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Posted by: Derek S. on April 16th, 2012
The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of the Utah Jazz.As it’s finals week I’m lucky enough to have one of mine be about the Jazz and I thought who better to involve then the Jazz Faithful. If I forgot somebody that posts often on the articles I apologize and hope that you will post below.
I have 5 questions that are simple and direct and will hopefully help give me an A.
1. On a scale from 1-10 (10 being the highest) how big of a Jazz Fan do you consider yourself? What aspects are you basing your number on?
2. How would you describe how the Jazz made you feel this year?
3. When the Jazz beat teams like Miami and the Thunder what are the first thoughts or words that come to mind?
4. And along the same lines how do you feel when the Jazz lose to New Orleans… Twice, and Sacramento and Raptors at home?
5. Finally, do you want/think the Jazz will make the Playoffs this year??? Is it best if they do?
I’m excited to see what you have to say!
Thanks!
PS. Go Jazz!
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1. 10, I watch every game, read every article, listen to every interview and think about them throughout the day.
2. Excited – Disappointed – Confused – Ecstatic – Angry – Excited
3. Amazement.
4. Pure disgust.
5. There is still hope and I want them to but if they don’t the team must move on and build around our young players.
1. 10, sadly.
2. I think when the season is done and over, I’ll feel satisfied with their performance compared to my expectations at the beginning of the season. But having glimpsed their potential and having had SO many close games slip away, having stolen games we shouldn’t have won, I would describe my feelings at this juncture as disappointed they didn’t over-achieve to the level I believe they could have by simply beating the teams they should have. I’m also excited for Favors and Hayward and the future.
3 & 4. That those teams didn’t take us seriously enough. We really weren’t blown out by many teams this year, and we beat a lot of them. Sadly, we also lost to teams we shouldn’t have and totally negated our ’steal’ wins.
5. I would prefer them to make the playoffs than get a 14th pick in the draft. We have quite a few other assets that we don’t necessarily NEED that 14th pick, which is a crapshoot at best. Playoff experience would be more beneficial to our young core, IMO, and I would like to see Al make the playoffs. BUT, I think the Jazz have shot themselves in the foot and played down to the level of teams they should have beat and won’t make it in now by one or two games.
1. probably between 8 and 9, i can do better, stop working, stop sleeping and watch every game on the net…..
2. up and down, like always, unfortunately it’s the rule when your only choices are win or loss
3. a win is a win, and Miami and OKC mean almost nothing for me, i’m an old fan and these teams have no history and no history with us, Dallas Denver Houston SA, the old midwest division rivalries mean more to me, these games are games to win, and vs LAL of course…..
4. the glorious uncertainty of sport…… and then i hit a wall with my head
5. PO, always, this is why we fight for years after years, this is what the NBA is about……
1. 9 – only missed 1 or 2 games this year.
2. Bipolar
3. Suck it ESPN!
4. Go to a Turkish bath house
5. Playoffs! Doesn’t matter if we get swept – it allows players to take their game to another level, psychologically.
1. I am a 10 even though some may not think so I want the best and am always thinking of ways to improve the team.
2. I am surprised we did as well as we did but would have loved to see more effort when we needed it and would have liked some of our young guys to play a little more and get consistent minutes a little more then they did.
3. Ecstatic! Lost my voice yelling at the T.V during the Thunder game and the Heat game.
4. Same way that the teams above thought we had no chance we thought those teams had no chance even though we had all ready been beat by the Hornets. And every game with Sacramento was close.
5. I agree to try and win and get in the playoffs but I do not think getting swept helps either. I think we could give the Thunder a good matchup in the first series. So either way I am happy. I am not going to be heart broken either way. But maybe missing out this close will force our young guys go into the offseason with a hunger to get better. Plus I think a full off season will help every one a ton. I do not think it is a coincidence that both Favors and Hayward came on after the All Star break it was like breaking them in where as the off season would have done that for them.
