre, wala kasi akong cable sa channel 9 lang ako nakakapannod

 

bossing baka makatulong. click mo link for nba sked on rpn. http://www.nba.com/schedules/international/RPN.html

 

jazz vs. LAC, feb 23 , 10.30 pm , friday ( delayed telecast )

jazz vs. suns , april 14 , 9 pm , sat (delayed telecast)

 

op kors ... sked subject to change without notice ...

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A scary win for the Jazz today.. a precarious one point lead vs. LBJ's Cavs.. I wonder what Giricek ate today, as he was credited for defensively stopping Lebron in the final canto.. Di ba hindi naman talaga defensive-midned si Giricek.. I wonder what Sloan said.. :cool:

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A scary win for the Jazz today.. a precarious one point lead vs. LBJ's Cavs.. I wonder what Giricek ate today, as he was credited for defensively stopping Lebron in the final canto.. Di ba hindi naman talaga defensive-midned si Giricek.. I wonder what Sloan said.. :cool:

 

bos revi ...sloan left giricek in the game for the whole fourth quarter cause he was doing a" good job" on lebron. maybe king james was so baffled on having a white guy on him that he simply lost his touch.

 

thing is ... sloan must decide who among his current guards will take the two spot. cj miles , brewer , giricek , harpring , fisher and even kirilenko have taken turns at shooting guard.

 

brewer is a rookie whose shooting rep isn't that great. cj miles had success early in the season but played too erratically for sloan. giricek was last year's starter but was deemed to shot happy and defensively challenged top earn the job full time.

 

for now ... fisher seems to have a lock on it but fish seems better suited off the bench coming in for dwill.

 

cmon jerry ... give the guys a chance .

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looking at the jazz needs in mid-season ... jazz GM kevin o'connor is among his brethren looking for ways to improve his team's playoff chances ...

 

The Jazz's senior vice president of basketball operations expects to hold some serious trade talks, and he hinted that he is eager to make a move because the Jazz's 35-17 record suggests that by filling a hole or two, they could advance deep into the playoffs. "It's jumped up and reared its head a little bit," he said of Utah's vast improvement this year.

 

He won't discuss the team's targets, though more scoring and defense at the shooting guard position, and a defensive presence at center are the most glaring weaknesses.

 

Next up for the jazz after the all star break : two games on the road vs. portland and denver followed by a two game homestand vs. the celtics and lakers then another way game versus the grizzlies.

 

go jazz !

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bos revi ...sloan left giricek in the game for the whole fourth quarter cause he was doing a" good job" on lebron. maybe king james was so baffled on having a white guy on him that he simply lost his touch.

 

thing is ... sloan must decide who among his current guards will take the two spot. cj miles , brewer , giricek , harpring , fisher and even kirilenko have taken turns at shooting guard.

 

brewer is a rookie whose shooting rep isn't that great. cj miles had success early in the season but played too erratically for sloan. giricek was last year's starter but was deemed to shot happy and defensively challenged top earn the job full time.

 

for now ... fisher seems to have a lock on it but fish seems better suited off the bench coming in for dwill.

 

cmon jerry ... give the guys a chance .

 

 

with that said ... here's hoopsworld's vote for ... ron brewer !

 

Thanks in large part to the late game heroics of . . . yep, you guessed it, Mehmet Okur, the Utah Jazz won once again Saturday night at home against the New York Knicks. The team has gotten solid contributions from nearly every position during their most recent run of success which has included winning seven of ten games. Notice the caveat in the above sentence, though: nearly.

 

The one position which has remained unsettled for Utah this season has been the shooting guard slot. In fact, it's been such an area of concern head coach Jerry Sloan has opted to start traditional point guard Derek Fisher at the two-guard spot for most of the season. By and large, Fisher has been steady and consistent just as one would expect. However, he was brought in to be the team's veteran leader off the bench and not the team's starting shooting guard.

 

Matt Harpring has also been steady but not spectacular off the bench like he has been since arriving in Utah in 2002. That said, Harpring is what he is, a player who brings toughness, defense and about 10 points a night -- most of which often come from nothing more than sheer grit.

