Game 72: New York Knicks (27-43) @ Utah Jazz (43-28)

Post #1 » by **Inigo Montoya** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 11:20 pm

Could it be another moral victory in the making?

KqWIN · Post #2 » by **KqWIN** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 11:41 pm

I can see a blowout either way. The Jazz only had one day off so they must be dying of exhaustion. The good news is that we brought in some former Jazz players who are probably in better shape.

ducler · Post #3 » by **ducler** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 11:53 pm

jazzfanWA · Post #4 » by **jazzfanWA** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 1:01 am

The perfect game to further tease the fans.

Rauxcee · Post #5 » by **Rauxcee** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 2:29 am

I have mixed feelings. On the one hand it's really nostalgic having the `97 team back, more or less, for a celebration. That was my first year of basketball and have been a fan ever since. It's pretty cool.

On the other hand, I remember what they are celebrating which is just one of two appearances in the finals. Is that really something to celebrate? Isn't it kind of sad the only high point worth celebrating for this franchise is just a trip to the finals that happened 20 years ago? Sometimes I think picked the wrong basketball team to be a fan of. If only I became a fan of a luckier, winnier, team...

Daddy 801 · Post #6 » by **Daddy 801** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 2:36 am

Rauxcee wrote:I have mixed feelings. On the one hand it's really nostalgic having the `97 team back, more or less, for a celebration. That was my first year of basketball and have been a fan ever since. It's pretty cool.

On the other hand, I remember what they are celebrating which is just one of two appearances in the finals. Is that really something to celebrate? Isn't it kind of sad the only high point worth celebrating for this franchise is just a trip to the finals that happened 20 years ago? Sometimes I think picked the wrong basketball team to be a fan of. If only I became a fan of a luckier, winnier, team...

If Sloans health wasn't so bad I'm not sure this event would happen. Feels an awful lot like a way to celebrate Sloan without celebrating Sloan.

BarneyGumble · Post #7 » by **BarneyGumble** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 2:46 am

Here comes George Hill...getting burned defensively by the ghost of Derrick Rose and blaming the ghost of Diaw for it.

Let this bum walk. He's no leader.

nurseryc · Post #8 » by **nurseryc** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 3:17 am

Has Exum been retired or something?

BarneyGumble · Post #9 » by **BarneyGumble** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 3:19 am

nurseryc wrote:Has Exum been retired or something?

Worse. His career never got started.

nurseryc · Post #10 » by **nurseryc** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 3:23 am

BarneyGumble wrote:
nurseryc wrote:Has Exum been retired or something?

Worse. His career never got started.

Jazz are never going to reach their potential with this roster until the kid is taken off his leash and left on the court to work through a bad play.

BarneyGumble · Post #11 » by **BarneyGumble** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 3:33 am

nurseryc wrote:
BarneyGumble wrote:
nurseryc wrote:Has Exum been retired or something?

Worse. His career never got started.

Jazz are never going to reach their potential with this roster until the kid is taken off his leash and left on the court to work through a bad play.

He's losing his minutes to Neto. This is the pros. You arent guaranteed anything. We are a playoff team trying not to slide down the standings. Dante's just not very good...hence he doesnt play.

tleikheen · Post #12 » by **tleikheen** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 3:39 am

Jazz are never going to reach their potential with this roster until the kid is taken off his leash and left on the court to work through a bad play.

The Jazz are in a downturn and they can't reverse the downturn.Snyder has rely-ed too much on the veterans and they have peaked early from too much usage.The defense has weakened and the offense has stagnated.Slow-ball has been diagnosed by other teams .The Jazz are now a step too slow.Other teams are breaking their young players in and the Jazz have this mirage the veterans are going to take them across the finish line .Are the young guys going to contribute for the playoffs or has Snyder zapped their confidence down the stretch.

jazzfanWA · Post #13 » by **jazzfanWA** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 3:50 am

Ostertag looks like he has lost weight since his playing days. he must be down to 300.

Slo · Post #14 » by **Slo** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 3:52 am

Damn, Sloan aged quickly after retiring. Hope he is 100% ok and its just age catching up.

jazzfanWA · Post #15 » by **jazzfanWA** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 3:53 am

Nice to see B-Russ dress up.

tleikheen · Post #16 » by **tleikheen** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 3:55 am

We are a playoff team trying not to slide down the standings. Dante's just not very good...hence he doesnt play.

Every year some teams roll into the playoffs hot and some roll in having lost their mojo. The Jazz look like they've played their hired veterans too much and their gassed out and their young guys have their confidence stretched thin from being yanked around. We're in a WTF moment.

jazzfanWA · Post #17 » by **jazzfanWA** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 3:55 am

Slo wrote:Damn, Sloan aged quickly after retiring. Hope he is 100% ok and its just age catching up.

Jerry has a deteriorating disease. I know the gal who delivers mail in his neighborhood and said that Jerry and his wife are the only people who wave at her.

nurseryc · Post #18 » by **nurseryc** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 3:57 am

BarneyGumble wrote:
nurseryc wrote:
BarneyGumble wrote:
Worse. His career never got started.

Jazz are never going to reach their potential with this roster until the kid is taken off his leash and left on the court to work through a bad play.

He's losing his minutes to Neto. This is the pros. You arent guaranteed anything. We are a playoff team trying not to slide down the standings. Dante's just not very good...hence he doesnt play.

He shouldn't be losing his minutes to Neto. That is a backward step for the Jazz. Neto isn't very good, has a lower ceiling than Exum and lacks the X factor that Exum brings. When Exum is on, you watch certain things he does and you know that when he gets it all together he is going to be special. Exum playing gives the team more chance come playoff time. Much more than Neto. It hurts the team long term using Neto over Exum.

BarneyGumble · Post #19 » by **BarneyGumble** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 4:16 am

nurseryc wrote:
BarneyGumble wrote:He shouldn't be losing his minutes to Neto. That is a backward step for the Jazz. Neto isn't very good, has a lower ceiling than Exum and lacks the X factor that Exum brings. When Exum is on, you watch certain things he does and you know that when he gets it all together he is going to be special. Exum playing gives the team more chance come playoff time. Much more than Neto. It hurts the team long term using Neto over Exum.

Yes, Exum's ceiling is higher...but right now Neto is a better NBA player than Exum. This is backed up by statistics and the eye test...

BarneyGumble · Post #20 » by **BarneyGumble** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 4:22 am

Man Hill is killing us. Knicks on an 8-0 run and its mostly because of Hill.