James Lee on May 08, 2008 said:

Stamp tramps? Do you mean Tramp Stamps? Actually I like the moniker (but I’m a 52 year old white guy)

Derek Fisher an ungrateful jerk? I know you were being facetious.

Otherwise, a pretty objective blog from someone who hates LA and the Lakers.

justalars on May 08, 2008 said:

Boozer has to pull his head out or we are finished. And if he doesn’t I say trade him for a draft pick or two and sign Elton Brand (he plays defense)

justalars on May 08, 2008 said:

By the way prophet you were wrong about game 2 at least. Does that mean your false?

Linda McFarland on May 08, 2008 said:

I think you were most likely being facetious about Fisher, but that is entirely up to you. I do have to get something off my chest (or at least my mind). I have thought Derek Fisher was great. When he was with the Jazz my heart went out to him and his family. He was greast to show up at the one game after leaving his daughter’s bedside. Now, things just are smelling a little funny, Last night there were a few things that bothered me a little and made my little mind start going around. I did wonder a little last year when there is the U of U hospital and Primary Childrens hospital but dismissed that thought. I thought the Jazz org. and Larry were wonderful to let him out of his contract. Let me prefice this with the fact that I understand pro sports (mostly). I know it is a job and you should be good at your job. Last night during time outs the Lakers go to the bench and the coaches gather in a circle to talk. This is what usually happens but did you notice that this game Fisher went to the coaches circle?? Now, I don’t mind if he plays hard against us as a player (maybe that is a lie) but I know that I mind if he leaves the Jazz under those circumstances and COACHES against us. I noticed a couple times when D-Will was talking to Fisher, it looked anything but friendly and D-Will had a both hurt-mad look. Maybe I am just one of those old ladies who start nasty rumors but this is what I saw and what makes me wonder a lot. Even with this, I hope Jazz fans don’t boo Fisher at the next game because Kobe said that was the reason he was going to bury the Jazz!!!!!! Just a lot of my crazy thoughts. Well actually, a lot of my thoughts.

Dan on May 09, 2008 said:

Hey Linda,
I read on article by Bill Plaschke that part of the main reason Fisher ended up in Los Angeles is because his wife’s family resides out there and it wasn’t just because of the medical service he could receive. That’s a big reason he didn’t pick NY over LA. I am sure with him traveling alot it is much easier on his wife and Tatum to have the grand parents around considering the girls condition. That would be a main concern for me to have my wife be in the most comfortable environment to help care for their daughter. On the point of Fisher coaching against the Jazz, he was probably doing this very thing against the lakers back when he was playing for our team as he played for the Lakers for several years before he played for the Jazz. Unfortunately we never had this advantage in the playoffs against them. I have nothing but Love for D-Fish and although its frustrating he was truly the X-factor in this last game I respect him choosing his family first. im with you on Kudos to Larry Miller. Lets cut Derek some slack fans if you are attending games 3 and 4 im sure there is much more to it than he is revealing to the media and i highly doubt he hated out great state and basketball team enough to use his daughters cancer as an excuse to cut his salary by 6.5 million to get out of here. We got the more athletic point guard in Deron Williams anyways he just better show up for game 3. Boozer quit fouling and let’s go!!! this is the major problem with the Lakers length we need boozer on the court at least 37 minutes on the floor we can’t expect Millsap to be able to match Pau and Lamar Odom and Turiaf’s energy for 48 minutes although he was great in Game 2. Brewer has to make that outside shot his missed like a dozen 18-foot jump shots already in this series. If he hits half of those the Jazz are competing.

