<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>BOISE — So unhappy Andrei Kirilenko wants to be a more integral part of the offense.</p> Fine, then. Let's do it.</p> That's the approach the Jazz talked about taking Tuesday, their opening day of training camp at Boise State University here.</p> "We're going to do the best we can," assistant coach Phil Johnson said, "to involve him in the offense."</p> But how?</p> How do the Jazz go about getting more from, and giving more to, a not-exactly-sharpshooting starting small forward who at best is a fourth scoring option behind power forward Carlos Boozer, center Mehmet Okur and point guard Deron Williams?</p> Much of the burden, teammates suggested, will fall on Kirilenko himself.</p> "Andrei is a tremendously talented player. ... The biggest thing now," backup center Jarron Collins said, "is finding a way to get the best out of him."</p> "Andrei is good enough to figure that out. I mean, there were games last year where he was involved. ... The play-calling wasn't different. The game of basketball wasn't different," backup small forward Matt Harpring added. "So you've got to look at film, and look at yourself, and be like, 'OK, what was I doing when I was doing this?' I mean, I know when I have a bad game I go look at film from when I was playing better and say, 'What did I do in this game different?' That's how you get better as a player."</div></p> Source: Desert News</p>
He had a couple really good games against Golden State in the playoffs.... he can be really good without being the main option. He just needs to be consistent cause I don't want him taking away touches from Boozer and Dwill. And Okur better come back with his money.</p>
I think Kirilenko is best when he is being the distributor, which they should use him more running the offense. Deron Williams is also a good player off the ball, where he can shoot more. Maybe they should go back to the big lineup with Harpring in @ SG.</p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Dre)</div><div class='quotemain'></p> I don't see how hard it is getting a guy that does everything involved.</p> </div></p> It's because he is already involved in the defense and fast breaks and stuff, but he wants to be more involved in the offense. Pretty much he wants more touches and shots even though if he doesn't exactly say that.... and it's hard when you have Dwill, Boozer, and Okur doing most of the shooting.</p> </p>
Putting him more in the offense now is smart. If he gets the ball more now and Jazz start loosing, he will actually see that spreading the ball helps creates wins. If he gets more involved and they keep winning, well that just adds more depth on the offense.</p>
