Utah Jazz notebook: D-Will departs team to be with daughter

But Brewer, not Kirilenko, mostly handled the point when Maynor was out.

KISS OF DEATH: One possible reason Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Sloan doesn't mind that he's never won official NBA Coach of the Year honors was amplified Thursday, when 2008 award New Orleans Hornets coach Byron Scott was fired.

The 2006 winner, Avery Johnson, was fired in 2008, less than two years after taking the Dallas Mavericks to the NBA Finals, and the 2007 award recipient, Sam Mitchell, was fired by Toronto early in his second season after winning.

"In this business," Sloan said Friday, "you don't want to be the Coach of the Year."

MILESTONE: With a third-quarter 3-pointer, center Mehmet Okur moved into a tie with current part-time shooting coach Jeff Hornacek for fourth place on the Jazz's all-time treys made list with 439.

Next on the list: Darrell Griffith (530).

John Stockton (845) leads, followed by Bryon Russell (540).

MISC.: Injured Jazz forward Matt Harpring, at home in Atlanta awaiting retirement due to chronic knee and ankle injuries, did studio work Friday for NBA TV, including a postgame interview with Maynor, a teammate he's never met. ... With Harpring, Williams, Ronnie Price (sprained big toe), C.J. Miles (thumb surgery) and Kyle Korver (knee surgery) all out, the Jazz had just nine healthy players Friday. All but Kosta Koufos and Kyrylo Fesenko played at least 29 minutes. ... Matthews' first NBA start came against one of the ex-teams of his father, Wes Matthews. ... With usual Jazz TV play-by-play announcer Craig Bolerjack calling today's Ole Miss-Tennessee college football game for CBS, Steve Brown filled in Friday and will again Saturday.

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