Alec Burks News

Who is crazy? Amar is crazy. Here's a chart that shows the individual PERs by playing time for our team this past year.

Once upon a time there was a wizened old Master, Master Hornacek. He was patient and skilled master who had moved from the hard desert lands where he gained a lot of notoriety towards the eastern lands.

The toughness of our Jazz team last year has been questioned several times. Whether it's JJ Barea bumping Hayward at the FT line, or Dirk smacking the ball out of the hands of Derrick Favors , besides Earl Watson our team seemed to be a little soft.

The real NBA Finals are about to begin as the two teams playing the best basketball on the planet meet in the West, starting Sunday.

Guess who wants to come back to coaching? It is Jerry Sloan . Steve Luhm of the Salt Lake Tribune talked to Jerry and he did confirm that he is ready to be back.

Fifteen months after retiring, Hall of Fame coach Jerry Sloan's name has come up again, this time as a potential replacement in Orlando or Charlotte.

Of course, for Utah fans, this isn't anything surprising. We've gotten used to the fact that the world doesn't talk about them much when their winning either.

Evan Hall : A Gordon Hayward. During the push for the playoffs, Hayward was theA best player on the team.

You know the play well. It may have been the pinnacle of the Jazz's postseason this year.

Wow, that was fast. Just like that, the 2011- 2012 NBA season was over in an instant.

Jazz vs Raps, which team would you rather be as of now? The HQ's Sean Tepper takes a look and gives his thoughts... In fact the club has averaged 32 wins over the last four seasons and with win totals of 33, 40, 22 and 23, it's pretty hard to say there's been much trending towards a future playoff birth.

Utah Jazz guard Alec Burks, center attempts to score against San Antonio Spurs center Tim Duncan and power forward Matt Bonner during the second half of Game 3 in the first-round NBA basketball playoff series, Saturday, May 5, 2012, in Salt Lake City.

From replacing a legendary coach to losing his best asset only days after assuming his new job and being called unprofessional by a subordinate, Ty Corbin has experienced an incredible journey as the Jazz head coach .

Ask any Utah Jazz fan and you will find the vast majority of them are incredibly proud of the steps this young team took this past year.

Remember how great the Utah Jazz played in April? Well, they played just the opposite of that in the playoffs.

The Salt Lake Tribune) Jazz head coach Tyrone Corbin speaks to the media during locker clean-out day Tuesday, May 8, 2012, at EnergySolutions Arena.

Utah Jazz rookies Alec Burks and Enes Kanter restored a long-time team tradition on "locker cleanout day." They made the journey from EnergySolutions Arena to nearby Crown Burgers for an extensive takeout order to treat their teammates to burgers, fries and drinks.

Utah Jazz forwardcenter Derrick Favors leaves the arena after Utah Jazz players clean out their lockers after being swept in the first round of the NBA playoffs in Salt Lake City Tuesday, May 8, 2012.

Ginobili was 0 for 8 from beyond the arc in the first three games. But after Utah pulled within 61-58 with 3:18 left in the third, he hit consecutive 3-pointers then added another as the Spurs regained control, taking a 76-58 lead early in the fourth.

Scott D. Pierce writes about television for the Salt Lake Tribune. A member of the board of the Television Critics Association, he's covered TV in Utah since 1990.