Uh-Oh

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700264794,00.html

Boozer and hammy's don't go well together.  Lets hope this is just a pre-season precaution.

"Breast Cancer Launches WNBA Awareness Month"

"NEW YORK— Leading representatives of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation announced Wednesday that the month of October would officially be known as WNBA Awareness Month, and commemorated the occasion by donating $80 million of their funds to promote the early detection and ultimate eradication of the all-female basketball league."

The rest of the article can be found at this link:

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/breast_cancer_launches_wnba

Sam Cassell In The Celtics Championship Parade

An Unexpected Reversal of Fortunes

Well, it's finally over.  The Boston Celtics are the 2008 NBA Champions.  I guess they didn't get the memo that the new Laker dynasty was supposed to begin this year.  If you would have polled 10 people before the series began and asked them who would win, I would bet that eight of the ten would have said the Lakers without even thinking.  That is as long as you didn't ask anyone that actually played for the Celtics.  Not only were they not afraid of Kobe and Co., but they just knew that they would win.  And that, is exactly why Boston was able to beat them.

The Jazz could definitely learn a few lessons from this Celtics team.  That killer instinct and confident attitude that Boston seemed to possess this year is something that has been eluding the Utah Jazz since even back in the Stockton and Malone years.  On paper, we have a top-three team in the league as far as talent is concerned.  Yet for some reason we think we are still the underdogs trying to knock out the big dynasty to steal a title.  When we played the Lakers this year in the conference semis, it is obvious that we thought that we would be lucky to win that series.  We played desperate and outside of our game throughout the whole series. 

To be fair, some players do get it.  Obviously Deron, but I would add Harpring and Memo to that list of players who don't play scared.  Three isn't enough though.  We need an emotional overhaul for the team (not to mention a defensive one as well).  I hope that these concerns are also concerns for Kevin O'Conner.  Talent alone isn't enough to win (just look at the Knicks) and the Jazz have been great about focusing on good player attitude before adding anyone to the roster, but maybe we need to start adding killer instinct to the list of qualities that they look for in a player.  

The Jazz can win the title, but it will take some more pieces and a lot of killer instinct.  That is a reversal of fortunes that I could definitely get used to.

Sam Cassell Will Return To Home Planet Following The Playoffs

Manu's days are numbered...

I am glad to see that the higher ups in the NBA have been reading our blog and have decided to take action:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3416579

Show Me The Title!

In response to MJ's comment, I thought I'd make a list of some possible blog names. It doesn't necessarily have to be sports related, but maybe it does. Your thoughts?

The Boys of Summer
Clutch Players
Random Rantings
Digital Sports
One Team One Dream
I Can't Wait Again
Uncommon Service
Human Capital