sltrib.com - 11/7/2008
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It's safe to say that Jerry Sloan never could have imagined when he took over as Jazz coach on Dec. 9, 1988 - the end of the Reagan administration, it should be noted - that he would have the chance to win 1,000 games with the team over the next 20 years. Even more absurd probably would have ...
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PHILADELPHIA - With four games remaining on this
Eastern Conference trip, the Jazz were thrown into flux
Monday as Mehmet Okur left the team and headed to Turkey to attend to a family illness. Okur is expected to remain in Turkey for only a couple of ...
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Utah Jazz: Okur takes leave; Koufos to start? - Salt ...
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ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... Ross Siler of The Salt Lake Tribune: "Jazz general manager Kevin O'Connor wouldn't call Jerry Sloan's record untouchable, but pointed to the 219 coaching changes that have taken place around the NBA during Sloan's tenure. 'It doesn't indicate that anybody's capable of that kind of longevity,' O'Connor said. To reach 1,000 with the Spurs, Popovich would need to average 53 victories for the next seven seasons. His contract, however, expires the same time as Tim Duncan's, after the 2011-12 season, and whether Popovich would continue without Duncan is ...
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Ball Don't Lie —
... Ross Siler, Salt Lake Tribune: "It's safe to say that Jerry Sloan never could have imagined when he took over as Jazz coach on Dec. 9, 1988 — the end of the Reagan administration, it should be noted — that he would have the chance to win 1,000 games with the team over the next 20 years. Even more absurd probably would have been the thought that Sloan could reach the milestone with a Jazz victory over a team from Oklahoma City, yet that is exactly the possibility that awaits tonight at EnergySolutions Arena. Not only does Sloan, 66, have the ...
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... Apparently Jerry Sloan has been coaching the Jazz since the Ronald Reagan years . . . the Salt Lake Tribune brings the funk on that while I ponder just how many years I've been a fanatic fan of the NBA . . . and how much else I could have accomplished in my life if I was not . . . ...
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Jerry Sloan became the first NBA coach to win 1,000 games with one team, getting 16 points and 12 rebounds from Andrei Kirilenko in the Utah Jazz's 104-97 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday night. Utah fans chanted "Jerry Sloan!" ...
