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October 08, 2009 by
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Bulls 102, Jazz 101
October 06, 2009 by
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After watching Tuesday's game, just wondering if anybody else flashed back to last season, when the Jazz were playing the Bulls and the long rebound from Derrick Rose's jumper went right to Larry Hughes, who let fly with a game-winner at the buzzer? Different continent, same...
Tuesday report
October 05, 2009 by
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From the beginning, the Jazz regarded this trip to Europe as their version of NBA jury duty. After watching C.J. Miles go down Monday with a ruptured ligament in his thumb, I'm sure they're probably ready to head home. It's pretty sobering...
Live from London
October 04, 2009 by
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Believe it or not, this trip to London has been less rough than your garden variety back-to-back during the regular season. I've had a lot worse weekends going from New Orleans to Memphis on no sleep than going from Salt Lake City to London over two days. ...
Friday report
October 02, 2009 by
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Yahoo.com's Marc Spears checked in with the Jazz at practice Sunday and offers a pretty sharp analysis of the Carlos Boozer situation in this Friday story. Most significantly, Spears touches on the sensitive subject of Boozer's decision not to attend Larry...
Jazz 103, Nuggets 87
October 02, 2009 by
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The replacement referees were competent. Carlos Boozer heard cheers from the crowd. Those were the two things to take away from the Jazz's preseason opener Thursday, a game that should best be forgotten by lunch Friday. With overseas trips, the...
Wednesday report
September 30, 2009 by
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From my first year covering the Jazz, I'll never forget Jerry Sloan joking that the greatest value of the first home preseason game was making sure his players knew how to get to the arena. It was Kyrylo Fesenko's rookie season, so Sloan sounded perfectly...
Tuesday report
September 29, 2009 by
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Unfortunately, we don't get a chance to watch the Jazz practice this year during training camp - - they've opened one practice to the public in years past at Boise State - - so there's no way to assess how things stack up early in some of the position...
Monday report
September 28, 2009 by
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You might have missed the news this summer, but the WNBA for the first time allowed teams to have game jersey sponsors. The Phoenix Mercury wore jerseys featuring the logo for LifeLock, an identity theft prevention company, while the Los Angeles Sparks wore jerseys...
Williams sizes up his understudies
September 28, 2009 by
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I talked to Deron Williams the other day, and he was certainly in a good mood.I asked the Jazz's incumbent point guard about first-round draft pick Eric Maynor.His response?"Should I be scared?" Williams said.It wasn't the answer I expected, so I felt compelled to...
Sunday report
September 27, 2009 by
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For the first time since 2003, the Jazz are holding training camp at their practice facility. Given their weeklong trip to Europe in the preseason, general manager Kevin O'Connor felt it would be too much travel to leave town for camp as well. ...
Media day
September 25, 2009 by
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It was difficult to listen to Carlos Boozer on Friday and not come away convinced that a trade would be in the best interests of both the Jazz and Boozer, which brings us back to square one as we head into the new season. Boozer offered no apologies...
The final hours of the off-season
September 24, 2009 by
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If nothing else, this preseason is going to be more interesting than last, when the Jazz had 15 players with guaranteed contracts and no roster spots left to claim. They will enter camp with 13 players under contract this year, one of whom will be...
Malone's stepfather dies
September 23, 2009 by
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I met Ed Turner a couple of times over the years. I remember him being a quiet man with an ever-present grin who obviously preferred staying in the background. Turner, the stepfather of former Utah Jazz star Karl Malone, died Tuesday after suffering a stroke about three weeks ago....
The Harpring situation
September 23, 2009 by
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There's been a lot of questions all summer about the financial implications of Matt Harpring's status. To the best of my understanding, here's the breakdown. For starters, Harpring's $6.5 million salary for 2009-10 became fully guaranteed midway through...
Changing of the guard
September 22, 2009 by
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Added up, Jarron Collins (201) and Matt Harpring (693) played a combined 894 minutes in the 2008-09 regular season. That's out of 19,880 minutes total for the Jazz, a shade under 4.5 percent if you're doing the math. Collins said Tuesday...
Koufos, Greece lose in Eurobasket semis
September 19, 2009 by
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Jazz center Kosta Koufos played the final 7:14 of Greece's 82-64 loss to Spain in Saturday's semifinals of the European championships in Poland. By the time Koufos checked in, Greece already was trailing by 22 in the fourth quarter. Koufos finished with four...
Koufos, Greece advance to Euro semifinals
September 18, 2009 by
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Kosta Koufos' chances of returning home with a medal increased Friday as Greece edged Turkey 76-74 in overtime in the European championships quarterfinals. Greece advances to play Spain in a Saturday semifinal and clinched a spot at next year's world championships...
Wednesday report
September 17, 2009 by
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The Morris Almond era - - if you can call 34 games that - - officially came to an end Wednesday with the news that the Jazz's 2007 first-round draft pick is headed to training camp with the Orlando Magic. Almond was widely expected to go to camp...
Ronald Dupree
September 14, 2009 by
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There are going to be a lot of folks in Orem rooting for Ronald Dupree when he goes to training camp with the Jazz next week. By all accounts Dupree was a great guy who helped the Utah Flash to the D-League Finals last season. Most fans have an appreciation...
Talk from the Hall of Fame
September 14, 2009 by
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Ten of the best quotes from Hall of Fame induction weekend that I have not yet used, just to put a cap on the enshrinement of Jazz coach Jerry Sloan and and former point guard John Stockton:-- Asked what his family members' reaction was when they first heard the news that he had...
On speeches, dodgeball and stirring it up
September 13, 2009 by
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There was a lot to like about Jerry Sloan's speech Friday night as he was inducted in the Basketball Hall of Fame - - particularly Sloan's description of "drugstore cowboys," as borrowed from his old basketball coach in McLeansboro, Ill. ...
Malone surprises Sloan, Stockton
September 13, 2009 by
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A couple of things today: No. 1: Karl Malone missed the Hall of Fame induction ceremony of Jerry Sloan and John Stockton on Friday night, but according to ESPN, he flew in from his home in Ruston, La., to join them for Saturday night's invitation-only ring ceremony and dinner at...
A long way from home
September 10, 2009 by
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Let me tell you something that probably you already know. It is a long, long way from Salt Lake City to Springfield, Mass., home of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. I left my house at 5 a.m. on Thursday for my seven o'clock flight. I flew to Detroit, where I had an hour-long...
Thursday report
September 10, 2009 by
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There's going to be a lot more interest than usual in the Jazz's Oct. 1 preseason opener against Denver if the NBA does in fact have to use replacement referees for the game. Talks between the league and the referees union have broken down, with the union...
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