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Neither starting point guard Deron Williams nor backup point Ronnie Price practiced when the Jazz worked out this afternoon at Suffolk University here.

If he keeps it up, Wesley Matthews might need to bump up his cell-phone minutes and text-messaging plan.

Because doing predictions before the season tips off is just so, well, cliche' I held mine for this week.

With 3:38 to go in last night's game and the Celtics starters enjoying another fourth-quarter siesta, the announcement was made at the end of a timeout.

What are we waiting for? As Max said in "Where the Wild Things Are": "Let the wild rumpus start!" The Jazz 's 82-game rumpus begins tonight in Denver, and if there's one thing you can say about them, it's that they're as familiar as a beloved kids' book.

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The bangs and biceps are new. The guy who's sporting them this year certainly isn't. Even with an altered appearance, Andrei Kirilenko - loaded guns, non-spiky hair and all - is the player Utah Jazz fans are most used to seeing on the team after all these years.

It is expensive, it is partly accidental and it is only temporary. In an unusual convergence of factors, the Jazz have kept their team together for another year.

Los Angeles Lakers forward Pau Gasol , of Spain, makes contact with Utah Jazz forward Carlos Boozer in the Jazz Lakers playoff game four in Salt Lake City, Saturday, April 25, 2009.

The Rip City rebuild was about more than a talent upgrade. There was a character cleansing, too.

The love I have for food is so strong that I'm sure if food were one of the three options on Mystery Date, we'd end up together every time.

Gentry: 'There's a method to the madness' Wednesday, October 14, 2009 Suns coach Alvin Gentry has brought back an uptempo style of basketball to the desert, which had been the team's hallmark before the arrival of Shaquille O'Neal - who was traded to Cleveland in the offseason.

Rookie James Johnson sank a fade-away jump shot from the baseline at the buzzer Tuesday to give the Chicago Bulls a 102-101 win over the Utah Jazz in an NBA preseason game.

It's mid-October, the leaves are not quite crumbling yet, but the mildA chill that prompts hotA chocolate making and scarf wearing in these parts also signifies two things for me: the NBA preseason is in full swing and NBA action is just around the corner.

I'm not superstitious, but if I played for the Jazz, I'd avoid breaking mirrors.

British basketball star Luol Deng is relishing playing in front of a home crowd when his Chicago Bulls face the Utah Jazz at the O2 Arena on Tuesday.

As long as the memories of an injury-ravaged season and April collapse are still fresh for the Jazz, Deron Williams and his teammates will avoid any talk about potential Northwest Division titles and deep playoff runs this preseason.

All right, so nobody's comparing the absences from training camp of longtime Jazz players Matt Harpring and Jarron Collins to the departures of Karl Malone and John Stockton six years ago.

Veteran forward Matt Harpring will not take part in the team's training camp or preseason and will miss the start of the regular NBA season.

Friday night the Basketball Hall of Fame inducted the 2009 class into its ranks.