Andrei Kirilenko News

As if gas prices and West Nile virus weren't worrisome enough, now there's one more thing for Utahns to fuss about: Whether playing in the Olympics will adversely affect Jazz players Carlos Boozer, Deron ...

Last weekend's loss to Australia cost Andrei Kirilenko a chance to face his Jazz teammates in the Olympic basketball tournament, but he will leave Beijing with a somewhat better feeling.

Team USA has beaten Greece 92-69. Dwyane Wade was once again magnificent with the ball, and the defense looked good even against a respected offense.

Andrei Kirilenko's Russian Olympic team isn't dominating at all. After a week of calling his cell phone and trying to work through the Russian Olympic office, I finally caught up with AK after his team's tough ...

Russian basketball standout Andrei Kirilenko has had the Utah Jazz on his mind lately =AD more specifically, Jazz owner Larry H. Miller.

Funny how much difference a year and a new venue can make. Consider the Russian men's basketball team, which behind the all-round game of Andrei Kirilenko avenged its only qualifying-round loss of the 12-team ...

Utah Jazz's Andrei Kirilenko carries in the Russian flag during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Opening Ceremony at the National Stadium, Friday, August 8, 2008.

Question: Please forgive me for being blunt, but is there any way the Jazz could trade Andrei [Kirilenko] and get out from under his contract? Andrei still seems discontented with his role - he wants to be more ...

In the context of the Olympics, this version of Jazz forward Andrei Kirilenko is much better than the player who appears regularly in Utah.

Andrei Kirilenko obviously didn't need any practice carrying the Russian flag, leading out his nation's Olympic delegation in the parade of athletes during Friday's opening ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Games.

Talk about pressure, the Olympics are one of sport's greatest spectacles. The nerves are tense.

They caught each other's eye as they emerged from locker rooms on opposite sides of the hall, stepping through throngs of Chinese reporters and a smattering of international journalists to acknowledge, embrace ...

Kobe Bryant led the way as the United States beat Russia 89-68 in Shanghai on Sunday in an important warmup game for the Olympic basketball tournament.

According to a Russian Web site, Jazz forward Andrei Kirilenko will carry the flag for his native country's delegation during opening ceremonies at next month's Olympic Games in China.

Travis Hansen has an Olympic uniform, but he doubts he will get the chance to wear it.

The sea of "We Believe" T-shirts rises like a golden tsunami at Oracle Arena as Baron Davis throws down a ferocious dunk over Andrei Kirilenko in the final minutes of the Warriors ' playoff win against the Utah ...

One thing still gets to Travis Hansen in foreign locker rooms. The smoke. While American professional sports have been known to appreciate a culture of destroying the liver, by the bottle, top-level European ...

Posted by Doug Lesmerises dlesmerises@plaind.com June 27, 2008 20:19PM Douglas C. Pizac/Associated Press Utah Jazz intern Logan Millard writes in the name of the team's first-round selection --- OSU's Kosta ...

The Jazz on Saturday announced they have tendered a qualifying offer to reserve swingman C.J. Miles.

With 13 players already under contract to return this season, it only made sense for the Jazz to draft two European players in the second round of Thursday's NBA Draft whose rights they could retain while ...