We are all Jazz fans now...
by Andrew Feinstein on May 4, 2010 1:20 PM MDT
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They say the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
With that morsel of logic in mind and after watching the gutty Utah Jazz almost topple the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center on Sunday afternoon in Game 1, I’ll be rooting full-throated for the Jazz to win this second round series.
And so should you.
Having just witnessed the Jazz dismantle my beloved Denver Nuggets in the first round of the NBA playoffs, allow me to give you an assortment of reasons to get behind the scrappy team from Salt Lake City.
Of the 13 players listed on the Lakers current roster, all but two were first round picks and five were lottery picks (and yes, I’m including third overall pick bust Adam Morrison here). Comparatively, of the Jazz’s 13 players, only two were first round picks, nine were second rounders and four were undrafted. Deron Williams is the only lottery pick on the Utah squad.
The Lakers best player – shoot-first Kobe Bryant – has been coddled since child birth, having been born the son of an NBA player and having his NBA career pre-ordained. The Jazz’s best – the pass-first Williams – wasn’t even regarded as the best player on his high school team (that would be former Timberwolves wash out Bracey Wright), making his ascension into the NBA’s best point guard all the more remarkable.
The Lakers big men – Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum and Lamar Odom – were blessed with abnormal height, long arms, huge hands and huge contracts to begin their NBA careers. The Jazz’s big men – Carlos Boozer and Paul Millsap – were considered so undersized coming out of college that they both slipped into the draft’s second round. The Jazz’s third big man, Mehmet Okur (another second round selection), ruptured his Achilles tendon in Game 1 of the Nuggets series after gamely trying to play on it all season long.
You can accuse the Jazz of being floppers, but there’s no bigger flopper in the NBA than the Lakers Derek Fisher. Whenever Fisher is near the ball, someone ends up on the floor…risking injury each time. The Jazz can ill afford to sustain another injury as they’re already playing without Okur and their third-best player, Andrei Kirilenko.
Lakers head coach Phil Jackson is an arrogant opportunist (and a damn good coach, make no mistake about it), having had the good fortune of coaching Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen to six NBA championships before hand-picking the Lakers of Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal for three more and then winning a fourth last season with Bryant and Gasol. Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan, on the other hand, is the last of the old school coaches in all of professional sports, having coached the Jazz since 1988. When the Jazz revamped their roster in the post-Karl Malone/John Stockton Era, Sloan didn’t bail as most – including Jackson – probably would have. Instead, Sloan stuck around to rebuild the new-look Jazz into a title contender again (he even put up with DeShawn Stevenson along the way), guiding them to the 2007 Western Conference Finals. Sloan also coaches during games, whereas Jackson waits until the second half of the fourth quarter to begin doing so.
Of the 30 metropolitan areas that have an NBA team, the Lakers play in the second largest and the Jazz play in the smallest, ranked behind tiny Oklahoma City.
The Lakers bring in approximately six times as much revenue as the Jazz, thanks to a lucrative TV contract that includes all of Southern California plus Hawaii and Las Vegas. And that’s before the endless pile of receipts from sponsors and ticket sales start coming in. Now you see why the Jazz have to make a go of it with all those undrafted players and second round picks while the Lakers can pay into the NBA luxury tax without batting an eye.
The Lakers appeared in nine NBA Finals between 1980 and 1991 due largely to the Jazz’s stupidity. When the Lakers traded the aging Gail Goodrich to the then New Orleans Jazz in 1976, the Jazz compensated Los Angeles with three number one picks. One of which became the first overall selection in 1979 and turned into…you guessed it…Magic Johnson. Yet another break for Los Angeles.
Back to the Sloan vs. Jackson thing, the two legendary coaches have faced each other four times in the playoffs. Twice in the NBA Finals when Jackson’s Bulls defeated Sloan’s Jazz in back-to-back years, and in the 2008 and 2009 playoffs when Jackson’s Lakers easily bounced Sloan’s Jazz out of the second and first round, respectively. Sloan is due for some revenge.
Finally, the Lakers franchise has appeared in 30 of the NBA’s 63 NBA Finals. The Jazz franchise has been to two. Since their infancy as an NBA franchise, the Lakers continue to benefit from good fortune, favorable officiating and lucky bounces – as we saw again at the end of Game 6 of the Lakers/Thunder series when Gasol happened to be standing right where Bryant’s final shot caromed off the rim for a series-winning put back.
And so while I as a lifelong, die-hard Nuggets fan feel a little dirty saying this: LET’S GO JAZZ!!
After all, I think we’ve seen enough of the Lakers playing in June to last a lifetime.
Photo courtesy of AP: Michael Goulding
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Can't do it, the Jazz are the BP Oil of the NBA to me now
I want the Jazz to be swept and to disappear. After the flopping and the constant calls against the Nuggets when Williams just dove into the defender, I want them to go away. But the Jazz won’t go away because they have a pretty good group of young players — Williams, Fesenko, Miles, etc — and have the Knicks lottery pick this year. Hopefully Stern’s magic does what it is supposed to and gives the lucky ball to New Jersey and the Jazz stay in the 10th spot where ESPN is projecting the big guy from Georgetown as their pick.
Of course I will be pulling for the Spurs-Suns winner over the Lakers, and anyone over the Cavs, though Boston seems to have them rattled.
Way to stir up some contraversy!
Personally I would rather have the Fakers win another championship as fodder for Kobe’s over inflated ego than have the Jazz win their very first one (sounds vindictive, I know). Its not like Jerry Sloan wont make the hall of fame if he doesnt win one… wait what did you say? Oh thats right he is already in the hall of fame.
Long story short, screw the Jazz.
I laughed so hard in game 2 @ LA when Lamar Odom took a charge from Derron Williams. How does it feel B*tch?
by distortedman on May 4, 2010 11:34 PM MDT up reply actions
Can't root for the Jazz, period
Jazz and Lakers are pretty much a wash for hatred. I hate them equally. Go Atlanta.
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Root for the Jazz? Are You Crazy?
Rooting for the Jazz? That’s like rooting for the Raiders because they’re playing the Chiefs after beating the Broncos in the first round. Never gonna happen in my lifetime. Even for a Mormon guy like myself who has several ties to Utah. I really can’t root for anyone else right now. The bitter taste is still fresh in my mouth.
All Utah did was delay their tee times a week by beating Denver. Ugh, if Denver could have played smart this series, they could have caught the Lakers at a good time.
Denver needs another big, and needs to trade JR Smith.
We are not all Jazz fans now
Sorry Andrew, but there’s no way I can root for the Jazz. My hatred for them is off the charts right now. Especially when they beat the Nuggets by flopping their way through the series.
If I’m rooting for anybody, it’s Phoenix. The killed us at the end of the season by simply playing better basketball- not by manipulating the officials.
by MikeyLikesNuggets on May 4, 2010 8:38 AM MDT reply actions
+1
Yes, I would like to see Nash win a ring, too. I like and respect Jerry Sloan, but not so much anyone else on that team.
