Deron Williams has always been my vote for the NBA’s best overall point guard. In game 2 of the first round of the Western Conference Playoffs he put his team on his back, and without starters Andrei Kirilenko and Mehmet Okur, led the Utah Jazz to a 114-111 win in Denver. The Jazz tied the [...]
Thursday, February 4, 2010
I mentioned in a previous post that I believe Deron Williams is the league’s best point guard. This year marks his first All Star team, he was a member of the “Redeem Team,” aka the US Men’s Basketball Olympic team, and his Jazz have a superior winning percentage (.625) to the Hornets (.531) and the [...]
Thursday, January 28, 2010
There are 7 players making their first ever all star appearance during the 2010 NBA All Star Game: Deron Williams, Kevin Durant, Al Horford, Derrick Rose, Rajon Rondo, Gerald Wallace, and Zack Randolph. Those noteworthy, yet snubbed, include David Lee of the Knicks, Chris Kaman of the Clippers, and Mo Williams of the Cavaliers. Better luck [...]
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
While watching the Jazz vs. Spurs game on ESPN tonight, the game that I considered to be the game of the week, I discovered that Utah Jazz sensational point guard Deron Wiliams is refusing to shave his beard until the Utah Jazz win 5 consecutive games, according to Dan Shulman’s statements during the game. Shulman [...]
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
The Utah Jazz (23-18) take a 3-0 season-series lead into San Antonio (25-15) tonight to test the Spurs at the AT&T Center for the second time this year. The last time the Jazz played in San Antonio they defeats the Spurs 113-99. The Spurs kept it closer the last time they met up, but lost [...]
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
The Oklahoma City Thunder acquired Eric Maynor along with Matt Harping’s contract in exchange for the rights to 2002 draft pick forward Peter Fehse. Fehse is in Germany with zero chance of ever playing in the NBA, but gives Utah much needed salary cap relief. The Thunder plan to allow insurance policies to pay the [...]
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
The Chicago Bulls put on an impressive display in yesterdays preseason game vs the Utah Jazz in London’s O2 Arena. Pundits are all saying Boston Celtics this, Cleveland Cavaliers that, and Orlando will be in it for the Eastern Conference Championship, but folks should not overlook the Chicago Bulls. They played tough last year in [...]
Friday, July 10, 2009
Every NBA season sees a few guys break out. Players that finally got the chance to get the necessary minutes to put up legit stats and took advantage of the opportunity. Jeff Green of the Oklahoma City Thunder and Kelenna Azubuike of the Golden State Warriors were these type of players from this past season. [...]
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
With the chance to land a marquee name in 2010, already strong teams are dangling expiring contracts (AKA junk) via trade to desperate teams for their top tier talent.
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