clubber_lang Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 The Utah Jazz made a move! They got Alan Henderson and Philly's second round pick for their second round pick. Not a big one but you never know... Quote Link to comment
FF Posted February 24, 2007 Author Share Posted February 24, 2007 The Utah Jazz made a move! They got Alan Henderson and Philly's second round pick for their second round pick. Not a big one but you never know... basically , the deal involves a swap of second round picks for between the sixers and the jazz. and you're right c.l., you'll never know if the jazz luck onto another millsap . :cool: Quote Link to comment
FF Posted February 24, 2007 Author Share Posted February 24, 2007 Jazz Put Shine on Pallid Nuggets ! The Jazz, seeking their first division title since 2000, beat the Nuggets for the sixth straight time and increased their lead over second-place Denver to a whopping 9.5 games with a 114-104 rout at the Pepsi Center. "It was a big game for me. It was a big game for us," said Deron Williams, who scored 26 points and dished out 14 assists in his return to the lineup. "We wanted this one badly. It puts them 9.5 games behind us. If they somehow tie us, we own the tiebreaker." The Jazz were without Okur and also lost AK to injury. Game Notes : Seldom used center Rafael Araujo grabbed 10 boards and scored five points . Boozer (10 pts and 3 boards ) and Dwill (26 pts and 14 assists)returned to the court for utah. but the biggest contribution was by the jazz bench ( harpring 22, millsap 14 pts and 10 boards and giricek with 12 pts); outscoring the denverettes 70-21. Quote Link to comment
FF Posted February 25, 2007 Author Share Posted February 25, 2007 Jazz Push Stumbling Derek Fisher scored 17 of his 21 points in the second half and Carlos Boozer had 16 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Utah Jazz to a 105-87 win over the Boston Celtics on Saturday night. Boozer had a double-double in his second game back after missing eight with a hairline fracture in his leg and the Jazz swept Boston for the first time since 1998. Deron Williams finished with 10 assists and helped lead Utah's rally in the third quarter after Boston narrowed a 15-point margin down to one but never quite caught the Jazz, who were without starters Mehmet Okur (back) and Andrei Kirilenko (knee). Kirilenko banged his knee the night before in a win at Denver and the Jazz sat him and Okur, who missed Friday's game with back spasms. The Celtics have the NBA's worst record and Utah wasn't about to risk either player with the playoff stretch ahead. Game notes The Celtics' reserves were outscored 50-21 by Utah's backups.Millsap had 10 points and eight rebounds, Giricek scored 16 and Matt Harpring scored 15 for Utah. Coupled with denver's loss to dallas , the jazz widened their lead over denver for the northwest title to 10.5 games. however , the spurs retained the # 3 seed overall in the conference by matching utah's win today with a 102-71 pounding of the sonics. Quote Link to comment
clubber_lang Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Already, the Jazz have a successful season. Barring a complete collapse, this team is the success story of the year... Quote Link to comment
MRyoso Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 ak47 will probably be traded next season must have been a hard season for him considering he has been the face of this franchise since malone left Quote Link to comment
FF Posted February 26, 2007 Author Share Posted February 26, 2007 ak47 will probably be traded next season must have been a hard season for him considering he has been the face of this franchise since malone left after the trading deadline ... the fate of ak47 depends on how the much he contributes to the jazz success for the rest of the season. with the ascension of boozer , okur and dwill ... ak is no longer the star player and must rework his game to be of more value to the team. the most obvious role would be as a part-time defensive starter / defensive stopper off the bench. this is something the jazz really lack and would be critical if the jazz aim to go deep into the playoffs. until then ... ak's future in utah will be uncertain. Quote Link to comment
xxio Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 AK just needs to play a bit more agressive. Has anyone noticed he doesn't drive as hard to the hole ever since his injury. Scared perhaps? He does enough intangibles and enough flexibility to play 3 positions to be a great 4th man in the line up. Quote Link to comment
howard_the_duck Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Sloan for coach of the year? Quote Link to comment
FF Posted February 26, 2007 Author Share Posted February 26, 2007 Sloan for coach of the year? too early to tell boss. well ... sloan is a sentimental favorite but avery johnson is a legitimate contender too with the way the mavs are demolishing the rest of the league. if the mavs win it all ... aj will be one of the top vote getters for the COY award. Quote Link to comment
clubber_lang Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 If Martin Scorsese won the Best Director Oscar, Jerry Sloan could also win NBA Coach of the Year! Quote Link to comment
FF Posted February 27, 2007 Author Share Posted February 27, 2007 Hard Scrabble Jazz Fall to Lakers 102-94! with deron williams out with a strained groin and memo okur bothered by an aching back ... the lakers outlasted the jazz in a game that was close until the last minutes. as usual ... kobe was again the main man for the lakers with 35 but it was smush parker's 24 points that won the day for LA. game notes : memo shot 3-19 for the game. with both the spurs and nuggets winning , SA remained a game and a half ahead of the jazz who saw their northwest division lead shrink to 9.5 games. up ahead for the jazz are three road games against the grizzlies, wolves and hornets. Quote Link to comment
FF Posted February 28, 2007 Author Share Posted February 28, 2007 I was a JAZZ fanatic during those wonderful years of rivalry with the CHICAGO BULLS --- to the extent that when my daughter was born on June 3, 1997, the day JOHN STOCKTON made that miraculous buzzer-beating three-pointer that brought on Game 7 --- I simply had to nickname her JAZZ. When MALONE, STOCKTON and HORNACEK left, I lost steam --- but to this day, my heart's still with the UTAH team. at last a female jazzfanatic ! welcome lyssahot and we look forward to your visits. pareho tayo ... jazzfanatics" born" during the stockton to malone era. even my wife got into it a bit ( she found stockton boyishly cute and the short shorts sexy). and she got a kick out of calling their then shooting guard "horny" ( short for hornacek) . nearly ten years after andito pa din. thanks to mtc ...may thread tayo na pwedeng punta-puntahan. Quote Link to comment
FF Posted March 1, 2007 Author Share Posted March 1, 2007 Harpring keys Jazz Win over Grizz ! Harpring scored 25 points, while Carlos Boozer had 24 points and 16 rebounds to lead the Jazz to a 104-88 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night. Boozer shot 12-of-16 from the field and Harpring was 7-of-12, helping Utah overcome early shooting woes and finish the game at 54 percent. "The last three or four games since the break, he's been killing them," Boozer said. "You get that kind of production off the bench, that's incredible." Utah already trailed by 12 points when Harpring entered in the first quarter, but his impact was immediate. "We've got certain plays, that when we run them, they're tough to guard," Harpring said. "If you set screens and run them the right way, we can be a tough team to guard." Game Notes : This was the first game where okur,dwill, boozer,fisher,and kirilenko started after the jazz injury bug hit the starting lineup. With the win, the jazz matched the nugs win over the magic and remain 9.5 games ahead of denver for the northwest title.the jazz have gone 28-3 overall and 12-0 on the road when entering the 4th quarter with the lead. personal note : might be gone from the thread for a coupla days. take care everyone.go utah jazz ! Quote Link to comment
MRyoso Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 sloan got his 42nd win of the season boozer,williams,okur,and others are playing at a higher level but still, what will happen to ak 47's future with this team? Quote Link to comment
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