 

Gordan Giricek has had his moments here and there but has struggled shooting the basketball and brings next to nothing on the defensive end of the floor.

 

So who's left? If you were to ask Sloan, he would probably tell you no one, or at least his rotation would.

 

The thing is, the possible answer to Utah's shooting guard issue could very well be sitting on Utah's bench as you read this very sentence.

 

Remember Ronnie Brewer? Well, most of you reading this obviously do based on the warm reception the dude receives every time he checks in the game. The problem is that he has rarely checked into the game of late.

 

Okay, he's a rookie, and everyone knows Sloan doesn't like relying on rookies. That philosophy usually makes sense, but in this case, the head coach needs to reevaluate his strategy.

 

Brewer is the most talented swingman on the team: period. It's not a coincidence that every time Brewer checks into the game something good -- and often very exciting -- happens. This leaves the rest of us to wonder why Sloan won't give Brewer more time. One would think Sloan might be inspired to do so if for no other reason than just to see if he can provide the same kind of impact fellow rookie Paul Millsap has this season.

 

If that reason's not enough, maybe Sloan should check out some of the numbers.

 

Brewer is shooting over 51% from the field which is far better than any other Jazz shooting guard with Harpring coming in second at just under 49%. As for Giricek -- the man who is supposed to be a "shooter" -- he is shooting just over 42%, and Fisher, the make shift shooting guard is shooting just over 40% from the field.

 

The point here is the kid is not struggling to be efficient in Sloan's offense.

 

If you need more evidence, consider that Brewer is averaging just .38 turnovers per-game, which is substantially lower than any of the other aforementioned shooting guards. While it's true one would expect that number to be lower for Brewer since he's playing fewer minutes, a mark of .38 is very good for any rookie guard who has played much at all.

 

Okay, that's all well and good you're saying, but what about his defense? That's a fair question as Brewer does get lost from time-to-time on the defensive end like any young player. However, when compared to the other shooting guards on the roster, Brewer more than holds his own.

 

Put simply, the next time Giricek plays defense this season will be the first time.

 

As for Fisher, he is a very good defender . . . when he's defending point guards. When forced to guard bigger players by virtue of playing out of position as he has been too frequently this year, he gets exposed in the post and is too small to challenge perimeter jump shots of most swingmen in the league. Sure Deron Williams sometimes covers two-guards when he is playing in the same backcourt with Fisher, but anyway you want to look at it, this is not an ideal situation defensively.

 

Harpring is a tough defender, but don't let his incessant hard fouls fool you: he's only an average perimeter defender at best due in large part to his suspect lateral quickness. Yes, he tries very hard and gives the kind of effort every Jazz fan appreciates, but you won't see him making any NBA All Defensive Teams anytime soon.

 

What this ultimately means is no shooting guard on the current roster brings significantly more to the table than Brewer. Moreover, it's not like the argument being made in this space today is that Sloan should play Brewer 40+ minutes per-game. But what does the coach have to lose in giving him 15-20 consistent minutes per-game? There would still be plenty of minutes for Harpring et al. if he were to give such an adjustment in his rotation a try.

 

The bottom-line is the Jazz have done a very nice job of hiding their deficiency at the shooting guard position so far this season. However, at some point -- probably in the playoffs when coaches have time to dissect every match-up -- opponents will exploit this and exploit it often.

 

So why not at least give Brewer a shot, coach? The answer to your shooting guard problems might be sitting just a few seats down your bench.

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utah seeks to extend its six game winning streak when it meets portland. however , deron williams is likely to miss the game along with the still-recuperating carlos boozer. man ... this is going to be a tough one.

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With Steve Nash hurting and even if he plays in their next game, he'll not be 100%.

 

Now is the time for the Jazz to make their move and maybe try to snag second place in the West...

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With Steve Nash hurting and even if he plays in their next game, he'll not be 100%.

 

Now is the time for the Jazz to make their move and maybe try to snag second place in the West...

 

 

a guy named charley rosen who writes for fox sports seems to think that way too c. l .

