Have Carlos Boozer and Mehmet Okur been worth their big free-agent contracts? Boozer needs to spend more time on the defensive side as does Okur. Boozer was definately worth the money. I have not seen enough from Okur.

Is there a chance for a turnaround this season or should the Jazz just play out the year and hope to win the draft lottery?

I think they can turn it around if everybody would just buy into Jerry's program and focus on the defensive side of the ball and let their game come through there. We won't make the playoffs but I feel they could go .500 from here.

Clint Braidwood

Boston, Mass.

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Play for the future

In my opinion the Jazz need to still try and turn the season around and make a playoff push, but do it playing the players of the future: Lopez, Snyder, Humphries, AK47, Giricek, Borchardt, Boozer, and Okur. I don't understand why Coach Sloan is giving so many minutes to Howard Eisley when he probably won't be with the team next year.

When Raul Lopez is playing his best, he is the best point guard the Jazz have. He is going to make mistakes (it is his 2nd season) but he needs to be able to play through them, not be stuck on the bench while Eisley and McLeod get the minutes. Maybe coach Sloan feels Howard Eisley is the Jazz point guard of the future, I don't know.

If you compare Lopez's numbers to McLeod's, Lopez shoots a higher field goal and free throw percentage and, per 48 minutes, averages 2 more assists and .5 more steals per game. Lopez seems to be more of the pass first and shoot second type of point guard, whereas McLeod and Eisley are the opposite. I think it is time to look to the future and forget about the past.

Troy Russell

Henderson, Nev.

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Sloan isn't forward-thinking