+1 can't do it..
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
Todd Helton - Time for his ring to come true
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+1 Na ga da
read my lips, not gonna do it.. If there was a way for both teams to lose, then I want that to happen.
D-Will probably learnt it from D-Fish, hope both those &#(#^# flap without anyone touching and show how disgusting it is.
Instead of screaming all the time, I hope Boozer takes one for the fans all over and just punch Kobe in his face.
Sorry, but cant get over our season ending so soon…
Lost respect or the Jazz after last series
I feel the only way they could win was to flop around like a fish and refs bought it hook line and sinker… Zing.
I hate Boozer I hope he never becomes a Nugget. I mean he is better than KMart but the guy just seems to gloat a lot, similar reason to why I hate Jared Dudley of the suns.
The reason Jazz came back is that LAL are really lazy this year which is why it angers me more that GK couldn’t coach, because we had a strong chance to dethrone them.
The jazz aren’t gettig the calls they got against us. Can’t rely on the refs when u play the Lakers Jerry Sloan. I think it will be 6 or 7 game series because the Lakers are too lazy but they are far superior to the Jazz and I am actually rooting for the Lakers at least this round because the Jazz are the actual enemy
by JR15 on May 4, 2010 8:53 AM MDT via mobile reply actions
I'm rooting for Orlando to win it all
Hopefully an Orlando Phoenix finals happens. But David Stern is in charge so expect LAL Magic rematch.
I still hate the suns because of Dudley, but i like steve Nash enough to root for them. If they get past the Spurs I hope they can beat those lazy Lakers. They have to win game 1 though.
Cavs look weak and I now conclude LeBron is an overrated drama queen who is pampered more than Kobe. LeBron will never have enough talent to help him. I mean even if they beat the Celts, Lebron reminds me of Dirk a good regular season player but a big time choker
by JR15 on May 4, 2010 8:58 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
By LeBron will never have enough talent around him
It is not the fault of the gms. It is because that is a crutch LeBron will always use. I mean he has Mo Williams, Shaq, Jamison, Varejao (always need a good flopper as a good role player), West, Z, Powe, and Hickson.
If he is the best player in the NBA then that should be enough of a supporting cast to help him get over the hump. But it won’t bc he is a drama queen. He may need someone who is better than him like Dwight Howard or Dwayne Wade, then I could see him winning it all. I didn’t say Melo or Durant bc they are the same position as James. Funniest part of this is that LeBron is failed in the playoffs in the Leastern conference. His only good series was vs. a stupid Detroit team in 2007. I say they are stupid cuz everyone knows the best way to guard LeBron is to pack the lane like the Spurs did. Now it looks like hack a LeBron (when he drives to the lane) might be a good strategy too because he seems to be missing one of two all the time.
I don’t care about stats I am glad we have Melo over LeBron on the Nuggets.
by JR15 on May 4, 2010 9:11 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
+1
now they can say he lost because he has a bad elbow. and im with you, id take melo over lebron any day. id take him over kobe dwade and kd also.
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Really? Have you ever watched NBA basketball?
He may need someone who is better than him like Dwight Howard or Dwayne Wade, then I could see him winning it all.
You feel that Wade and Howard are better than LeBron? It’s hard to respect your opinion about anything basketball related after such a ridiculous statement
"I’m tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok." ~Shaq
by Max_in_Missouri on May 4, 2010 7:01 PM MDT up reply actions
Yup, played in college and watched a ton of Nugets games
This year I also got NBATV and happened upon some Cleveland games. Yes LeBron can pass well and move in the lane well. As we all know that stuff works well in the regular season, but when the playoffs start and weaknesses are exposed, LeBron looks very vulnerable.
The games I did see closely of him this year was when he lost to the Nuggets twice. One game he had an amazing triple double, but couldn’t hit the three that mattered and left pouting. What that sadly showed me is this guy can get you numbers but he is not a winner.
Dwyane was a winner, though he is injury prone these days I can’t support the Wade> LeBron claim so u r right there.
Howard has bad post moves, but just because his offense is bad doesn’t mean he is not better than Lepout. He at least knew how to get to the finals in a stronger Eastern conference.
That is why I say LeBron will always need help bc he is overrated.
Don’t get me wrong he is a top 5 talent. But there are players better than him. The NBA can’t get over the triple doubles he gets even if he loses, that is the problem with our perception of LeBron. I can’t mention Kobe right now bc he is too banged up to place in the argument.
I will leave you with this TMac was always considered a great talent, but could he win a playoff series? I am not saying LeBron is that bad at winning in the playoff but if he is the chosen one then he has to win a championship this year or to me he is just an overrated drama queen who is only good in the regular season.
I'm with you on Orlando bandwagon
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
Todd Helton - Time for his ring to come true
Daley for Closer!!
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YOU CALLING ME A JAZZ FAN!?!?
Thems be fightin words! Or something like that. I will ignore this series I would suggest you all join me. But if you must watch…root for the unprecedented “double loss”.
What's the use...
Lakers have won the first game. You must be aware of Phil Jackson’s track record when winning the first game in a series…
45-0
When the lakers win the first game
by tknuckle on May 4, 2010 11:51 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
That is a misstatement
that ESPN/ABC media keeps repeating to show how superior a coach he is (He is great coach but no need to fabricate!). Remember the Lakers-Piston series about 5 years ago, Lakers won the first game and then lost the next four behind Larry Brown’s coaching and C. Billup’s stellar MVP play.
My name is the One...
...and Kobe's ball-hogging
If you will recall, Shaq had a phenomenal series still, as did the Glove. Karl Malone was just coming off his first major knee injury, yet was solid on his 17 footers. Kobe was actually bad/selfish enough to ruin the whole thing.
"I’m tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok." ~Shaq
by Max_in_Missouri on May 4, 2010 7:04 PM MDT up reply actions
This is incorrect
Detroit won Game 1 of that series. I distinctly remember watching it with my friend at the time and we were both wondering what was wrong with the Lakers. They came back to win game 2 before getting crushed all three times in Detroit.
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Hell no!
How can we root for a team that beat us?
I refuse to watch ANY of the Jazz/Lakers games.
What Would Brian Boitano Do?
Joe Pavelski IS God!
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I'd root for the Blazers if they had beaten us
A team that was just as injured as the Nuggets, if not more so. I’d root for them.
The Jazz though … no thanks.
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by Uh on May 4, 2010 2:21 PM MDT up reply actions
Yeah man
All the respectable teams in the West are out. The West playoffs are just kind of a shit show now with only Spurs/Suns shaping up as a potentially awesome series. It’s why I just have to take the Jazz right now I guess
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Agreed that none of the teams left are very likeable
If I had to choose one though it’d be the Suns. I’ve always liked Steve Nash. Tremendous player and person, even if he didn’t deserve to win 2 MVPs.
