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Trouble in Jazztown?
Divide and conquer......Pop knows about winning battles...I'd say.
Kirilenko's take
JAZZ: AK judges Jazz play as weaker than before
By Michael C. Lewis
The Salt Lake Tribune
Article Last Updated: 05/25/2007 02:49:41 AM MDT
Have the Jazz simply hit their ceiling?
Forward Andrei Kirilenko wondered whether that's the case - which might explain why they are playing "weaker" against the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA's Western Conference finals than they did earlier in the playoffs.
"I don't think we're playing the game we played in the first or second round," Kirilenko said after practice Thursday. "I think we're playing weaker. I don't know why. Probably, we kind of not really believe in ourselves. Probably, we think probably that's our ceiling, for this moment. Maybe."
Pressed on why he thinks the Jazz might have maxed out for the moment or begun to lack confidence heading into Game 3 against the Spurs at EnergySolutions Arena on Saturday, Kirilenko clarified his comments.
"I just said, 'Maybe,' '' he said. "It's not a fact. Just maybe. I hope it's not. All we can do right now is just compete every game."
Several of Kirilenko's teammates still discounted the idea that they have reached their potential for this season and simply need more time to grow into the kind of team that can seriously contend for a championship.
"I don't believe that," forward Carlos Boozer said. "I don't need no more time. I want to win right now. I hope the guys are on the same page. We didn't get here by having that at ude, that 'Oh, we can't get good enough, fast enough.' We have to have
the mentality that we can compete with this team. We can run up and down with them, we can defend them, we can score against them. And if we don't have that mentality, then we shouldn't be here in the first place.
"That's terrible," he added. "That's a terrible at ude, if you ask me. I hope all the guys are on the same page as I am, that we can get better in the next two days and have a great Game 3 and change the outlook of the series. But we have to have that mentality first."
Trouble in Jazztown?
Divide and conquer......Pop knows about winning battles...I'd say.
If you can get the lead at halftime, let alone win the game, this series could be over.....
AK47 is just a complete disappointment as a player. What kind of an at ude is that? If I were Sloan, AK would be benched for the rest of the playoffs.
Well at least he wasn't crying when he said it. You can throw in all the "maybes" you want but when a thought like that crosses your mind it's not a good sign. And why the say that to the media? It's quitter talk, plain and simple.
Sounds like the Jazz may be starting to turn on each other. AK was probably being a little too candid for his own good, but that at ude is infectious, and the comment can't be taken back.
Jazz destiny this year is only to reach WCF...
and they know that
ak47? ahahhaa does he have a right to call out his teammates? his the dude that n took a game of to go n cry a river when he couldnt face tmac....
He is a Russian...he is used to being defeated and depressed.
At least he got that great woman and a max contract, maybe he knows it is almost impossible to beat the Spurs.
Sloan will be pissed. to the max. Sloan is the type of guy that will be the last man to quit in a barroom brawl that he's losing.
I bet AK is gone next year.
Would anyone want AK47 on the Spurs? Price tag notwithstanding.
I'll pass
Man, even if you were outmatched, you don't show your cards.
WTF kind of comment is that to make in the media?
Game overProbably, we think probably that's our ceiling, for this moment ... "I just said, 'Maybe,' '' he said. "It's not a fact. Just maybe. I hope it's not
Most teams don't go from no playoffs or very little deep playoff run experience to champions. Teams have to have some deep playoff runs and losses before they become champions.
Whats your boyfriend Vince Carter's excuse Rascal?
We need to put the Jazz away and keep them believing they have no shot. Don't give them any hope Spurs!
Carter has never played with a dominate big man. Duncan carries the spurs.
Carter > Manu
The Jazz will get their only win of the series in game 3.
I took my Parents to game 2 (because Moms had never been to a game despite spending most of her life here), and I watched the body language of the Jazz before the game and during timeouts. Most of them act like a team that knows they're fighting a losing battle.
I think they're suffering from a major case of suprisedwemadeitthisfaritis.
Why would AK say this to the media?
That's just Amare-dumb.
In response, the Jazz have announced they are banning vodka from their practice facility.
Prozac?
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