Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Derek Jeter, and John Elway come readily to mind.
The Utah Jazz and Destiny are on a collision course and the junction will be a seven foot center from the University of Pittsburgh. Aaron Gray.
Gray fits all the criteria of a future Utah Jazz center.
Clean cut? Check.
Soft? Check.
Slow? Check.
White? Check.
Sucks? Check.
From Gentle Ben Poquette through Jarron Collins, the Jazz have had a procession of centers who fit most, if not all, of these qualifications. Sure, some were not clean cut (Rich Kelley), some were not white (Felton Spencer, Mike Brown, Olden Polynice) and some were not soft (Mark Eaton and Billy Paultz). Some fit all qualifications (Greg Ostertag, Curtis Borchardt, Jarron Collins). They all sucked. Aaron Gray will easily fill the bill for the Jazz.
To cement his future with the Jazz, Gray put his talent on display against UCLA last evening. In a move that would make Jazz management proud, he had a point blank layup attempt that would have cut the UCLA lead to five with over 16 minutes to go in the game. He Harpringed it. In the game, he stepped up like the Future Jazz Center that he is and totaled 10 points on 5 of 11 shooting. He also managed 6 rebounds in his 32 minutes of floor time. The tallest player on the court managed one fewer rebound than the UCLA starting shooting guard.
Destiny may taunt us. She may tease us. Gray might be drafted by another team. He may even play for another team. Don't let her fool you. She has played us for fools before with Curtis Borchardt and Rafael Araujo. The only time she turned her back on the Jazz was Shawn Bradley. I believe that the only reason we were let off the hook on that was because she was too busy sending J.R. Rider, Zach Randolph, Damon Stoudemire, and Darius Miles to Portland.
Get ready, Jazz fans, Aaron Gray is coming your way. It is destined.
Harpring Sucks.
1 comment:
What IS he doing with the ball in that picture?
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