Free agent Andrei Kirilenko will remain in Russia and finish the season with CSKA Moscow rather than return to the NBA, the team reported on its website Saturday.
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December 30, 2011
Over the past month Andrei Kirilenko has been weighing his options about returning to the NBA or finishing the season out playing in Russia.
Apparently home is where the heart is.
The free-agent forward and Russian superstar finally made his decision today by announcing he will remain with CSKA Moscow through the rest of the season.
"During this month I considered different...
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December 30, 2011
Starting center Al Jefferson missed Utah's game against the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night because of an inflamed right ankle.
The Jazz (0-2) made the announcement about 40 minutes before tipoff against the Sixers (1-1).
It was the first game Jefferson missed since being acquired in a trade from Minnesota last year. He started all 82 games last year and the first two for...
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December 31, 2011
Teams looking for a little boost along the front line will not be getting an AK47. Andrei Kirilenko came back to the USA as a free agent has decided to return to CSKA Moscow and play in NBA this season, TalkBasket.net confirmed. Kirilenko will join up with his CSKA Moscow teammates on January 3rd, after…
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December 30, 2011
Derrick Favors scored a career-high 20 points and added 11 rebounds in his first start for Utah, and the Jazz beat the Philadelphia 76ers 102-99 in their home opener Friday night to avoid their first 0-3 start in 32 years.
Paul Millsap added 14 points and 14 rebounds for the Jazz, who have beaten the 76ers seven straight times at home and in 21 of the last 23 meetings in Salt Lake...
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December 30, 2011
Paul Millsap will start in place of second-year pro Derrick Favors.
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January 01, 2012
NBA: Utah Jazz’s offense stands still and wings pay the price
By Brian T. Smith
The Salt Lake Tribune
Published Jan 1, 2012 05:37PM MDT
Four games into a new season, the Jazz’s slightly rebuilt offense has been defined by two unattractive facts: The ball is sticking and points seldom come easy.
While starters Al Jefferson, Paul Millsap and Devin Harris still form the core...
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December 31, 2011
Last night the Sixers had an opportunity to gain momentum in this young but yet shortened NBA season. Instead Doug Collins’ troops dropped a winnable contest against a Utah Jazz squad still searching for an identity 102-99.
The Sixers blew a 13-point second quarter advantage to the Jazz who came into their home opener without center [...]
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December 31, 2011
The Warriors on Friday decided not to sign free-agent center Kyrylo Fesenko , leaving a roster spot open to potentially sign another guard. The fifth-year, 7-foot-1, 288-pounder and the Warriors had agreed to the terms...
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December 31, 2011
Kyrylo Fesenko is strongly considering signing with the Mavericks after backing out of a deal with the Warriors.
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