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MHSL82, how could we forget the magic words?

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See, you did say the magic phrase. And of course your unwavering believe in the past tense, "were", is applied to your steadfast belief in the present tense, "are".
What tense is "even if"?
 

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John Stockton would have said the magic phrase if Sloan told him to say it, after good wins.

And I'd say it if you were John Stockton telling me to say it.
 

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What tense is "even if"?
Ok, here's my attempt.

Verbs can have both tenses and moods.

The phrase after "even if" is subjunctive mood.

The tense is future conditional.

And, if you read the quote below, you believe in the Magic Phrase in every tense. You just have to publicly state it in this thread after big wins. All of the remaining games that the Jazz play in this season qualify as big wins. So I'll just patiently wait for you to say it, after one of them.

Preferably after more than one of them.

Also, I know that you strongly believe that the Jazz Are The Best Team In Sports, in every tense possible across every spoken, written, non-verbal, and ESP language, in our solar system.
 

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So, I'm not sure if the game last Saturday belongs in this thread.

The Jazz let the game get close.

While it's good they pulled away, I have higher expectations for the Jazz.

They should have a few near wire to wire wins (lead for 90% minutes or more), and road blowout wins.

That's the kind of game I was expecting, and that's what SHOULD get mentioned in this thread.
 

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For the first time this year:

The Jazz Are The Best Team In Sports.
 

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It's been 11 months since this has been said.

The Jazz Are The Best Team In Sports. [For beating the Spurs.]
 

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I'd normally "like" your above post, but then I think you would take that as me saying those words. Nope. Notwithstanding whatever you may try to twist my actions or words, I will not say those words right now. (Umm, I actually did literally say "those words right now" but I did not those words out, you know?)
 

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I'd normally "like" your above post, but then I think you would take that as me saying those words. Nope. Notwithstanding whatever you may try to twist my actions or words, I will not say those words right now. (Umm, I actually did literally say "those words right now" but I did not those words out, you know?)

Can you passionately please post what words you're not supposed to say?

I need to make sure I understand what you think you don't want to say.
 

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Can you passionately please post what words you're not supposed to say?

I need to make sure I understand what you think you don't want to say.

I'm not the best attorney out there, but I'm not going to fall for that. :D
 

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I'd normally "like" your above post, but then I think you would take that as me saying those words. Nope. Notwithstanding whatever you may try to twist my actions or words, I will not say those words right now. (Umm, I actually did literally say "those words right now" but I did not those words out, you know?)

Liking a post wouldn't mean as much to me as you actually saying it. So I wouldn't want you to just "like" it after all these years. I'd want you to really say it and feel it.

I'm not the best attorney out there, but I'm not going to fall for that. :D

Well, I wouldn't want to trick you into saying it anyways. I'd want you to really mean it and think it and smell the victory from the paths of glory.
 

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Also, since the Jazz lost to the Spurs a few days later, I don't know why type of team in Sports they are anymore.
 

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Liking a post wouldn't mean as much to me as you actually saying it. So I wouldn't want you to just "like" it after all these years. I'd want you to really say it and feel it.



Well, I wouldn't want to trick you into saying it anyways. I'd want you to really mean it and think it and smell the victory from the paths of glory.

A few corrections to this post. I meant that when you say the Magic Words, I'd want you to really mean it again. Emphasis on the last part, since you've already said them once, so it wouldn't be your first time saying them.

If I didn't add this clarification, then someone might be confused and think you'd be saying the words for the next time, when you do say them.
 

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A few corrections to this post. I meant that when you say the Magic Words, I'd want you to really mean it again. Emphasis on the last part, since you've already said them once, so it wouldn't be your first time saying them.

If I didn't add this clarification, then someone might be confused and think you'd be saying the words for the first time, when you do say them.

Except I never said those words.
 

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@MHSL82 was so ready to say the Magic Words if the Jazz won yesterday. It would have been extra true since that would have meant a win over the Champs.
 

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Gobert: Jazz Don't Deserve Those Magic Words - Gobert: Some Jazz players 'don't compete'

I see these kind of quotes often whenever a team with expectations has a bad loss.

I don't know if I agree with the assessment yet. Tomorrow and Sunday April 2nd are the last 2 national TV games before the playoffs, so we'll see what I think then.
 
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