30 Teams, 30 Days: Utah Draft Preview
The Jazz have a roster full of free agents, so drafting the right player with the 20th pick is extremely important.
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Filling In, Or Replacement?
Paul Millsap's play gives Utah options when Carlos Boozer opts out this summer.
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Coaching Instability
Jerry Sloan is the longest-tenured coach in the NBA, and thanks to a growing rate of instability in the coaching ranks, he's part of a dying breed.
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Jazz Eyeing Knicks Moves
With New York’s primary concern being to get under the salary by 2010 and being less worried about fielding a competitive team in the present bodes well for Utah’s future since they are owed a first round draft pick.
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Jazz Find Needed Solace at Home
What is it about this Jazz team that makes it so difficult to win on the road?
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A 6th Man Title Rising?
Andrei Kirilenko’s ability to accept the role as the multi-dimensional weapon off the Jazz bench has, in fact, been a major reason for the newfound energy and success that the one-time NBA All-Star is enjoying.
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The Right Pick?
It ended up not being Roy Hibbert for Utah, which could be a good thing because Kosta Koufos has more upside.
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Pre-Draft Summit: Utah Jazz
Things are looking bright for the Jazz with Deron Williams in town, but fans seem to be split down the middle regarding their confidence in the front office.
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Bombs Away
The Utah Jazz have been shooting lights out from long distance over the last two home games they have played at the Energy Solutions Arena. During these two games the Jazz have combined to shoot 56% on 27-48 from three-point territory.
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D-Will Is For Real
Deron Williams may not be as flashy of a dribbling machine as Allen Iverson, but his crossover has become the most efficient since the cross-up step-back-three days of Tim Hardaway.
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Korver Brings New Life To Jazz
The acquisition of Kyle Korver and his play so far in Utah is already reminiscent of when Jeff Hornacek was also acquired from Philadelphia.
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A Win At The Right Time
The streak-snapping win over the Sonics helped the Jazz regain confidence in their defense as they held the Sonics to 75 points and forced them into an atrocious shooting night of 33% from the field.
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Kirilenko Reloaded
Just a few short months ago Andrei Kirilenko's future in Utah looked very bleak, but once again he is now a crucial element of a very good Jazz team.
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Jazz Just Need A Sharpshooter
Utah is almost there. The defense is respectable. The inside-outside game is impeccable. But their glaring weakness is outside shooting.
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Utah One Of Many Teams To Not Improve This Summer
Sometimes it’s the teams that stand pat in free agency – and yet are the ones who needed vast reconstruction – that speak volumes.
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30 Teams, 30 Days: Utah Draft Preview (25th)
We expect the Jazz to focus on a shooter, as their style lends itself to a smaller line-up. With that said I don’t think there is a player the Jazz couldn’t use, aside from maybe a point guard.
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A New Style Of Jazz
Utah's system, which Coach Jerry Sloan has played to the tune of two finals appearances and 1035 regular season wins, is based on fundamentals, precision, and effort. It’s structured offense at its finest, and as long as the band is in rhythm, the Jazz can make some beautiful music on the court. Deron Williams, however, seems to like the occasional solo.
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Added Depth Should Provide Optimism For Jazz Fans
Although it appeared uneventful, the offseason proved fruitful for a team sorely lacking depth. Position-by-position, the Jazz have improved through a combination of the draft and a pair of minor trades.
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RealGM All-Time Draft: Hornets Versus Jazz
The RealGM All-Time Draft returns with a Utah team comprised of Wilt Chamberlain, Sidney Moncrief, Mich Richmond and Chauncey Billups against the Hornets who are stacked with George Mikan, Bob Cousy, Reggie Miller, Latrell Sprewell and Andrei Kirilenko.
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Jazz Trying To Shoot Loaded AK-47 With Safety On
Andrei Kirilenko is one of the most unique talents in the NBA today and the Jazz are trying to build their post-Malone/Stockton era around him, but after a series of mistakes in the draft and an injury-ridden Carlos Boozer has given that plan some hardships.
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Everybody Has A Chance
A big reason why the Jazz will have a chance this season was their ability in the off-season to solidify their point guard position. Their draft of D-Will (Deron Williams) was huge. D-Will has showed early sparks of his potential during summer league games as well as in the first couple games of the preseason, especially during the October 13 game at Indiana where he led the Jazz with 17 points and 6 assists.
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Ten Reasons Jazz Fans Should Have Hope For The Upcoming Season
Between having a heavier AK-47, an in-shape Okur, Ostertage back in town and having a top-3 pick running the show, there are a lot of reasons for the city of Utah to be optimistic.
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Deron Williams Will Be The Key To The Jazz’s Future Success
Aaron Bronsteter was one of many who questioned the decision of the Utah Jazz to select Deron Williams over the proven and still stealthily improving Chris Paul of Wake Forest with the third overall pick. The fact is that the Jazz had made up their mind and were absolutely sold on Williams from the outset. In a few years, it can be decided who made the better selection, however, the Jazz cannot wait until later and will expect Williams to contribute immediately.
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A New Hope
The Jazz needed to make a move. Fortunately, the Blazers were infatuated enough with High School sensation Martell Webster, to make a move. In exchange for the Jazz’ 26th pick and a second round pick from this year’s draft, and a first round pick in next year’s draft, the Blazers put the Jazz in a position to draft a player they really needed. The only choice left for them is which player would fit in their system better. That player, was Deron Williams.
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Champaign Party
"Get me Deron Williams," I imagine him gruffly imploring Jazz GM Kevin O’Connor and/or Owner Larry Miller as the extent of his involvement. And so they did, sending a pick they’d gotten from shipping out Jon Amaechi’s and trading Pituitary Podkolzine to Dallas, and another pick derived from Carlos Arroyo’s insubordination.
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The Jazz Want Deron Williams In Salt Lake City
The Utah Jazz continue to keep fans and media guessing.
Do you take the highest rated player on the board, or do you draft to fill a need?
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Finally Replacing Number 12
The Utah Jazz are now two seasons removed from the post season, and are looking at making the move back there, through wise moves in the draft. Since John Stockton retired the Jazz have struggled to fill the point guard vacancy he created when he left and a man named Deron may be annointed to fill that spot.
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Jazz Stumbling Along
While Kirilinko is slowly developing into a leadership role, no one currently has what it takes to get the job done for the Jazz.
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Jazz Mid-Term Report
The Jazz’s season grade would be a solid D, after a promising 6-1 start, they have gone down ever since.
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Jazz Trade Bait On The BLOCK
Trade Carlos Boozer for Lamar Odom: Most people would consider this trade insane, mostly because Boozer is averaging more points per game, and at this point the Jazz can use all the points they can get.
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Can't Knock The Mailman
Karl Malone did not want to go out this way. His fans didn’t want him to go out this way. They wanted to see him go out winning The Finals on the floor of the Delta Center.
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Project: Help!
Should the Utah Jazz make a trade? The answer to that question is fairly obvious to anyone who follows them.
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Rough Week For The Jazz
The Jazz struggled again last week. After the loss against New Jersey on Saturday night, they went 1-2 for the week and their overall record fell to a troubling 15-30, 16.5 games behind the Seattle Supersonics in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference.
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Long Winter Days
On Friday, the Utah Jazz made a trade that many had suspected had been in the works for a couple of months. The Jazz sent PG Carlos Arroyo to the Pistons in return for veteran C Elden Campbell and a first-round draft pick.
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Gifts For The Jazz After The New Year
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Pyrrhic Victory
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Win Or Die
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Bring on Van Horn
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Busy All-Star Weekend
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Is This Team Really That Good?
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