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KOC gets extension, Sloan returning for sure

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The Utah Jazz announced today that the team has signed executive vice president of basketball operations/general manager Kevin O’Connor to a multi-year contract extension.

In addition, the Jazz also announced that head coach Jerry Sloan has confirmed that he will return for the 2010-11 season, his 23rd consecutive campaign leading the team. Sloan previously signed a contract extension on December 2, 2009 and an announcement was made at that time. Per team policy, terms of the deals were not released.

“It is a blessing for me to have someone as knowledgeable and experienced as Kevin O’Connor help guide decisions relative to the Jazz roster,” said Greg Miller, CEO of the Larry H. Miller Group of Companies. “Kevin is one of the main reasons that our team has been as competitive as it has been for as long as it has.”
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I'm on the fence about KOC, happy Sloan is returning though.
 
KoC has performed a miracle, IMO; he turned what could've been a major disaster into an upgrade of the Jazz roster.
1. Jefferson > Boozer or Okur
2. Bell > Matthews. Who knows how Matthews will develop down the road, or how long Bell will continue to be an effective player. Bell does really take care of his body. I also think if the Jazz had signed Matthews, the Blazers would've made an offer to Fes we would not have been able to match. Big men are harder to replace, and most NBA savvy folks see the potential in Fes.
3. Hayward (likely) > any of the bigs at our #9 slot in the draft. He will be better than Korver. KoC could've reached for a 'project' big, but wisely did not risk ending up with a dud using that valuable #9 pick.
Hayward, even as a rookie, looks to be a very sharp, focused young man who loves basketball and will do whatever is asked of him to win games.
4. Last season KoC managed to get a #1 pick for Brewer, which I never would've expected. That pick was then used to get Al Jefferson.
5. Last season he also managed to dump the contract for the injured Matt Harpring without taking a salary cap hit.
6. KoC saved the day a few years ago when we unexpectedly dropped several slots in the NBA draft order (lottery), but still was able to swing a trade to move up and take Deron Williams.
 
**** KOC and Sloan! I was really hoping they would bring in Isaiah Thomas and Vinny Del Negro. They know how to run a basketball team.
 
Was it ever seriously in doubt that Jerry wouldn't return? I know he pretty much does it year-by-year at this point, but were any of the SLC news outlets claiming he was iffy on coming back before this was announced?
 
chemdude1232 said:
Was it ever seriously in doubt that Jerry wouldn't return? I know he pretty much does it year-by-year at this point, but were any of the SLC news outlets claiming he was iffy on coming back before this was announced?
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Sloan takes just about 2 weeks or less to make up his mind. I am surpised that this became "official" only today.
He is usually ready to come back much before the draft of which he is a huge part of.
 
No suprise, but it makes me wonder how long Sloan will keepp going and how the announcement to retire will come down?

I hope he is able to step away proud, not sick or crazy.
 
I often wonder who ends up replacing Sloan when he does finally retire/die. Phil Johnson is no spring chicken, so I suspect him to retire at the same time. Would Ty Corbin/Jeff Hornacek still be around? Can a replacement get a bunch of leftovers and second round draft picks to compete year-in and year-out?
 
mellow said:
No suprise, but it makes me wonder how long Sloan will keepp going and how the announcement to retire will come down?

I hope he is able to step away proud, not sick or crazy.
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Neh, he should go out like Don Nelson, apparently hanging out with people like Willie Nelson and Woody Harrelson and drinking huge amounts of alcohol and smoking weed.
 
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We need a change.
 
Hey R40 I was going to post a picture of some change for you but when google'ing "got change" I saw this pic and thought it was a better response.




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