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by Uh on May 4, 2010 4:15 PM MDT up reply actions
Same here...
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
Todd Helton - Time for his ring to come true
Daley for Closer!!
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some REALLY fruity pics of kobe.
kobe did an interview and photo shoot with the el lay times this weekend that would make ricky martin look straight by comparison…
I saw this too
I thought it was hoax at first. That’s how ridiculous he looks. LOL
by Artimus Mangilord on May 4, 2010 9:27 AM MDT up reply actions
That is classic LA
Kobe in the “Damir Doma hooded scarf with braid detail” is about as funny as it gets. Wonder what Jerry Sloan — and his attitude toward John Ameachi — would think of those outfits?
It truly does set up the small town Salt Lake City Family Values vs. Big City Anything Goes matchup. Bravo LA Times Magazine.
That scarf cost $700!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You couldn’t pay me $700 to wear it!
Why live life on the edge, when you can jump off?
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Please check out Doc Funk's take on these...
Don’t know if you guys have seen this site, some of us are pretty big fans of it at SLCDunk, but here it is:
http://docfunk.blogspot.com/2010/05/kobe-bryant-white-hot.html
To quote Kobe
“I’m relaxed, laid back, pretty funny, smartass.”
If you have to tell us you are like that, then you are NOT like that.
Sorry Andrew
cant “root” for the Jazz….not after this so called “scrappy” team flopped their way to victory. All this means is Im rooting for the Suns
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I'll pull for the Spurs before either the Lakers or Jazz
Go Suns.
by Artimus Mangilord on May 4, 2010 9:28 AM MDT reply actions
Don't care anymore.
The West kinda sucks now.
What Would Brian Boitano Do?
Joe Pavelski IS God!
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I like Pops and I like Nash
I’d love to see Nash get a ring. Seems like a good guy all around.
by Artimus Mangilord on May 4, 2010 10:35 AM MDT up reply actions
I was going to root for the Lakers after the Jazz series
and that lasted all of half of the first quarter of the Jazz-Laker game. It’s not the Jazz’ fault the refs suck and the Nuggets self-destructed.
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NFW!!!!!
Sorry Andrew. After watching the Utah flop queens and their over the top obnoxious fans there is no way that I will throw my support their way. And I can’t stand the lakers anyway for the obvious reasons you have posted.
i will root for LA
because my main wish is to see that Lebron does not win it all this year.
I think the Lakers offer a better chance of knocking off the Cavs than the Jazz do.
Although Phoenix could do it.
Lakers would lose to Cleveland
But it doesn’t matter. Orlando is going to beat the Cavs again this year.
What Would Brian Boitano Do?
Joe Pavelski IS God!
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Actually
Any team that actually plays basketball in the East like the Celts and Magic have a good chance of knocking out the Cavs.
I hope LAL loses to Spurs or Suns. Even though Spurs have been there before,they haven’t done it as a 7th seed so they are underdogs in their own way too
by JR15 on May 4, 2010 10:37 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Not gonna do it.
All of your arguments are compelling and well-reasoned. And I have no love for the Lakers. Yet I simply cannot root for the Utah Jazz. I am constitutionally incapable of doing so. I hope they get swept.
I’m still rooting for The Big One, as in earthquake, to strike during the next game in Staples, dumping the whole arena and its contents into the Pacific Ocean. I found it pretty hard to cheer for either team the other day.
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"I am a business major in college after all." - Joe Medina on MHR, evidently explaining his rationale for being a know-it-all condescending prick about all things Bronco related.
Awesome. I was gonna go with "Terrorist attack"
But that is so 2001…
by SternfluffsKobe on May 4, 2010 11:12 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Meteor...
an earthquake takes me out to in San Diego :(
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
Todd Helton - Time for his ring to come true
Daley for Closer!!
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Fair enough. I guess there would be way too much collateral damage with the huge earthquake thing. A meteor just large enough to take out the Staples Center it is then. Right as D-Will is committing another hellacious flop. Flop on this big chunk of flaming rock hurtling right at you at around 150K MPH, ahole.
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"I am a business major in college after all." - Joe Medina on MHR, evidently explaining his rationale for being a know-it-all condescending prick about all things Bronco related.
by Bob in Boulder on May 4, 2010 3:17 PM MDT up reply actions
Illegal Alien Invasion?
They’d be leaving AZ
by distortedman on May 4, 2010 11:42 PM MDT up reply actions
PS:
Your title is ridiculous. I’m a Nugget fan. Therefore I can’t be a Jazz fan, especially after that last series. D-Will is a flopping PoS and a disgrace to the game of basketball. I can’t be a fan of that team, nor pretend to be.
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"I am a business major in college after all." - Joe Medina on MHR, evidently explaining his rationale for being a know-it-all condescending prick about all things Bronco related.
Love your sig Bob...so true....so true
and I agree with the sentiment on the Jazz. If they won straight up I’d still have a hard time “rooting” for them….but the flopping kinda killed it for me
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And all that Melo balls grabbing...
Its disgraceful. It says a lot to me about that Jazz team…
“Alright guys, lets go out there and grab their ball sacks, and when they get pissed off, just fall to the floor”
by distortedman on May 4, 2010 11:44 PM MDT up reply actions
Sorry Andrew
I can’t do it either. The Suns are the only team left in the West who I don’t really hate.
Let's go PHX!
If anyone deserves a ring, it’s our Canadian friend Steve Nash. The guy played soccer and doesn’t flop like the Jazz….You can’t ever convince me to root for Derron and the Floppettes…
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The jazz can lick my balls
Dwill the best point guard in the NBA ? I don’t think so. What a cocky basterd he cost us the allstar game plus he chooks at the ft line. To me the best pg in the NBA right now is rondo that guy is the shit I really don’t root for anyone else but the nuggs but I got to give it up for the celtics because everyone has just wrote them off. So as for the jazz they will get swept by the lakers and return back to big love country where they belong. F-ck the jazz. Go celtics
by tknuckle on May 4, 2010 11:39 AM MDT via mobile reply actions
The jazz can lick my balls
Dwill the best point guard in the NBA ? I don’t think so. What a cocky basterd he cost us the allstar game plus he chooks at the ft line. To me the best pg in the NBA right now is rondo that guy is the shit I really don’t root for anyone else but the nuggs but I got to give it up for the celtics because everyone has just wrote them off. So as for the jazz they will get swept by the lakers and return back to big love country where they belong. F-ck the jazz. Go celtics
by tknuckle on May 4, 2010 11:39 AM MDT via mobile reply actions
Two words
Steve Nash
"Left hand, right hand, it doesn't matter. I'm amphibious." - Charles Shackleford
"He’s a stiff." - The Legendary Doug Moe
"We have a great bunch of outside shooters. Unfortunately, all our games are played indoors." - Weldon Drew
"I really didn't want it, but now that I've won it, it's nice. It's an honor. It's nice to know people don't think you're a total idiot. ... It must have been a poor year for coaches." - Doug Moe...talking about winning 1987-88 Coach of the Year award.