 

Everybody keeps waiting for the Jazz to lose their rhythm and descend into cacophony. But Jerry Sloan has managed to keep his team humming along. For sure, Carlos Boozer (when he's healthy) is a moose in the middle, and Mehmet Okur is having a career year, but the leader of the band is Deron Williams. With a relatively weak schedule on tap, the Jazz should be able to hold off the Spurs, and even have an outside chance of catching Phoenix and claiming the second seed.

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Blazers Break Jazz Streak , win 103-100 !

 

Portland coach Nate McMillan looked to his rookie to deliver with star Zach Randolph facing constant double-teams.

 

Brandon Roy scored 27 points to lead the Trail Blazers to a 103-100 victory over the short-handed Utah Jazz on Tuesday night.

 

"Brandon was really good tonight -- he played aggressive basketball," McMillan said. "He was so good in the pick-and-roll and that's been our other option after Zach."

 

Randolph added 20 points and 12 rebounds for the Blazers, who beat Utah for the first time in their last six tries. Ime Udoka had 15 points.

 

Mehmet Okur had 25 points and eight rebounds to lead Utah, which saw its six-game win streak end.

 

Roy made 11 of 15 shots, missing his season high by one.

 

Utah was without leading scorer and rebounder Carlos Boozer, and top assist man, Deron Williams. Okur and Derek Fisher hit key shots down the stretch but Utah's final push fell short.

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Charley "The Hater" Rosen? Hehe!

 

What are the Jazz's plans for Millsap and Kirilenko?

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Charley "The Hater" Rosen? Hehe!

 

What are the Jazz's plans for Millsap and Kirilenko?

 

surprised by rosen's prediction c.l. ? maybe it's his way of saying i'm sorry after being so negative about the jazz.

 

but expect charley rosen to do a quick turnaround if the jazz falter a bit . loooking back at the first half ... the jazz can be pretty inconsistent. honestly , i think sloan's boys play well against the better teams and find a way to lose against the .500 and sub .500 teams ( think memphis , new jersey , new orleans , charlotte , new york , portland ) .

 

that's the biggest problem for the jazz right now. the hallmark of past elite teams like the celts , bulls and lakers is that they pound the teams they're supposed to. and right now the jazz aren't exactly doing that.

 

re ak47 and millsap ... millsap has cemented his spot in the rotation. however, he definitely will find it harder to reproduce his first half stats as he's already a marked man. he's a jump shot away from being a stud power forward ( a la teammate carlos boozer who incidentally was also a second round pick. ) .

 

ak-47 , on the other hand , is still struggling with his game and is nowhere last season's form. boozer's injury has given him starter's minutes but he's yet to justify his time oncourt. he may thrive elsewhere in the league but his max contract ( given his present production ) is pretty hard to swallow.

Edited February 22, 2007 by fellatio.flores

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That's the dilemma of Miller and Sloan on their players...

 

With AK47, do they try to move him albeit his huge contract?

 

With Millsap, do they feel lucky that they have him right now and risk him moving out in the future or that's his best performance ever? Or they trade him in hopes that he nets them a high pick in the draft?

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That's the dilemma of Miller and Sloan on their players...

 

With AK47, do they try to move him albeit his huge contract?

 

With Millsap, do they feel lucky that they have him right now and risk him moving out in the future or that's his best performance ever? Or they trade him in hopes that he nets them a high pick in the draft?

 

ak 47 will definitely be on the block next season. but i don't think there'll be many takers (not unless the jazz eat a huge portion of his contract ).

 

probably , the only untouchable players on the team are okur , boozer , dwill , millsap, brewer and fisher.

 

the jazz got lucky with millsap . he's jerry's type of guy.it would take a huge trade to pry him from the jazz. overall great upside for a player who should be solid for the next 5-7 years.

 

re draft ... click the link for upcoming jazz picks http://www.jazzhoops.net/images/newmain/brownhead.jpg

 

the jazz may choose to fill in the gaps in their roster through trades rather than through the draft. save for dwill and millsap... the jazz have a horrible draft record ( curtis borchardt , deshawn stevenson , raul lopez , kris humphries, kirk snyder ).

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bakit ang lakas ngayon ng utah jazz? :cry:

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bakit ang lakas ngayon ng utah jazz? :cry:

 

seven reasons ...

coach sloan , okur , dwill, boozer , fisher and millsap and a great bench !