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Utah Jazz: Andrei Kirilenko was better than you remember

Andrei Kirilenko, Utah Jazz. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

Andrei Kirilenko spent 10 of his 14 seasons as a professional basketball player with the Utah Jazz. Still, many Jazz fans forget how incredibly talented he was.

Andrei Kirilenko spent a decade with the Utah Jazz. His time with the franchise certainly left a positive impression in the minds of most Jazz fans — for good reasons, of course.

But even years after he left the Salt Lake Valley, he’s best remembered for his thick Russian accent, supremely lenient wife and a little kid haircut — you know, quirky stuff that doesn’t mean much of anything.