Utah Jazz: Korver is 1-year member of team

Monday marked the one-year anniversary of when Kyle Korver became a member of the Utah Jazz via a trade with the Philadelphia 76ers.

(Patiently waiting for screeching groupies to settle down. Still waiting. Tapping fingers. OK, let's resume.)

"It's been a good year," Korver said. "It feels like it's been a lot longer than one year, to be honest."

It is Leap Year, so it kinda has been. It's actually been 366 days since the shooting guard joined the Jazz via the swap that sent Gordan Giricek and a to-be-determined draft pick to Philly. Funny, that's also about how many times the sharpshooter was reminded in his first week in Utah that he resembles Demi Moore's other half — and, no, we're not talking about Bruce Willis.

It's also about the number of Jazz fans who've since proposed to the "punk'd" dude's supposed doppleganger through signs at EnergySolutions Arena. Jazz guard Deron Williams found it "ironic" that Korver's anniversary came on a day when they played Philly. Korver was the Jazz's top bench performer, finishing with a dozen points, including two 3-pointers and a technical free throw, and five assists in Utah's 112-95 victory. "It was fine," he said of the showdown. "We got the win and that's all that matters."

Nothing new there since Korver's been here. Williams says the addition of this dangerous deep threat was key to the Jazz finding themselves as a team last year, going 16-16 before the trade and 38-12 after it.

"He's definitely helped this team a lot," Williams said. "He definitely opens up the game for guys to do what they do because they have to respect him past the 3-point line."

It's not just the smooth-looking shot of the career 40.7-percent 3-point gunslinger that makes him valuable, either. He's a locker room asset, too. "He's been a great teammate, great friend," Williams said.

Different accent, same sentiment from Andrei Kirilenko. "I like him. He's a part of the chemistry of our team, so I respect him," the Russian forward said. Korver clicked with the Jazz from the get-go, both in the way he played sniper in Jerry Sloan's system and in the way the beloved bachelor was received by the fan-base. "I feel like it kind of fit my personality of my game well, so it didn't take me that long (to adjust)," he said, referring to the game, not the side-show stuff. "I feel like I've played here a long time, and it's only a year."