Jazz on TNT

 "Beat LA, Beat LA, Beat LA" Chants could be heard all around Salt Lake City as the final horn blew.  Yes, this game was huge for the Jazz.  Yes, they were coming off of a 5 game losing streak.  Yes, they were 3-7 in the last ten games.  Yes, they were the very young underdogs.  Yes, this team was mixed up with two huge deals just two days before the game began.  But still Yes, they won, and they won by double digits.  These Jazz youngsters would not give up against the stacked Lakers crew of: Steve Nash, Kobe Bryant, Antwan Jamison, Pau Gasol, and Dwight Howard.  Each Jazz youngster scored except for Alec Burks, who still enjoyed a steal and a block.  Austin Rivers was named the Jordan Player of the Game:

Other News and Rumors around the league:

The Players of the Month have been named:

                      East:                                                                                                        West:
              Dwyane Wade                                                                                            Kevin Durant

"It's a huge honor, and I will continue to play at this level, but in the end, its all about the ring." -Kevin Durant said about winning the West player of the month.



"Man, Me and LeBron were working on improving my game over the summer because I have been gradually losing the skills we need to repeat, apparently it paid off, I just need to continue this level of play.  Go Heat!" - Dwyane Wade on his great performance in the first month of basketball.

WEEK 5 Power Rankings are out:

Biggest Jump: Bucks (+6)

Biggest Drop: Suns (-8)

Monthly Recap!!!

Also: Trades have been made,

On the trade to the left the Jazz swapped Jamaal Tinsley and Paul Millsap for Austin Rivers and Solomon Jones, This trade was made to grab a much needed young talented PG, the Jazz soon after dropped Jones.

On the right trade the Jazz give up Mo Williams to give Rivers time to start, they also give up Randy Foye to get Bradley Beal, Trevor Ariza and a First round pick, This makes thier young core great!  They now have: Rivers, Beal, Burks, Hayward, Favors, and Kanter in thier Core.

Week 4 Power Rankings are out:

It's Simple, Mo Got Hot.

Mo Williams "In your eye" Buzzer beater shot to send the Jazz into overtime

"Man, I can't believe it.  I simply got hot." That pretty much explains it all, being down 7 with 40 seconds left that is pretty much the only line you can say.  In the game Mo drilled 9 threes, a new record, and shot 100% from three, he only missed one of his 12 field goals and ended with 34 points.  Carmello Anthony also scored a game high 18 points in the first half and played very well.  With 1/2 second left Mo Williams hit a dagger to tie it all up.  Bottom line of this game; DANG!

Other news and rumors around the league:

• Rumor says that the Spurs might trade Gary Neal.
• Jerryd Bayless out for season with torn MCL
• Deron Williams and Joe Johnson both out for Brooklyn, Williams is expected to be out 1-2 weeks Johnson is expected to be out 2-4 weeks
• Al Jefferson out with Back Spasms for 1-2 weeks
• Malik Allen Retires after 12 year career

Week 3 Power Rankings are out:

Second week:

Jazz Fight hard but can't grab a road win against 1-3 Bobcats.

They fought hard but just couldn't steal a win.  The final score was 69-65 Bobcats, They now are below .500 at 3-4 and at 21 in the power rankings.  This match was a story of one on one with Mo Williams grabbing 25 points and Ramon Sessions tossing in 27.  But when it came down to it Kemba Walker was the deciding factor with 17 points.  The Jazz on the other hand have been an exciting team with a lot of potential, it will be fun to watch this team grow and possibly contend.

Other news and rumors around the league.

Mo Williams and Ramon Sessions both win players of the week honors.
Lakers reportedly shopping Steve Nash.
This Week: Jazz somehow snatch win in South Beach
Brandon Jennings has reportedly declared for free agency

Week 2 Power Rankings out:

Rockets overcome Jazz 56-49

Too little too late is this games obvious story line.  The Jazz must have noticed they were down by 16 when the game was pretty much over.  Gordon Hayward was the one and only bright spot today but did it mostly in garbage time.  He shot 5-8 from the three point line and 8- 13 FG's which made him end up with twenty-one points.  Meanwhile Houston's trio of Kevin Martin, Jeremy Lin, and Chandler Parsons combined for 32 points, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists while only giving up 1 TO.

21 points is a lot in a five minute game don't be denied, but it isn't enough when your all alone being the only one doing any thing.

Other news and rumors around the league:

Report says that Jazz's Marvin Williams is attempting to sign a contract extension
Scoring Shooting Guard from Bosnia Asmir Pekmic has declared for the 2013 NBA Draft
Lakers crush Thunder 62-45
Celtics might be shopping K.G.

Pre-Season Power Rankings are out:

NBA 2K13 officially releases cover.

Just as we thought from the teaser image NBA 2K13 has 3 different covers just like 2K12. The cover boys are Blake Griffin, Derrick Rose, and Kevin Durant. But also in the teaser image was the Brooklyn bridge which was meant to represent Michael Jordan showing that he will have a big role in the game. Also in a couple of weeks NBA 2K13 is said to have the biggest announcement in 2K sports history.  Kataku has a great article about this same thing right here.  And you will get that information as soon as it comes out right here at nbabasketballvideogames.blogspot.com. Don't forget to comment what you think about the cover below.

NBA video games slipping out major clues to their cover boy.

NBA 2k has let a cover teaser accidentally slip out. Before this image got slipped out, Ronnie2k told his twitter followers to continuously tweet#UncoverNBA2K and for every tweet sent a new pixel would be added and so in this image you can clearly tell two blue griffins, seemingly representing Blake Griffin, eight red roses, supposedly representing Derrick Rose, and a gold tarantula , which would represent Kevin Durant (The Durantula). So what they could do is put all three on the cover, like Fifa traditionally does, or maybe three different covers like NBA 2K12 did with Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird.

What this teaser could also mean is that it will only be Kevin Durant.  As you see above Kevin Durant has tattoos on his chest the very top right tattoo is of a rose and the very top left tattoo is of a griffin.  So Durant is for sure the cover boy of NBA 2k13, while Derrick Rose and Blake Griffin could be in there too.

NBA Live has also released a teaser image, except theirs is different.  It doesn't give clues it just shows the exact cover except for the cover boy is darkened out.  But there cover shows one clue that I caught and it was that the man was wearing a headband that can only mean one thing.  It is LeBron James or Rajon Rondo and if you look hard you see a beard as well which means that LeBron James is going to get his first cover appearance the same year he gets his first ring.

We are not completely sure these men are the cover boys.  But I am sure that these clues do point out that these men have a very good shot at it.