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Al Jefferson Too Good to Get Fouled

Al Jefferson's post moves are weird. So weird, in fact, that in 2007 the Celtics sent tapes to the league to prove that Jefferson didn't warrant all the travel calls he was catching. Refs just didn't comprehend what the young big was up to. Fast forward to today, when Jefferson -- now with the Timberwolves -- is having...

Deron Williams, Al Jefferson Missing Games Due to Family Illness

Jazz star Deron Williams had to leave his team on a road trip to return back to Salt Lake City due to a family illness. He'll miss tonight's game in Philadelphia, but the Salt Lake Tribune reports he could rejoin the team in time for the Jazz's game in Cleveland Saturday. Jerry Sloan has named rookie Eric Maynor the...

The Pitfalls of Rebuilding Via Atom Bomb, Starring the Minnesota Timberwolves

Imagine a world where upon trading most of your veterans and turning the team over to unproven youngsters, you have growing pains and lots of losses. It's almost as if rebuilding entails some necessary and unavoidable period of truly sucky basketball!This is all news to one David Kahn, boss of the Minnesota Timberwolves,...

2010 NBA All-Star Ballot Announced

I wrote in September that perhaps there would be no worthy center to start for the West in the All-Star Game. But this isn't the way I want to see that solved. Do it on the court, not with the ballot. When the All-Star ballot came out Tuesday, Phoenix power forward Amar'e Stoudemire strangely was listed as a center. Yes,...

First Hero of 09-10 Is ... Damien Wilkins?

The NBA isn't just made at Staples on Sunday afternoons under the lights, or in a Friday night showdown at the Garden. It's every night, players stepping up and making plays. It's guys that will eventually be answers to trivia questions making huge shots that endear them and their teams to the hearts of young fans who...

AlJefferson News From the Web

05/18/12 Why the Chicago Bulls Should Target Al Jefferson Via... Source: Bleacher Report It's very unlikely the Chicago Bulls will use the amnesty clause on Carlos Boozer this summer, because it's quite apparent that such a maneuver will not free up extra cap space.
05/09/12 C.J. Miles says Jazz was 'put off' by Jefferson's... Source: NBC - WOAI News 4 - San Antonio TX Prior to Game 4 of the San Antonio Spurs-Utah Jazz first-round series, Jazz center Al Jefferson remarked that he couldn't see any team beat the Spurs, let alone the Jazz, and showed 'mad respect" for San Antonio.
05/08/12 Video: Utah Jazz proud of this season, looking forward... Source: Deseret News - Salt Lake City UT The Utah Jazz cleaned out their lockers on Tuesday.
05/08/12 Utah reaches goal yet not satisfied with playoff run Source: Daily Herald - Arlington Heights IL SALT LAKE CITY As the seconds ticked down Monday in Game 4 of what would be a first-round playoff sweep, Utah Jazz forward Derrick Favors cursed all the way off the court.
05/08/12 Utah Jazz notebook: 'Honest Al' Jefferson hammered by... Source: Deseret News - Salt Lake City UT One of the sports world's loudest mouths took exception to something that came out of Al Jefferson 's mouth this weekend.