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Utah Jazz notes: Miles suffers ankle sprain in win over New Orleans

this should be interesting.

We will see how much the Jazz miss Miles while he is out. My guess is that it will be more than most Jazz fans realise or would like to admit, but I could be wrong. Who knows the Jazz may gel and start to really progress as a team without him.

Eihter way, like I said, it should be interesting.

Just hooked up the rabbit ears to my set and picked up the game just fine.

Who starts in CJ's place?

AK?
Price?
Korver?
Harpring?

Direct subscribers should prepare for their payments to go up if KJZZ holds Utahns hostage for 11 games. The other 4 are on TNT

Maybe Almond who will get the start, I think Sloan prefers Korver off the bench and in the closing minutes. I thought CJ played much better on both ends of the floor last night. He looked like he wanted to help on D and got in for a couple of rebounds. I like CJ and hope he gets better quick.

I think Almond is a great choice because he has a great shot, likes to drive to the hole and is playing good D. They may move AK to the starting 3 against Detroit, and they may rotate Koufos in at the 4 and play Millsap some at the 3 against them. It will be interesting.

best thing that could happen

The NBA needs to examine the move where defenders simply slide under the shooter with their legs extended so that shooters come down and land on the defender's feet, twisting their ankles.

Sure, there is momentum that carries a defender into the shooter's space, but more and more, it seems that these injuries are the result of poor defense and possible cheap shots. I know that the one D-Will suffered was a total cheap shot from unmentioned rookie in Chicago.

Just like the NFL protects the quarterback, there should be some guideline to protect shooters already in the air.

Isn't it interesting. This year TV viewers will face loosing all TV with this digital thing and even before this happens in February, now Direct TV and KJAZZ get into a tiff and that station goes off the air.

Lets see Gas Prices are going up again, The Government is 1.2 Trillion in Debt this Year and Jobs are hard to find.

What do you think would happen if private citizens decided to just say bag all of this and stopped watching TV, Stopped using their Gas Hogs so much and Voted all these big spenders out for wasting their money? Do you think we might prosper?

I thought we let him go to the Thunder during the offseason. I haven't seen him perform in a Jazz uniform yet this season. I'm thinking we likely won't miss him while he's sitting in his Armani suit next to the "quad strain" (wink wink).

If you're a DirecTV subscriber and want to see the Jazz games in HD on KJZZ you have to use the rabbit ears anyway.

I think Almond could possibly get a chance at the starting position. If it's not him it will most likely be Price. Sloan will want to keep his bench rotation the way it is with Korver and AK coming off early.

But if your injury is what it takes to get this hard headed coach we have to finally try something different at the start of games so be it. Once again the start of last nights game was not good, and it will come back and bite them real hard if it continues. There are 3 or 4 players that can step in and start, but the nightly match ups is what would or should determine that. Hopefully this injury will be a blessing in disguise.

With CJ hurt I will probably go on vacation. There will be no reason for me to watch the Jazz. Harpring will start before Almond will start. Why does everyone think that Almond is a 3 along with Korver? All season long CJ and AK share the 48 minutes at the 3. Once in a great while, someone else uses those minutes but it is very sparingly. Harpring may play some of those minutes in the future.

Why would KJZZ think that DirectTV should pay for a free local TV station? If DirectTV broke precedent and paid for a "free over the air channel" then they would have to be paying for them all over the country which would ultimately dramatically increase satellite TV rates WHICH YOU PAY!!!

So ultimately KJZZ wants you to do their lobbying at DirecTV for them so YOU CAN PAY HIGHER RATES!! Great plan KJZZ!!

Outside of a few Jazz games, this channel runs old re-runs? Why would Direct TV want to pay for that?

Everyone should be calling KJZZ and DEMANDING that THEY solve THEIR OWN problems with Directv instead of getting you to do something that ultimately may raise your rates.

I have Dish and can't get the KJZZ games in HD anyway--I wish they would just move them all to FSN in HD!!!

I took some of our Varsity Scouts to the game and had lousy seats until we snuck down into some empty lower bowl seats. They whupped the Hornets--that was a funny skit the Bear did when he "gassed" the falling hornets from the rafters!!!!

Go Jazz.

I think CJ will get nearly as many rebounds and/or defensive stops over the next couple of weeks, while he is injured, as he has had all season.

Ronnie Brewer is long and athletic enough to play small forward. I'd like to see him start at SF, and Morris Almond at shooting guard. If Almond gets consistent minutes, I think he has the capability of equalling or exceeding C.J. Miles' production.

I completely agree with giving Almond the chance to get some minutes. He hustles more on defense then most of the other guards, and he can rebound. What he does need to work on is finishing around the rim, but I think he is more then capable of doing that. He is a good at taking the ball to the basket and is a great free throw shooter.

Although Millsap is capable playing small forward, I think he's far more effective when he's cleaning up around the basket in the power forward/center position. For instance, in last night's game, he was just too powerful for any of the Hornets' big men to handle (with the possible exception of Tyson Chandler). At SF, he wouldn't have as many opportunities for offensive rebounds/putbacks, which are his forte (I think he's something like 4th in the league in offensive rebounds--amazing for a guy 6'6" [his real height w/o shoes] who's going up against near 7-footers on a regular basis!).

If you were true Jazz fans you wouldn't applaud the injury of a player. NICE..........

CJ Has improved SO much this year. True I wanted him out at the end of last year. Because he was not a good player. we saw flashes of what he can really do. But this year, he has been much better. He is constantly playing hard and getting good results. His shot has improved very much, and he is an exciting player. I enjoy watching him play. He has matured very much and fits very well into our system. I trust the Jazz, because they mostly sign good players. Once they buy into Sloan's system, they are loved here. Unless you are a greedy punk like Boozer. I'm Glad we kept CJ, and I hope he gets better soon. Go Jazz!!!

Almond is an offensive killer. He can not pass and see no one on the court except himself. The more I think about it, he sounds just like Miles.