1. On a scale from 1-10, I am a 10. I have watched or gone to every jazz game this season, and last season I only missed two games. I own t-shirts, jerseys, flags, stickers, blankets, etc. I follow all of the blogs and tweets online, and though I am young (22), perhaps my most prominent childhood memory is that of John Stockton sending the Utah Jazz to the NBA Finals! I am die hard.
2. Joy, Sorrow, Depressed, Enthusiastic, Excited, Perplexed, Satisfied, Unsatisfied, in Love?
3. Playoffs here we come! (afterthought: If we can beat these guys, why can’t we beat New Orleans or the Queens?)
4. I somewhat already addressed this question, but to expound: our losses to New Orleans were heart-breaking. We can string along wins against the best teams in the league, but we struggle against a team full of D-League Caliber players
5. I think that they can make the playoffs if they can beat Dallas tonight. That is their only chance. I think that it is best for them to make the playoffs and provide post-season experience for our kids (the young guys). We have to give the draft pick up eventually to Minnesota, and I am not very impressed with this draft aside from four or five players. Make the Playoffs!
1-10
2-Happy, disgusted at times, but over all very pleased
3-pleased, we have most of the talent to be a contender
4-didgust- we have the talent but just did not get it done
5-possibly, but even if we don’t we have had a great year. With young players with no summer program and a short training camp, and games so close together that we had little or no practice time, Our Players and Coaches have done an outstanding job this year and I am proud of all of them, with a player or two picked up in the draft or by trade, we could be a great team mext year.
1. On a scale from 1-10 (10 being the highest) how big of a Jazz Fan do you consider yourself? What aspects are you basing your number on?
10, no question. I’m basing this from the fact that I’ve been watching the Jazz since I was born. My family told me that we would watch the games on tv while I was being held by someone in my family. Also, you ever want to see a grown man hold back tears? Get me watching old videos of Stockton, Malone, or just the older games.
2. How would you describe how the Jazz made you feel this year?
Confused. We win some amazing games, and then we lose some games that are hard to deal with. Some were good close games that was just the luck of the night. Some (NO games) we shouldn’t have lost. I know we are growing. I guess that’s how it makes me feel also…growing pains.
3. When the Jazz beat teams like Miami and the Thunder what are the first thoughts or words that come to mind?
Just amazing. Knowing that we can go out and we have that potential to win against those teams just shows the other side of the growing pains.
4. And along the same lines how do you feel when the Jazz lose to New Orleans… Twice, and Sacramento and Raptors at home?
Those are the games that you get your first responses to the growing pains of this team, and of these players. The lost to Sac I can handle because it was by 1 point. I was at a Sac game in which we won by 1 point. They have young talent also. NO games….kind of just shake my head, but you don’t just get no one for trading CP3.
5. Finally, do you want/think the Jazz will make the Playoffs this year??? Is it best if they do?
I do want the Jazz to make the playoffs. I think that would mean a lot to Hayward and Favors. I have to admit, I have a man-crush on Hayward, and I’m on board with a lot of other people that say he is going to be something that no one could see during draft night. I’m also waiting for Favors, Kanter, and Burks to come into their own. We are seeing it with Favors. He is taking that Sophomore leap with Gordon. Gordon just started doing it a little earlier. I don’t really think there is any over-dipping for those two. I think they will get that taste in their mouth of what the playoffs are like. I also think with Millsap and Harris on this team, they will know how it feels to be in the playoffs with this team. I believe, unless you are just unreal talent, and/or a super-vet, playoffs taste different with each team.
1- 10, ’cause, im not from USA, and I see every Jazz game, I have two shirts, nobody near me is Jazz fan, i see them since stock malone era, I read every jazz news…. deseretnews, sltrib, utahjazz360, nba.com, etc. Can I do something else?
2- happy, fun, angry, sad.
3- OMG we can do whatever we want.
4- OMG? WTF? why?
