Kirilenko appreciation page
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I liked AK. Seemed like a nice guy, although a little too soft to be a super successful NBA player. IMO.
He was really exciting at times, and others you wanted to rip your hair out watching him play, or not play.
In the end, AK is being judged more on his contract than anything. He was never worth the max, but that's what the Jazz offered him. Not one of us would turn it down either.
He was really exciting at times, and others you wanted to rip your hair out watching him play, or not play.
In the end, AK is being judged more on his contract than anything. He was never worth the max, but that's what the Jazz offered him. Not one of us would turn it down either.
MVP
Well-Known Member
Makes sense to me. He played longer for the Jazz then Hornacek ( if I am correct only Stockton, Malone and Eaton played more years for the Jazz then him ) and has quite a few unique achievements.
I appreciate not having AK's contract on our books.
We can all find something to appreciate about AK.
He was a tender loving thing.
Oh, and he was a bad crier.
We can all find something to appreciate about AK.
He was a tender loving thing.
Oh, and he was a bad crier.
Here are a couple of things I will miss:
Sign them both to the league minimum as filler.
Team chemistry: Check
Additional assets: Check
Players staying abreast of the game plan: Check
jazzfan1971
Well-Known Member
Did AK sign somewhere or something?
kwb
Well-Known Member
Here are a couple of things I will miss:
Don't be surprised when AKMVP neg reps you for this image. Only he would find it insulting. I find it as a work of art. Thanks for those AK. Also, glad to see that max contract bought something of good value instead of a back tat.
How about we just give him 60 million dollars more than he's worth.
fatchipper
Well-Known Member
It's just a number. Not that big of a deal. Like any further Jazz player will ever choose to wear 47 anyway. AK played here long enough and did enough to get his number retired.
freakazoid
Well-Known Member
This.
I will especially miss AK every time we lose a close game. Even when he wasn't playing well, AK was always a game changer on the defensive end of close games. I wish him nothing but the best, no matter where he ends up.
Again?
MK11
Active Member
He won't be remembered as a perfect nba player basically because of his lacking game soul sometimes(ok, may be alot of times) and his contract-worthiness. But he will allways be special to us European Basketball fans because of his many uniqe qualities which he could not be able to expose in the NBA.
Gyp Rosetti
Banned
Holy ****. Retire his number? What the hell did he contribute? The dude had a ton of athletic ability but was oft-injured, played with little to no passion half the time, and never improved his craft for no other reason than what we can presume was a mediocre work ethic. Should we (the proverbial we) retire Derrick Coleman's number too?
Not so fast ...
who knows what will happen ...
correct me if am wrong but the Jazz's mid-level exemptions are still available
a player cut, an injury or a trade might require the Jazz to employ AK again (if he's not yet signed somewhere and if he's already injury free) to fill a need.
who knows what will happen ...
correct me if am wrong but the Jazz's mid-level exemptions are still available
a player cut, an injury or a trade might require the Jazz to employ AK again (if he's not yet signed somewhere and if he's already injury free) to fill a need.
No just for the fact that he ran a guy over in a Home Depot parking lot and didn't even play in teh NBA.