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Utah Jazz: For now, A.K. stays in sixth-man role - Salt Lake Tribune
As many changes as will have to take place as long as Deron Williams is out with a sprained left ankle, Jazz coach Jerry Sloan said Monday he isn't reconsidering his decision to start C.J. Miles and use Andrei Kirilenko as a sixth man. The Jazz have only one preseason game remaining and Sloan ...
Utah Jazz 2008-09 Season Preview
slcdunk.com — It's the Jazz bloggers turn in the CelticsBlog's now annual NBA blogger preview.   Catch more at... CelticsBlog . This was written of course before Deron went down with his ankle injury on Saturday.  So the win/loss will be affected a bit ... (more) Utah Jazz 2008-09 Season Preview
BDL's 2008-09 NBA Season Preview: Utah Jazz
BDL's 2008-09 NBA Season Preview: Utah Jazz
sports.yahoo.com — As the NBA preseason marches on, Ball Don't Lie looks at all 30 teams, outlining off-season transactions,... projecting win totals, spinning tracks, and much, much more. It's a fun, hot mess. Today, the Utah Jazz . Last Season: 54-28 (37-4 at home); ... (more) BDL's 2008-09 NBA Season Preview: Utah Jazz
Hardwood Paroxysm's 2008-2009 Season Preview: Utah Jazz
Hardwood Paroxysm's 2008-2009 Season Preview: Utah Jazz
hardwoodparoxysm.blogspot.com — EVERYONE LOVES JAZZ! Well, except me, anyway. But we'll get there. Before our opening preview, I wanted... to say how much I respect Jerry Sloan and the Jazz organization. It's easy for a system that's been around for a million years to grow ... (more) Hardwood Paroxysm's 2008-2009 Season Preview: Utah Jazz
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The Andrei Kirilenko Sixth Man Expirement Becomes Permanent
FanHouse — ... , some suspected that the Kirienko 6th man experiment would end. But Monday, Jazz coach Jerry Sloan confirmed that AK would continue his reserve role: ...

After 1 game, a dozen practices, and the entire pre-season: AK still fine with his role (so can we stop asking him this question daily? Huh? Can guys with journalism degrees find something else newsworthy?)
All That Jazz — ... . . . but that perception is wrong. I fully believe that he only makes stinks about things that are justified. And pretty soon being asked in every interview everyday since the beginning of the month about "how does he feel TODAY about coming off the bench" is going to get very old soon and be a justified thing to blow up about. (Some recent examples of him being quoted in JUST one newspaper are Oct 31, Oct 30th A, Oct 30th B, Oct 21st, Oct 13th, Oct 8th, etc...) After all, he's going ...

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