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All times are expressed in Eastern Time. Statistics from 2006-07 regular season. via ESPN

The Utah Jazz shoot for their third straight victory when they welcome the Memphis Grizzlies tonight to EnergySolutions Arena. via CW Arkansas

“But in terms of going to down to play with whatever the name of the team is - the Stampede - I don't think he's going. He may go to Wyoming for the stampede, but I don't think he's going to Idaho to play for the Stampede.”

Sonics-Jazz pregame Utah at Seattle , 7:30 p.m. TV: FSN RADIO: 770-AM Series: The two teams split the series at two games apiece last season. via Tacoma News Tribune

“I don't know if it's the offense or not, but he's a heck of a player when he gets rolling”

Tracy McGrady clapped his hands and rubbed them together with an exaggerated flair, as if he were about to reach out to pull a pot of poker chips to him. via Houston Chronicle

“I thought (the contract) was going to be easier”

Even though they are averaging 107.8 points per game this season, coach Jerry Sloan does not like how his Jazz are scoring. via Deseret Morning News

And we are a go. The Spurs, Rockets, and Jazz were all winners in the first night of NBA action. via Give Me The Rock

“If you're trying to put it on for fans, you're going to be sitting with them.”

When Andrei Kirilenko arrived at his locker at Golden State for the Utah Jazz's season opener Tuesday night in Oakland, one of those taunting posters was hanging there. via Deseret News

The Golden State Warriors and Utah Jazz meet for the second time in the new season, as the teams battle tonight at EnergySolutions Arena. via Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Why were the refs giving him such a hard time? He might be able to blame Kobe Bryant for that. via Netscape

“I know I have a lot of learning to do.”

Yi Jianlian got off to a rocky start in his introduction to Bucks fans. On his first offensive touch in the first quarter of Milwaukee's preseason home opener against the Utah Jazz, the celebrated rookie ... via SI.com

POST GAME:A Opening Night @ Golden State KEY NUMBERS : 1. A On the Glass: A The Jazz outrebound the Warriors by 19:A 56-37. 2.A In the Paint:A The JazzA won the point-battleA in the paint: 54-42. 3.A From the ... via MVN - Recent Articles

“Even their bigs can get up and down the floor.”

Utah, Denver should maintain top spots - with defending division champion Jazz serving as a role model for the rest ERIC D. WILLIAMS; The News Tribune Don't expect a changing of the guard at the top of the ... via Tacoma News Tribune

“It's going to be tough to repeat what we did last year”

Issue date: 10/30/07 Section: Sports Media Credit: Lennie Mahler Deron Williams drives to the basket in the Jazz' preseason game against the Milwaukee Bucks. via The Daily Utah Chronicle

“We're going to wait til after practice and then we're going to have to talk [Tuesday]”

The Jazz still had two unresolved issues as they practiced Monday morning in advance of Tuesday's opener at Golden State. via Salt Lake Tribune

Kobe Bryant didn't practice with the Lakers on Saturday because of the sprained right wrist that kept him out of Friday night's final exhibition game against the Kings in Las Vegas. via ChicagoSports.com

It's an annual, but odd, preseason tradition, this business of guessing how the Jazz will do this year. via Salt Lake Tribune

“We got a lot of things to improve on,'' Sloan said. "We got to do a better job of trying to understand our offense, we got to do a better job of trying to defend and just things that you have to be able to do if you're going to have any success.”

Nobody is expecting the Jazz to be a finished product come opening night Oct. 30, but it might help to find a happy medium between the team that committed 28 turnovers in one preseason game and hit 12 ... via Salt Lake Tribune

“You have off-games every once in a while. That's what pre-season's for, is kind of to get those kinks out. ”

The starting lineup remains far from the final product, with Kobe Bryant and Derek Fisher the only sure things amid a rash of injuries and ineffectiveness. via The Orlando Sentinel

By Dave Posted on Wed Oct 24, 2007 at 04:20:01 AM EDT UTAH JAZZ Record: 51-31, 1st Northwest Division, 5th in Western Conference Statistical Comparisons: Notable: 2nd in field goal % 29th in three-point % ... via Blazer's Edge

“I know you're busy, but I just want to tell you this...”

The GMTR Readers League draft was held last night. The response to the league was great and the draft went just as well. via Give Me The Rock