"Keep your head up and don't let anything get to you." - Dante Bichette Jr.
#3 + #6 + #15 + #1 = QPU #25, and no, it's not because of Anthony Carter
by LACK on May 4, 2010 9:36 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
so defense doesn't count?
"He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man" -Samuel Johnson
by Bouncy Phillips on May 5, 2010 1:30 PM MDT up reply actions
You gotta root for the team that just ousted yours
It might sting a little, but wouldn’t you rather say you lost to the eventual champion rather than 2nd round prey? That being said I hope the Jazz go on to lose to the Celtics in the Finals. Will it happen? Probably not, but that’s what I am gunna root for.
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No
The NBA is all about match ups. We would have taken the Lakers if we were OKC; instead, we went for a top seed and just ran out of gas at the end of the season, drawing Utah.
by Artimus Mangilord on May 4, 2010 12:20 PM MDT up reply actions
Nope I don't..
I will root for the NL over the AL anytime, except when I rooted for the Rays.
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
Todd Helton - Time for his ring to come true
Daley for Closer!!
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I’d rather root for the A’s than the Giants
"Left hand, right hand, it doesn't matter. I'm amphibious." - Charles Shackleford
"He’s a stiff." - The Legendary Doug Moe
"We have a great bunch of outside shooters. Unfortunately, all our games are played indoors." - Weldon Drew
"I really didn't want it, but now that I've won it, it's nice. It's an honor. It's nice to know people don't think you're a total idiot. ... It must have been a poor year for coaches." - Doug Moe...talking about winning 1987-88 Coach of the Year award.
"Keep your head up and don't let anything get to you." - Dante Bichette Jr.
#3 + #6 + #15 + #1 = QPU #25, and no, it's not because of Anthony Carter
by LACK on May 4, 2010 9:33 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
jazz fans clap their hands
laker fans rattle their jewelry. (thanks to john lennon for the inspiration for the quote)
pick up a calf every day pretty soon you will be picking up a cow
we're on a mission from god
They also shake their Botox containers
And try to show off their fake breasts
"Left hand, right hand, it doesn't matter. I'm amphibious." - Charles Shackleford
"He’s a stiff." - The Legendary Doug Moe
"We have a great bunch of outside shooters. Unfortunately, all our games are played indoors." - Weldon Drew
"I really didn't want it, but now that I've won it, it's nice. It's an honor. It's nice to know people don't think you're a total idiot. ... It must have been a poor year for coaches." - Doug Moe...talking about winning 1987-88 Coach of the Year award.
"Keep your head up and don't let anything get to you." - Dante Bichette Jr.
#3 + #6 + #15 + #1 = QPU #25, and no, it's not because of Anthony Carter
by LACK on May 4, 2010 9:35 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
jerry sloan the godfather of flopping
when sloan played for the bulls there were only 2 referees for the game. it was said at the time when sloan guarded you it was like going through the tunnel of love. sloan would grab the opponents jersey and pull them down on top of himself. after the ref would call the offensive foul the player would get up and become enraged at the grabbing the jersey tactic and would get a technical foul called too. sloan was so ggod at it he would wear and extra tight jersey so the opponent could not do the same to him. sloan and jackson were both assistant and head coaches with the bulls. they played against each other when jackson was with the knicks.
pick up a calf every day pretty soon you will be picking up a cow
we're on a mission from god
rooting for jazz or suns
both teams spent less money like denver did this season. both teams will prove that spending big money does not automatically guarantee big results. flopping was only a minor reason the jazz won. they executed their half court offense, played defense and hustled. like the jazz or not denver was schooled big time. hopefully the nuggets learned some big lessons.
pick up a calf every day pretty soon you will be picking up a cow
we're on a mission from god
If a tree falls in the forest with no one around to hear it...
If there’s a lesson taught on the hardwood, but the Nuggets already walked off, is the lesson learned?
Clever FAIL on my part. Anyway, my point is that I’m not confident the Nuggets ‘learned’ anything in the Jazzz series. There was definitely a lot to take away, though. I guess we’ll have to wait until next year to find out.
by Artimus Mangilord on May 4, 2010 2:14 PM MDT up reply actions
We learned that
GK is more valuable to this team that anyone thought, and JR’s time in a Nuggets uniform is up
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True
I can’t help but think that if GK was on the floor for the series that he would have recognized the ‘lessons’ either immediately or in post-game film watching and instructed the team and individual players as necessary to adjust. I.E., don’t initiate contact with your defender, Melo; recognizing that the refs were whistle happy; giving Lawson more PT; etc.
by Artimus Mangilord on May 4, 2010 3:50 PM MDT up reply actions
If GK had never had to go through this horrible battle with cancer in the first place
then the Nuggets wouldn’t have become so dispirited and demoralized in the last weeks of the season, and they would’ve headed into the playoffs on an upswing, and everything would be completely different now.
by ParkHillNative on May 5, 2010 11:07 AM MDT up reply actions
AND
We could have been playing the Trailblazers in rd 1.
by Artimus Mangilord on May 5, 2010 12:16 PM MDT up reply actions
We could have been the favorites to come out of the West
No point in crying over spilled milk. We have to move on.
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I’d rather talk about that than fret over Melo’s impending contract year for the next 5 months until we have games to discuss again.
by Artimus Mangilord on May 5, 2010 3:23 PM MDT up reply actions
kmart was missing 15 of the last 18 games
the combination of the two were major factors. kmart was not 100% when he did return for the playoffs. it has been said before take away any team’s head coach and their best defensive front court starter and see what happens.
pick up a calf every day pretty soon you will be picking up a cow
we're on a mission from god
exactly exactly exactly
Terrible, terrible hard luck for the Nuggets this year. Yes, the combination of the 2 things was what broke them. But at this point I’m ready to say, the whole ordeal with GK was even worse for them than K-Mart’s knee problems.
by ParkHillNative on May 5, 2010 12:36 PM MDT up reply actions
Only reason I'm "rooting" for the Jazz
is so that we can say we lost to the eventual Champions.
Other than that, you can find me over in the…gulp…Eastern Conference.
#1. I hate the Lakers.
#2. I hate the Jazz.
#3. I pretty much hate the Spurs.
#4. I have a bunch of friends who are Suns fans, who have all given me shit for the Nugs being knocked off in the first round.
So I guess I’d take the Spurs winning the West, but that’s about it.
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"Scars remind us of where we've been. They don't have to dictate where we're going."
Suns to protest AZ immigration law by wearing
“los Suns” jerseys tomorrow night.