Oh on a final note to Larry Miller, “I’ll see you at church but there is no way im missing game 4″

JazzRule on May 09, 2008 said:

Well I can appreciate what you have said Linda. I do plan on boo’ing Fisher along with every other enemy player who enters our house. I have no love for any other team. I loved Fisher when he was here, but the minute he left for his daughter’s sake (apparently a lie according to some media), he became just like any other former Jazz player who left us. When he comes into our arena in a Lakers uniform he is the enemy plain and simple. Now I wanna say that something it really screwy with the whole deal. The media said the other night that his daughter was still undergoing treatment in NYC. If that is the case, he should in playing for Philly, NYC, NJ, Boston or one of the other teams in that region. But he is not. They also noted that he took a “pay cut” to go to LA. Maybe in the form of his regular check, but I will bet he planned this to get a ring as he’s getting older. I also find it odd that about the time that Fisher decided to leave here and go to the Lakers, that Kobe stopped whining so much about being traded. Think what you all want. Fisher may be a stand up guy, and a good guy off the court. I can certainly feel for the guy for his daughters suffering. But I think he used her as a scapegoat to get out of Utah and go to LA (even further from where his daughters doctors are). I have thought about this a lot over the summer and season. The more I think about it, and from some of the things I have heard from people who knew him in person, he planned this all the minute we lost in San Antonio, and was laughing behind the backs of Jazz Management on his way out of town. Also I think that while we tried to do the right thing by releasing him, we should have TRADED him to where he wanted to play so we could get something worthwhile for him. At least that way would could have insured that while we were doing the right thing, so would he. My personal feeling is that he jumped ship, using his daughter as a scapegoat so he could go win another ring. In my mind that would classify him as a selfish person, and just a plain jerk. Maybe I am wrong, I can only base these thoughts on what I have heard in person, what I have read, and what I see. Believe me this though, KOBE will get a LOT more boo’s than fisher. Let feeding time at the ZOO begin folks, Lakers are on the menu!!!

GO JAZZ!!!

Mason on May 09, 2008 said:

Linda – I tend to agree that things are smelling a bit funny as far as Fisher is concerned, as your analysis of what is going on seems to match mine. I do think that he left for the right reasons as LA is his home and that’s where he is more comfortable dealing with his family issues. Perhaps, in his mind, he was treated poorly by the fans during the regular season. He figures that the fans didn’t care about him or his situation and as such why should he care about them?

We treated him poorly – he treated us poorly – Things seem to be pretty even. It would be interesting to have no booing and no cheering wherever he is concerned. An eery silence would be fitting. Let him choose where things stand.
Or possibly a better scenario. We show him a lot of love when he is introduced into the game and then boo him during the game as we would any of the stanky sellout LA players / fans. That would at least show we have love for the guy and what he did for us, but we really dislike who he’s playing for. I can’t say I know much about what’s going on with the Clippers, but why not go play for them?

As to the Jazz… They seem to be buying into all of the laker hype. Like they think the lakers are a better team. Because of this the lakers are playing loose and the Jazz are playing really tight. The Jazz can easily beat them if they play their game. For as well as the lakers have played and as poorly as the Jazz have, the lakers haven’t been winning by much.

It’s time to seperate the boys from the men. I fully expect D-Will, Caveman Booze and the rest of the Jazz squad to launch a barrage unlike any the lakers have ever seen. To show them – Hey, we’re not going to lay down and die. We’re better than you are and we’re going to send you home crying. The thing I really like about this Jazz team is when push comes to shove, they don’t back down.

Take it to them – blow them out twice here and then you’ve got them on their heels. They don’t play loose and we carry the dominant force to their house and beat them for 3 straight and then head back here for four in a row. Simply a matter of showing them who’s in charge.

Go JAZZ!

kyle on May 09, 2008 said:

just face it jazz fans, fisher is a professional athlete and a vicious competitor at that. he will be in attack mode for whomever he plays for. Like he said himself, he loves Utah but they stand in the way of his goal and the goal of his teammates. Do you really expect him to be charitable??? Lakers are up two games because their entire roster is in the same attack mode, i just don’t see it in all of the Jazz, they will lose in 5 winning only one at home

bill on May 09, 2008 said:

You should remember that Fisher went to the Lakers when they were a train wreck. No one, including Fisher, could have foreseen the Gasol trade or even the emergence of Bynum. So Fisher didn’t leave the Jazz to get a ring. He didn’t leave for money, obviously! He left for family reasons, pure and simply. In any case, Fisher was a backup guard for the Jazz–he’s gotten toasted all season by Nash, Paul and Parker. Deron just needs to play better, but he needs some help…