2012-13 regular season!

[quote]Two: as of right now, the potential suitors aren't anywhere near making their
best offer. The likeliest trade partners: Chicago, Memphis, Minnesota,
Milwaukee, Utah. The Bulls were interested in Redick as a FA and Memphis
supposedly expressed recent interest. I haven't heard directly that Minnesota,
Milwaukee and Utah have talked to Orlando but Redick fits their systems and/or
fills a need. Sulia[/quote]

I'd think Foye would have to go.

Waiving Howard creates an open roster spot for a small forward who can defend. [URL="http://www.startribune.com/sports/wolves/184365121.html?refer=y"][COLOR=#0066cc]The options include signing swingman James Anderson, cut just Thursday by San Antonio, or a veteran sitting at home such as Michael Redd, who has had knee problems of his own; pulling a wing player such as Chris Douglas-Roberts or Coby Karl,[/COLOR][/URL] who played on the Wolves' summer league team, from the Development League; or trading for a player such as Raja Bell, who is sitting home in exile from Utah. [URL="http://www.startribune.com/sports/wolves/184365121.html?refer=y"][COLOR=#0066cc]Minneapolis Star-Tribune[/COLOR][/URL]

Jody Genessy: [URL="http://*********.com/twitter/media.html"][COLOR=#0066cc]Mo Williams was nervous because this injury
felt similar to when he tore a ligament in his thumb and required offseason
surgery in 2008[/COLOR][/URL]. [URL="http://*********.com/twitter/media.html"][COLOR=#0066cc]Twitter
@DJJazzyJody[/COLOR][/URL]

[QUOTE]Josh Robbins: [URL="http://*********.com/twitter/media.html"][COLOR=#0066cc]An MRI on #Jazz PG Mo Williams' right thumb
today showed damage, team officials said. He's "out indefinitely."[/COLOR][/URL] [URL="http://*********.com/twitter/media.html"][COLOR=#0066cc]Twitter @JoshuaBRobbins[/COLOR][/URL][/QUOTE]

Might be time to make a move. Watson looks horrible!

1st quarter was ugly. Burks gave them a lift.

No Mo' Mo Money???? :(

Sounds like it might be serious. Shooting thumb. Needed surgery for torn ligaments on it before.

[QUOTE]Williams underwent offseason surgery for a torn ligament in his right thumb in 2008, and went six weeks without participating in basketball activities.[/QUOTE]

He says it feels the same this time.

They have not signed anyone since waiving injured Josh Howard on Thursday and will continue auditions after Christmas before they sign a free agent such as former Wolves forward Lazar Hayward, James Anderson, Shaun Livingston or perhaps find a way to get Raja Bell out of exile in Utah in their search to find a wing player, preferably one who can defend. "If you're going to add somebody, you need to add somebody who will have a legitimate chance to help you," Adelman said. "Just to bring a body in ... I'm probably not going to play him, unless we have another injury. We'll play the guys we have." Minneapolis Star-Tribune

[QUOTE]

When 7-foot-4 Mark Eaton walks into a room, everybody
notices. When the former Jazz center walks into the practice facility carrying
basketball shoes, well, that's pretty noticeable, too.


Such was the case Thursday morning when Eaton showed
up when reporters were about to exit.


Eaton, now a motivational speaker, explained that he
was there to give pointers to Jazz center Enes Kanter after practice and that he
liked to help out when he can.
[/QUOTE]

Not sure what Eaton could teach other than holding your arms up in the air. :confusedshrug:

Mo Williams missed his third straight game with a severely sprained right thumb, and there's no return in sight as of yet. [URL="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865569634/Utah-Jazz-notebook-Losses-hard-to-swallow-for-Earl-Watson.html"][COLOR=#0066cc]"It's frustrating to say the least," Williams said before Friday's game[/COLOR][/URL]. [URL="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865569634/Utah-Jazz-notebook-Losses-hard-to-swallow-for-Earl-Watson.html"][COLOR=#0066cc]Deseret News[/COLOR][/URL]

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[B][/URL][URL="http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/225280/Ante_Tomic_Named_Week_1_Top_16_Euroleague_MVP"][COLOR=#0066cc]Ante Tomic Named Week 1 Top 16 Euroleague MVP[/COLOR][/URL][URL="http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/225280/Ante_Tomic_Named_Week_1_Top_16_Euroleague_MVP"][/B]

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[IMG]http://basketball.realgm.com/images/basketball/5.0/template/realgm_icon.gif[/IMG]
Ante Tomic has been named Euroleague MVP for Week 1 of the Top 16 stage.