5- as i said, I really hope yes, but after n. orleans game, I was so sad that I was thinking no. Today I think yes.
1. 10-I watch every game, read every article, come on this site, constantly follow Locke, go to games, and have tons of Jazz stuff (Fatheads, apparel, posters, mousepad, license plate cover, plaque, felt logo thing, etc).
2. Bipolar. I was going to say this but I see someone beat me to it. More frustration and disappointment this season than anything, but still plenty of excitement.
3. Surprise and vindication. Makes it a good day. Hope cautiously that this is who the team really is and that maybe they are finally over the hump
4. A great deal of anger if the loss was due to lack of effort. Hateful toward the league if it was mainly the refs’ fault. Frustrated and more focused on our flaws. Feel like I’ve been let down and even deceived. Sometimes ruins the whole day.
5. I fully believe they don’t have it in them. I’d love to see them in the playoffs if the good Jazz show up. If the pathetic Jazz show up, I’d rather have had a lottery pick. I obsess over the draft for months so I really do want a lottery pick, but I’m furious at Golden State for tanking. I really wanted that pick. I think we’ll have to attempt to build through free agency if we don’t get it because this is a deep draft and next year’s won’t do half as much for us as this one could in my opinion.
@Derek S–Interesting final you’re taking…I’m curious as to what class it’s for? High school or college level? My guess would be psychology. We Jazz fans are clearly not sane.
If the Jazz were a topic of study at my college I would’ve had a 4.0!
Also, you missed a few big contributors to the site: Patrick, Jason Michael Crannel, and JC Swan. The Jazzbots not so much.
1. An epic 10. I’m not gonna lie, I’ve missed several games this season for a variety of reasons, but you can bet your ass I checked the box score every 30 seconds.
I spend an unacceptable, ridiculous amount of time thinking and obsessing about the Jazz. I waste countless hours of my time on nba.com, jazz.com, uj360, slcdunk, saltcityhoops, espn, bleacher report, and real gm. I go see games I can’t afford to see. My girlfriend, who never watched sports, knows every player and all the history of the Jazz, and is now a big Jazz fan by osmosis.
2. The Jazz have made me feel high, invincible, unbeatable, awesome, optomistic and excited. They’ve also made feel furious, angry, outraged, depressed, broken, defeated, and hopeless.
3. When the Jazz win, I have a good day. When the Jazz lose, I have a bad day. It’s that simple. When they win over a “big” team I feel a surge of pride, cockiness, vindication, triumph, having beaten the odds, risen above the challenge, come out on top, a sense of the underdog coming up big.
That feeling, that elation that comes with a big Jazz win is something that isn’t really equalled by anything in my life. Everything seems better. My attitude, mood and general disposition are all improved.
4. The polar opposite. I’m pissed off, everything sucks, I feel betrayed, dissapointed, like I’ve wasted my time. Depressed, deon’t enjoy things as much. My general outlook becomes negative.
My girlfriend doesn’t like to be around me when the Jazz lose. NO ONE wants to be around me when the Jazz lose.
5. I don’t think they’ll make the playoffs. I believe its more important for the future of the team to get a good draft pick. Any other year, I’d say it’s better for the Jazz to be in the playoffs.
It’s very clear that we are not a consistent enough team to win in the playoffs. We need to make a couple of big trades/changes before we’ll be ready for the playoffs.
Would I like them to be in the playoffs? Absolutely. There’s nothing more exciting than th electricity of a playoff game in ESA. It has to be experienced to be believed.
That said, I want to WIN in the playoffs. So I’m holding out for next year.
1. One of your Finals is about the Jazz!!! Awesome.
10, Easily. The one constant throughout my whole life has been the Jazz. No matter were I was, the Jazz have always been a substantial part of my life. I have missed class to watch Jazz games; I have negotiated my work schedule to watch Jazz games. The Jazz are my life. My relationship with the Jazz is the longest intimate relationship I have ever had. If only I could marry the Jazz……
2. All the emotions in the emotional spectrum: from total frustration to total jubilation. When the Jazz were fixing to fight with the Mavs, I felt like the Mavs were messing with my family.
