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Depth and
deep are
terms used
to describe
the quality
of a team's
bench. For
most teams,
the farther
you are from
the head
coach during
the game,
the chance
of actually
playing in a
game becomes
about the
same as
Diane Lane
calling
because she
missed me.
It's a sad
state of
affairs.
The Jazz
have passed
that point
and are
sinking fast
into the
abyss, for
with each
passing game
the players
to the right
of Jerry are
getting
fewer, and
the players
to the
immediate
rear of
Jerry are
growing in
number.
It's a
troubling
trend, but
it has a
silver
lining or
two beside
the
patrician
locks on
Jerry's
noggin. One,
the GQ
factor is
increasing
exponentially,
while the
angst of
Jazz fans is
somewhat
abated by
the stellar
play of
leviathans
rising from
the depths
to take
their place
in the
hierarchy of
this
incredibly
talented
Jazz team.
A stellar
example is
Kostas
Koufos, or
Kouf as he's
know by his
team-mates.
Most Jazz
fans and
scribes had
him penciled
in for the
Flash, to
commute from
SLC and the
Jazz
practice
facility to
give the
farm team a
boost.
Not this
year, or
ever. Kouf
has earned a
place on the
Jazz team,
and seems
destined to
be one of
the rarest
of NBA
creatures, a
rookie who
actually
plays his
first year
for Jerry
Sloan. My
how times
have
changed.
Even Deron
Williams
spent his
time in the
canine condo
his rookie
year, but
Paul Millsap
and now Kouf
are breaking
the mold,
earning
praise and
living the
dream of a
valued and
valiant
reserve. –
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Blue-Blockers
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By
Ron Richards
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Most of you
probably remember
the advertisements
for the miracle
sunglasses,
I think they
were called
'Blue-Ray',
or 'Blue-Blockers',
long before
the new process
for viewing
movies was announced.
They were supposed
to block the
harmful part
of the light
spectrum, and
enhance your
viewing pleasure
of the world.
They looked
real cool when
you first put
them on, as
the world took
on a different
flavor. Like
most gimmicks,
they were of
dubious value.
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Phoenix Suns vs
Utah Jazz
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Andrei
Kirilenko
rejects
Shaq
twice
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Paul Millsap rejects Shaq!
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Don't get No
Respect |
By
Ron Richards
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No, we’re not
talking about
me, or my golf
game. That’s
another story.
I’m talking
about the Utah
Jazz.
I know, that’s
a cliché, an
old sob story,
a browbeaten
hack and yesterdays’
news. No, it’s
not. It’s true.
It’s a fact,
a certainty,
bank on it.
The Jazz are
seemingly stuck
out here in
never-never
land, lost somewhere
between New
York and Los
Angeles. Is
there anything
between Los
Angeles and
New York? Besides
Chicago? It
makes a lifelong
Utahn wonder.
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