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Show pfim Em New Look . JBm Need AM su r i aki: it i v - After lU-hmtf ik' '"" 1,11 'ele- Um ami l,K'" "" llK' Sah 'If' I'll wc I''"' a ,uiul llHk ,lt h"iiic iMH"IK'r ,or Ilu" J,l " s ' . f sa- ih.il owr thing isn't the m"S ()M.V been 'Wl naniON, vlh losses h till' J.I. "ltd HO OHO unhhinctlK' panic button hulcci-,in hulcci-,in thins h.nc moo J out. ' lU'ivtlicii.iie sonic observations Julius u-.ir's club over the one u'.u it.co. H)K(;K1' THEIR t-. tveotd in "Xu-mmsoii. ll'i-" Ja slill need Qfju.in P.inik's. I hey shouldn't LxXiu'locompioiuisc to gel him. af-i af-i .ill the 1:11 docs have his name I Line Jolted lino and is obligated IX p,! ihis season, hut no nuclei uu they do it the still need QCXmikn. IlL iVwit '.lit' slulch on SatuiJ.a he J.i neeJeJ someone to get llK'ni the points and Dantlcy wasn't I H-ie ll,s replacement, John 'ew, has been held undei Ins p.c-seasonavaage p.c-seasonavaage the Inst lwogan.es. A bad night lor A.I), was 20 points hut as he showed on opening nielli havl night I'oi Diew is live points. ANO I 111' factor is the bench situation w ith A.I), gone. When he needed a rest a year ago D,ew would come oil the pine and supply immediate scoring help I his season sea-son v, ith Drew starting the reserve tole is handed to J.J. Anderson, ln'anted J.J. is a popular player with the fans Inn he doesn't till up the nets with points like Drew used to. Mabe Drew just isn't cut out lor stalling. The attendance at the home opener had to he a disappointment lor the J.i officials hut once again the people of this area have shown they only Lack a winner. Sure the Ja won last year hut the fans seem to he taking a what have von done for me this ear approach to thcJa. Mavbcit w as just because SPORTS COMMENTARY the C lippers were in town and not the fellies, but even at that the Ja were the only show in town thai night and still drew under ten thousand. ANOTHER fact showing up already is that second year man Hob Hansen has turned into an offensive threat this year. A year ago Hob was used only as a defensive defen-sive stopped against big guards but after leading the Ja summer league in scoring this past summer Hob has shown he can put points up on his side of the hoard as well us keep them off the other guys. Some felt the Ja blew another draft pick when they selected John Stockton this past season but already he's shown he is a great pick. A year ago when Green left the lineup the Ja slowed down to a walk but with Stockton running the club the track meet continues. ANOTHER FACT is that the Ja still need more points from the center spot. Mark Eaton is doing a tremendous job of clogging up the middle on defense, he's already got more blocked shots than most teams, but he still needs to look to score more. The bottom line though is tlv Ja. just aren't the same withoi-Dantley. withoi-Dantley. Some have felt the on way to solve the Dantley situati is to trade him but there have been many takers. In fact the ru. mor at the Palace was the Ja ho offered him to just about ever team but there were no takers, l ace it no one else wants or needs A.D. but it's clear the Ja need him. IHIS DIVISION is much improved, im-proved, all one had to do was gel a look at Houston on Saturday to sense that, and to repeat the Jazz need all the ingredients of a year ago. Thurl Bailey, who didn't play against the Clippers, is improved. Hansen is improved. Eaton seems more mobile and the Jazz are better at point guard with more depth. The bottom line is they need A.D. |