Andrei Kirilenko will likely return tonight against Indiana at the Delta Center.
"Nobody tells me," Kirilenko said Monday, "but it feels like 'Yes.' "
Utah is a different team with Kirilenko in the lineup. A better team. A more positive-thinking team.
Teammates suggest as much, and words perhaps are more telling than any statistics ever could be.
"He's huge for us," said big man Mehmet Okur, who with Kirilenko sidelined and Carlos Boozer out all season with a strained hamstring has assumed season-long team-high scoring honors over the Jazz's first dozen games of 2005-06. "Everybody has to step up without him. With him, he makes us a good team and makes our job easy."
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Nov 28, 2005 10:48 AM EST
One hot rumor more than a year ago was that Utah power forward Carlos Boozer was going to the Lakers. Boozer was criticized last season by team owner Larry Miller, who had signed him to a $68 million deal.
He hasn't played this season because of a hamstring injury.
Last week there was a note in the Los Angeles Times that Boozer had purchased a 5,600-square-foot home with 10 bedrooms and 13 bathrooms, a guest house, elevator, racquetball court and tennis court in L.A. for $8.6 million.
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Nov 25, 2005 11:45 PM EST
Utah forward Andrei Kirilenko expects to return next week from a sprained ankle that has kept him out of the last seven games.
Kirilenko warmed up before Friday night's home game against Golden State and felt he could play, but Jazz trainer Gary Briggs wanted to give the former All-Star's right ankle more time to heal. Utah doesn't play again until Tuesday at home against Indiana.
Kirilenko, who missed half of last season because of injuries, hasn't played since spraining his ankle Nov. 12 in a game at Chicago.
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Jazz Nov 2005 Archive
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Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 25, 2005
Andrei Kirilenko returned to practice with his teammates Thursday, and he was relatively optimistic that his sprained right ankle is healed enough that he could be activated in time to face the Warriors tonight.
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Sports Illustrated | Nov 22, 2005
According to Sports Illustrated's 'Truth And Rumor's section, the St. Paul Pioneer Press is reporting that the Timberwolves may talk trade with the Utah Jazz.
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Salt Lake City Tribune | Nov 17, 2005
The "setback" in his recovery that Boozer experienced was actually a serious aggravation of his original injury, said thesurgeon. Boozer will need another month at a minimum to recover.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 17, 2005
Greg Ostertag probably wasn't expecting it, but he received a relatively warm ovation when he was introduced in Arco Arena on Tuesday.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 16, 2005
Just hours after Carlos Boozer spoke with conviction and excitement Monday about progress in his recovery from a lingering hamstring strain, the Jazz forward reinjured his left leg again.
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Sports Illustrated | Nov 16, 2005
According to Sports Illustrated, New Orleans rookie Chris Paul is at the head of his class, overtaking first overall pick Andrew Bogut at the top of their rookie power rankings.
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Dallas Morning News | Nov 15, 2005
Jerry Stackhouse's right knee is improving, and he could return to practice Wednesday.
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ESPN | Nov 14, 2005
Andrei Kirilenko and Keith McLeod sat out the Utah's game against the Knicks on Monday night with injuries.
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ESPN | Nov 13, 2005
Jazz forward Andre Kirilenko was injured in his team's 103-98 loss in Chicago last night. He left the game after he sprained his left ankle.
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Detroit News | Nov 7, 2005
The Detroit News columnist Chris McCosky certainly is not a fan of Jazz forward Carlos Boozer.
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AP | Nov 3, 2005
Utah's rookie point guard Deron Williams had 18 points and three assists, and played the entire fourth quarter while the Jazz rallied to beat the travel-weary Dallas Mavericks 93-82 Wednesday night.
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Deseret News | Nov 1, 2005
Jazz power forward Carlos Boozer didn't make it through Monday's practice at the Zion's Bank Basketball Center, "tweaking" the sore left hamstring that kept him out of the whole preseason.
