Daniel

In my naive little mind, i'd like to think that small market/underdog teams need to be extra diligent in training camp. But is it really just that, naivety, and the truth is that those teams actually have to offer more leeway & personal responsibility to further tie their standouts to the franchise?

Why are we talking about "fatigue" after 3 games? The Don-era teams were probably the ill-conditioned squads in the league and it drove me mad. Not mentioning names, but 2 guys who will see frequent minutes the whole season, have shown little understanding of what happens around them systemically.

This was the Jazz team when DeMar DeRozan played against Utah for the first time.

This is such a reasonable deal, gotta respect the agent, too. My biggest fear for the upcoming season is, well... they all have to eat offensively. DP, a rook of this caliber, you gotta set him up for potential ROTY, that is just how the cookie crumbles. Laurie deserves a big year.

Last post 1 month ago... fn hell. o7 Any good music accs on Bsky, guys? Need help.

What's your "wtf" count reading this? Mine's 4.

Big Oof! So the Trib has a guy straight out of college on the Jazz beat now (maybe he's great idk!) & the DN laid off Sarah Todd!? Was easily the best writing they ever had since i've been a fan...which is, like, not that much of an accolade obv lol. Well, the guy that went to DET was alright, too.

So it's this guy again, Max Knouse... i remember he is somewhat involved with the Califone guys. "Mint and Tobacco" was my fav song last year if i think about it. He reminds me a bit of Twain? Anyways, just saw he has an album out and there's some lovely songs on it!

Max Knouse - Mountainlight open.spotify.com/intl-de/trac...

So it's this guy again, Max Knouse... i remember he is somewhat involved with the Califone guys. "Mint and Tobacco" was my fav song last year if i think about it. He reminds me a bit of Twain? Anyways, just saw he has an album out and there's some lovely songs on it!

Max Knouse - Silverlight open.spotify.com/intl-de/trac...

Under vacuum, this is a neat deal for the Jazz. But you go from a functionally complete and balanced team to having a glarring hole in times of shortended windows & i don't like the options. Spend half of the haul and more for a B- solution? Our best pick in the next draft goes elsewhere already.

Kinda sad tho that so many of the international prospects leave home for the NIL money instead of getting minutes in the domestic leagues against professionals. Good for them obv (no sarcasm), elsewhere the sport just does not generate the money. Might lead to more streamlined skillsets?

Remember when the NBA wanted dibs on 2k eSport? Teams bought & branded, live draft, gamers moved into franchise facilities, team socials posted backstage footage & interviews, SBNation BREAKING Jazz trade RizzyJ59 for BasedBobo... ... and then it was the lamest shit ever, literally unwatchable? 🤣

To clarify, this is not me shitting on eSports, im quite literally somewhat of a sadass gamer... boy, she said well i got Florence Nightingale helper syndrome, boy... it was just literally unwatchable on the highest level (of exploiting mechanics). Never seen a house of cards crash this hard.

Intoxicated by lottery success, i went to that one place again to see some friendly faces reveling. Two things of note, Hansen still works on Markkanen trades. 😄 Listen, not much is certain in the league, but after committing to his patience & tanking his career a tad, during his prime, ...

... no, they really cannot do that NOW, this minimum uprightness we can & should expect. Not that there is a good reason for a tarde anyways.

How the FOs talk, stuff that suddenly "surfaces"... lots of smoke and mirrors now until the draft. One of the first quotes of Austin Ainge being "Need is a bad evaluator" is, to that effect, coherent.