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It is tough to see Matt Harpring back at Jazz games, but not on the court.  Harpring, after announcing his quasi-retirement (he announced he will not return this season and indicated that he would be unlikely to return in the future, but he has not made his retirement official), has now come to Utah to join the Jazz broadcast.  Harpring sat in on the television broadcast with Ron Boone and Craig ...

á If you are any kind of athlete you like to be able to point to some statistic in order to prove your worth.á The ability for an athlete to be able to point to something tangible leads to an athlete getting millions of dollars worth of contracts. New Jazz man Wesley Matthews has two major stats proving his value to Utah.á First, this season the Jazz have employed a new defensive grading ...

To listen to the Utah Jazz Podcast click here . (Or download the podcast by right-clicking and selecting save link as.) Here is an outline of what hosts Jake Stowell, Mark Welling, and special guest Matt Stowell talk about in this week's podcast. The Jazz finally beat San Antonio, in San Antonio, for first time since 1999. A recap of a very successful week for the Jazz. Should the Jazz move Okur to the bench? Which ...

The phrase ôdo or dieö is too often attached to games early in the NBA season.á Yet, for the Utah Jazz the upcoming homestand will really decide just how far they will go this season.á The Western Conference is too good this year for a mediocre team to slip into the playoffs.á Last season, the Utah Jazz were an eight seed and they went 33-8 at home.á Already this season the Jazz ...

To listen to the Utah Jazz Podcast click here . (Or download the podcast by right-clicking and selecting save link as.) Jake Stowell and Mark Welling welcome in friend of the program and life-long Jazz fan Kenny Rawlins. á Here is an outline of what hosts Jake Stowell, Mark Welling, and special guest Kenny Rawlins talk about in this week's podcast. á The play of rookies Eric Maynor and Wes Matthews (Mark's Main Man). Is it ...

To listen to the Utah Jazz Podcast click here . (Or download the podcast by right-clicking and selecting save link as.) Here is an outline of what hosts Jake Stowell and Mark Welling talk about in this week's podcast. What is wrong with the Utah Jazz? Is Deron Williams playing within the Jazz system? Does Jerry Sloan's three point defensiveástrategy still work in the current NBA? Explaináwhy the Jazz continue to blow leads late. Carlos Boozer and ...

á The Utah Jazz organization has a few problems.á The Jazz are one of the smallest market teams in the NBA; however, they have the third highest payroll (after the luxury tax) this season.á The Jazz werenÆt a strong defensive team last season.á This season, they brought back all of the same players, and they are still a terrible defensive team! The Jazz organization has tried to sell the league and Jazz fans on ...

To listen to the Utah Jazz Podcast click here . (Or download the podcast by right-clicking and selecting save link as...). Here is an outline of what hosts Jake Stowell and Mark Welling talk about in this week's podcast. The excitement level for the new 2009-10 Utah Jazz season. A player-by-player preview and breakdown of the Jazz roster. The lack of change from last season for Utah. Do the Jazz need to make a major ...

Carlos Boozer has some serious explaining to do to Jazz fans. Ever since Boozer's comment to ESPN's Chris Sheridan ("I'm opting out. No matter what, I'm going to get a raise regardless."), Boozer has been on a fast decline to the doghouse of most Jazz fans.áJazz fans know one thing for sure about Carlos Boozer: He is playing strictly for money. If any Jazz fan thinks he has any inkling ...

The NBA is in trouble, the problem is the NBA doesn't seem to know it. There is going to be a lockout in 2011. 21 of 30 NBA teams lost money this season. Arenas are empty, and advertising dollars are disappearing. There is going to be little alternative for the owners, but to force the players out and negotiate down the current economic model that exists in the NBA. The lockout is ...