According to the Orlando Sentinel, Morris Almond will be working out for the Magic when training camp opens up on September 29th.  Apparently, the Magic plan on switching to a “Superman Defense”  which is where Dwight Howard stands underneath the opponents basket and tries to block shots, while the rest of the team lines up [...]

There will be significant changes to the Jazz roster over the summer.

Contracts which expire/free agents:
Jarron Collins $2,074,302
Brevin Knight $2,000,000
Ronnie Price $1,188,000
Morris Almond $901,200
Restricted Free Agent:
Paul Millsap $797,581
Jazz option:
Kyrylo Fesenko $870,000
Player option:
Carlos Boozer $12,323,900
Mehmet Okur $9,000,000
Kyle Korver $5,155,115
Returning players:
Andrei Kirilenko $16,452,000 & $17,823,000
Matt Harpring $6,500,000
CJ Miles $3,700,000, $3,700,000 & $3,700,000
Ronnie Brewer $2,717,161 & $3,779,571
Kosta Koufos $1,011,700, [...]

The sun seems to be setting in Phoenix.
Amare Stoudemire has been openly complaining about not getting touches in the low post, because it’s clogged up with Shaq Daddy. He’s currently the most talked about trade prospect. Portland, Miami, Chicago…the list goes on and on, but no Utah.
They’re 2009 salaries will be $75,783,187, putting them well [...]

I received the funniest email from the NBA the other day.  I don’t know about you, but checking my email is a highlight of my day.  And I should probably say “highlights” of my day because yes, sadly, I am one of those people who looks at my inbox more than a few times in [...]

This is the second in a 15 part series which will examine the statistical performance of each player on the Utah Jazz.
Morris Almond is actually a very interesting player, statistically. He is known as a shooter and scorer, and yet everyone knows that the rest of his game will have to develop in order [...]

As the first quarter of the NBA season slips into our rear view mirror, it is time for a bathroom break and a refill of stale popcorn washed down with a 6 dollar Coke. Here is what I have seen so far, the journal of a basketball junkie:

Oct 1st – While trolling Andrei Kirilenko’s [...]

‘Fesenko: Hands of Stone?’ (NBAE – Getty Images)
Here I sit at the annual Rocky Mountain Revue and that’s when it hits me like a ton of bricks: there are so many things you can count on during Summer League play.

Inconsistency – there is so much inconsistency in the refereeing, one set will be calling an [...]

‘Making An Impact’ (Melissa Majchrzak – NBAE/Getty Images)
We here at Jazzbots, the official blog of the Utah Jazz, would like to congratulate Jazz shooting guard and fellow blogger Morris Almond for being named as the 2007-2008 NBA Developmental League Impact Player of the Year.
 
Due to the fact that NBA teams can assign younger [...]

                    
 ’Welcome Back’ (Melissa Majchrzak – NBAE/Getty Images)
Didn’t really have anything in particular to talk about in this entry. I’ll just share a few thoughts. Nothing right or wrong—just kind of what I’m feeling at the moment. I got a lot of great comments in my last post. Everybody’s feedback is greatly appreciated—even those from [...]