PLAYOFF BOUND!!!! (TYLER)

Well folks it is now final... The Utah Jazz are in the Playoffs! 

The Jazz currently sit 8th in the Western Conference and will face the San Antonio Spurs in the first round of the playoffs, but the Jazz do have a chance to move up to 7th if Denver loses their next two games and the Jazz beat Portland on Thursday night. However it all shakes out the Jazz will be in an uphill battle in the first round, playing San Antonio if they stay at 8th Seed, or playing Oklahoma City if they make it to the 7th seed. Both prospects don't look to promising but the Jazz will get some valuable playoff experience for their young team, and Al Jefferson will finally make it back to the playoffs since he has only been there once, his rookie year in Boston before he was traded to Minnesota.

The only downside i can see to this chain of events is that the Jazz will now lose their own first round pick in the upcoming draft to Minnesota via the Al Jefferson trade, and will have to rely on the Golden State Warriors to land 8-14 in the lottery or the Jazz will be without a first round pick in what some say is one of the deepest drafts they have seen in a while.

But for now lets all celebrate making it into the playoffs and hope that the Jazz give the Spurs of the Thunder all they can handle in the first round. Here's to the PLAYOFFS!!!!

PLAYOFFS OR NOT PLAYOFFS!! (TYLER)

THIS IS MY DILEMMA!!!


So to put a little background behind my dilemma let me fill you in on a couple of details with the Jazz. The Jazz are set this year to receive Golden States first round pick in this years draft if the Warriors end up eighth or below in the lottery... also the Minnesota Timberwolves will receive the Jazz's first round pick if the Jazz make the playoffs (from the Al Jefferson trade). So now that you all know this, know that this years draft is supposed to be one of the deeper drafts the NBA has seen in a while. There is a lot of good players.

Currently the Jazz are just outside of the Playoffs sitting at 10th in the Western Conference. One and a half games behind Denver who is 8th. The Jazz have five games left in the season with four of them at home against Dallas (tonight), Orlando, Phoenix (who is currently 9th), and Portland. Their only road game is at Portland.

So me being a Jazz fan, i want my team to make the playoffs first off, but also want them to show well in the playoffs, you know, at least make a series of it and not get swept. And after talking with a friend of mine James Rust at ESPN700 he brought up a good point about all the young players on the Jazz getting some playoff experience even if a little. I really want to see the Jazz do well and keep progressing.
However, seeing as the Jazz would lose their first round pick to Minnesota if they do make the playoffs they would have to rely on Golden State to win enough games and luck out in the lottery so that the Jazz would get their pick in the first round. My worry is that the Jazz if they win enough and Golden State loses enough or gets lucky enough, then the Jazz wouldn't even have a first round pick this coming year and would lose out on some real talent coming out of college and would stay about par in the league.

So my question to all of you is what would you prefer... make the playoffs and chance not having any first round picks, or not make the playoffs and secure your own pick and possibly have two picks in the first round?

I don't know myself and i'm just about to the point of just being content with whatever happens which is lame. Let me know your thought in the comments below. And GO JAZZ!!!!..... i think.

Its Playoff Time! (Casey)

Its coming down to the end of the winter sports in america and the Playoffs are right around the corner. With the NBA season winding down and the NHL playoffs starting tonight its the beginning of some of the most exciting competition you will ever see. Now as most of you know I'm a big football fan and I love the NFL post season as well as the College football Bowl season but there is one set of playoffs in my mind that tops it and its the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The NHL playoffs if you have never seen them before will draw you in and get you hooked faster than any other playoff series. Unlike the NBA and the MLB playoffs the NHL plays almost every night, the intensity is ramped up and its unlike anything you have ever seen. This sports brings in the best of all the things I like to see, hitting, speed, ablility to do things that I could never do, and in some instances fighting. I think one of the more exciting first round games this year is going to be the Pittsburgh Penguins VS the Philadelphia Flyers. These two teams hate each other, in one of the last games of the season there was a big brawl that broke out where even the coaches where yelling at each other. The tension is high and it should be alot of fun to watch. So enjoy the playoffs whether they are the NBA or the NHL they are always a good watch!

I wanna hear from you, what sport has the best playoffs and why;

NBA?

NFL?

NHL?

MLB?

MLS?