Hello Minnestoa Timberwolves

Last month the legendary coach, Jerry Sloan, retired after twenty-two hard years as the Utah Jazz head coach. No one really knew what happened to him. Was he getting to old? Was it Derron Williams and his cocky attitude? Or was it simply that he was just done?


At first, I personally thought that it was Derron's fault. I figured that Jerry was sick and tired of putting up with all the cocky players. Jerry had had a long, great NBA coaching career and yet, he didn't need to put up with there jerky attitude. News reports came out that Derron had changed a play that Jerry had called, which didn't make Jerry to happy, and lead the Utah Jazz to a loss. It would be the first of many.


A week or two after Jerry retired the news came out totally randomly that Derron Williams had just been traded to the New Jersey Nets. Keep in mind, two years ago the Nets had the worst NBA record ever! It made people start wondering what really happened with the Derron and Jerry situation. Would Jerry come back? Why did Derron leave if now Jerry was gone? Did Jerry retire because he knew Derron was going to leave, and he didn't have the energy to rebuild a whole new Utah Jazz team?



After losing Derron and Jerry, the Jazz have had some lots of problems. They have lost 16 out of there last 23 games, just last night broke a 7 game losing streak at home, and almost have a losing record. Before all of the drama by the Utah Jazz, they were 6^th in the playoff spots. Well guess what they are now? 10. The playoffs aren't looking to bright of an opportunity for the Jazz.

Each team has there ups and downs. This is obviously a down for the Jazz. We don't have a star player, and five of our players from last year are starting on a another team this year. They could make there own “leave Utah” team. Usually each team has a star player. Kobe Bryant and the Lakers. Dwight Howard and the Orlando Magic. And now it's __________ and the Utah Jazz. I like to put it this way, hello Minnesota Timberwolves. Hello the team that is star-less, coach-less, and needs all the help they can get.

Maybe I am just a poor sport, but now I don't really want to cheer for the Jazz. I wish Jerry Sloan was still our coach, and because of the mess that Derron caused with him and leaving, I don't really want to cheer for the Jazz. Last night, I was watching them play the Sacramento Kings. They Kings need lots of help too. They aren't very good. So sadly, this was going to be a good game. At the end of the 4^th quarter it was close, and soon lead to overtime. The crowd was on there feet because the Jazz were winning by one point. I wasn't even there, but you could hear it in the crowd. It sounded like a playoff game. It sounded like the Jazz were beating the Lakers or something. I mean seriously people! How desperate can the people in Utah get to see the Jazz win? And yes, they did win. Which means Ty Corbin there new coach has won two games! Woo hoo! It was incredible to me that the people could get so into the game, and so loud, just to see the Jazz beat the Kings.