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Strange post-game statements from Sloan and KOC

vj_74 said:
KOC : Hey Jerry, I promised Greg that we are making it to second round. WTH is goin on?

JS: Just trying to compete

KOC: How could you let the players I gave up come back and win this one?

JS: I am always interested to see how we rebound after a loss

KOC: **** you. why arent we rebounding DURING the game?

JS: We arent competing hard enough.

KOC: why the hell not?

JS: You ask them, they are paid to play basketball

KOC: **** you Jerry, **** you

JS: Just hang in there. And compete.
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Great.... Just great.
 
Jazz coach Jerry Sloan was clearly not himself.

Normally one of the fastest coaches in the NBA to speak to the media after a win or loss, Sloan spent more than 30 minutes in Utah’s locker room Wednesday following Utah’s tough 91-86 loss to the Chicago Bulls at EnergySolutions Arena.

Once Sloan finally showed up, he appeared shaken and out of sorts.

Asked about his time spent behind close doors, Sloan was as polite as ever.

He was also honest.

Sloan said that a conversation took place between his coaching staff and general manager Kevin O’Connor. But that was all that Sloan would reveal, and he took just two questions about the issue before stating that he would then only discuss game-related matters.

“We just had some things we had to discuss, and we’ll talk to you later on about that,” Sloan said.

An interview request for O’Connor was denied, while a Jazz practice originally scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday was immediately canceled.
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Meanwhile, Sloan and his players were left to dissect a grind-it-out loss to the Bulls (35-16), who pulled out the victory despite shooting just 39.8 percent from the floor, 33.3 percent behind the 3-point line and being outrebounded 48-41.

“It was a tough loss,” said Jazz guard Deron Williams, who was held to 11 points and committed five turnovers but dished out a game-high 12 assists. “Put it on me. Because at the end of the game, I had the ball in my hands. I’ve gotta make the plays to win the game. Two [late] turnovers — not characteristic for me. Put it on me.”

Al Jefferson topped Utah (31-23) with 26 points, while Paul Millsap added 20 points and a game-high 14 rebounds.

Derrick Rose scored a game-high 29 points for the Bulls.

Current Chicago and ex-Jazz forward Carlos Boozer received major pregame hype. But Boozer was less than impressive and almost inconsequential during his return to Salt Lake City, scoring 14 points on just 6-of-16 shooting and often allowing the ball to either slip or be poked out of his hands.

Boozer acknowledged that he “got a little bit of everything” during his first appearance at ESA since leaving Utah last summer via free agency.

While Boozer drew the most attention, former Utah guards Kyle Korver (five points) and Ronnie Brewer (six) did the most damage.

Korver drained a 24-foot 3-pointer from the right wing with 2 minutes, 16 seconds to go, giving Chicago an 87-83 lead. And Brewer hit two late free throws to finish off his former team.
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vj_74 said:
KOC : Hey Jerry, I promised Greg that we are making it to second round. WTH is goin on?

JS: Just trying to compete

KOC: How could you let the players I gave up come back and win this one?

JS: I am always interested to see how we rebound after a loss

KOC: **** you. why arent we rebounding DURING the game?

JS: We arent competing hard enough.

KOC: why the hell not?

JS: You ask them, they are paid to play basketball

KOC: **** you Jerry, **** you

JS: Just hang in there. And compete.
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So you're saying Sloan is a robot? Makes sense to me.
 
well... i doubt its a trade.. or even if its a trade maybe its something that downgrades us when sloan looks at it. the key word here is "shaken up". if a trade that was beneficial occurred, sloan wouldnt be shaken up. gotta doubt something bad.
 
I bet the Jazz players in the locker room was getting pissed how they just got beat by some of former teammates (cept boozer). I bet KOC saw the frustrations from the fans and the players and had to do something about it. He was probably pissed about the loss himself.
 
tribjazz Worth nothing that Jazz's Kirilenko emerged from coaches' and not players' locker room. Gave no indication anything went down, though.
 
well he did have some UGLY airballs lol I almost yelled it out when i saw them and realized it was Ak shooting....*sigh*
 
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