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Draft lottery recap
May 19, 2009 by
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The draft lottery just finished with Blake Griffin sentenced to start his NBA career with the Clippers. The Jazz, meanwhile, avoided the potential nightmare scenarios of either the Knicks or the Thunder landing the No. 1 overall pick. In fact, however...
Lottery primer
May 18, 2009 by
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Having done this for five years now, I'm convinced that the No. 1 thing we overcover as NBA writers is summer league and the No. 1 thing we undercover is the draft lottery, which can reverse a team's fortunes overnight. Want proof? Just look...
Nichols update
May 18, 2009 by
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There was an item out of Syracuse, N.Y., last week that the Jazz had expressed interest in Demetris Nichols, a 6-foot-8 forward who has appeared in 18 games the last two seasons with Cleveland, Chicago and New York. Nichols spent time with the NBA...
Williams left off all-NBA teams
May 13, 2009 by
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Deron Williams was the odd guard out Wednesday when all-NBA selections were announced by the league. Williams finished with the most points (105) of any player not voted to the first, second or third teams. The all-NBA first team: LeBron James, Dirk...
Off-season update
May 12, 2009 by
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It has to be a tough month for Jazz fans, who are going to have to wait to get the ball rolling on the off-season. The NBA draft isn't until June 25 and the opt-out deadline for Carlos Boozer, Mehmet Okur and Kyle Korver isn't until June 30. ...
A blog update
May 09, 2009 by
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With Ross finishing up a few well-deserved days off after the Jazz season and me working on some other assignments, we won't have a chance to update the NBA blog for a few days. Just wanted to let you know. -- Steve Luhm
Gone Fisher-ing
May 07, 2009 by
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I have a question. When, exactly, did the Lakers' Derek Fisher lose his fastball? I mean, it happens to every athlete. But Fisher's performance in the first round of the playoffs against Utah and in the first two games of the Western Conference semifinals has been shocking...
Sloan is on the road back
May 06, 2009 by
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I called Jazz coach Jerry Sloan on Wednesday afternoon, thinking it would be a good time to check on his recovery from knee replacement surgery. In the years I have covered the Jazz, Sloan has always been completely accessible. I've never been without his phone numbers in McLeansboro...
The end of the Rocky Mountain Revue
May 02, 2009 by
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According to our archives, we've run 777 stories mentioning the Rocky Mountain Revue in the years since 1990. That's 38.9 stories a year. I know because I scanned the first paragraphs of all of them Friday for background info on the league's cancelation...
Deron Williams' summer
May 01, 2009 by
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It has been a busy past two summers for Deron Williams, between playing for USA Basketball in the FIBA Americas championship in Las Vegas in 2007 to negotiating a max contract extension with the Jazz last July and winning gold at the Beijing Olympics. ...
Jerry Sloan's exit interview, Part 3
April 30, 2009 by
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The last part of Jerry Sloan's interview as the Jazz cleaned out their lockers Tuesday at EnergySolutions Arena: Q: Carlos Boozer said he saw himself as one of the cornerstones of the franchise and could see himself again in a Jazz uniform. Where...
Jerry Sloan's exit interview, Part 2
April 30, 2009 by
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More from Jerry Sloan's final exchange of the season: Q: Was Paul's Millsap's emergence one of the highlights of the season for you? A: "When you have a player that's drafted down the line like he was. He was...
Jerry Sloan's exit interview
April 29, 2009 by
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By the time you read this, Jerry Sloan could be undergoing surgery to have his right knee replaced. Sloan has been battling pain almost since the start of the season and was hopeful he could have the surgery as early as Thursday after the Jazz were eliminated. ...
Locker clean-out, Part 3
April 29, 2009 by
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Not suggesting it was the case, but I asked Jerry Sloan if he thought there were any locker-room divisions that contributed to the Jazz's demise. "I thought they were a pretty good group of guys," Sloan said. "When I get on an...
Locker clean-out, Part 2
April 29, 2009 by
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Mehmet Okur offered an update on his father, Abdullah, who was hospitalized last November in critical condition. Okur left the Jazz on a five-game Eastern Conference trip to fly to Turkey and attend to his father. "He's doing better,"...
Locker clean-out, Part 1
April 28, 2009 by
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It took 87 games for Ronnie Price to prove his worth to Jazz coach Jerry Sloan, nearly leading the team back from a 22-point second half deficit to stun the Lakers in Monday's Game 5 of their first-round playoff series. With that comeback falling...
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