Well Jeremy Evans was at it again last night. He had two made field goals against the Blazers and they were both dunks, pushing his percentage of made field goals that are dunks to a league leading 127%. Well done, Jeremy. Let the kid dunk. And go like all of the facebook pages promoting Jeremy Evans in the dunk contest, like this one. The Jazz and their fans have worked together to get players in the all-star festivities before and this year is no different. I think there is enough national recognition of Evans' talents at this point, that I think he ends up in the dunk contest.
If Evans is allowed to dunk in the slam dunk contest this year, it wouldn't be the first time a Jazzman has represented the team in the competition. Darrell Griffith competed in 1984 and 1985. Blue Edwards participated in 1991. David Benoit followed in 1993. Then Jamie Watson in 1995 and Deshawn Stevenson in 2001. Stevenson and Watson both made the finals and The Illustrated Man, Stevenson actually took second place to Desmond Mason. But if Evans makes the dunk contest, he will become the first Utah Jazz man to win the competition. Book it.
Wanna know how to shoot 81% from the field? This is how:
Do you see all of those zeros? Jeremy Evans has attempted 11 shots this year and they were all dunk attempts or lay-ins. He doesn't even try to shoot anything else.
Let's talk a little more seriously about Jeremy Evans for a minute. What is his ultimate role with the Jazz? If you have seen Jeremy try to defend the paint, you may feel, like I do, that Evans is best suited for the small forward position. The problem with that is that he would HAVE to develop a perimeter game. And by develop, I probably mean, create a perimeter game. He would need to learn to handle the ball much better and obviously how to shoot outside of 6 inches from the basket. But his length and athleticism would allow Evans to become a very good wing defender, if he wanted to. I am hoping that the Jazz scratch this whole "put on weight and become a power forward" thing and ask Evans to work on his shooting and ball handling. I think that is the only way he becomes more than an exciting bench player for 2 dunks a game.
Congrats to tjm538 for being the trivia contest winner yesterday. The answer was "players that the Jazz drafted with the 19th pick." Here's today's question for more prizes. What do these things uniquely have in common and is Jazz related?
Knight, Duke, Pilot, Delta
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They’re all affiliated with the Delta Airlines? just a guess
jazzyman - January 31, 2012
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1991 was a big year for all four?
Rog. - January 31, 2012
OG
Does Briggs carry Enzyte in the locker room? Gordon came out of the club house with a whole new sense of confidence. Gordons going big time.
neds - January 31, 2012
Olden Polynice has impersonated a Knight, a Duke and a Pilot for Delta airlines?
flibbidy - January 31, 2012
A knight, a dunk, and a pilot walk into a Delta lounge...
moni - January 31, 2012
Those are the final names that Jazz beat out in New Orleans during the name the team contest in 1974
Utah_Soldier - January 31, 2012
Crazy to have 2 correct answers posted within the same minute.
This one shows up first on my browser.
JazzHype - January 31, 2012
Well done. Send me your address to my email, if you would like to be mailed the prize.
clarkpojo - February 1, 2012
names that were all considered to name the Jazz
dianaallen - January 31, 2012
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Some how they are all tied to Malone. Bobby Knight cut him from the olympic team and Delta is the name of the arena. Duke he probably thinks PF from that school are lazy and injury prone. Pilot umm his fishing buddy stockton flew in a f-15 back in the day I thin Malone flew one also.
neds - January 31, 2012
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I think Jeremy Evans might be able to pack on weight once his metabolism slows down. Didn’t AK have problems putting on weight that led to the Jazz using him as a 3? I think there are a lot of us on SLC Dunk who believe that AK is a stretch 4 rather than a 3, and that it was a mistake using him as a 3.
I came into this year thinking that Evans should try to fit into the mold of a 3, but the more I watch him, the more I think he’ll be a better fit as a skinny, undersized 4. His help D is good enough on the inside to make up for his lack of post D. His ceiling looks like 7th man at best to me right now. Even if he doesn’t pack on weight, he definitely needs to get stronger. I was surprised he was still so skinny this year. For all the working out he did, he didn’t seem to get much thicker. I was hoping he’d fill out quite a bit over the summer. Hopefully he still can. AK certainly did.
JazzHype - January 31, 2012
sometimes the metabolism thing never changes . . .
i’ve thought as Clark that JE could make a fantastic lock-down defender at the 3 if that is the direction he wanted to go and the team wanted to take him. i only wonder if he has the tenacity/disposition/desire for it. i remember him last year having a decent baseline jumper as well – or am i imagining things there?
what have you seen that makes you think he wouldn’t make a good role playing 3?
jazzed - January 31, 2012
I remember a nifty baseline jumper too
Yucca Man - January 31, 2012
Yeah - it was a nice looking shot
But dang it’s fun watching him fly around the rim.
jazzed - January 31, 2012 via Android app
I'm not saying that he *couldn't*, but that it doesn't seem to be that natural for him.
I think he’s more comfortable playing on the inside and getting blocks, rebounding, etc. I think he would struggle with perimeter defense, especially when he’s on an island, and would constantly want to suck back into the middle for help D and boards, while leaving his man open for 3s. I’m also not convinced that he’s quick enough to guard SFs. He looks super quick as a PF, but I tend to think that most SFs he’d guard would blow right by him with a quicker first step.
On offense, I just don’t see him being a perimeter player. I remember watching AK play and thinking his passing was great, but that he’d be so much more disruptive playing closer to the hoop, tipping the ball out on missed shots, sneaking in for putbacks, things like that.
I think he could get there if he dedicated himself to it, but I tend to think that the perimeter game wouldn’t be natural for him at all.
JazzHype - January 31, 2012
I agree
It depends on how bad he wants it – or if he wanted it.
jazzed - January 31, 2012 via Android app
Wait, was it sideline reporter Steve Brown who won the Name the Jazz contest?
http://www.nba.com/jazz/features/History_of_the_Jazz_Name.html
Juan B - January 31, 2012
I'm guessing it's a different Steve Brown
But I don’t know.
flibbidy - January 31, 2012
RE: Jeremiah Evans
Love Jeremy’s dunks, but what we really need is a 3 on 3 streetball JV game to accompany each varsity game. That’s where Pogo would really shine. And there really aren’t enough minutes to go around right now in the varsity games for him to get serious burn.
Juan B - January 31, 2012
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