BALLOT BRIBE: The Jazz are enticing fans to stuff the ballot box for the upcoming NBA All-Star Game by promising a free $1 hot dog for every 10 ballots filled out and submitted during tonight's game.

Four Jazz players are on the ballot, though based on partial returns none stand a chance of being named a starter for the Feb. 17 game in New Orleans: Okur and Carlos Boozer, each chosen to play last year; Deron Williams, still seeking his first appearance; and Kirilenko, a 2004 participant.

Ballots will be available at each EnergySolutions Arena entrance, as well as at designated tables on the main concourse and on the fifth level.

NASH ON WILLIAMS: Suns point guard Steve Nash recently weighed in with ESPN.com on Jazz point Williams: "He's a great player already. Very, very dangerous offensively. He can score from anywhere on the court at a high percentage, but he's also a true point guard with good vision. And he's a competitor.

"I usually do guard him even though he's obviously bigger and stronger. But let's face it: Deron's a difficult matchup for every team in the league. I do all right against him, but a lot of defending point guards in this league is how the bigs handle the pick-and-roll. It's not so much guys going 1-on-1."

CASH FOR CLINTON: According to a Washington Post blog, Jazz backup center Jarron Collins donated $500 to Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. Among Clinton's other basketball-world donors: NBA commissioner David Stern, who reportedly contributed the maximum-allowable $2,300.

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