‘Buckle Up’

The Jazz season is like riding a roller coaster, incredible highs and then mediocrity. You name the variation, the Jazz have ‘been there and done that’ this year. Great start, horrible December, great January and mediocre after the All-Star break. Losing to cellar dwellers, beating the best. Winning at home, losing on the […]

‘Spectator Ming’ (Bill Baptist - NBAE/Getty Images)
9 teams and 8 playoff spots. How can you be so sure the Jazz are going to make the ultra tough West playoffs?
The answer is just in, hot off the press (actually the internet). If you haven’t heard, Yao Ming just got a season ending stress fracture in his […]

Playoff intensity. Everyone healthy. Defensive tenacity. Hard Fouls. Flaring tempers.
This was a quality win! Almost everyone was healthy for both teams. The Jazz’s victories over other playoff teams have come, for the most part, with significant players out for the opposition.
The Jazz stepped it up defensively. Timmy looked like a deer caught in the headlights […]

‘Mr. Unstable?’ (Melissa Majchrzak - NBAE/Getty Images)
Not since The Human Circus Side Show, The Tattooed Lady, with her multicolored hair, nails and the multiple personalities of Dennis Rodwoman, has such a display been perpetrated on the sporting public.
You may detest Ron, but he does play with great emotion. He has great athleticism and basketball skills. […]

‘Mathmatically Speaking…’
Half the season, plus one game gone, and 40 games to go.
And, you thought this would be a lesson in the ‘new math’.
The Jazz are playing at an .800 clip, in their last 10, since Kyle Korver joined the team. They won’t keep that pace up, but it sure beats the doldrums of December. […]

‘MoneyMoneyMoney’
I shouldn’t repeat the same topic twice, but if you’re reading this, it passed the censor.
‘Money’ was not just great against the Magic, he was fantastic. He carried the Jazz. It was truly beyond an All-Star performance. 29 points on 67% (10/15) from the field, 80% (4/5) from 3 point land and 83% (5/6) from […]

The short handed Jazz took the even shorter handed Suns to an easy victory Friday. This is not a true reflection of how these teams might do, if they meet in the playoffs. However, the Jazz needed this win.
Even more importantly, Memo, ‘ka-ching’, reverted to ‘Money’. He was back in All-Star form. Since the birth […]

‘A Freudian Analysis?’
Who’s hot?
The start of the season, teams would back off 10 to 15 feet, get in position for the rebound, and let Andrei shoot. AK responded with bricks threatening to break the backboard. Kirilenko made only 5 out of his first 29 triples, but 9 of his last 11! 82% back of the […]

‘New guy in Salt Lake?’
The Jazz are young and learning. That’s good. The future is bright, despite a horrendous December schedule and record. Plus, 2007 is not over yet. But, fortunately when the ball drops in Time Square and the fireworks go off, the Jazz can count on a near .500 record, a little above […]

The Jazz interior defense was nonexistent. They had one of those nights, like the Lakers had in Salt Lake. Quite the flip-flop.
Actually, it was more about how the Lakers played. When the Lakers play, like they did last night, and against Phoenix, they look like the best team in the league. They play Boston Sunday, […]