Link for those of you who like to mix politcs with sports.
http://thinkprogress.org/2010/05/04/los-suns-jerseys/
QPU # 2.
this might sound crazy but,
im not all against the jazz losing because id love to see wat the media would say about the lakers loosing to a team down 2 starters. Would they bash the lakers or praise the jazz. id like 2 see orlando or boston win it all
In time the criticism turns to praise
Carmelo balled hard, relentlessly attacking the bucket-Colin Powers
There is no quit in Carmelo Anthony-Reggie Miller
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They would bash the lakers.
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Im a Jazz fan
The New Orleans Jazz.
while Andrew gives some solid reasons why we should root for Utah I can only respond with Go Suns!!!
by MMGraves on May 4, 2010 3:26 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
As tough as it is I agree and I'm onboard
Come on it’s the Lakers. I see the Eastern powerhouse teams as deeper and better anyways especially the Orlando Magic. If you need another excuse to take the Jazz it will make us look a little less bad if LA loses to them too.
Go Floppers!
Alright fine GO JAZZ!!
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I'm not rooting for any WC team at this point
Once our boys went belly up and OKC went down, I decided Orlando is the team I’m rooting for
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I think we look pretty bad already.
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by Uh on May 4, 2010 4:17 PM MDT up reply actions
As much as I hate the Lakers
They don’t rely on flopping for their W’s. After watching the pathetic brand of “basketball” played by the Jazz this last series, I will never, under any circumstances, root for them.
Imagine a Jazz-Spurs WCF
Flopapalooza.
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"I am a business major in college after all." - Joe Medina on MHR, evidently explaining his rationale for being a know-it-all condescending prick about all things Bronco related.
we did
back in 07, and it featured this gem:
If only I had video editing software and the series on DVR
I would love it if a dedicated fan would compile all of the fouls called in the Nuggs/Jazzz series. Given the number of whistles, that’d be a full length feature.
by Artimus Mangilord on May 4, 2010 3:53 PM MDT up reply actions
If D-Will's performance off the court
matched his performance on it.
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by Bob in Boulder on May 4, 2010 4:03 PM MDT up reply actions
I loved JVG's reaction to it
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by Uh on May 4, 2010 4:18 PM MDT up reply actions
call it petty and sour grapes
if the whistles aren’t going their way for their bs flopping tactics, the jazz are exposed for who they truly are; an awful defensive team with 0 interior presence. i’m enjoying it to be honest, although it still doesn’t make up for the fact that the nuggets lost to these bums.
as far as supporting another team, i’ll go with the safe pick: orlando. they’re the only team i really can’t dislike for any irritating trait (flopping, big egos)
Plus Dwight Howard is much easier to cheer for than, say, Lebron James
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by Uh on May 4, 2010 4:19 PM MDT up reply actions
And its really sad, because
he doesn’t need to preen. He seems like a decent guy with some brains. And is a phenomenal player. Which makes it all the more annoying.
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Especially since he's never won ANYTHING!
And the way he’s toyed with Cleveland over the whole free agency thing the last couple years is disgraceful. If Melo decides to opt out and go elsewhere, it would break my heart, but at least when he was here, HE WAS HERE.
i agree with this
i’m also hoping the cavs don’t go to the finals, let alone win it all. i don’t even want to think about what espn and abc will do should that happen.
Not nearly as much as they will do
Lakers v Cavs final….
I just threw up in my mouth a little
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I want Hawks-Suns
ABC and Stern would be :(
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by Uh on May 4, 2010 4:33 PM MDT up reply actions
To spite Stern
How about a Jazz-Atlanta final? Imagine the payola that wouldn’t make it to the refs if that happened.
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"I am a business major in college after all." - Joe Medina on MHR, evidently explaining his rationale for being a know-it-all condescending prick about all things Bronco related.
by Bob in Boulder on May 4, 2010 4:35 PM MDT up reply actions
The return of those damn puppets....
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this
although PuppetKobe looks and sounds nothing like Kobe
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Is there a puppet D-Will?
That throws himself to the floor whenever a phone rings?
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"I am a business major in college after all." - Joe Medina on MHR, evidently explaining his rationale for being a know-it-all condescending prick about all things Bronco related.
by Bob in Boulder on May 4, 2010 4:46 PM MDT up reply actions
A little OT -
My brother-in-law heard a rumor that if the Nugs got a Game 7, red cards were going to be handed out at Pepsi, for everyone to hold up, every time a Jazz player flopped. I was soooo hoping to see this.
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by SDcat09 on May 4, 2010 4:51 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
True
The Fan radio station here was planning this. They had a printing company already signed up to print make them all. Basically saying the Jazz, especially D-Will, flop like soccer players. They may still have the cards because they started setting it up before game 6. May use them during the regular season next year.
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"I am a business major in college after all." - Joe Medina on MHR, evidently explaining his rationale for being a know-it-all condescending prick about all things Bronco related.
by Bob in Boulder on May 4, 2010 4:55 PM MDT up reply actions
This would have been utterly awesome...
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The puppet D-will would be a sock puppet without a hand inside
Floppy.
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by Uh on May 4, 2010 4:52 PM MDT up reply actions
twss?
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well
He does have that JIMP problem (per the video link I posted above).
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by Bob in Boulder on May 4, 2010 4:56 PM MDT up reply actions
It would most definitely have a hand inside...
Kyle Korver would do put his hand in there…repeatedly…
by distortedman on May 4, 2010 11:53 PM MDT up reply actions
I just read a headline that said
“Stern hopes Lebron re-signs with Cavs”
Now why would you have an opinion on that, David?
by Artimus Mangilord on May 4, 2010 4:52 PM MDT up reply actions
See, I don't understand
how a commissioner of sport can make a comment like this without it seeming like pressure. Weird
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It has nothing to with the Lakers
You should be thankful.
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Joe Pavelski IS God!
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good point...I stand corrected
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Meanwhile, in a darkened room somewhere
You know damn well he’s trying to get him to sign with the Knicks.
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"I am a business major in college after all." - Joe Medina on MHR, evidently explaining his rationale for being a know-it-all condescending prick about all things Bronco related.
by Bob in Boulder on May 4, 2010 4:58 PM MDT up reply actions
Wow....Great article, but Denver fans are pathetic!
I live in Chicago – a huge sports town. We love out Bulls, even when they suck. But we aren’t crying over every little thing that went wrong in the Bulls/Cavs series. Yes our big market team got taken out by a small market team. Life goes on, you can still be a fan.
And hell, you’re a small market team so why wouldn’t you root for other small market teams? The negativity here is out of control. Again, I love the article, but the commenter’s make me sick. I watched the final game of the series on the ALTITUDE network while I was in Omaha over the weekend and was so annoyed by the Denver announcers. They whine just like you guys (excluding the author of this article). They were by far the most annoying broadcasters I have ever listened to.
I’ve always had a dream of living in the Rocky Mountains. I love being in a big city but long for fresh air. Denver has a decent presence in my industry so I’ve always assumed I’d end up there. But if everybody in Denver is like this group I think I’ll take my chances living somewhere like Salt Lake and take my chance with the mormons.
i like balls
Okay sooo, go ahead.
