Tim Buckley of the Deseret News looks at who the Utah Jazz are and if they're better than their 6-9 record shows.
"Good team? Bad team?
Yes, they are. No, they're not. Yes, they are. No, they're not.
Or maybe it just depends when you catch them.
Using the past few days as a microcosm of the 6-9 Jazz's season, it's apparent the team that plays in Phoenix tonight still is uncertain where it falls on the good/bad spectrum.
Take Utah's 112-88 victory over Seattle on Wednesday.
Afterward, Jerry Sloan sounded like a coach truly fond of his players — and honestly optimistic about his club.
"I'm happy with the people we've got," Sloan said. "There's not one guy we have I don't feel good about as a player."
Moreover, Sloan added, "there hasn't been a team we can't compete against.""
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Nov 30, 2001 11:08 AM EST
Larry Miller, Utah's owner, still thinks he's seen enough good stuff out of this 6-9 team that they will still make the playoffs.
"Atlanta was the classic example," Miller says in the report. "When I see that kind of stuff, I worry because I know we've got the kind of guys who can play the kind of basketball we expect them to play.
"But when the whole team collapses like that, then you start asking, 'Has old age finally caught up to us? Is there some kind of cancer on the team nobody can perceive what it is yet?' You ask all those questions."
So, did he have these same thoughts BEFORE Wednesday's huge victory over the Sonics?
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Nov 30, 2001 11:03 AM EST
The Utah Jazz experimented on Wednesday with their first new starting lineup of the 2001-02 campaign. The shuffle had Greg Ostertag coming off the bench in place of second-round pick Jarron Collins.
"If that's the situation," Ostertag told the Salt Lake Tribune, "so be it. I'll come off the bench the rest of the year. If that helps us turn it around, so be it."
Wow! Now if Malone would just lighten up a bit when asked about the trade rumors, this could really be something...
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Jazz Nov 2001 Archive
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| Nov 30, 2001
The Ogden Standard-Examiner states that while Jarron Collins got the start, Greg Ostertag was helped the most.
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| Nov 30, 2001
Tom McEachin of the Ogden Standard-Examiner writes that the Jazz showed just how good they can be in their win over the Sonics.
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| Nov 29, 2001
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| Nov 29, 2001
It took a little starting lineup change as well as a little motivation and the Utah Jazz returned to an old form on Wednesday night.
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| Nov 29, 2001
Malone appears to be staying put.
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| Nov 29, 2001
Tim Buckley of the Deseret News dives in to what Wednesday night's lopsided win really means.
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| Nov 29, 2001
HIGHLIGHT: Desmond Mason's third-quarter thunder jam over a host of Jazz players.
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| Nov 29, 2001
Whatever happened to the Sonics team that blistered the Minnesota Timberwolves the night before?
Where were those guys when the Utah Jazz ran layin drills in the second quarter and took control of the game?
Tuesday night, you watched in wonder.
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| Nov 29, 2001
Player of the game: No Sonics player could match up against Donyell Marshall.
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| Nov 29, 2001
Over the past week, the Sonics have seen their big men return from injuries, and with a healthy roster of young, athletic players, Seattle has produced its longest winning streak this season, including Tuesday's upset victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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| Nov 28, 2001
According to Dwain Price of the Star-Telegram, Mark Cuban has denied there is any validity to a possible Juwan Howard-Karl Malone swap.
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| Nov 27, 2001
Suns coach Scott Skiles decided to give Tsakalidis his first start of the season for defensive purposes on Utah star Karl Malone.
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| Nov 27, 2001
The Mailman could quit making deliveries in Utah
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| Nov 25, 2001
Nets coach Byron Scott scuffles with Jazz forward Karl Malone.
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| Nov 17, 2001
Michael Jordan scored a season-high 44 points in the best game of his comeback, but he also matched the longest losing streak of his NBA career as Utah beat host Washington 101-92 Friday.
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| Nov 15, 2001
It's a simple game: Drive for the hoop and find an open teammate when the defense converges; throw the extra pass and hit a shooter in rhythm as he comes open.
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| Nov 13, 2001
Greg Ostertag gets a standing ovation and very nearly a triple-double.
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| Nov 13, 2001
SALT LAKE CITY -- For a team desperate to turn things around, it doesn"t get much more topsy-turvy than this:
It was a night where John Crotty played so well that John Stockton couldn"t get in the game, Greg Ostertag flirted with a triple-double and left to a standing ovation, and a lineup that couldn"t come close to defending anyone two nights earlier had Grant Hill and Tracy McGrady looking at a Jazz team picture nearly every time they shot.
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| Nov 13, 2001
Bryon Russell looks, sees that the Jazz have opened the 2001-2002 NBA season with a disappointing 2-5 record, and feels a need to point a finger.
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| Nov 13, 2001
The morning after another embarrassing loss, Jazz coach Jerry Sloan took his 2-5 club to task.
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| Nov 13, 2001
There was no shame in losing to All-World center Shaquille O'Neal and the two-time defending champion Los Angeles Lakers.
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| Nov 12, 2001
SALT LAKE CITY -- In the first four games of the season, the Jazz played well but won only once.
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| Nov 12, 2001
RECORDS: Magic 3-3, Jazz 2-5.
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| Nov 11, 2001
SALT LAKE CITY Scott Padgett got his first significant playing time of the season on Saturday, and he"s likely to see more in coming games.
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| Nov 11, 2001
SALT LAKE CITY -- The only thing missing was a rookie all-star game or the Toronto Raptors would have had their own All-Star Saturday spectacular at the Delta Center.
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| Nov 11, 2001
So the Utah Jazz are 2-5, after a blowout 117-96 loss to the Toronto Raptors Saturday night at the Delta Center, and you only have to be present at roll call to understand why.