3. “F*** You LBJ and Wade!!!” and “Why can’t the Jazz play like this every night?!”
4. I feel angry and helpless. So I log on to Utah Jazz 360 to vent and participate in a type of support group atmosphere. It makes me feel better that I am not insane for caring so much about the Jazz.
5. I know the Jazz will make the playoffs!!!! I think it is best if they do make the playoffs, mainly because a lot of players have played so hard that, if there is any justice in the universe, they should be rewarded by making the playoffs and they deserve it. If only Big Al would completely commit himself to playing D!! Please Big Al!!
Jazz beat OKC in 6; Memphis in 5; Lakers 6; and Miami in 5. NBA champs……Big Al play some D and box-out! Please.
GO JAZZ!!! Run the Table!!!! 5-0!!!
I’m excited for the Jazz more than any of you, for them to get to the playoffs that’s most important! I do know that you Jazzbots aren’t all that 100% supportive of the team. Tells me you are all skeptics!
Hope I’m not too late for this.
1. 10— I plan my life around the Jazz. I wish more than anything that they were a true contending team and I look forward to the day when they once again play for the title, and bring one home for all of us fans. At the same time, I’m always cautious about being a blind homer. This team has a ways to go before becoming that contending team I dream of, and I look forward to watching the team grow toward that potential.
2. Encouraged— this team did better than most people thought they would, despite the letdowns. They will continue to grow and get better with each season.
3. Growing
4. Growing pains
5. I want them to. The fan in me is dying for them to be in the playoffs. I wouldn’t be heartbroken if they don’t, though. This team showed some glimpses of greatness, and as I said, had an overall better season than most expected. Next year they’ll keep getting better. An asset like the lottery pick would help us long term as well.
Do I THINK they will? Honestly, I have no idea. It’s entirely possible, but probably not too likely. They would basically have to win out, first of all, which they are completely capable of doing. But will they? We’ve seen them lose a handful of games recently that they should have won. If they play at the level they are capable of playing, they will win out, and with some help from a few other teams losing, the Jazz will be in the playoffs. Here’s hoping.
Thanks for the questions Derek,
1. 10, pretty much a huge fan since the very early days
2. Excited and frustrated both at the same time
3. These guys can play great basketball
4. Why is there so much inconsistency
5. Yes I think they will make the playoffs. probity lose in the first round, but still get to play a few more games.
1 – I would give myself a 7. I really started following the Jazz at the end of 2010, and never been able to go to a game. On the other hand, I’ve watched almost every game since then on my cpu, listened to the draft on the internet, and it’s not like I’m a bandwagon fan
2 – More satisfied than disappointed. Having started following the team when I did, and judging by all the predictions and the first 4 games of the season, I feared this was going to be a loooong season. It’s very enjoyable to see the youngs, especially Hayward, develop. On the other hand, there’s a bit of frustration for some games we lost.
3 – This team can be huge. Specifically about the Heat game, it was “I gotta talk to my cousin” (who’s a big Heat fan).
4 – The Raptors game made me particularly angry. I just couldn’t believe they got beaten to such a bad team, and without their best player on the final strech. Add to my irritation that I had to listen to the Toronto announcers the whole game.
5 – Playoffs, without a doubt. I just can’t root for my team to get beaten, it would hurt me. If the Jazz ever undoubtedly decides to tank a season (due to a draft system with which I wholeheartedly disagree), I think I’d stop watching the games until we “are allowed to win” again (but keep following the scores). It’s one thing to lose while trying to win – I’d never stop watching because of that. But losing on purpose, that’s something I would not watch.
And it’s always better for a team to make the playoffs, IMO. Players, especially the young ones, have to get used to winning.