People tend to rag on Jason Hart more than he deserves, in my opinion.
In case you haven’t heard, the Utah Jazz have traded Jason Hart to the Clippers for veteran point guard Brevin Knight, much to the delight of many Jazz fans. (Well, the Jason Hart leaving, at any rate. Most Jazz fans don’t know much about Brevin Knight unless they play Fantasy Basketball.)
With the twenty-third pick in the 2008 NBA Draft, the Utah Jazz select…
Well, the Jazz couldn’t quite pull it out against a very defeatable Los Angeles Lakers team.
Where should the Jazz go from here?
A lot of sports writers announced the Kyle Korver trade as a savior for the Utah Jazz. The Jazz finally got a long distance threat to spread the opposing defenses. The Jazz got a missing piece of a practically complete puzzle.
And the only things given up were a protected first round draft pick and Gordan Giricek, who of late had found himself in Jerry Sloan’s doghouse. Korver is likely worth more than either of those players, at least to the Utah Jazz, and everyone knows that yet another rookie would only make the Jazz even less experienced than they already are. They got something for essentially nothing.
Right?
The Utah Jazz have officially reached the Elite of the West now.
All kneel before them!
Um, well. Not quite.
The Houston Rockets apparently still had a grudge for losing the seventh game to the Utah Jazz in the first round last year.
They came into the Energy Solutions Arena and beat the Jazz, largely behind the play of one man — Tracy McGrady. The Utah Jazz are known to allow high profile shooting guards to have their way offensively — which is largely the reason why they picked up Jason Hart and Ronnie Price in the offseason.
Well, apparently they haven’t improved much in that department as McGrady went off for 47 points, but it is still early in the season. (more…)
