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I am an Idiot
Posted by: Jonathan Noel on November 17th, 2010
The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of the Utah Jazz.I am an idiot.
I have no problem admitting it. In fact, my idiocy self-awareness is probably one of my more redeemable qualities. (There is nothing worse than an idiot who doesn’t know he’s an idiot.) But don’t you worry about me; I have gotten along just fine being the moron that I am. I have a college education, a career, a beautiful wife and I even somehow managed to have 2 children. (I’m not THAT big of an idiot, ifyouknowwhatImean.)
Today I will validate my idiocy to save you the time of making the judgement for yourself. I will do so with the following admission: (deep breath) Over the summer I was in favor of the rumored Andrei Kirilenko for Boris Diaw trade. There I said it.
“What an idiot!” your’re surely thinking. Yes. Yes, I am.
But at least let me justify my rationale at the time. Andrei is expensive. Like really expensive. Like, you know those super expensive jeans everybody wears now-a-days with the really thick stitching and the fancy pockets that are all sticky-outy and tight and I don’t even know what the brand is because I get my jeans at Costco? Like that kind of expensive. Sadly, the unfortunate reality of today’s NBA is that us fans have to care about how much players gets paid and how it affects the salary cap. It’s really too bad.
But even more so, I think my favoritism of the deal hinged on an irrational desire simply for something different. It’s like if every time you go to your favorite Mexican restaurant and you get the Chimichanga. I mean every time you go there. (And you go there a lot.) Eventually, even though you love that Chimi (with the sour cream, and melty cheese and that awesome green sauce) you start to want something else just for the sake of change.
Plus, you realize that the Chimi is way overpriced.
Next thing you know you are ordering a tostada. It’s cheaper and is kind of, maybe, close enough to the Chimi that you think you won’t really notice the difference. Of course, when the bland tostada shows up you regret that you didn’t go with the old stand-by Chimichanga that you know you love.
(In case you are an idiot like me and didn’t follow that comparison, Andrei is the delicious Chimichanga and Boris Diaw is the tostado, except he would really be more like a Croissant roll stuffed with cream cheese, wrapped in a thick piece of bacon and deep fried in apathy.)
As I have watched this young Jazz season unfold, I have been grateful for all of the Chimichangas in my life. Even though Andrei is still overpriced (and still suffers from the occasional mental lapse *cough* Thunder game *cough*) I appreciate him and am glad he stayed.
But I am still an idiot.
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That takes guts. I think most of us felt that way about Andrei… and kind still do. He’s worth a lot when he’s on his game and I hope we re-sign him over the summer but for much, much, much less.
Nice admission. I am an Andrei sympathizer and love his game. I think he’s the type of player that when he plays well its not flashy. I think when he plays poorly though it really show. Nice post!
I think your blog also brings to light an inate impatience among Jazz fans with players who have been injured a lot. Thanks for the post. Good job!
I knew it!
Fes is like a smothered burrito. Earl Watson is like chips and salsa.
So funny!
I was always so against the trade and was so relieved when it fell through. I kept hearing how it would help to get Melo out of the division and it was worth it for that. I disagreed we beat him in the playoffs w/o AK and Memo. Its just one more year.
No AK isn’t worth 17 million or whatever he’s paid but we would not get any player that would be worth trading for.
I am glad we have someone who can set people up and knows the offense well besides Deron. AK is helping a lot with all the new players.
Ok, there have been many instances where AK has lost the game for the jazz. Take last year in Cleveland and just barely against OKC. I want to trade AK. For his money we can get someone a lot better who is a lot smarter with the basketball. I’m not saying Boris Diaw was that guy, but someone is. We need to find that someone.
Did anyone else get really hungry reading this?! I feel like you just did La Puente a favor since now for lunch I have to go and get a Chimi and a smothered burrito and then buy Jazz tickets. Sheesh….this post is going to cost me at least 100 bucks. Thanks a LOT!
@ jazzmanjosh
Like, say….Carlos Boozer? He got injured a couple times and Jazz fans were screaming “OFF WITH HIS HEAD!” I’m not a Boozer lover and I actually think Jefferson will turn out to be a huge upgrade. But Carlos did a lot more for this team than people give him credit for. For example: this year the Jazz are consistently getting outrebounded; when Boozer was wearing a Jazz uniform that rarely if ever happened. He did greatly lack heart and a desire to play any sort of defense so on one hand I’m glad he is gone. I just wish we still had his rebounding.
@A.G.: I am probably as guilty as anyone, but it is good to look at ourselves and evaluate if we are dehumanizing players just because they are players. If I work in a factory and hurt the hand I use to put widgets in boxes, I sure hope the rest of the factory will be more understanding of my situation than we are of players with REAL injuries. I have made fun of Boozer in the past, so this is probably sounding way hypocritical to most readers.
Mmmmm.. Chimichanga….