With the breaking news that AK is likely out for the series , the immediate reaction among fans appears to have tended towards the perception that Carmelo Anthony is going to plow through Utah like they're a cupcake display with the unfortunate fate of being spotted by one of the Baldwin brothers.  While this knee-jerk reaction is understandable, it's misguided.  The reality is that Carmelo was alwaysgoing to get his points against us.  In games against Utah this season he averaged 33.5 ppg and 8.0 rpg on nearly 55% shooting.  Having Kirilenko in those match-ups hasn't done much to slow down Carmelo so far this season, and there wasn't a lot of reason to believe that having an AK working his way back into the line-up after injury was going to make a whole lot of difference against Carmelo either way.

Instead of Carmelo, the real players the Jazz need to be worried about over the next couple of weeks are players that had strongly atypical performances against the Jazz earlier this season when compared to their full seasons: Ty Lawson and J.R. Smith.

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Last night, there was something unmistakably familiar about Othyus Jeffers' fashion choices with his warm-up gear (although given his playing time, we question what he was warming up for).  Before viewing the following photo keep in mind that this was taken after he was heckled for wearing mom jeans and had pulled his pants down several inches while sheepishly pretending not to hear.

With that in mind, we shamelessly steal a gimmick from US Weekly for your voting pleasure.

Jessica Simpson

via www.momlogic.com

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Othyus Jeffers

via Sirkickyass - Warriors / Jazz 4/13/2010

 C.J. Miles' reputation among Jazz fans is probably at an all-time low.  He's shooting at percentages well below his norm of the last two years, making Carlos Boozer look like a member of the All-Defense team, and posting twitter updates about his woes in a syntax that is making no one forget that he's never attended a single college class.  Despite the obviousness of all these problems, he's developed a shot selection that would make Don Nelson blush; earning him the appellation "Chucker J. Miles" as he uses possessions at a higher rate this season than any other in his professional career.  The rational response when you're in an extended slump is to shoot less and try to do other things well until your shooting touch comes back to you.  C.J.'s response is to chuck at a rate higher than ever before at increasingly worse success rates.  At this point in his career, it only feels unfair to refer to Miles as a "volume scorer" because that would require him to be a little more successful at scoring.

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