The Utah Jazz | as seen by Basketball John

A post about the a Marion/AK swap later, but first, onto the links:

• Dee Brown is watching over us right now - Dee’s off to Constantinople Instanbul. And remember Dee,

Every gal in Constantinople
Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
So if you’ve a date in Constantinople
She’ll be waiting in Istanbul

• And speaking of the Turks - Memo thinks Brown will do well in Turkey. But he reminds him to get “a few chances at eating some of the greatest fish meals on my behalf on the Bosphorus.” Fish in Turkey? Weird. And Memo also says sorry about almost breaking your back.
• And speaking of backs - Memo has AK’s. Memo gives the expected response. It’s not like Deron’s comments on the situation, but both are true.  It’s times like these that I wish Karl was still on the team so we could hear his opinion.
• It’s 1:30, do you know where your PG is? - Henry Abbot is out in the NYC with NBA players including Deron Williams. The players are there posing with the trophy for what appears to be for a now cliche “hug and kiss the trophy and tell us how bad you want it” shoot. Maybe it will be something different and I’ll be surprised.
• Shawn Stockon sends the Montana Grizzlies to the NCAA finals! - Well, he might have the chance.  How would you like your name to be “Shawn Stockton, nephew of NBA legend John Stockton?”
• Okay, a little on the AK/Marion possible trade - This is only one of many, many sites that I’ve read where the author states they would trade Marion for AK, but only if PHX were to get Millsap too. Here’s the trade on the trade machine.  But here’s one with them straight up and it still works.  If PHX is looking for a little something extra, they could try this one, which also works.  If you’re getting anyone else, it’s Giricek and his expiring contract with the Jazz taking back Banks or something similar.  I know people tend to over valuate their own possessions, teams, etc., but come on. Do you think any sane GM would do that deal if they were running Utah? Can you imagine the riots in Utah? Or at least in my house? Millsap is going nowhere.
• Boozer shows how you can never be like him - Boozer video showing off his post moves. Maybe he could package this along with Yi’s moves against chairs?
• Suckers

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