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A quick flip of a coin effectively dashed the Utah Jazz ' hopes of nabbing a first-round draft pick in the upcoming 2012 NBA Draft .

Experience seems to continuously live at odds against potential. Eventually the two meet in the middle and you are in your peak physical and seasoned years.

Wow, that sounds like a boring title. Well, this may or may not be a boring subject.

HOOPSWORLD Publisher Steve Kyler will hold his weekly chat at 10:30am EST on Thursdays.

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

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.

I've been so jealous of the other SLC Dunkers this week. Clark got the pre-game 4 and post-game 4 Downbeats.

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

As the seconds ticked down Monday in Game 4 of what would be a first-round playoff sweep, Utah Jazz forward Derrick Favors cursed all the way off the court.

Players enter the ESA as 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.

To get things started, I asked him a few questions, and his first answers are . Round two of his answers to my questions are here , and round two of my answers can be found over I think Hayward is probably your best perimeter defender, and I think putting him on Tony was a solid move.

Jerry Lara/San Antonio Express-News Utah Jazz, from left, Jamaal Tinsley, Al Jefferson and Paul Millsap seat out the rest of the fourth quarter of game two of the Western Conference first round at the AT&T Center, Sunday, May 2, 2012.

Since all the rules changes in the post-Uglyball era , this has become a guards league.

In a game that essentially, if not technically, determined the Jazz's postseason survival, Raja Bell never got off the bench Saturday night.

The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Jazz center Al Jefferson talks to Utah Jazz head coach Tyrone Corbin during practice at the Utah Jazz practice facility, Friday, May 4, 2012.

A few days ago all the blogs were asked to give their votes for which players deserved to win hardware this year.

The Spurs were adamant about not letting leading Utah scorer Al Jefferson get to his favorite spots in the paint Wednesday night.

The Associated Press) San Antonio Spurs' Tony Parker , of France, is defended by Utah Jazz's Devin Harris, left, during the third quarter of Game 1 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series on Sunday in San Antonio.

Corbin announced Sunday during his pregame interview he'll start Josh Howard at small forward against San Antonio at the AT&T Center, moving DeMarre Carroll to the bench.