Tomic had 12 points, 11 rebounds, five assists and three blocks in just 21
minutes in Barcelona's 100-78 win over Fenerbahce Ulker.

[/QUOTE][/COLOR]Tradable?[/URL][/B]

[QUOTE]Jody Genessy: [URL="http://*********.com/twitter/media.html"][COLOR=#0066cc]Millsap joked that he doesn't know if
Kirilenko will get the Jimmer treatment (cheers) or the D-Will treatment (boos)
Wednesday in Utah[/COLOR][/URL]. [URL="http://*********.com/twitter/media.html"][COLOR=#0066cc]Twitter
@DJJazzyJody[/COLOR][/URL][/QUOTE]

I see no reason he should get booed but certainly wouldn't be surprised.

[URL="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865569738/Utah-Jazz-Mo-Williams-headed-to-NYC-for-second-opinion-on-injured-thumb.html"]http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865569738/Utah-Jazz-Mo-Williams-headed-to-NYC-for-second-opinion-on-injured-thumb.html[/URL]

[URL="http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/chat/_/id/46598"][COLOR=#0066cc]Cousins is crazy talented and from what I can gather, he wants out of Sacramento badly.[/COLOR][/URL] The Jazz have a ton of different assets to offer. But I can't imagine any scenario where the Jazz would give up any of those assets for Cousins. They care a lot about both character and chemistry. They aren't the type of team that will take the risk? Boston? For sure they would. Dallas? They would too. Just not Utah. [URL="http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/chat/_/id/46598"][COLOR=#0066cc]ESPN.com[/COLOR][/URL]

[QUOTE]Ross Siler: [URL="http://*********.com/twitter/media.html"][COLOR=#0066cc]Jazz could've swapped Kirilenko (with four
years left on deal) for Shawn Marion (with two years left) but LHM vetoed the
deal[/COLOR][/URL]. [URL="http://*********.com/twitter/media.html"][COLOR=#0066cc]Twitter @rosssiler[/COLOR][/URL][/QUOTE]

Definitely blew that one!

[QUOTE]Jody Genessy: Jazz CEO [URL="http://*********.com/twitter/media.html"][COLOR=#0066cc]Greg Miller on tonight's Jazz game: "I
invite you to join me with warm applause in thanking Andrei for the yrs of play
he gave us."[/COLOR][/URL] [URL="http://*********.com/twitter/media.html"][COLOR=#0066cc]Twitter @DJJazzyJody[/COLOR][/URL][/QUOTE]

:applause:

However, conventional wisdom says the Jazz could be active in the trade market for a point guard. General manager Dennis Lindsey declined comment on the team

The Jazz are carrying a maximum 15 players, including exiled Raja Bell and D-League assignee Kevin Murphy, so they'd have to waive or trade someone to bring in another point guard. [URL="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/print/865569811/Utah-Jazz-look-to-rally-behind-surgery-bound-Mo-Williams.html"][COLOR=#0066cc]A move does not appear imminent[/COLOR][/URL]. [URL="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/print/865569811/Utah-Jazz-look-to-rally-behind-surgery-bound-Mo-Williams.html"][COLOR=#0066cc]Deseret News[/COLOR][/URL]

[QUOTE]
Utah Jazz: Sprained ankle may sideline Enes Kanter

NBA

PHOENIX

[QUOTE]DENVER

INJURY UPDATE: Jazz center Enes Kanter has missed the past two games with a sprained right ankle, but the 6-11 big man is optimistic about his chances of playing Monday against the Mavericks.

"I hope so," he said. "I'm going to try to practice (Sunday)."
Kanter remained in the training room for treatment throughout the Jazz's blowout loss. He might have been the only one on the team who saw positive results.

"After the game, I just looked at it (the ankle) and it's so much better," said Kanter, who's been sporting a walking boot since injuring himself at the end of Wednesday's win over Minnesota. "The swelling is going away. It's so much better."

[QUOTE]COMPLIMENT FROM KARL:
Denver coach George Karl has long been an admirer of Jerry
Sloan and his system, and before Saturday's game
he said the Hall of Famer's touch is still visible in this up-and-down Jazz
squad.

