<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> <div align="center">Jazz owner believes the core of his team, however, is solid</div> After what was easily one of the shakiest seasons in franchise history, Jazz owner Larry H. Miller insists the foundation is firm. Reconstruction, however, remains an ongoing project for an automotive-sales mogul who is accustomed to building successful businesses of all sorts from scratch. "What we're thinking is that with probably two, maybe three changes ? the right kind of changes, whatever they are ? that we can be very competitive again, instantly," Miller said last Thursday, one day after Utah finished its 2004-05 NBA season at 26-56, its worst record since 1981-82. A find with one of their two first-round selections in the June draft. A key signing from the summer free-agency market. Maybe even a trade or two. Using those vehicles, the Jazz hope to secure ? before next season gets under way ? both a starting point guard and a difference-making center. To acquire them, though, Miller suggested building blocks already in place will not be moved. "I think we'd make a mistake, with all the injuries and the variations of lineups (from this past season), to make any major personnel decisions ? and I stress major ? for next season," he said after watching Jazz coach Jerry Sloan run through a whopping 31 different starting lineups. "I think we have to go through another year, and see." For at least the time being, then, it looks like Andrei Kirilenko, Carlos Boozer, Mehmet Okur and Matt Harpring all will be back in 2005-06.</div> <div align="center">Link</div>
