Some enemies of the J-note root against and mock the Jazz by saying that the Utah Jazz are the whitest team, in the whitest state, with the whitest fans, who only want to draft big, slow, white guys (That said, I am actually quite disappointed that Indiana beat Utah to Tyler Hansborough). While none of [...]

I have been reading various blogs and message boards this off-season and everyone is so worried about the Jazz potentially being in the luxury tax.  People want the team to trade Boozer or Kirilenko for a bag of potato chips that can’t hit a jumper or not re-sign Millsap if he wants $8 million dollars [...]

For the past two years, come the NBA Draft, the Indiana Pacers have taken the ideal Utah Jazz draft pick, the one Utah tried out first, the one that would fit perfectly in the Sloan offense, the one that was a mature player, a hard-workin’ hustler, and a good character guy.  This year, in ‘09, [...]

Being an NBA fan is a job.  It is like a bad internship, where it is one that you pay for.  When you buy a jersey, a T-shirt, a hat, or some limited edition D-Will kicks, you are paying for the right to be a fan and a expressing your fantasticism.  Certainly when you pay [...]

Last time I checked my calendar, it still said that we were in the month of April.  I should know as it is my birthday month.  You are welcome to still send me presents.  April is not only a celebration of my latest trip around the sun, but it is also the start of the [...]

Surrounded by rabid Lakers’ fans banging those annoying inflatable free-throw noisemakers, I attended the final regular season game last night and shouted “defense,” spurted random “woo” noises, and cheered as best as I could from Section 208 of the Staples Center, with the football field-sized championship banners hanging directly over my head.    I thought that [...]

I am a huge, call me obsessive fan of All-Star weekend.  I watch it like it was Presidential Election or 9/11 coverage, in fact I probably watch more on All-Star Weekend than I did of either of those.  I am not sure if that makes me a bad American or the best American ever.  I [...]

I appreciate that basketball is a physical game, sometimes brutally so.  NBA players take hits from fellow players or from the hardwood and that tank top and those shorts are certainly not cushioning the blow.  They may not get slammed into the glass or get the helmet right in the numbers, but NBA players get [...]

For those of you that saw Friday night’s game on KJAZZ, I am not sure if you saw the entire Sacramento Kings’ jersey retirement ceremony for “4″ Chris Webber.  It was a kind and humble ceremony, as Webber was flanked and honored by former teammates Vlade Divac, Doug Christie, Scott Pollard, and Mateen Cleaves (because [...]

I should first say that I am a sneakerhead.  I don’t know how many kicks I have, but it is in the hundreds–maybe 300, maybe 500, don’t know.  I am the Imelda Marcos of Crescent Heights & Santa Monica and Crescent Heights & Wilshire because I can’t fit all my shoes in one location.  I [...]