"I think there's still a lot of [URL="http://www.deseretnews.com/topics/1042/Jerry-Sloan.html"][COLOR=#0066cc]Jerry Sloan[/COLOR][/URL] in what they do.
They still run a lot of the same plays," Karl said. "I think they've become more
of a low-post offensive team. They were more of a cutting and executing team in
the past."

Though Utah is on the outside looking in on the
playoff picture right now, Karl wouldn't be surprised if that turned around.

"I thought they had a great year last year," he said,
"and I think they're on the cusp of having a really good year this year."
[/QUOTE]

Trade Al and Marvin! Bench Foye!

Mo Williams' surgery Friday was to repair a "complete tear" in his right thumb that was nearly identical to the injury he suffered in 2008 while with the Milwaukee Bucks

The specifics of the injury Williams suffered on Dec. 22 in Miami were previously unknown, with the Jazz first listing the thumb as "severely sprained" and later amending the point guard's status to "right thumb surgery." He has missed eight games since injuring his thumb while defending a drive by Mario Chalmers. While Williams has commonly been said to be out a minimum of six weeks, the reality could be much harsher. He will have a pin removed from his thumb after six weeks, which is when "the rehab really starts," he said.

"I'm going to fight to get back," Williams said. "I'm going to go by the proper protocol, try to do it the right way and make sure I'm 100 percent when I get back."

The Jazz's starting point guard and captain averages 12.9 points and 6.7 assists in 24 games. However, now in his 10th season, Williams has missed 10-plus games due to injuries six times.

Williams is more than familiar with what the rehab this time around entails. He suffered a similar injury at the end of the 2008 season before undergoing surgery in the summer. That surgery, like Friday's, was performed by hand specialist Dr. Michelle Carlson in New York.

The lone difference between this injury and the one he suffered in 2008, Williams said, was that this time he suffered a small bone chip in the thumb. The primary date to watch, though, is that six week mark, around the All-Star break, when Williams will be reevaluated.

"We'll see where it goes from there," he said. "That timelne can be long, can be short. We're going to fight to get back and we're going to listen to [head trainer Gary Briggs] and the guys and we're going to make the right decision."

[I]— Bill Oram [/I]

Starting small forward Marvin Williams will miss at least three games due to inflammation in his right knee, the team announced Tuesday.

The first-year Jazz forward left Monday’s 100-94 win over the Dallas Mavericks in the third quarter and, though the team said he was available, did not return. Acquired in an offseason trade for Devin Harris, Williams was expected to play for the first time against his former team on Friday, when the Jazz play in Atlanta in their second game of a three-game road trip.

After saying late Monday that he expected to play Wednesday at Charlotte, Williams missed an early practice to receive treatment on his knee from team orthopedist Dr. Lyle Mason. He will travel with the Jazz on the upcoming trip, but will not be available to play as team personnel evaluates how his knee responds to treatment.

The 26-year-old has struggled since joining the Jazz, his career averages dipping to 8.9 points and 3.5 rebounds per game. However, he has been a key defender and timely shooter.

The Jazz are 0-4 in games without Williams, who was sidelined in late November and early December by concussion-like symptoms.

Williams did not dress for the Jazz’s Dec. 30 loss against the Clippers in Los Angeles. Team doctors hoped to reduce inflammation in his knee with that break, and Williams said swelling did go down. Approached at his locker Monday night, Williams said he would be fine and that his knee had just begun to swell.

He finished the game with 3 points in 16 minutes.

— Bill Oram

Bill Oram: Jazz GM [URL="http://*********.com/twitter/media.html"][COLOR=#0066cc]Dennis Lindsey confirms @Adrian Wojnarowski report that Kevin Murphy has been recalled from D-League.[/COLOR][/URL] Will join team tonight in Charlotte. [URL="http://*********.com/twitter/media.html"][COLOR=#0066cc]Twitter @tribjazz[/COLOR][/URL]

I liked what I saw with Burks pushing the ball into the frontcourt and getting them into their offense where he, Hayward and Foye can all feed the post or make plays for themselves or others. Leave Watson on the bench. Maybe try starting Demarre at the 2 once Marvin is back.

Everyone but Watson and Kanter played great games. Though Burks was struggling defensivly as the back up pg

They need a smaller combo guard( or two) that could play off of Burks and Hayward and match up defensively with the opposing small guard. Foye's not the guy. Mo would be better. They definitely look better with Tinsley starting than they did with Mo.