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| Nov 11, 2001
After getting blown away by a blast of Canadian air that rained treys on the Delta Center, Jerry Sloan wondered aloud if the Jazz even have what it takes to recover from their rather prone position.
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| Nov 10, 2001
NBA"s rule changes this season would knock his team out of its comfort zone.
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| Nov 10, 2001
The team is 2-4, and the Mailman has been a tad perturbed the past week or so, and maybe there is something to all this negativity the Jazz are working so hard to shake.
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| Nov 8, 2001
SALT LAKE CITY Their start to the season wasn"t just bad, it was historically bad.
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| Nov 8, 2001
SALT LAKE CITY -- Jacque Vaughn was 0-for-22 on the season when he returned the Delta Center Wednesday night, so it was no surprise he wasn"t eager to shoot.
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| Nov 8, 2001
The energy was back.
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| Nov 8, 2001
Jerry Sloan is known as a hard-nosed coach, right? Well, the Deseret News is reporting signs that Sloan may have been taking the Alan Alda Sensitivity Training Course by correspondence in the off-season.
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| Nov 8, 2001
Jacque Vaughn's drought is over.
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| Nov 8, 2001
They were right there Wednesday night, leading 82-81, close to the four-minute mark when Nazr Mohammed knocked down Karl Malone's shot inside.
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| Nov 7, 2001
PORTLAND, Ore.
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| Nov 7, 2001
PORTLAND — The agent for Jazz regulars Donyell Marshall and Bryon Russell continues to lobby the organization for a contract extension on behalf of his two clients.
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| Nov 7, 2001
PORTLAND — Jazz coach Jerry Sloan was dumbfounded.
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| Nov 6, 2001
PORTLAND — As Karl Malone and John Stockton sat down to dinner a few nights back in Seattle, the conversation rolled around to Stockton's sliced finger and the Jazz point guard's availability for weekend road games against the Seattle SuperSonics and the Los Angeles Lakers, not to mention this evening's road trip-ending visit to Portland.
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| Nov 6, 2001
The Salt Lake Tribune is reporting Karl Malone's reaction to two recent rumors and it's not a pretty picture.
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| Nov 6, 2001
A glance at the rosters suggests they"re two of the best teams in the NBA, but a look at the standings says they"re two of the worst.
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| Nov 6, 2001
Kobe Bryant scored 15 of his 38 points in the fourth quarter Sunday night as the Los Angeles Lakers rallied from a big early deficit to beat the Utah Jazz for the second time in four days, 100-96.
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| Nov 5, 2001
LOS ANGELES -- Utah coach Jerry Sloan has seen it before, too many times.
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| Nov 5, 2001
HIGH POINT
The Jazz played a crisply-executed first half.
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| Nov 5, 2001
If Karl Malone is preparing to demand a trade, Karl Malone isn't saying.
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| Nov 4, 2001
In the wake of two season-opening losses at home, it would be easy to succumb to the annual temptation to write off the Jazz for this season.
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| Nov 4, 2001
SEATTLE — So much had gone so wrong, and that was even before the Jazz came here to kickstart a three-game road trip.
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| Nov 4, 2001
The Sonics opened their season at KeyArena with pomp and pizzazz that ended with a crowd-pleasing victory Thursday.
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| Nov 4, 2001
Vecsey wonders how much more Malone can take
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| Nov 3, 2001
When: Tonight, 6.
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| Nov 3, 2001
Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald reports: Cleveland Cavaliers guard Ricky Davis and Milwaukee Bucks forward Anthony Mason have become the latest ex-Heat players to take swipes at their former team and coach.
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| Nov 3, 2001
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| Nov 3, 2001
Whether it"s a contract push, shock from nearly being traded over the summer or simply a matter of maturity, a kinder, gentler Gary Payton is emerging in Seattle.
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| Nov 3, 2001
SEATTLE — Even before starting the new NBA season, the Jazz warned not to put too much stock in the results of their brutal early schedule.
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| Nov 2, 2001
NBA roundup / 3C SALT LAKE CITY -- Desperate for a win, the Jazz so far have only found ways to lose.
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| Nov 2, 2001
For the first time in 16 years, the Utah Jazz have begun their National Basketball Association regular-season campaign by losing their first two games at home.
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| Nov 2, 2001
After going to the wire before finally losing their first two games of the 2001-2002 season, the Jazz should have reason to believe things will at least be OK.
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| Nov 2, 2001
The Miami Heat reportedly are in the market for a starting-quality small forward, perhaps a swingman who can also play some shooting guard.
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| Nov 2, 2001
Bryant leads the way to a 105-101 victory vs.
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| Nov 2, 2001
Bryant swats away Malone for L.
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| Nov 1, 2001
Last season we saw most rookie options picked up by teams, but oh how the times have changed.
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| Nov 1, 2001
Karl Malone is first to admit his production in the Jazz's 2001-2002 season opener was not up to standards.
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| Nov 1, 2001
The Jazz on Wednesday declined to pick up the fourth-season option on the contracts of starting shooting guard Quincy Lewis and reserve forward Scott Padgett, two of their 1999 first-round draft choices.
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| Nov 1, 2001
Moments after Milwaukee rallied past the Jazz on Tuesday's opening night in the NBA, coach George Karl might have said more than he realized when discussing the Bucks' improbable 119-112 overtime victory at the Delta Center.
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| Nov 1, 2001
On Tuesday night, in a noisy National Basketball Association arena, a veteran performer who"s pushing age 40 showed that he"s still got what it takes to compete in this league.
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| Nov 1, 2001
SALT LAKE CITY -- Andrei Kirilenko never saw anything like Shaquille O"Neal while playing in Russia, so the Jazz rookie is excited Shaq is in town tonight.
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