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Playoff Talking Points: The Real True Story

No one with a wife and kids, or the need to eat leafy greens, has time to watch all this basketball. But we do. So, as a service to the public, here are the Playoff Talking Points you need to fake it at the water cooler: • It's Deron's Time: If I were Utah Jazz fans, I would be mad at me, too. So far, the Jazz's...

Mehmet Okur's Injury Has Jazz Worried

DENVER -- One Utah starter is already done for the series. Another soon might join that list. Jazz center Mehmet Okur slipped and hit the floor hard early in the second quarter Saturday night at the Pepsi Center in the Jazz's 126-113 loss to Denver in Game 1 of a West first-round series. Okur re-injured his left Achilles...

Boozer Committed for First Round, Wavering on World Championships

DENVER -- Utah forward Carlos Boozer is committed to play in a West first-round series against Denver despite a strained abdominal muscle. He's less committed to play for Team USA this summer in the World Championships in Turkey despite saying last fall he'll "do it in a heartbeat.'' Boozer said he won't make a decision...

Kirilenko Injury Could Tilt Series in Denver's Favor

DENVER -- Adrian Dantley didn't mind playing the underdog card on Thursday afternoon, the day after his Denver Nuggets learned they would face the Utah Jazz in a Western Conference first-round series. "I've been hearing a lot of stuff that Utah is the favorite,'' Dantley said. Little did Denver's acting coach know,...

Player to Watch: Ronnie Brewer

FanHouse previews a player to watch from each NBA team in advance of the 2009-10 season.The problem with hard-nosed, legendary coaches is that they drive such a hard line, demand so much, that you often feel like it will never be enough for them. Players will work hard, impress fans, show themselves to be "one of his kind...

JerrySloan News From the Web

05/29/12 Washington Wizards: The 10 Offseason Moves They Need... Source: Bleacher Report The Wizards need to hire a new coach before any offseason moves are made.
05/25/12 NBA: Jordan interviews Sloan about Charlotte job Source: The Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City UT Former Jazz coach Jerry Sloan interviewed with Charlotte owner Michael Jordan and other team officials in Utah on Friday afternoon.
05/25/12 T-Bird baseball drops heartbreaker Source: The Spectrum - St. George UT Justin Neubauer turned in a workman-like effort on the mound.
05/24/12 Shaquille O'Neal reportedly to speak with Orlando... Source: Sporting News Shaquille O'Neal, a former Orlando stalwart who took off for Los Angeles, could make a return to the city as the Magic's new general manager.
05/24/12 Heat's Haslem, Pittman suspended for Game 6 Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia PA Haslem and Hansbrough were both assessed flagrant-1 fouls on the respective plays.