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Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute
Those were the John Lithgow....George Karl years, no? Or were they the Nellie years?
I remember the ugly incident in the Salt Palace in the playoffs between the Warriors and Jazz back in about '85 or '86. Karl Malone and George Karl going after each other; Golden State bench surrounding Karl Malone; and fans trying to go after the Warriors players.
I miss those days of Utah Jazz basketball when they played the true Jerry Sloan "beat the crap out of the opponent and not worry about any repercussions" style of ball.
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Those were the first Nellie years. Then Don Nelson got some crazy idea "Lets trade Mitch Richmond to Sacramento for Billy Owens" Then they started drafting players like Chris Gatling, and Todd Fuller. Garry St. Jean then came in to "Save" the franchise and took Joe Smith number 1 overall, and then traded for washed up players like John Starks, Mookie Blaylock and Terry Cummings.
Even the drafting of Webber number 1 wasnt to bad, because at least they had Sprewell in his prime, that was the last year they made the playoffs. Webbers rookie season.
Then for some reason after Garry St. Jean ruined Golden State they kept him on board, and after getting a steal in the 2nd round by drafting Gilbert Arenas they gave Erick Dampier, Adonal Foyle and Danny Fortson an obscene amount of money and were unable to resign him or Antwan Jamison.
Then Mullin comes in as GM and drafts Dunleavy, Diogu, and Murphy and gives some obscen money to Dunleavy and Murphy. However he may have redeemed himself by making the Indiana trade, as long as Stephen Jackson doesnt get killed on the streets of Oakland him and Harrington were a great pickup. He also managed to dump Derek Fishers contract, and traded for one of hte leagues best PGs when healthy for virtually nothing in Baron Davis.
Imagine this starting 5, Antawn Jamison, Gilbert Arenas, Baron Davis, Jason Richardson, Adonal Foyle. With Monta Ellis, Andries Biedrins coming off the bench. That is a tough team.