Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
Well that was fun. Here are our two bits of evidence so far this season: good team on the road = we are a bug to their windshield. Awful team at home = narrow win. Tonight alas it was good team on the road time.
My planned theme for tonight broke down after I seem to have misplaced my starter notes on it, and attempts to flush it out/recreate it with google searches were going very slowly. However, watching us get pushed around inside all night like the scrawny little weaklings we are, I decided on an impromptu replacement theme: Guys We Could Use On Our Frontline
Salmons ( B+ ) -- by far our best player in the first quarter, and I think finished it 4 of 4. Struggled in the second though, and was perhaps pressing the issue. Came back out refocused in the third, and was pretty much our best player from there on out. Still shooting the ball very well from outside, which is opening up his game. Continues to not rebound, which is doom for a team in desperate need of it, but created several shots for teammates when he actually got his head up. Another 20+ pt game. Now Ron is back...what now brown cow?
The Gubernator -- best thing about this guy? He's already in town. Just make the call Geoff.
Thomas ( D ) -- started slow, ended slow, but did show a little activity on the glass to help us stay close there in the second quarter. Also made some good passes in there. Unfortunately what he spent the most time at was getting absolutely mauled inside by Carlos Boozer. When your starting power forward goes 0pts 5rebs and theirs goes 32points 10rebs you should know there might be a slight problem. Yet the problem keeps on coming back, and this year's "solution" is going to be graded next...
Magnus Samuelsson -- I was actually looking for a picture of 4x World's Strongest Man Magnus ver Magnusson, but could not find one, and so settled for another Magnus. Thsi one was only a 1x World's Strongest Man, but would still use Mikki as a freakin' toothpick. Let's sign him up.
Moore ( D ) -- with Brad's injury got to start one more day. Was pulled quickly in favor of Shareef, who was pulled back nearly as quickly. Mikki returned, and racked up 35 minutes of awesomeness. Was muscled out of the way by whichever member of the Jazz were lucky enough to run into him, and dropped balls, fumbled passes, had rebounds bounce off the hands...they should just get this guy another pair of sneakers for his hands as much use as they are. In the second quarter dropped a surefire layup pass from Kenny and then missed the buzzer beater to end the first half. Did surprise by converting on an actual post move (and drawing the +1), and in classic Mikki fashion, did enough to avoid the F. This time he occasionally grabbed some rebounds, as apparently any non-rebounding sofite who lines up at center for us is going to get some nowadays. Tonight it was 9 for Mikki (Like Brad, he was all alone on the glass too, with nobody else getting more than 5). Which is over twice his usual, although you scarcely notice him in there.
Ed Coan -- the self described "greatest power lifter in the world. Looks like he might be a littel short to play inside, but then again, you notice the bar bending there across his back? And the six big guys standing around him to try to catch it if something goes wrong? That'll happen when you are lifting 1000lbs! Which means he might literally be strong enough to walk out of the arena carrying our entire starting lineup on his back. And maybe throw in a spare Douby or two just for the hell of it.
Martin ( B- ) -- very quietly led us in scoring in the first half. Was efficient, but obviously having little impact, and I was frankly a little surprised to see him finish half with 12 points. Was not consistently staying close to his man either. In the mid third provided us with the illusion of a comeback with back to back 3pt shots after the Jazz inserted Jason Hart to guard him, but I'm not sure if scored a point after that. Did little else than score either (2rebs 0ast), and looked a bit dispirited out there. Would have even said he might have been tired, except I can't think of any reason he would be unless he broke Theus's cufew last night for one of those wild and crazy Mormon parties. Shot efficiently, and was 4-6 from downtown, but unable to get the FT thing going, and that was the difference in his point total tonight. The Jazz of course are always going to play you very physical, and the refs weren't calling anything ticky tack. Did provide us with our only blocked shot of the night, as without Brad "the Hoppin' Hick" Miller in there, our intimidating interior presence was quite missing.
Anthony Mason -- and here is one who even played basketball. Mason was big, strong, mean, nasty and did I mention mean? He would also come right in and be sure to continue our treasured tradition of grumpy old PFs.