Move to Salt Lake. We actually, don’t mind, at all….nor care where you live.
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You like balls
OK, now that we have that out of the way, you are also a very poor chameleon. The last time you popped in here your profile said you were a Nugget fan. Now you are a Chicago fan, having just joined the Bull blog? Yet you started in SB Nation with the Jazz blog, and your posts there refer to the Jazz as “we.” What a poser. Who likes balls.
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by Bob in Boulder on May 4, 2010 4:41 PM MDT up reply actions
Wow.
You guy’s are really awesome. And for the record. I grew up and live in Chicago. In regards to the NBA I am a Bulls fan first, a small market team second. Yes this means I have rooted for Denver. But I will be honest that I am a huge D-Will fan. He played at my Alma Mater. No matter where he goes I’ll be rooting for his team.
i like balls
I don't want to burst any balls *lol* or anything
But D-Will sucks balls. Fag flops more then fish. I can’t tell the difference.
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If everybody in Chicago is like you
I hope the city gets nuked(woohoo generalizations!).
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Word
"Left hand, right hand, it doesn't matter. I'm amphibious." - Charles Shackleford
"He’s a stiff." - The Legendary Doug Moe
"We have a great bunch of outside shooters. Unfortunately, all our games are played indoors." - Weldon Drew
"I really didn't want it, but now that I've won it, it's nice. It's an honor. It's nice to know people don't think you're a total idiot. ... It must have been a poor year for coaches." - Doug Moe...talking about winning 1987-88 Coach of the Year award.
"Keep your head up and don't let anything get to you." - Dante Bichette Jr.
#3 + #6 + #15 + #1 = QPU #25, and no, it's not because of Anthony Carter
by LACK on May 4, 2010 9:29 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Yes, I remember you Chicagorilla
Every time you post it’s to come over here and rag on us. Good to see you again, too. We have a good little thing going in our ‘cow town’. Makes sense that a few people posting on a blog (who might not even live in Denver) speak for everyone who does live in Denver. While we’re generalizing, how many violent crimes have you committed this week in your fair city?
To quote Jake, “I hate Illinois Nazis.”
by Artimus Mangilord on May 4, 2010 5:02 PM MDT up reply actions
Clearly chicagorilla is in fact Reggie Evans
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by Uh on May 4, 2010 5:04 PM MDT up reply actions
I may have invoked Godwin's Law, but seriously, dude has an identity crisis
by Artimus Mangilord on May 4, 2010 5:05 PM MDT up reply actions
to quote elwood
we’re on a mission from god.
pick up a calf every day pretty soon you will be picking up a cow
we're on a mission from god
no..
its “We’re on a mission from Gaad”
gotta have the right accent there..
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Upon further reconsideration of this motion
I have to say…
no, no, no, no,no, no….hell no, not ever, nope, nada, nyet…never..
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AGAIN ANDREW HAS NO CLUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think that is the 3rd time I’ve said this on this site. Thats why if andrew writes a pregame I almost NEVER read it anymore. Nate’s writeups have more relivance to the team even if it is in an indirect way.
QPU against ANDREW
The Stiffs Republic of Quitters!!!!!!
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by The U.N. Fab Five on May 4, 2010 6:17 PM MDT reply actions
This is not a very good way of looking at things
Andrew’s previews and recaps are always good reads. If you disagree with his opinions, that’s your choice…I don’t see why it would prevent you from reading his other pieces.
As for not relevant in any way? How about these or this or this?
Seriously, there’s no point in not reading half the stuff on the site just because you disagree with the writer’s opinion on a few things.
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by Uh on May 4, 2010 6:25 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm not sure you should use QPU in it's entirety against Andrew.
Feel free to speak for yourself, but not necessarily the collective..
(although I don’t agree with Andrew’s take in this case)
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revolt denied
also if you are going to say QPU at least put in Quitter’s People United not republic
QUITTER'S PEOPLE UNITED # 3
a proud follower of pickaxes, the star, and the almighty cervelli\
Does it really matter that much?
"Left hand, right hand, it doesn't matter. I'm amphibious." - Charles Shackleford
"He’s a stiff." - The Legendary Doug Moe
"We have a great bunch of outside shooters. Unfortunately, all our games are played indoors." - Weldon Drew
"I really didn't want it, but now that I've won it, it's nice. It's an honor. It's nice to know people don't think you're a total idiot. ... It must have been a poor year for coaches." - Doug Moe...talking about winning 1987-88 Coach of the Year award.
"Keep your head up and don't let anything get to you." - Dante Bichette Jr.
#3 + #6 + #15 + #1 = QPU #25, and no, it's not because of Anthony Carter
by LACK on May 4, 2010 9:22 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
It does. Because we are united in support of Melo
not in support of our own republic of quitters….Does that make sense?
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holy crap orlando spanking atlanta
85-44. our 58 point blowout record against NO might be threatened.
NOOOOOOOOOOO
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WHAT THE FUCK
Weren’t they only down 10 by the half???!!!
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by Uh on May 4, 2010 8:03 PM MDT up reply actions
Oh my God this Hawks game
Mercy Rule!!!!!!!
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If the Magic break the 58 barrier
I will not root for them. That record is uniquely Nuggets
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by Uh on May 4, 2010 8:10 PM MDT up reply actions
can i just be a spectator?????
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a proud follower of pickaxes, the star, and the almighty cervelli\
Yes
Magic win by “only” 43
"Left hand, right hand, it doesn't matter. I'm amphibious." - Charles Shackleford
"He’s a stiff." - The Legendary Doug Moe
"We have a great bunch of outside shooters. Unfortunately, all our games are played indoors." - Weldon Drew
"I really didn't want it, but now that I've won it, it's nice. It's an honor. It's nice to know people don't think you're a total idiot. ... It must have been a poor year for coaches." - Doug Moe...talking about winning 1987-88 Coach of the Year award.
"Keep your head up and don't let anything get to you." - Dante Bichette Jr.
#3 + #6 + #15 + #1 = QPU #25, and no, it's not because of Anthony Carter
by LACK on May 4, 2010 9:12 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
ok you know it's bad when they're bringing in jet chuck ans alfalfa during the game
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I'm rooting against both teams
I will never even think about rooting for the Lakets, and I hate the Jazz.
Who’s with me?
But seriously, I despise both teams and their flopping
"Left hand, right hand, it doesn't matter. I'm amphibious." - Charles Shackleford
"He’s a stiff." - The Legendary Doug Moe
"We have a great bunch of outside shooters. Unfortunately, all our games are played indoors." - Weldon Drew
"I really didn't want it, but now that I've won it, it's nice. It's an honor. It's nice to know people don't think you're a total idiot. ... It must have been a poor year for coaches." - Doug Moe...talking about winning 1987-88 Coach of the Year award.
"Keep your head up and don't let anything get to you." - Dante Bichette Jr.
