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Strangers in
the Night
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By Ron Richards
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Each year
we, as loyal
Jazz fans,
watch the
free agents
sign in a
feeding
frenzy with
every other
team in the
league,
while Kevin
O’Connor and
his cohorts
work on
their golf
games and
take
vacations.
Or so it
seems.
In reality,
KOC is
beating the
bushes,
trying to
find that
gem that
will put the
Jazz over
the top.
When you
have a deep,
talented
team like
the Jazz, it
only takes
perhaps one
or two
players to
make that
difference,
to give them
that spark.
We don’t
know their
names, but
we do know
how they
should play,
what they
should be,
and where
their place
is on this
team.
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Deez
and Doz....
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By Ron Richards
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Get the
tomatoes
ready,
stockpile on
the rotten
cabbages and
apples.
Please leave
the coconuts
at home.
They hurt.
I'm a gonna
throw out a
couple of
ideas, and I
can hear the
groans now.
I don't
blame you at
all. Give me
a couple of
hours to
think about
what I'm
proposing,
and I might
start
throwing a
few.....At
the mirror,
I guess.
We need a
defensive
center, and
passed on
DeVon Hardin
in the
second
round, to
draft a
promising
offensive
center,
albeit the
skinniest
bag of bones
these old
eyes have
seen in
quite a
while.
So.....If I
was even
thinking of
drafting
Hardin as a
defensive
specialist,
that's code
for he needs
to dunk to
even have a
prayer of
scoring
points......
Then....Let's
sign this
guy!
Gulp....
Gasp.....
Wheeze.
Shut my eyes
and hope I
don't get
kicked off
the board. –
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Jazzhoops Final
Mock Draft.
June 26, 2008. |
By Ron Richards
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With all the
trades being
made, I’m almost
tempted to toss
the towel in
and admit I
haven’t the
faintest clue
where anyone
is going. Quitting
is not an option,
however. Here
we go.
1. Chicago Bulls…….Derrick
Rose PG…..$$$$......
6’4” 180. While
Michael Beasley
is likely the
best college
freshman to
come out in
years, perhaps
even better
than Kevin Durrant
of the Seattle
Supersonics,
the Bulls are
looking for
a point, and
here he is.
Rose is extremely
explosive and
will be a fine
point guard
in the NBA.
The only caveat
here is that
to rise shoulder
to shoulder
with Chris Paul
and Deron Williams
of the Jazz,
Rose needs to
work on his
jump shot. Right
now, he’s more
akin to Mike
Conley of the
Grizz than CP3..–
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Check out our all board mock
draft for 2008
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video media
--Kevin
O'Connor talks
about Utah Jazz
picks |
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Kosta Koufos
7-0 252 C Ohio St. Fr.
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Ante Tomic 7-1 220 PF/C Croatia 1987
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Tadija Dragicevic
6'9", 222
PF BC Red Star
Belgrade
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Crystal Ball |
By Ron Richards
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Let me first
preface this
with a caveat.
I have absolutely
nothing to logically
back up what
I’m going to
say.
Some of you
may ask, what’s
different about
that? Sounds
like nothing
out of the ordinary.
That may be,
but this one
is really out
there. I look
at the stars,
see how the
bones fall when
I throw them,
listen to my
ancestors, throw
water on the
rocks in the
sweat hut high
on Navajo Mountain,
swallow a mushroom
and drink a
cold Diet Coke.
Now I’m ready.
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