My planned theme for tonight broke down after I seem to have misplaced my starter notes on it, and attempts to flush it out/recreate it with google searches were going very slowly. However, watching us get pushed around inside all night like the scrawny little weaklings we are, I decided on an impromptu replacement theme: Guys We Could Use On Our Frontline
Salmons ( B+ ) -- by far our best player in the first quarter, and I think finished it 4 of 4. Struggled in the second though, and was perhaps pressing the issue. Came back out refocused in the third, and was pretty much our best player from there on out. Still shooting the ball very well from outside, which is opening up his game. Continues to not rebound, which is doom for a team in desperate need of it, but created several shots for teammates when he actually got his head up. Another 20+ pt game. Now Ron is back...what now brown cow?
The Gubernator -- best thing about this guy? He's already in town. Just make the call Geoff.
Thomas ( D ) -- started slow, ended slow, but did show a little activity on the glass to help us stay close there in the second quarter. Also made some good passes in there. Unfortunately what he spent the most time at was getting absolutely mauled inside by Carlos Boozer. When your starting power forward goes 0pts 5rebs and theirs goes 32points 10rebs you should know there might be a slight problem. Yet the problem keeps on coming back, and this year's "solution" is going to be graded next...
Magnus Samuelsson -- I was actually looking for a picture of 4x World's Strongest Man Magnus ver Magnusson, but could not find one, and so settled for another Magnus. Thsi one was only a 1x World's Strongest Man, but would still use Mikki as a freakin' toothpick. Let's sign him up.
Moore ( D ) -- with Brad's injury got to start one more day. Was pulled quickly in favor of Shareef, who was pulled back nearly as quickly. Mikki returned, and racked up 35 minutes of awesomeness. Was muscled out of the way by whichever member of the Jazz were lucky enough to run into him, and dropped balls, fumbled passes, had rebounds bounce off the hands...they should just get this guy another pair of sneakers for his hands as much use as they are. In the second quarter dropped a surefire layup pass from Kenny and then missed the buzzer beater to end the first half. Did surprise by converting on an actual post move (and drawing the +1), and in classic Mikki fashion, did enough to avoid the F. This time he occasionally grabbed some rebounds, as apparently any non-rebounding sofite who lines up at center for us is going to get some nowadays. Tonight it was 9 for Mikki (Like Brad, he was all alone on the glass too, with nobody else getting more than 5). Which is over twice his usual, although you scarcely notice him in there.
Ed Coan -- the self described "greatest power lifter in the world. Looks like he might be a littel short to play inside, but then again, you notice the bar bending there across his back? And the six big guys standing around him to try to catch it if something goes wrong? That'll happen when you are lifting 1000lbs! Which means he might literally be strong enough to walk out of the arena carrying our entire starting lineup on his back. And maybe throw in a spare Douby or two just for the hell of it.
Martin ( B- ) -- very quietly led us in scoring in the first half. Was efficient, but obviously having little impact, and I was frankly a little surprised to see him finish half with 12 points. Was not consistently staying close to his man either. In the mid third provided us with the illusion of a comeback with back to back 3pt shots after the Jazz inserted Jason Hart to guard him, but I'm not sure if scored a point after that. Did little else than score either (2rebs 0ast), and looked a bit dispirited out there. Would have even said he might have been tired, except I can't think of any reason he would be unless he broke Theus's cufew last night for one of those wild and crazy Mormon parties. Shot efficiently, and was 4-6 from downtown, but unable to get the FT thing going, and that was the difference in his point total tonight. The Jazz of course are always going to play you very physical, and the refs weren't calling anything ticky tack. Did provide us with our only blocked shot of the night, as without Brad "the Hoppin' Hick" Miller in there, our intimidating interior presence was quite missing.
Anthony Mason -- and here is one who even played basketball. Mason was big, strong, mean, nasty and did I mention mean? He would also come right in and be sure to continue our treasured tradition of grumpy old PFs.
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