#3 + #6 + #15 + #1 = QPU #25, and no, it's not because of Anthony Carter
by LACK on May 4, 2010 9:11 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
Word
"Left hand, right hand, it doesn't matter. I'm amphibious." - Charles Shackleford
"He’s a stiff." - The Legendary Doug Moe
"We have a great bunch of outside shooters. Unfortunately, all our games are played indoors." - Weldon Drew
"I really didn't want it, but now that I've won it, it's nice. It's an honor. It's nice to know people don't think you're a total idiot. ... It must have been a poor year for coaches." - Doug Moe...talking about winning 1987-88 Coach of the Year award.
"Keep your head up and don't let anything get to you." - Dante Bichette Jr.
#3 + #6 + #15 + #1 = QPU #25, and no, it's not because of Anthony Carter
by LACK on May 4, 2010 9:22 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Shouldn't it be Los Soles...?
Or is this also in protest of the sorry state of grammar school? Me not entiendo, yo soy confused.
by Artimus Mangilord on May 5, 2010 10:35 AM MDT up reply actions
does this make you EL THURSTITO?
HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO!
pick up a calf every day pretty soon you will be picking up a cow
we're on a mission from god
sorry EL THURSITO
pick up a calf every day pretty soon you will be picking up a cow
we're on a mission from god
Hell yes it does
You can just call me the Thurstido Bandido
by Artimus Mangilord on May 5, 2010 3:25 PM MDT up reply actions
A little late
I’m coming a little late but have to drop my 2 cents into the donations bucket
Sorry but I will NEVER EVER EVER root for the Jazz. They are our greatest enemy. Everytime we play them it’s Screw UTah, kill em all. You can think LA is a bigger foe to us but till we actually beat them in the post season we aren’t in their league.
After the Nuggets got poped out and the Thunder it’s go Suns and Go Atl/Orl. Fuck all the others.
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Nope. I won't root for the Jazz.
I wish them the best, but I won’t root for them.
I’m rooting for Orlando.
Quitter's People United Member #27
The hell I am!
Are you going to next aske me to root for the Red Wings? I’d rather see the Lakers win the next 10 titles than ever see Utah hoist the trophy. I hate that franchise, its coach, its current crop of players, and all of its ignorant fans. I sincerely wish them the worst of luck in all their future basketball endeavors.
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As a Nuggets fan who lives near L.A
I must say that all of the serious Laker fans who were rooting for this team even when Nick the dick and Eddie Jones were its best players did not trash talk to me when the Nuggets lost and actually wanted to see us play in the second round. They were really nice about it and I can’t say that I have ever had that kind of respect from fans of a team I despise. I can’t stand Jazz fans, for one they are sh** talkers and even though the Lakers have some pretty terrible fans they also in fact have some pretty good fans.
Go Lakers?
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There are good Jazz fans too
I have been guilty of it myself, but making sweeping generalizations about a group of fans is never wise or accurate. Anything you can say can be applied back to your group. I am trying to do better. So should you.
"He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man" -Samuel Johnson
by Bouncy Phillips on May 5, 2010 1:36 PM MDT up reply actions
I am not generalizing
but from my standpoint I have never met a Jazz fan who has held any level of respect, again I am just talking from experience, I am sure there are some great Jazz fans, I have yet to meet them, but I am sure they are out there.
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game last night
I ended up watching a fair amount of Jazz/l*kers game 2 last night while folding laundry. I couldn’t stop thinking things like “Wow, when the Nuggets did that, they got called for a foul.”
Anyone see the postgame locker room footage of DWill? He looked absolutely devastated. He couldn’t understand why he wasn’t getting better treatment from the officials all of a sudden. “They called all that stuff in the last series…”
YOU FOLD YOUR LAUNDRY!?
here is a money saving tip. leave it in the dryer until you are ready to wear it. it saves time folding and you save big time money on stuff like hangers and dressers.
pick up a calf every day pretty soon you will be picking up a cow
we're on a mission from god
lolz
I would totally try that, but I live in an apartment building, and the laundry room is locked up from 9PM-9AM.
by ParkHillNative on May 5, 2010 12:37 PM MDT up reply actions
But we've already seen that pigs do flop
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"I am a business major in college after all." - Joe Medina on MHR, evidently explaining his rationale for being a know-it-all condescending prick about all things Bronco related.
by Bob in Boulder on May 5, 2010 2:23 PM MDT up reply actions
Sorry guys
I changed my mind. Go Lakers…..
I feel dirty now. Lol!
I guess that’s what happens when Kobe is sitting in your closet.
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Joe Pavelski IS God!
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hate hate hate hate hate
Never have I read so much bitterness and disdain on SBN. Not gonna lie, it’s pretty damn entertaining.
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.
Wait until you see this one
http://www.denverstiffs.com/2010/3/6/1359577/and-the-nuggets-season-is-over
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by Uh on May 6, 2010 6:25 PM MDT up reply actions
Thank you!
Dwill’s hair is turrrrrrrible
by Artimus Mangilord on May 7, 2010 9:17 AM MDT up reply actions
I'm still trying to figure out the significance of this...
Can anyone clue me in?
by Artimus Mangilord on May 11, 2010 2:12 PM MDT up reply actions
Fish's daughter had eye cancer
After the 07 playoffs with Utah, he asked the Jazz to release him so that he could move to a city with better treatment options. Then he signed with LA.
And apparently some Jazz fans think Fisher was betraying the team or something, and that the cancer wasn’t the real reason he left Utah. Of course those fans are conveniently forgetting the fact that Fish went from a $22 mil contract in Utah to a $14 mil contract in LA…
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/may/08/sports/la-sp-plaschke-lakers-20100509
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by Uh on May 11, 2010 2:30 PM MDT up reply actions
Thanks
Bad apples in every bunch. Comforting to know Utah isn’t an exception.
by Artimus Mangilord on May 11, 2010 2:55 PM MDT up reply actions
Lol @ fisher thing
Uhh, yea…. thats like one guy. Very few Jazz fans actually booed / knew what they were booing for. The few who got all pissed about the Fisher thing were mostly uninformerd, and didn’t know he couldn’t get treatment in Utah, making it sound like an excuse (ill informed yes, shaming? no). As any of you lakers fans who have actually been to a lakers game at staples know, theres a lot of them [uninformed fans].
Can we just get over it? Fisher obviously moved on, so should you.
Sincerely,
97% of Jazz fans.
I will never get over it
Utah fans are disrespectful, pathetic fags. I hate you all and your flopping team. You guys make fun of people having cancer, people’s past problems, and God knows what else. I can’t believe Utah is even allowed to have a basketball team.
They may have flopped your way past the Nuggets, but the Lakers weren’t going to be f*cked over like that.
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FYI: That part about lakers fans isnt directed at you, I just copy and paste that from another post from a bunch of whiny lakers fans complaining about the fisher thing still.