Earl Watson had the worst stretch of any point guard I've ever seen during that third quarter

He has no confidence in his shot and they aren't guarding him. Makes it tough for the team.

[URL="http://espn.go.com/nba/dailydime/_/page/dime-130111-12/nba-latest-nba-trade-chatter"][COLOR=#000080]Utah is another team that everyone expects to be active before the deadline, with Al Jefferson and Paul Millsap both headed to unrestricted free agency in July, but getting a read on which one is more likely to be moved remains as tricky as ever with the close-to-the-vest Jazz.[/COLOR][/URL] Maybe even trickier than normal with a new GM, Dennis Lindsey, in his first season taking on day- to-day control from longtime Jazz exec Kevin O'Connor. [URL="http://espn.go.com/nba/dailydime/_/page/dime-130111-12/nba-latest-nba-trade-chatter"][COLOR=#000080]ESPN.com[/COLOR][/URL]

[URL="http://espn.go.com/nba/dailydime/_/page/dime-130111-12/nba-latest-nba-trade-chatter"][COLOR=#000080]In recent days, I've heard Millsap billed as "more of a Jazz guy," given his lower salary range compared to Jefferson's,[/COLOR][/URL] but this much is clear while you debate that claim: Utah's need for a point guard has only grown thanks to the recent thumb injury sustained by Mo Williams. [URL="http://espn.go.com/nba/dailydime/_/page/dime-130111-12/nba-latest-nba-trade-chatter"][COLOR=#000080]ESPN.com[/COLOR][/URL]

[QUOTE=Xiao Yao You]He has no confidence in his shot and they aren't guarding him. Makes it tough for the team.[/QUOTE]
It's not only that, he waste so much time on the shot clock before starting anything on offense, and then he double on the most retarded possesions.

Here's a video from the North Melbourne Football Club about visiting the Utah Jazz.

[url]http://youtu.be/ACbfmfl8t7Y[/url]

Big thing in the Australian Football League now in the off-season is to do "high altitude" training, so there have been a few teams that spend time in places like Arizona and Utah doing their training

Sam Amico: [URL="http://*********.com/twitter/media.html"][COLOR=#000080]Hear (the Nets) might make play for Millsap at deadline[/COLOR][/URL]. [URL="http://*********.com/twitter/media.html"][COLOR=#000080]Twitter @SamAmicoFSO[/COLOR][/URL]

What could they offer other than crappy contracts?

[QUOTE]Jim Burton: [URL="http://*********.com/twitter/media.html"][COLOR=#000080]Miles said he heard coach Sloan has been to
a few games this year, said he hoped Jerry will be at tonight's game[/COLOR][/URL].
[URL="http://*********.com/twitter/media.html"][COLOR=#000080]Twitter @jmb247[/COLOR][/URL][/QUOTE]

Looks like CJ has been playing his best ball for Scott not surprisingly. Good for him! He'll probably get booed.

[URL="http://www.foxsportsohio.com/01/20/13/NBA-Report-Oden-signing-draws-near/msn_landing.html?blockID=852099&feedID=8888"][COLOR=#000080]Brooklyn, Milwaukee and Denver are among the teams that might make a play for Utah forward Paul Millsap at the deadline. Millsap's contract expires at season's[/COLOR][/URL] end. Most teams interested in obtaining Millsap, however, would do so with the intent of offering him an immediate extension. [URL="http://www.foxsportsohio.com/01/20/13/NBA-Report-Oden-signing-draws-near/msn_landing.html?blockID=852099&feedID=8888"][COLOR=#000080]FOXSportsOhio[/COLOR][/URL]

Denver has assets but it would have to be Iguodala I'd think to give up Millsap.

[URL="http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=bfxa276"]http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=bfxa276[/URL]

Can teams offer him an extension for more than the max one the Jazz already offered him and he turned down?

[QUOTE]Jonathan Rinehart: [URL="http://*********.com/twitter/media.html"][COLOR=#000080]Gordon Hayward suffered a grade-one right
shoulder sprain late in tonight's OT win over Indiana. X-rays were negative. He
is day-to-day[/COLOR][/URL]. [URL="http://*********.com/twitter/media.html"][COLOR=#000080]Twitter
@jonrinehart[/COLOR][/URL][/QUOTE]

They can't afford to lose him.

[QUOTE]SALT LAKE CITY