slowing down. What might be most unique about this team, however, is the way in which they win. While the team has a number of very talented superstar.
Will this hurt the team come playoff time? Some might.
On the other hand, young Deron Williams has shown a knack for delivering in important situations so far this season, Derek Fisher brought with him to Utah a wealth of clutch playoff experience, and Carlos Boozer is having the best season of his career.
Still, none of the aforementioned guys are legitimate superstars as of this moment.
That said, we know teams can win it all without a big time star, despite popular sentiment. One has to look no further than the 2003-04 Detroit Pistons to figure that out.
Yes, folks will say guys like Chauncey Billups, Rip Hamilton, and Rasheed Wallace are superstars, but such a moniker was only attached to them after they won a title.
competitive as a team sans a legitimate superstar coming down the stretch. However, their lack of a legitimate superstar may hurt them in another way come February.
If the Jazz continue at their current pace, they will Vegas. Such an accomplishment basically assures at least one All Star Well, maybe not, and not because a player or two won't be deserving. Instead, because of the market the Jazz compete in and their lack of a top-flight, marketable megastar in today's corporate environment, the Jazz might get wrongly left out.
voting and earn a starting slot on the Western Conference roster. That get a representative. Usually, the coaches do a fairly solid job of deciding on the reserves, but Utah's most impressive candidates thus far -- them.
For Boozer, he plays the four spot which is perhaps the deepest position in the conference. What this means for Boozer is that he will be competing against the likes of Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan, Dirk Nowitzki, et al. So even if Boozer is deserving, the coaches might go with the tried and true guys as to not ruffle any feathers.
With regard to Williams, he has one very important factor working against him -- his youth. Coaches often exhibit a great deal of trepidation in voting in young guys. If you don't believe me, just ask after being deserving but ultimately denied the last two campaigns.
Vegas, they're going to have to play at an All Star level and then some to get the call. It's not right, but it is the reality of the All Star bureaucracy as it is currently constituted.
: It was a night Dee Brown will never forget.
He missed every shot he took, all five of them. The guy he was assigned to guard scored 33 points and nearly won the game. No wonder the Jazz rookie felt so strongly when he was removed from the Jazz's 109-107 win over Seattle.
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opportunity to get himself going, or whatever he has to do, Sloan said of Kirilenko, who was hitting just 35.5 percent from the field in his first five games back after missing five with a sprained right ankle sustained in a Nov.
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