Yes, Carmelo got called for too many offensive fouls in that series. Were they flops? For the most part, no. Our players stood there, let melo initiate the contact, and fell when contact was generated. Its not a flop if there was legitimate contact, and Melo makes real strong moves toward the rim.
The refs helped the Jazz, but this is not the reason you lost. You want to know why you lost? MAYBE ITS BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE ON YOUR TEAM DECIDED TO SHOW UP EXCEPT CARMELO. Maybe? Sounds like a crazy theory huh. Your bigs were pathetic on offense, you played awful defense, chauncey just jacked up threes, and above all…. your offensive “system” was just iso X player. Ask the hawks how that offensive system is working for them right now.
Would your team not have fallen apart with Karl? Maybe. Was it the refs fault you’r entire team exhibited zero mental toughness? No. Was it the refs fault you barely ran any plays, and your whole team stood around to watch carmelo? No.
Smart denver fans criticized their team for falling apart mentally because of the fouls. Dumb denver fans buy into their players whining, and blame the refs for everything. Grow up, demand more from your team, and move on.
I'm pretty sure all of us know Carmelo was the only guy to show up Games 1-4. Games 5-6 were another matter, but still.
Preaching to the choir here. We know about the inherent flaws in the system, we know about how soft Nene and Birdman are, we know how Chauncey played horribly for a good part of the series. You think we don’t demand enough of our team? Seriously?
And as to the flopping thing…yes, the Jazz flopped quite a bit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-ah_s0B97c&feature=player_embedded
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by Uh on May 10, 2010 5:51 PM MDT up reply actions
I think the people who think Denver lost because of the refs are not demanding enough.
Here’s a few examples from above…
1) “Especially when they beat the Nuggets by flopping their way through the series.”
“By” seems to imply the mechanism for victory was flopping, instead of the weak opposition.
2) “I feel the only way they could win was to flop around like a fish and refs bought it hook line and sinker”
“Only way” seems to imply we couldnt have won without flopping, IE it wasnt the terrible play of non-melo nuggets, but rather flopping, and flopping alone that got the Jazz the win.
3) “not after this so called "scrappy" team flopped their way to victory”
“Flopped their way to victory” -— seems pretty clear now doesn’t it?
I only have a problem with Nuggets fans that think flopping was the reason they lost, and not the bad play of the supporting caste. Even though I disagree, those who think the Jazz flop have at least an argument, but to say thats why we won… thats indefensible.
Now, the question of the Jazz flopping. First, in that link, there is contact when dwill is going past AA so he just jacks it up, he is off balance because the contact was on his crossover, so he couldn’t go straight up. He didnt act like he got smashed in the face or anything, he just felt contact and took an off balance shot to draw the foul. No different than what kobe, chauncey (especially) or ginobilil do on the regular.
2nd, even if that was a flop, that is CHAUNCEY’S FAVORITE PLAY. Yall act like none of your players ever flopped in their life. On offense, its more understandable because you’re drawing a foul, and its up to the refs to determine otherwise. But either way, Chauncey has clearly done more shamful flops (like the one below), in which there was ZERO contract, and a totally fabricated flop as opposed to dwill, who merely allowed to contact to force him into a bad, foul looking shot, or at the very worst embellishing contact that at least actually occured.
Boy you sure told us
Really, though, imagine if Jerry Sloan had missed the whole last quarter of the season and the playoffs because of cancer. How do you think your team would’ve fared? My guess is, even worse that the Nuggets did without Karl. That’s really all this series came down to.
Too bad for NBA fans everywhere about the Nuggets’ misfortune this season. We all got robbed of what could’ve been an epic rematch of last year’s WCF. Instead all we get is your weak-assed floppers getting swept. It cracks me up, thinking about Deron Williams in that postgame interview after game 2. “They’re not calling stuff the same way as the last series.” Yup.
by ParkHillNative on May 11, 2010 10:54 AM MDT up reply actions
You are wrong in this instance, sir
Watch Uh’s link (above your post) again if you missed it. There is no contact. The only contact is DWill putting his arm into Afflalo’s jersey.
by Artimus Mangilord on May 11, 2010 12:50 PM MDT up reply actions
Oh yea, not to mention AI was the biggest flopper in the league for the better part of this decade.
I’ll also quote shaq on this one…. “one flop doesn’t make you a flopper.” Dwill takes it hard to the hole every time, and very rarely looks to draw a foul without trying to get the bucket first. Y’all can keep on hatin, but its not the first time someone has drawn some ridiculous fouls that way.
You think floppings pussy? Try sucker punching a guy 1 ft shorter and 50 lbs lighter than you. If you want to relieve the shame, here you go.
What's with the shaq quote?
You’re saying Deron Williams has only flopped once in his career?
ok
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by Uh on May 10, 2010 8:03 PM MDT up reply actions
Here’s a nice 3:30 minute montage of your boy, allen iverson flopping up a storm. So if we count a teams status as a “flopper” by the amount of flops, the score is about 86 denver (AI), 1 utah (dwill).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeZ3ck2Bd0I&feature=related
Also note that dwill didn’t look at the ref immediately begging for a foul, he wanted the shot first.
Yeah, Chauncey flops. I agree. He does.
And, um, Allen Iverson stopped playing for the Nuggets a long time ago. Hasn’t done so since 2008.
Honestly I have no idea what you’re trying to say here…thanks for the completely unrelated youtube links?
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by Uh on May 10, 2010 8:02 PM MDT up reply actions
Still rooting for the Jazz?
Or are you all Suns fans now?
Billy Mac: "Lamar, can you see yourself actually getting in the (boxing) ring"?
Lamar Odom: "No. My face is too pretty."
My favorite team is the Nuggets
My 2nd favorite team is whoever’s playing the Lakers next.
¡Vamanos, Los Suns!
by ParkHillNative on May 11, 2010 10:48 AM MDT up reply actions
Lakers Sweep
I am so glad the Lakers swept the hapless Jazz. I am not sure the Nuggs would have done any better, but at least we beat-up on the Lake Show in the regular season. The Lakers sweep of a team that dominated our Nuggs makes it even clearer that there needs to be some significant house cleaning if the Niggs want to vie for a championship.
by ACEIII on May 11, 2010 7:16 AM MDT via mobile reply actions
So now im guessing your all Suns fans?
lol
Kobe: "I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot."
copycat.....^^^^
Billy Mac: "Lamar, can you see yourself actually getting in the (boxing) ring"?
Lamar Odom: "No. My face is too pretty."
Oh yes
But thanks for dispatching the D-WillFlop and his band of merry stiffs in 4. Unfortunately, it only amplifies what a monumental sucky playoff it was for our Nugs.
Go Suns. For the love of God, go Suns.
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by Bob in Boulder on May 12, 2010 12:27 PM MDT up reply actions
Wait, the Nuggets were in the Playoffs?
I thought it was only Carmelo Anthony and Chaucey Billups vs the Jazz. Had no idea anybody else was there.
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