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I haven't really watched Jefferson before, but after watching his play so far for the Spurs how can anyone give him a pass.
He is not worth even half his contract.
Thats what happens when reality sets in that you were being a . You stop.
I haven't really watched Jefferson before, but after watching his play so far for the Spurs how can anyone give him a pass.
He is not worth even half his contract.
Peja had 25 points and 13 rebounds tonight. Wanna trade?
We're staying neck and neck against good teams with 2 of our best players missing... I'll take that for now... no reason to panic people.
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Seriously. Unless we get absolutely blown out by the Wizards and Bucks, there's no need to think this is anything other than injuries and lineup influidity. The effort is there, the talent is there.
I kind of figured that was the case, I have seen him in the passed, and new this was a bad signing from day one.
Vince carter is 32. At 35, he will be better than RJ at 29. Terrible signing.
Huh? I was never an advocate of the Jefferson trade. I wanted a player like Carter or SJax.
Spurstalk, scan this losers posts. Get his IP and ban the sad pos. Nobody can have a discussion on these forums anymore without these idiots derailing the threads.
At this pace Jefferson and the rest of the new players should be ready next year
Updated.
Jazz get first win in San Antonio since 1999
By Paul J. Weber
A decade of misery for the Utah Jazz in San Antonio is over.
But the Spurs’ early struggles show no sign of ending.
Deron Williams scored 21 points and Carlos Boozer scored 10 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter, leading the Jazz to their first regular-season victory in San Antonio since 1999—a 90-83 win on Thursday night.
That’s 10 years and 20 games since 30 points from Karl Malone on Feb. 28, 1999, carried the Jazz to their previous win in San Antonio. No player in Utah’s loose locker room Thursday night was even in the NBA back then.
“We’ve been to this building a lot of times, had some close games and had some blowouts,” said Boozer, who also had 11 rebounds. “To get the win, the first one in this building, is big-time for our organization. We’re proud of ourselves.”
Tim Duncan scored 21 points, and he has seldom seen San Antonio struggle at the start of a season like this. The Spurs revamped their roster this summer with sights set on a fifth NBA le run, but they are 4-6 and have their first losing record after 10 games since 1996.
The Spurs have dropped three straight.
“(We have to) worry more about improvement and understanding more than our record—and we know what our record is,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said.
Paul Millsap added 20 points for the Jazz, who won back-to-back games for the first time this season. They did so with only nine players for the second consecutive night, after beating Toronto at home on Wednesday.
Taking over Malone’s role, Boozer played the foil to the Spurs this time. He was 4-of-6 from the field in the fourth. His second of two and-ones in the period with 1:08 left put Utah up 87-83 and provided a big two-possession cushion.
Ronnie Brewer added 13 points for the Jazz, who shot 60 percent in the fourth quarter. Williams had six of his 10 assists while playing the entire fourth quarter along with Millsap and Andrei Kirilenko, who finished with 13 points.
“We did all the right things down the stretch, which we’ve struggled with in this building,” Williams said. “I still want to beat them when they’re not short-handed.”
The Spurs certainly were.
Like the Jazz, they were also playing their second game in two nights after falling in overtime at Dallas. The Spurs hobbled home Thursday perhaps not weary, but certainly more banged up.
Manu Ginobili, who sprained his left groin against the Mavericks, is expected to miss at least a week. He sat out along with Tony Parker, who has missed four of five games because of a nagging ankle sprain.
Parker, San Antonio’s third-leading scorer, remains day-to-day. The All-Star point guard originally hurt the ankle Nov. 6, then re-aggravated the sprain Saturday in a loss to Oklahoma City.
George Hill, starting in place of Parker, had 18 points but on 7-of-17 shooting. Richard Jefferson added 16 points, and Roger Mason had 12.
After spending big dollars to bring in Jefferson and Antonio McDyess this summer while dumping half their roster, the Spurs’ sputtering start isn’t what the team had in mind. But it’s also not the first time San Antonio has started slow: the Spurs began 5-5 last season, and still won the Southwest Division.
“If the playoffs started tomorrow, I think we’d be in trouble,” Duncan said. “But we’ve got a long way to go.”
NOTES: Jazz G Ronnie Price will not need surgery on his injured left toe, the team announced before the game. Price has undergone two MRIs since spraining his big toe Nov. 9 in a win against the Knicks. … Utah C Mehmet Okur didn’t make the trip, staying home because of flulike symptoms.
good defense tonight, but argg we need to hit those free throws! our guys have great bodies, super-athletes, millions of dollars a year to play basketball, they should be hitting those free throws every time
what upset me the most was carlos boozer pounding his chest like a stupid gorrilla that never made an nba basket before. loser. utah ain't going anywhere any time soon.
but at least old man sloan got a win tonight.. he deserves it
LMFAO, yeah. I feel you on that Boozer thing. What a loser, I wonder if he knows he was "gifted" those and 1's or does he think he actually earned them?
Utah had a tough time scoring tonight, they had to move the ball around and stir the pot continuously so to speak in order to score. They got lucky with Deron Williams chucking up those 3's and making em. He stopped trying once Bogans locked him down.
Utah is still the same team as last year and their core nucleus is healthy. It wasn't a cake walk for them, I'm sure.This game is a revelation to the defence starting to gel. Angry for not getting a W? Yes. Worried? Not in the least.
I'm still as excited for this season as I was in the summer.
Damn, thats a shame, losing to the jazz. I couldnt see the game. We just need Parker back!!!! How did Ratliff do? I have a feeling he sucked.
he actually got some PT tonight and had 3 blocks that really fired everyone up
hopefully we'll see more of him and get more out of him next game
Just to point out we were missing 2 starters, our 6th man and backup pg.. we had to play most of the game with 2 rookies and 2 bigs that never, ever get time usually...
just had to say for all you people patting yourselves on the back for hangin around with your 2 big time players gone!
Are those players better than parker and manu? Come on get serious. The spurs are obviously missing parker and manu, ratliff started who is new to the team if you dont know that, blair is a rookie, dice and jefferson are new to the team... and to top it off the spurs have finley and bonner playing on the team
when did i ever say they were better? I am saying that we had no shooters period. nobody to spread the floor. Tell me one jazz player known for his shooting? Dwill was the only one to even come close. Okur always had monster games against you guys. korver, cj, and okur were are three shooters. They were all out so we had to beat you with layups and midrange jump shots. thats been the whole problem this year. we have no shooters. we are starting an undrafted rookie. we are plpaying a rookie pg with williams at the 2. Like manu was playing well this first part of the season anyways.Are those players better than parker and manu? Come on get serious. The spurs are obviously missing parker and manu, ratliff started who is new to the team if you dont know that, blair is a rookie, dice and jefferson are new to the team... and to top it off the spurs have finley and bonner playing on the team
Parker just like manu wasn't playing well to start the season either but that doesn't mean they are not huge for the spurs. The spurs have been contenders with the big three and to be missing two of them is alot worse than the jazz missing their 3 point shooters in my opinon but that doesn't matter. It was a good game and both teams played hard and the jazz earned the win.
It'll all change in a few months when they get it together and go on a long win streak.
I think I have more faith that they'll still be there come playoff time than the actual spurs fans do. I've seen this happen too many times to count them out, especially being so early in the season.
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