The roster is filled with rookies and foreigners and undrafted no-names. The new offense is a relic from the 1960s. The power forward is a skinny Russian who will never be confused with his prototypical, muscle-bound predecessor. The point guard is not so easy to identify, because the assist king who used to play that position has been replaced by a two-guard front. There are really only a few things about the Utah Jazz, as we have all come to know them, that followed the rest of us into 2004. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/stor...marc&id=1698809 Editor's note: Last September, ESPN.com columnist Frank Hughes surmised that the Utah Jazz could be bad. "Like the nine-win Philadelphia 76ers bad," Hughes wrote. Seventeen wins later, Utah remains in the West's playoff chase, prompting the following praise from a humbled observer. Once upon a time, there was a mean, vicious dictator. This mean, vicious dictator didn't care about the 12 members of his cabinet. This mean, vicious dictator only cared about being the ruler of the world, about greatness, about winning. And this mean, vicious dictator was not going to take any crap from anybody in his pursuit of those goals. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/stor...rank&id=1698829 Finally, Jerry is getting the recognition he deserves. He still hasn't got the COY though, but he has his best chance ever of getting it this season.
