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Originally Posted by unluckyseventeen
According to Phil Johnson, Araujo is hands down the hardest worker on the team and has busted his butt this year to try to get into the rotation. I'd pin Araujo's success on Araujo moreso than Sloan.
Walton was moreso praising the all-around team of the Jazz because they are in excellent condition, they are disceplined, smart and they play good basketball beacuse of Sloan. Last night they looked like a solid playoff team coming in and taking care of business. Nevermind that 3 of our starters were out for most, if not all of the night, the Jazz still whooped their arch-rivals and made it look easy.
And damn, I must say with guys like Araujo emerging, this Jazz team is DEEP. Scary deep. We just beat a .500 team just with our bench and one proven starter, and made it look pretty much effortless.
God, I love this team.
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Sorry I haven't been around in a while, everybody - been busy at RaptorsChat.ca. I've been following my boy Deron still, though - and cheering on the Jazz and being amazed at their success with all the injuries.
I just can't believe that with all the success around the team, the hottest topic here is...Kris Humphries and Rafael Araujo.
Humphries is not in a good place; he's far less talented than Garbajosa and Bosh and Bargnani and doesn't have the upside and athleticism of Joey Graham, so there isn't much burn for him. That was the case going into the year, and that's the case now. Hump hasn't exploded, but he hasn't lost out. Hoffa, on the other hand, has Jarron Collins for competition at the backup pivot role, and that's it. And he's failed to prove himself a more valuable piece than that plank, which says something.
Neither player is much of a rotational player. Both have had their chances to become one, and both haven't cut the mustard. Both are good guys and hard workers, it's just that they aren't very good.
Oh, well - both teams are doing well enough and their positive stories are played out well-enough that they need to amuse themselves by endlessly discussing trivialities. And that's exactly what both guys are - trivialities, in the grand scheme of things.
Oh, I also wasn't aware that that having 40 DNP:CDs was considered a "success" story. I guess I had overinflated estimations of success.