There’s a new player on the Jazz roster. No, I’m not talking about Fes; although, wasn’t it fun to watch him play in the Laker game? No, the new player I’m talking about has been on the team before. I’m referring to one Andrei Kirilenko. Triple double, and near 5 by […]

‘AK & L-O-V-E’
“Happy, happy, joy,joy, happy, happy, joy, joy, happy, happy, joy, joy, joy.” (Ren and Stimpy).
Much to the chagrin of local sports reporters, Andrei Kirilenko was happy to report how happy he is; to the New York sports media. Here in the small fish pond, Andrei “dissed” local sports reporters when they asked […]

‘Spud, Playing Tall’ (Jerry Wachter - NBAE/Getty Images)

A “Think Thought” is a chance we have as a class to discuss and write our interpretation of a famous or profound quote. This weeks quote went something like this:
What lies behind you and what lies ahead of you is small in comparison to what lies within […]

‘AK with full coif battle gear’ (Melissa Majchrzak - NBAE/Getty Images)
The Memphis Grizzlies are playing the Jazz in Utah tonight with their 7 foot center Pao Gasol. Now, Senor Gasol has a little bit of a bone to pick with the Jazz, or at least with Andrei Kirilenko who still plays (and very well […]

‘O.K., they’re going to take a time out here’ (M. Majchrzak - NBAE/Getty Images)
No, this wasn’t a replay of a certain all time great guard from a school south of here (per Urban Meyer) who made a baseline to baseline dash with seconds left on the clock to win a huge game for his team. […]

‘D-Will: Winning Ways’ (Melissa Majchrzak - NBAE/Getty Images)
FINAL SCORE — JAZZ 103 CAVS 101
Where Amazing Happens
LeBron hits a three to tie the game at 101 and D-Will goes the length of the floor for a lay-up with one second left.
Give Ronnie Brewer some credit he nailed both free throws to give the Jazz the 101-99 […]

‘Still the Money Man?’ ( NBAE/Getty Images)

As I listened to the radio today, I turned to a local sports program. Broadcaster, Alema Harrington expressed his concerns about Memo not being the 3-point shooter of last year that earned him the nickname “money-man.” In the second half of last season and during this preseason; […]

“Failure to plan for succession is planning to fail.”
- J. K. Williams; President & CEO– Williams Buggy Whip Co., Inc.; 1902
Mr. Williams might not have known in 1902 that the end was imminent, but obviously he was not successful in plotting a viable transition strategy for his company. Known as the buggy whip syndrome, […]

While my last entry about Jerry Sloan as a leading man (you know - in the suaveness department) was a little sarcastic, it wasn’t sarcastic in the sense that Coach Sloan deserves to be rewarded for his leading role in the NBA. Not just by every coach or sportscaster ever interviewed about the Jazz […]

John Stockton could have driven drunk through Temple Square on his way to referee a dog fight, while pumped full of steroids, crack cocaine and horse tranquilizers, and shouting anti-Republican rhetoric and he never would have been booed in Salt Lake City. Every summer Karl Malone could never decide if he was disgruntled or merely […]