Right now, the Utah Jazz and its fans have focused much more public attention on its disgruntled star than the upcoming draft or its success this past season. Even worse than the large, long contract and mediocre statistics, Andrei Kirilenko still doesn’t accept that the team won’t be utilizing him offensively.

His recent interview with the Russian site Sports Express, showed that fans should be most disappointed with Kirilenko’s selfish attitude. Although team owner Larry Miller and GM Kevin O’Connor believe that they can talk with Kirilenko and solve the problem, the only real answer is to trade him.

This blog post will outline some of the comments made in the interview, as well as looking at why the team should look to unload him.
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