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Found October 15, 2009 on The Moonball Blog:
PLAYERS: Deron Williams,  Ronnie Price,  Ronnie Brewer,  Kyle Korver,  Andrei Kirilenko,  Carlos Boozer,  Mehmet Okur,  Kyrylo Fesenko,  Shawn Marion
TEAMS: Utah Jazz,  Dallas Mavericks

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The preview began with the League’s sorriest teams and the lottery likelies, before digging in with the might be somethings. The next tier of teams are playoff locks hoping for home court in the first round. Each of these teams is capable of a first round victory, but none are mighty enough to mess with the contenders. Let’s kickoff with 3rd best in the up and coming Northwest.Utah JazzPG Deron Williams Ronnie Price Eric MaynorSG Ronnie Brewer Kyle KorverSF Andrei Kirilenko C.J. MilesPF Carlos Boozer Paul MilsapC Mehmet Okur Kosta Koufos Kyrylo FesenkoUtah has a solid a nucleus as any team in the League. A near super star in Deron Williams, a powerful frontline with the Booze-hound, Okur and Milsap, and skilled position players in Brewer, Kirilenko, Kyle Korver and C.J. Miles. Over the past three seasons, this basic crew had win totals of 51, 54 and 48. They will likely win around 50 again this year. So why does such good team seem stuc...
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