Perhaps Chandler should look at some stats:

According to John Hollinger's Pace factor, Utah has the 9th fastest pace in the league, while the Hornets rank at 26--5th slowest in the league. Utah also scores and allows more points per game than New Orleans.

So much for "grind it out, and slow it down."

He is my countryman. He is the man that i'm proud of his good personality. He is the man that i enjoy watching his basketball playing. He is the man that caused me to be a strong fan of the Jazz. He is the man that caused me to meet with all of you in here.
GO MEMO, GO ALL OF YOU, GO JAZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Funny to hear Tyson Chandler's comments. He does not pay very good attention or he would realize the Jazz score more points per game than the hornets and are in the top 10 in points score per game in the league. He would also know we have the largest point differential in the league.

Funny how the excuses start to flow when they lose. that is something that I respect about the Jazz. Instead of "we had an off game" or some other comment to show that, even though they lost they are still the better team, the Jazz players and coaches simply give credit where credit is due.

That is good sportsmanship.

Hey Sloan Hater, how is it that the Jazz and its players seem to keep getting better under Sloan?

Sinan, were not going to give your countryman back, we love him to much. Keep it up Memo!

@ bean....I know what ya saying, everybody has it in their heads that Utah is not a run it up & down team. Out of everyone they have the best looking roster to be able to run & play the 1/2 court.

@ Sinan....Keep representing like you have all season!!!

Go Sinan, Go Jazz!!

Is it just my imagination, or are the Jazz really good at picking, and then developing second round picks? Milsap being the latest.

We appreciate Memo too. He's the man on this team,the leader,the defender in the paint.( sorry Boozer ) Memo is bringing it every game,at home, on the road,He is the leader by example.Go El Capitain, go Sinan, Go Jazz!!!!!

.....Go Sinan, Go Turkey, Go Jazz! Be careful what you wish for. You all wanted Phoenix to beat San Antionio. Looked like Pops got Popped (he's popped a few himself). Now the spurs could be headed for a 5 seed. And the Jazz could be stay on the river walk for a week or 10 days starting next Tuesday.

This is Memo's Team. Memo's and D' Wills team. Not Cuff links!

Memo and AK are the difference makers, if they play well the Jazz are very hard to beat.

I love the fact the Sloan hs the Jazz playing so well mostly because I love to see the Jazz winning but partly because it has shut Sloan Hater up or maybe the Dnews finally banned him, one could only hope.

I expect Dwill and Booz to have a bounce back game tonight and play well. I just hope they can continue the winning streak. Another tough game tonight I'm worried about a let down.

What a great team the Jazz have from A-Z, I just hope they can keep them all together. Develop the young talent and add a top round pick from NY in 2010, if they can keep this team together the Jazz could be good for the next 10 years.

Update: Larry Miller for President, Memo for VP, Sloan for Secretary of Defense.

GO JAZZ!!!

Little kids are saying Memo before they can even say mommy or daddy!!!

Memo, He's changing peoples lives!

Everyone talks about how Boozer doesnt play defense but you all forget the good job that Boozer did against Tim Duncan. Boozer has gotten under Duncan's skin the last 2 times they have played. I think that the Jazz have the most potential of any team in the NBA. They can play the fast game, they can play the slow game, they can hit from the perimeter and they can kill you in the paint. Anybody on the team can get hot and have a career night. You have to guard every body on the Jazz team very tight. I am very happy with the team that they have. Get rid of Hart and Collins, use Fes in Collins spot and get a more efficient back up PG to play along with Price when Deron is out.

GO JAZZ!!!

When I looked over at him he was holding his arms straight up for an extended amout of time as if to signal 3. I began to ponder, and I realized at that moment just how high the Jazz had become on mine and my families priority list. And I knew that everyone in that building was also aware of this.

