CP3: 13.7 M
Bell: 5 M
Jefferson: 13.2 M
Garnett 24.7 M
Memo: 8.5 M

Mo: 8.3 M
Brewer: 1.8 M
Peja: 13 M
Millsap: .7 M
Biedrins: 9 M
Maggette: 8.3 M
Turkoglu: 6.8 M
Randolph: 14.6 M
Kaman: 9.5 M

For 137.5 Million dollars for your 15 man NBA roster. The salary cap is below 60 M. So, yeah, it’s a championship team, if we don’t play by the rules.

Collins is a way nice dude. I saw him at Megaplex once getting a free movie and Popcorn on Larry’s Dime. He put some popcorn in his mouth and was stuffing his face when I said in a low tone…. “No Wonder we can’t win Championships in Utah, The players just eat what ever they want and do what they want”.

He pretty much just smiled at me and nodded while some popcorn fell out of his mouth. He got the joke or was being plesant.

I am very suprised the dude has not been traded. I thought it was a typo on the roster because Collins was still on our team when I looked at the roster. Wow… Going back to the Stockton and Malone Era baby.

Let’s see: Collins, Harpring, Kirilenko all part of the Stock & Malone Era.

Sorry a little A.D.D moment here.

I was just reflecting on how they could have won it all in the short season in 1999 because well.. Malone , Horny and Stock were all getting older and they only had to play half the season. Then the SPURS curse started. “DUNCAN!!!!!” Probably the most underated player in the NBA. I can’t stand him. “DUNCAN!!!!!”

Here is my point. The Jazz could have a quality Championship team but they always make the worst choices. Like Malone Going to the Lakers and only getting a Million when he could have got a Kick ass Center his last 3 years if he opted for that.

Here is a team NOW that we could have had if we did not make piss poor choices. Look at it and tell me that you would not rather see this line up every night.

PG:: Chris Paul (sorry it is true, I like Dwill but he is better and we should have taken him).

SG: Raja Bell (why did we not keep this guy? he had more heart than any player I had seen in years). Kicking balls into the crowd. Hitting 3’s, hustle, hustle, hustle.

SF: Richard Jefferson (Yes we could have got this guy).

PF: Kevin Garnett (Now, let’s say we could not have got this guy when he was a free agent. Although the money would have been freed up to get him. Then we will stick with Paul Millsap as he is going to get better and better. Boozer, since we got him my slogan has been “you booze, you loze”. Let’s lose this guy. He is holding up all our money and does nothing for our team but gets hurt. Further I don’t really think he likes it here.

C: Mehmet Okur (The guy is the best center we ever got.). Although I could go for Andris Biedrins. I think he should be the next Center we go after if Okur leaves.

My back up bench would be:

PG: Mo Williams (we should have kept him, I was sad like Raja to see him go).

SG: Stay with our boy Ronnie Brewer at back up

SF: Corry Magette, remember the rumors? We could have picked this guy up. But, to you non-believers I will then recommend that we could have picked up Peja Stojakovic before he went to the Hornets or even Hedo Turkoglu. But if you still don’t believe me then we will just stay with Kyle Korver missing three after three off the bench.

PF: While I am glad we don’t have Michale Ruffin as our back up anymore, I would recommend we pick up a free agent who can sit the bench. Our powerfowards are where we struggle. Although if we had Kevin Garnett when he was leaving Minnisota we could have Millsap as backup. If you don’t think we could have Garnet and had to have Millsap start then I would recommend we went hard after Zach Randolph and had Millsap on the bench.

C: Im liking the Okur, Andris Biedrins. as our centers but I can go with one if these two and Chris Kaman. Or if we could not pull it off we stick with our new rookie Koufos

This is a champion ship team. Even if we swap Chris Paul for our beloved D-Will that is a solid team. Now look at our current team and ask your self. Do we really stand a chance?

Looks like we are gonna be an 8th seat team unless boozer some how magically gets healthy and starts putting up numbers again.

i like the lead in to the next blog. will it rock my socks off?

Justin: Cool last name. No, we’re not in the NBA. But should that mean we can’t analyze the players that are in the NBA against each other? For instance, neither of us have the capability to be President of the US. Does that mean we can’t disagree with his decisions?

One other point. Just because he’s in the NBA doesn’t mean he’s necessarily better than the players outside of the NBA. A classic example is Mikki Moore. Mikki’s not a terrifically talented player, but he was in the NBDL when the Jazz called him up. Since then, he’s been in the NBA to stay, got a fat contract, and plays big minutes for the Kings. Now, yes, the Kings are bad. But Mikki’s pretty clearly a better player than Collins. That’s not unfair, that’s not “being terribly rude”, it’s just the way it is in the NBA.

just don’t ride in a golf cart with the guy and you’ll all be fine.

Annie you aren’t wrong and, in fact, have a great point. One, I think, that Andy is agreeing with. He’s emphaising Collins strength as someone who takes a charge (or makes it look like he does) but doesn’t do much else. So when we need someone, like Amir says, to pick up fouls on the big men, Collins is our guy. If you need defense other than a charge, an offensive threat, a rebounder, a shot blocker well then Collins is more a detriment than a help. Which is what I think Andy pointed out in a humorous way that put a smile on this Jazz fan’s face.

I too, started watching basketball at the same time you did. I have some knowledge of what’s going on out there. I’m not honestly asking anything from him, I’m only seeking to explore his strengths and weaknesses as a player – much like I have with Almond, Boozer, and Millsap so far.

Dallin: PER stands for Player Efficiency rating, invented by John Hollinger. Basically, he takes everything into account regarding a player that can be found statistically on the offensive side and puts that into a single number. 15 is set to league average. The best players are around the 25-30 level. Jarron Collins is at about the 8-11 level. For the current leaderboard, check out: http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/statistics