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Hot threads from Eric Maynor's online store. A few questions as posed by Nets Are Scorching : 1. The Jazz are coming off a big week, having beaten the Lakers, Spurs and Magic.

On Saturday they played like the Jazz of old and on Friday they looked like the Jazz of old.

With no offense intended to Kermit the Frog, the jolly giant on vegetable cans and environmentalists, Deron Williams admits he's never worn as much green as he and his Utah Jazz teammates will sport tonight.

A few weeks ago I mentioned a few fantastic college prospects that the Jazz should have a chance at drafting this next year.A Here is an improvement and reordering of that list along with an update on how each player has performed in the young college basketball season.A Remember, this isna t an order of just NBA prospects, but an order of which ...

Just wondering ... Fesenko's free-throw woes continue. The center missed 5 of 8 freebies Saturday and is shooting better from the field than the foul line .

Playing at home has provided a major advantage for the Utah Jazz in recent seasons, but it's been a different story for them in Salt Lake City in 2009-10. Utah looks to bounce back from an ugly home loss Thursday night when it hosts a Chicago Bulls team trying to get back on track on its disappointing road trip.

Kevin Durant scored 28 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder held off a late surge by Utah for a 104-94 win over the Jazz on Tuesday night.

The committee that concocted the ballot for the 2010 All-Star Game might make a slight alteration if it had a chance to put the 120-player list together again.

As far as losing streaks go, the one the Utah Jazz had going in San Antonio was a beauty.

BOSTON ? Sacramento did them in with it last Saturday, and New York very nearly did the same Monday.

How much of a graveyard has Madison Square Garden been for the Jazz in recent seasons? Consider that they started Andrei Kirilenko, Sasha Pavlovic, Jarron Collins, Carlos Arroyo and Michael Ruffin the last time they won at the world's most famous arena.

The clouds lifted and the mood lightened at Jazz practice Friday morning, only hours after Utah exorcised the demons of a glacially slow start to the season with a 113-99 victory over San Antonio.

Kyrylo Fesenko admits he's the type of player who occasionally needs outside help to stay motivated.

The bangs and biceps are new. The guy who's sporting them this year certainly isn't. Even with an altered appearance, Andrei Kirilenko - loaded guns, non-spiky hair and all - is the player Utah Jazz fans are most used to seeing on the team after all these years.

The team just seemed to play with split personalities in 2008-09, depending on whether the Jazz were hostile hosts in the comfy confines of EnergySolutions Arena or if they were acting as gracious guests in opponents' arenas.

To watch Wesley Matthews before practice Thursday was to sense nothing out of the ordinary.

I crossed the Jazz's practice court to where Andrei Kirlenko was sitting alone on the floor stretching last week.

If he is at all concerned about the reception that awaits him at EnergySolutions Arena, Carlos Boozer wasn't letting on Tuesday, just two days before the Jazz will host Denver in their preseason opener.

The Utah Jazz took a step closer to getting some of their sidelined small forwards healthy enough to play in the preseason.

Utah has a love affair with John Stockton. I give my reasons for why he is one of my basketball heroes... John Stockton is about to be enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame.