Step right up and get your Andrei Kirilenko '09-'10 highlights!

by moni on Sep 7, 2010 6:15 PM MDT

...though when I say '09-'10, I really mean a 25-game span between January and March. My original cut just from this span was 13 minutes. The final is 8+ minutes, and I know that there are some that aren't going to sit through the entire thing, but what could I do? The process ended up taking days longer than it might otherwise have because half the time, I got caught up watching the highlights instead of editing them.

AK started the last 21 of the 25 games and the Jazz went 21-4.

The media always wanted to say that Deron and Boozer had great chemistry. I suppose this is natural, because everyone is always waiting to crown some player "the next [fill in the blank]," and since Deron and Boozer were playing in Utah, it was natural to declare them the next Stockton-to-Malone. Going through games, however, it was Deron and AK-47 that had the best on-court chemistry.

If I asked you to picture Deron in your head, nine out of ten times he probably looks sullen and/or pissed off. During this stretch of the season, when the Jazz offense was purring like it hasn't in a decade, Deron was happy, smiley, loose, and relaxed. It was almost...weird. It might be the happiest he's been on the court, except for, you know, that time when he was playing in the All-Star Game in Dallas and wishing he played for the hometown team. @_@

AKWSUA. That is all.

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lloooooove it

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by AllThatJazzBasketball on Sep 7, 2010 6:20 PM MDT reply actions

i said it all last year

most important player on this team

by phrizzo on Sep 7, 2010 6:20 PM MDT reply actions

I let out an audible yelp at 4:12

Also, poll question… will moni cry harder when AK retires than when S&M left?

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by Basketball John on Sep 7, 2010 7:10 PM MDT reply actions

that was my absolute favorite moment of the season

the way AK dunked so loud, and then ran down the floor grinning from ear to ear.

poll question response: AK better retire as a Jazzman. That is all.

by moni on Sep 7, 2010 7:15 PM MDT up reply actions

Favorite player by a mile

Fantastic video, moni! Great video.

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by Dyl on Sep 7, 2010 8:59 PM MDT reply actions

excellent..

best ak mix. loved the intro and mixture of awesome songs with great highlights. good job

by utahmanami on Sep 7, 2010 9:34 PM MDT reply actions

Cold blooded, Do your job, Go home!

AK is one of the funniest and most intelligent guys in the NBA. I don’t get guys who make fun of his book reading habits. And the dude can play!

by bbn on Sep 19, 2010 2:21 PM MDT up reply actions

love that tribe called quest song

I’ve always wondered why they’ve never played it during games, that could be an awesome song for time outs etc…

by darkcoupon on Sep 7, 2010 9:48 PM MDT reply actions

This video rocks

You nailed it when you talked about how many smiles and laughs were going on during that stretch. And AK and Deron were the smiliest of them all. They had so many great plays together … it was really something to behold (I saw a lot of the same thing doing my video).

One of the things that really stands out to me is how many of AK’s blocks end up in his teammates’ hands. He doesn’t swat it out of bounds, yowl like a gorilla, and then set back up into defense because the opponents are just getting the stinking ball back. He gets it to his teammates and then sets out running.

It makes each of his blocks worth … what … 2 or 3 of Dwight Howard’s rejections into the 7th row?

I got the crap beat out of me in Provo one time

by Yucca Man on Sep 7, 2010 11:42 PM MDT reply actions

that goes for his deflections too

if he’s not deflecting the ball into a teammate’s hands, then onto a part of the floor where a jazzmen can get it. AK has great basketball iq and timing. i believe it was you (correct me if i’m wrong) a while back that commented on one time when the ball was in the air and AK fake-jumped which made the other guy jump at the wrong time, and AK ended up with the ball. it’s that sort of thing that makes me love watching him play.

by moni on Sep 8, 2010 1:27 AM MDT up reply actions

I forgot about that

But yeah, that was me. He’s just brilliant with all the little things that really help a team win.

I got the crap beat out of me in Provo one time

by Yucca Man on Sep 8, 2010 7:00 AM MDT up reply actions

Amazing. Spectacular. Brilliant.

Thanks for sharing, moni! That was SUBLIME!

The steals and blocks stand out, we forget AK’s length too much.

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by TazzJazzFan on Sep 8, 2010 1:14 AM MDT reply actions

7:37

This says so much about Andrei. His off the ball movement is amazing. I remember seeing this play live and I rubbernecked right along with the defender.

"We were sitting like snipers in waiting." - AK47. Um, AK will save/snipe us all?

by Alexandria VA on Sep 8, 2010 8:02 AM MDT reply actions