The Utah Jazz | as seen by Basketball John

Back with some quick links.  #5 and #4 in the lame 10 days of Christmas coming in a bit.

Also, I’ve been invited to write for HoopsVibe.  So I’ll be putting up articles there 1-2 times a week.  Here’s a link to my page for the stories I’ll be writing.  Here’s my first one which could have been better with more time put into it.  It’s been crazy lately for me.  And writing for them shouldn’t limit too much my writing for BBJ.

And even though it churns my stomach lately, I’ll get back to doing more preview and recaps.

UPDATE

I’m resigned to the fact that this argument will never go away.    Hollinger takes CP3 over Deron.  And again, I say you can’t go wrong with either.  But in my new quest to champion 8>3, please submit a comment at this link.  And I love how Hollinger debates himself in a sidebar about Williams.  Hollinger is a pure stats guy.  And while I love to find trends amongst numbers too, it leaves out un-measurable qualities.  I like how he conveniently left out the 1-6 stat, CP’s head-to-head matchup record against Deron.  And shouldn’t there be a five year minimum time period before we can start comparing the two?

• #8 is #5 and #5 is #11 - Simmons counts down the top 50 NBA players
• Perhaps coming from someone who knows - Steve Nash compares #8 & #3
• More talk about no Sunday games being detrimental to the Jazz - And here we thought it was the lack of D that was the problem.
• Deron doing the Christmas charity work
• As the Jazz have seen firsthand - Look out for Portland
• Was this going to happen any other way?
• Something I went over in my HoopsVibe column
• Someone wants Malone in office
• Two guys on the best white players in the NBA list - A little old.  Okur may not be on this list now.