<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> The only newspaper Jazz coach Jerry Sloan reads is the small-town weekly filled with classified ads and obituaries that comes to his farm in McLeansboro, Ill. That doesn't mean Sloan hasn't heard his share about what's been written in Russia recently about Andrei Kirilenko, his unhappy forward with the $63 million contract. While expressing his displeasure with Kirilenko's comments to Russia's Sport Express Daily, Sloan made clear the Jazz are not entering the off-season with plans to trade their frustrated former All-Star. "We're not having a fire sale with anybody," Sloan said today, after the Jazz worked out a group of four draft prospects. "I don't even like to use that word but you have to in trying to describe what's going on here a little bit. "I think Andrei will be fine if he likes to win. The bottom line is how much do you like to win. That's all I have to be concerned about." As Carlos Boozer, Mehmet Okur and Deron Williams all emerged as stars this season, Kirilenko's production slipped such that he averaged just 8.3 points and 4.7 rebounds. He was so lost at times that he broke down in tears during the Jazz's first-round playoff series. In his comments to the Russian newspaper, Kirilenko charged he was ignored in the offense and treated like a rookie as a opposed to a franchise player. Sloan was bothered that Kirilenko said one thing to him and another to reporters from his home country. </div> <div align="center">Source: Salt Lake Tribune</div>
"I think Andrei will be fine if he likes to win. The bottom line is how much do you like to win. That's all I have to be concerned about." Now there you have it.
The Kirilenko trade talk has sparked up again. Larry Miller (Jazz owner) had a radio interview which suggested the Jazz were shopping Kirilenko, but Kevin O'Connor (GM) soon said that the Jazz want Kirilenko back.
