Utah Jazz: Millsap-Jefferson duo’s starting streak ends

Jazz notes » Shooting guard turns down Utah’s buyout deal.

< Previous Page

Center of attention

Millsap was in the maternity ward, and Jefferson maybe should have been at a hospital, too, so the Jazz were a little thin on frontcourt players in practice Thursday.

So, Corbin did something he hasn’t yet been forced to do in games: He put Gordon Hayward in at center.

"He did pretty well," said Enes Kanter, whom Hayward defended. "He’s pretty strong."

Not quite strong enough, though. Mo Williams said the Jazz defense had to call a travel on Kanter "even though it wasn’t a travel. We had to help him out a little bit."

Hayward was sheepish about his role.

"I was mainly just a screener," he said. "They needed me for defense, blocking shots, that sort of stuff."

boram@sltrib.com

Twitter: @tribjazz

story continues below

Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

About Reader Comments

---

Reader comments on sltrib.com are the opinions of the writer, not The Salt Lake Tribune. We will delete comments containing obscenities, personal attacks and inappropriate or offensive remarks. Flagrant or repeat violators will be banned. If you see an objectionable comment, please alert us by clicking the arrow on the upper right side of the comment and selecting "Flag comment as inappropriate". If you've recently registered with Disqus or aren't seeing your comments immediately, you may need to verify your email address. To do so, visit disqus.com/account.
See more about comments here.