I was at Sacrament meeting with my 1 1/2 year old son. The Hymn was just over and they bread was still being broken. It was dead silent in the Chapel. My son was amazed at this silence and he looked around to see what was going on. He stood up on the bench and stretched his neck to look about. Then with his amazingly loud voice ye yelled "Memoooooooooh!" People were holding their mouths and trying not to laugh. Mine and my wifes faces were turning redder and redder. Then when I thought it couldn't get any worse and people were just gaining their composure he yells "Moneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey!" People started cracking up and some of the men on the stand were glaring my direction. I tried to hunch down but I just froze not wanting to draw any more attention to myself I could not even move. Then with a smile at all the attention that he was drawing and the fascination with the sound of his voice blasting of the walls and ceiling of the Chapel, he bellows "It Went Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin!" At this moment even the guys on the stand were smiling and trying to remain composed.

Memo.

Raise up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it....

3rd Gen Jazz fan: I just spit coffe all over my screen with that story! Absolutly classic!

HEY SINAN! CASH MONEY BABY! The scuttlebutt around the league is that the Pistons are regret losing Memo more than they regret not drafting Carmelo. 'Sheed said they miss him big time. Memo has been hurt for a year and is finally healthy. He's now playing some of the finest basketball of his carreer. Paul Gasol has nothing on Memo! "Don't touch me, I'm still hot!"

@ third generation fan

Priceless, simply priceless!

@Anonymous & Memo for pres

I also hope they can keep this group together but I am not sure if Larry Miller will Shell out that kind of cash. Here's some numbers....

2008-2009 Salary Cap is estimated to be around $59.9 Mil with a luxury tax threshold around $70Mil

The Jazz currently have about $60Mil in contracts for 2008-2009.

CJ Miles is the only free agent this summer.

The following players will have the option to become free agents in the summer of 2009.

Williams
Boozer
Okur
Price
Milsap
Collins
Hart

The Jazz will be focusing on Williams and Milsap this summer. Williams contract will be about $14Mil a year, he is currently due $5Mil next year. Milsap is probably worth 2-3Mil a year, he is currently due $700K next year.

So if the Jazz do not resign CJ and keep everybody else their team salary would be around $70Mil, that is doable for next year but that summer they have to resign Okur and Boozer and if they both keep playing at the level they are they will both be entertaining Max contract offers.

What about Kirilenko. He becomes a free agent the folling year. That will free up a lot of money. And hart has a team option after this season. My bet is the Jazz don't exercise there option on hart. That money will go to CJ.

I certianly hope they can keep C.J. on the Jazz. It would be hard to watch him develop into a super star on another team. I see C. J. as a big part of this teams future. I'm sure not many agree but check back in a couple of years.

Memo to Memo: Uncle Dean and I are sure happy with the way you have taken control of the paint. Keep up the good work and you will be rewarded for your efforts.

Vonda is Right On! CJ is the Future! Memo is the Present and he sure is a prescence in the paint. Roarke loves Korver and the longball.

We'll take CJ any day. Put him in Sloan. Keenan said CJ is his favorite.

I didn't know Hart had a team option, that is good news, I think the Jazz should definately let him go. Collins will have a mid level exception and and expiring contract next year so it's not impossible that they could get some value out of him next year if they wanted to.

AK's current contract runs through 2011 and is max money every one of those years, so unless we trade him we are stuck with that until then. That's why his trade value is so low, no team want's that anchor hanging around their neck, especially given AK's tendancy to have lots of little injuries reducing his production every season.

I agree that the Jazz should try and keep CJ especially if they move AK, with Harprings retirement eminent we could find ourselves short at the small forward position.

I love AK, I think he has given alot to the Jazz and I think his contribution in this years playoffs is going to be huge, but I still think it may be good for him and the Jazz, if they can get some decent value for him, to find him a new home.

re: Odog

I would LOVE to hear your explanation on how Any Jazz Player has 'gotten better' as a result of Sloan. I will anxiously be awaiting your reply.

