“So you’re telling me we have a chance.” -Lloyd Christmas
After being told that the ratio of possibility for him to be with the woman he loved would be about one in a million, Lloyd chose to think on the positive side. After all, one shot is one shot.
This is what I’ve been telling myself […]

Last night’s game against the Dallas Mavericks was reDirk….I mean ridiculous. It was a great close game at the end, but I’m afraid the quote of the day on KJAZZ t.v. was terribly apt. The quote belonged to Jerry Sloan who was talking about his team’s lack of experience in the playoffs, and […]

‘Air Mail’ (Andrew D. Bernstein - NBAE/Getty Images)
Does anyone else miss the Mailman? I’m talking the pre-balding postmaster. The one who patented the drive to the basket that was as much a glamour shot as it was (in Hot-Rod’s words) a “hamma’ dunk.”
During the twilight of his career, Karl softened. Rather than […]

 
‘Behind the Back Pass’ (Melissa Majchrzak- NBAE/Getty Images)
International Conflict -
When Dirk Nowitzki grabbed Kirilenko by the shoulder and pulled him to the ground halfway through the first quarter Monday night, two of the more famous foreign players in the NBA had started something. It wasn’t a war. Although it kind of felt like it. For […]

‘Keeping them Focused’ (Doug Pensinger - NBAE/Getty Images)

The last two weeks have been quite a challenge for this florist turned blogger. It feels good to be back in the blogosphere; it’s even better to be back in the basketball world again. Because of the demands of my job in February, my ability to […]

‘Retina Abuse’ (Joe Murphy - NBAE/Getty Images)
The good, the bad and the ugly of the All-Star Weekend that was.
Worst:
5- Yao Ming jacking up 3’s. Yao instead of trying to impress us with your range, why don’t you try and respond to the beat down Dwight Howard was giving you?
4- Boozer being the last man […]

‘Boozer with a Double-Double’ (Garrett Ellwood - NBAE/Getty Images)
Toss some leftover Mardi Gras beads toward the East. LeBron James and his crew earned them.
Outdunking, outpassing and outperforming their more trumpeted counterparts from the Western Conference, the Eastern Conference All-Stars avenged a year-old beating with a 134-128 win on Sunday night.
Ray Allen scored 28 points, making […]

All-Star weekend is here.  Wondering when and where you can catch your favorite Jazz players this weekend as they participate in the festivities?
  Check it out –
Friday Feb 15th:
7 PM MST (9 PM EST) NBA Rookie All-Star Game – Tune into TNT to watch Ronnie Brewer and Paul Millsap lead the NBA Sophomores to victory […]

 
‘Fesenko’s Shoes/Your Ski’s’

As promised, I would like to share a few things regarding my tour of the Zions Bank Practice facility a little while ago. Perhaps like myself; most people probably envision the ESA when they think of the Jazz practicing. If you really stop to think about it, aside from games and […]

‘Always Contenders’ (Melissa Majchrzak - NBAE/Getty Images)
Yesterday, Jackie Corbridge’s class wrote about their favorite shots, including the hammer dunk. I think that during the Jazz vs. Hornets game, Deron Williams developed a new favorite shot for Jackie’s class and the rest of us! Not only was D-Will trying to “make a statement” regarding […]