Jazz Game,
- Baffled. One big Game, followed by an embarassing loss at Home
Others,
- Zach Randolph In, Chris Kaman Out. Clippers will be getting slightly better, I believe.
30 November, 2008
29 November, 2008
Assists Looks Easy on D Will's hands, Jazz stood at 11-6
Jazz Game,
- a blowout Q3 sealed the game
- 2nd Game (after the 2nd return), D Will has a solid performance with 15 dishes
- 8 players in double figures, does anyone still doubt about our bench depth?
Others,
- Parker and Ginobili are back
- Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade are currently in their top form
- a blowout Q3 sealed the game
- 2nd Game (after the 2nd return), D Will has a solid performance with 15 dishes
- 8 players in double figures, does anyone still doubt about our bench depth?
Others,
- Parker and Ginobili are back
- Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade are currently in their top form
27 November, 2008
Deron is back, Jazz improves to 10-6
Jazz Game,
- Easy win, but huge; it shows clearly that Jazz is a much better team with D Will playing. See the highlights - you will know. He does what a PG does, distribute the ball nicely, set the right tempo and good momentum. Even when he sits for some mins, the other teammates could ride on it
- Millsap, 24 points, 16 rebounds. Glad to see him getting more comfortable in the starting lineup. We need Boozer to help us win Champion this year. But do we need Boozer next year? I rather keep AK, Okur and Millsap, but not Boozer. (Realistically we can't keep them all, right?)
- Easy win, but huge; it shows clearly that Jazz is a much better team with D Will playing. See the highlights - you will know. He does what a PG does, distribute the ball nicely, set the right tempo and good momentum. Even when he sits for some mins, the other teammates could ride on it
- Millsap, 24 points, 16 rebounds. Glad to see him getting more comfortable in the starting lineup. We need Boozer to help us win Champion this year. But do we need Boozer next year? I rather keep AK, Okur and Millsap, but not Boozer. (Realistically we can't keep them all, right?)
A Letter to Bill Simmons
Dear Bill,
Hope this finds you well. By way of introduction, I am yet another NBA fans from the other part of the world - Asia.
Am scratching my heads after reading your recent article (26/11/2008) in ESPN, regarding Point 9. And I quote directly below.
"9. Is there a dumber argument in sports than "Chris Paul or Deron Williams"?
I argued before the season, passionately, that Paul was in a different league and earned myself a few death threats from the Salt Lake City area. (You stay classy, Utah.) Check out their 2009 stats through four weeks:
Paul: 20.5 PPG, 12.2 APG, 2.9 steals, 52.3% FG, 85.6% FT.
Williams: 7.5 PPG, 8.0 APG, 0.0 steals, 26.7% FG, 66.7% FT.
I mean, that's a landslide! Come on! Can we all agree to stop arguing about this?"
I won't argue with your conclusion - "Paul was in a different league". Everyone could have their opinion and I give full respect to that.
And you try to use the most objective statistics to re-inforce your point, which is alright too.
But, I hope you are aware that the numbers of D Will is from the two games he played this season, with a perhaps-80% ankle? Would recommend you to re-visit the numbers at the end of the regular season, so that we could have a more statistically reliable data to compare.
Last but not least, we are on the same page, let's stop this "CP3 vs D Will" discussion, and wait for the season-end stats + winning records to speak for itself.
Have a nice Thanksgiving holiday.
Warm regards,
Another Jazz Fans in Asia
Hope this finds you well. By way of introduction, I am yet another NBA fans from the other part of the world - Asia.
Am scratching my heads after reading your recent article (26/11/2008) in ESPN, regarding Point 9. And I quote directly below.
"9. Is there a dumber argument in sports than "Chris Paul or Deron Williams"?
I argued before the season, passionately, that Paul was in a different league and earned myself a few death threats from the Salt Lake City area. (You stay classy, Utah.) Check out their 2009 stats through four weeks:
Paul: 20.5 PPG, 12.2 APG, 2.9 steals, 52.3% FG, 85.6% FT.
Williams: 7.5 PPG, 8.0 APG, 0.0 steals, 26.7% FG, 66.7% FT.
I mean, that's a landslide! Come on! Can we all agree to stop arguing about this?"
I won't argue with your conclusion - "Paul was in a different league". Everyone could have their opinion and I give full respect to that.
And you try to use the most objective statistics to re-inforce your point, which is alright too.
But, I hope you are aware that the numbers of D Will is from the two games he played this season, with a perhaps-80% ankle? Would recommend you to re-visit the numbers at the end of the regular season, so that we could have a more statistically reliable data to compare.
Last but not least, we are on the same page, let's stop this "CP3 vs D Will" discussion, and wait for the season-end stats + winning records to speak for itself.
Have a nice Thanksgiving holiday.
Warm regards,
Another Jazz Fans in Asia
25 November, 2008
Disheartening Buzzer Beater, Hughes Silenced Jazz (9-6) at Home
Jazz Game,
- Hughes got lucky rebound, nice pump-fake thought...
- Our D on Pick-and-Roll needs to be a bit tougher, Derrick Rose often got plenty of spaces after the pick
- To sum up, nothing wrong in the offense in Q4, but the D should be better
- Okur is back!
- Watch what Coach Sloan, CJ and Knight said after the game - link.
Teams struggling with injury will benefit in Season End?
- Look at Spurs, without two killing weapons - Parker and Ginobili, they are initially struggling, and then they do better than most would have expected (including me) in recent games. The recent "surge" of Spurs could be explained by the more playing mins of Roger Mason, a very capable perimeter shooter (and Sixth Man if Spurs is healthy), and rookie George Hill, no one pays much attention on him when Spurs is healthy. Now, the playing opportunity has already sharpened these two players. They can well replace the roles of Finley, Udoka, etc...
- Same applies on Jazz. Our injury situation couldn't be worse at the beginning of the season. D Will, Boozer, AK, Korver, Harpring, Brevin Knight, and Okur has been back to Turkey for a week. This gives opportunity for CJ, Koufos, Price, Millsap and Brewer more playing time, and getting more seasoned. Now, Jazz simply has the deepest bench in the league.
- Hughes got lucky rebound, nice pump-fake thought...
- Our D on Pick-and-Roll needs to be a bit tougher, Derrick Rose often got plenty of spaces after the pick
- To sum up, nothing wrong in the offense in Q4, but the D should be better
- Okur is back!
- Watch what Coach Sloan, CJ and Knight said after the game - link.
Teams struggling with injury will benefit in Season End?
- Look at Spurs, without two killing weapons - Parker and Ginobili, they are initially struggling, and then they do better than most would have expected (including me) in recent games. The recent "surge" of Spurs could be explained by the more playing mins of Roger Mason, a very capable perimeter shooter (and Sixth Man if Spurs is healthy), and rookie George Hill, no one pays much attention on him when Spurs is healthy. Now, the playing opportunity has already sharpened these two players. They can well replace the roles of Finley, Udoka, etc...
- Same applies on Jazz. Our injury situation couldn't be worse at the beginning of the season. D Will, Boozer, AK, Korver, Harpring, Brevin Knight, and Okur has been back to Turkey for a week. This gives opportunity for CJ, Koufos, Price, Millsap and Brewer more playing time, and getting more seasoned. Now, Jazz simply has the deepest bench in the league.
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