In the meantime.

Let me educate you.

The Jazz have a organizational system in which the assistant coaches run a large portion of the team. The assistant coaches are responsible for a lot more than most other NBA teams.

This INCLUDES Player Development. Johnson, Corbin, and Layden are the ones who work with players at practice running drills, teaching basketball skills, and informing the players about the other teams'/players' idiosyncricies.

If Sloan is such a great coach... Why do the Jazz Fly in Horney as a special assistant coach to AK??

Seems to me that it takes a 'special' type of Coach to destroy an All-Star in less than 3 years.

Fire/Retire Sloan

Aside from your marriage and the birth of your son, this must have been one of your proudest moments.

I copied your story and will be forwarding it to all my family and friends

I think Sinan really lives in the Bronx.

As for me, I am so proud of MY fellow countrymen Williams, Booz, Brewer, CJ, Price, Harpring, Hart, Millsap, Almond, Ostertag, LeBron, Kobe, Duncan, etc etc..

Re: Sinan

You are a TRUE BLUE Jazz fan. I enjoy your comments and your devotion to the Jazz, even when they sometimes have off-nights. I agree, Memo has really picked up his defensive game. He is such an asset to the Jazz. Hope you plan to have a lot of sleepless nights in the next 2 months, since I believe we can make it to the finals. As you say,
GO JAZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ, Go MEMO!!!!

RE to SLoan Hater: Just curious, if it's the asistant coaches who do all the work with the players, who do you think had the brains to hire the assistants? Mabye...Jerry? Dunno, just throwing that out there buddy. Can't give cred to the underlings without givin some to the general. Who do you think approved flying Hornacek in? Or at minimum, ok him coming on as an assistant? Weak argument man. Very weak. And the AK...come on. He never was an all-star to begin with, and you know it. Maybe it was the assistants who made him an all-star?

Perhaps you didn't see my message last week, when I apologized for criticizing Jerry so much when he was actually amassing one of the best winning percentages of all time and one of the best winning percentages this year, including the No. 1 winning percentage at home. Actually, I've been joking all along. If Sloan can motivate his players by being critical, maybe we fans can get him to coach better by getting on his behind! He's obviously a Hall of Fame coach deserving of all the accolades that come his way. He's a perfectionist who demands effort where it really counts: defense, rebounding, teamwork, hustle, passing and setting picks.
Seriously, who cares about double doubles? Bolerjack goes on and on about them. Though Boozer did not get double doubles in any of his last four outings, the team won every game. And the Jazz didn't just barely win but by an average margin of more than 20 points per game. So let's forget the double double. The points/rebound double double doesn't mean much. Boozer's improved defense in the past four games meant far more to team's success than his scoring or even his rebounds.

@Sloan Hater (the Fake One)

If you are going to imitate somebody you have to get the style right, you can't just use their name and and write any way you want to. Let me help you out...

First off the real Sloan hater always ends his comments with the following...

"Fire/Retire Sloan"

Every time, without fail, so that's a dead giveaway.

Also, the real Sloan Hater will never alow a paragraph longer than 3-4 lines, his points never take that long to make, so the fact that you have one huge rambling paragraph is another dead giveaway.

Lastly, The intro is always short, 1-5 words max, something like

Re:stupid

or

Sloan stunk last night!

...Always followed by two returns.

Remember a good impression is in the details and immitation is the greatest form of flattery.

Re: Sloan Hater.

Russell, Anderson, Ostertag, Eisley just to name a few. They all stunk after leaving the Jazz.

Educate Me? Sloan likes to delegate (he even spoke of it in a recent news articale). He divides up responsibilities to use the coaching talent best.

Then, at the end of the day, he passes all the credit first to his players (allways saying it is a players league) and then to his assistants. Sloan does not need the limelight, nor does he want it.

He preaches teamwork, not individualality. Then he lives it by coaching through TEAMWORK.