NBA’s Cinderella?
Posted on 25. Mar, 2010 at 4:59 am by Goodplaye in Basketball, NBA Basketball, Utah Jazz
I want to say this right from the top: I do not like the Utah Jazz! I’m a Blazer fan but I can appreciate good basketball. I’m not ready to make the prediction of the Jazz winning it all this year quite yet but I don’t know that its that much of a stretch. They are hot right now and when you look at that team its tough to imagine them losing 4 out of 7 games to anyone. Right now the western conference appears to be up for grabs. The Lakers are winning but don’t look to me like they have that “swagger” or “drive” that they’ll need to repeat. That said they are still the favorite just based purely on personnel.
I personally love the way Carlos Boozer has turned it on of late. 
His numbers are getting closer and closer to the all important 20-10 guy that he is (important if you love Zach Randolph only, I could write an entire book on how brutal he is). Boozer has been as good as any power forward in basketball and with the ability of Deron Williams to create shots for all of his teammates, that is a nasty combo. Not yet Stockton to Malone but I bet coach Jerry Sloan is loving his two young studs. Individually they aren’t to the elite status of those two but this could be the year they actually win something.
The Jazz have all the makings for a deep playoff run. The only real knock is that they don’t have a legit center and therefor
really don’t scare many teams on the defensive side of the ball. They always say defense wins championships but it turns out that scoring more than the other team also really helps. The lack of the center is because of Okur. He is one of the softest big men in the game and also probably the best shooting 7 footer (not named Nowitzki). A possible match up with the Lakers is good for Utah because Gasol is a fellow softy and he is the center with Bynum out with injuries. After Boozer, Okur, and Williams, they run a handful of freaky athletic guys who on any night can get you 20 points. Those guys would be Kirilenko, Miles, Price, and Millsap. They bring the energy, the hustle, the defense, and they bring the noise. If Korver can knock down a few wide open 3′s this team is really good. Good luck going into Utah and coming out with a W.
Obviously my predictions have been terribly wrong of late so I’m not going to laying any $$$ on this unlikey run but I wouldn’t be surprised at all if they pulled it off.
Just a little random side note here:Andre Kirilenko and his wife have an agreement that one time each year they have a “free pass” to spend a night with another man or woman. Seeing as how I’m about to get married I’m not quite sure how that works but it doesn’t seem to be effecting his play on the court. 
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25. Mar, 2010
What a creepy ass face!
A run by this team would really be calling your shot. To most the Jazz don’t even sniff the top 3 of the Western Conference. I like going out on a limb though.