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Jazz Fans In Wonderland

Jazz fans have followed the white rabbit down his hole, and at some point, we need to climb back out of his world of delusion and backwardness. After a pair of tough losses, the Jazz bounced back with a huge win over the Spurs, but if they want to compete ...

A Community of Fans and Friends

When I was a kid being a Jazz fan meant watching the games, reading a recap in the Deseret News or the Salt Lake Tribune, watching highlights on the news and if you were a real Jazz nerd listening to the post game with Dave Blackwell on the radio. Its hard ...

4 Free Tickets (ESA Parking Tips)

Being a Jazzbot has its perks. We had an awesome Season Kickoff meeting on Wednesday night at the Energy Solutions Arena. I drove down from Ogden for the meeting in my 96 Nissan, hoping I'd be able to find some close, cheap (read: free) parking. I found an empty spot right ...

Send Some Love To Number 5

While at the Jazz/Rockets game Monday night I was intrigued by the guy sitting next to me (he’s provided fodder for two of my blogs. Thank you to Guy-in-gray-hat-with-strange-facial-hair.). For one thing, he was louder than I am. No one is louder than I am. But the most intriguing thing ...

The Wes Matthews Show

After suffering through several breakout games for rookies that were not wearing a Jazz uniform, we are finally starting to see our new guy light it up. The part that is really mind blowing is that it is not our first round pick. Not our second round pick, either. Instead, ...

An Argument for Prep-to-Pro Pt. 1

This is part one of a three part series looking at the effects of the decisions by athletes regarding education. In Part 1, we will argue on behalf of athletes who choose to put sports over education. In Part 2, we will look at why athletes should embrace education at ...

8:17

With 8:17 left to play in Dallas, Deron Williams hit a jump shot that put the Jazz up 76-60, giving fans hope that the Jazz had finally beaten one of their demons: winning the second game of a back-to-back on the road. Unfortunately, in the 8:17 that followed, the Jazz ...

The Carlos Boozer Conundrum

What to do with Carlos Boozer? That is a question that is no doubt on the mind of KOC and Greg Miller every second of their waking existence (and it probably haunts their dreams too). Everyone knows the awkward situation that is facing Jazz management right now, and I for ...

“All Because Of That Man.”

The Jazz were midway through their collapse. They had been knocked out, but were still about to take a few punches before the fight was stopped. Dallas had come from 16 points behind in the fourth quarter to tie the game when the ball was knocked out of bounds, a ...

A Tough Loss in Dallas

There I was sitting, giggling and telling everyone that we were finally going to win on the road on a back-to-back! Just then, part way through the 4th quarter with the Jazz up 13 Dirk Nowitzki's statline appears on the screen. "Wow, Dirk only has 11 points. He's not the guy ...

What I’ve learned from the poor start

When is enough, enough? For the first time in my 3 years as a Jazz season ticket holder and 25+ years attending games, I left before the final buzzer sounded against Houston. I always stay to the end win or lose - if only to watch the 11th and 12th ...

Glass Half Full? Some Hawaiian Hope.

Aloha from beautiful Hawaii. It’s my second day on the islands and my second day of rain. Conversely, it sounds like the weather’s been quite nice in Utah. I suppose Hawaii’s tourist industry can blame me for allowing the damp weather to follow me here. Oh well… even the rain is ...

The Disaster in Big D

Dear Jazz: Why? Why, why, why? Why do you play a great game for 36 minutes, build a 16 point lead, and then let a guy score 29 points on you in the fourth to fuel a 27 point turn around? Why was Memo Okur with his bad ankle and bad ...

5 Reasons to Panic

The Jazz are 1-3. In a season consisting of 82 games, it is impossible to get a good idea of a team only 4 games into a season. Or is it? Local sports talk radio hosts will tell you over and over again that it is only 4 games and ...

Jazz Can’t Prevent Rockets Launch

I know it's a cheesy title. I didn't want to start this blog that way, but after watching the game, I really didn't feel I had a choice. In a game where not a lot went right – I saw one area that went horribly wrong. While the Jazz didn’t ...

Who is Chase Budinger?

Tonight I had the great...honor?...of attending my first game this season. A little ways into the first quarter I leaned over to the guy sitting next to me, pointed at this lurpy strawberry blonde haired kid on the court and said, “Hey, who’s that guy?” “I don’t know,” the fellow fan replied, ...

A No Good, Rotten, Horrible Night!

To paraphrase the children's book, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, it was a no-good, rotten, horrible night. MrsJazz says I shouldn't write an article while I'm depressed over a loss. However, this is deeper than just one loss. With $40m in salary sitting out for part or ...

Rockets – Jazz: The Rivalry Continues

Stockton for three... yes! John Stockton sends the Utah Jazz to the NBA Finals!" The shot heard 'round the NBA. It was the first time the Jazz ever made it to the Finals, a turning point for the franchise which led to another championship series appearance and years of NBA ...

Jazz Face Their Biggest Rival Tonight

When Jerry Sloan’s players take the floor against the Houston Rockets tonight, the Jazz will extend their longest, most enduring rivalry. Most Jazz fans—myself included—hate the Lakers with far more verve and vitriol than we expend in our dislike of the Rockets. Currently, the Nuggets occupy more of our attention ...

The Kids

I call them “The Kids”. The 7’ 0” Kosta Koufos is just 20, and the 7’ 1” Kyroylo Fesenko is only 22. So, they’re just kids in terms of most NBA players. Also, Coach Sloan and his assistants tend to treat them as kids as well. Fes is as goofy as ...