Resting the Stars
The Cowhide Globe —
Further greetings from the city ranked 10th on the list of U.S. Cities most vulnerable to a terrorist attack, Boise, Idaho. This evening, to divert ourselves from the serious business of NBA blogging, Golden Griff and I are checking out the Boise St. v. Louisiana Tech football game on the truly awful smurf turf. Here's a picture of Griff having a super time. Not much new ...
John Hollinger is the smartest man alive
True Blue Jazz —
After yesterday's clearly erroneous power rankings, John Hollinger has released his predictions for the upcoming NBA season. Instead of barely making the top third, Hollinger is predicting the Jazz to be the #1 seed in the West, and, in his subsequent chat, announced that he is picking a Utah/Boston finals. > His analysis of the team is pretty spot on. He lists ...
Utah Jazz 2008-09 Season Preview
SLC Dunk —
... Of course the glaring weakness for this team is their defense. They really need an inside presence that can alter shots and be a last line of defense. As John Hollinger pointed out, the Jazz love to hack. A lot. I don't have the stats to back this up, but it seems like that many of them occur when the defender is already beat to the basket. So instead of conceding the shot, the Jazz player will put a forearm in the back of the shooter or take a flimsy swipe in a failed attempt to block the shot. So ...
