A muddled memory, another 4-point play, and, well, we found the beef

Mo Williams might have misremembered something about his brief stay in Utah.
Cleveland’s All-Star guard reportedly told the New York Post’s Peter Vescey an interesting anecdote about how coach Jerry Sloan, whom he appreciates and admires, got on Andrei Kirilenko for dogging it during drills.
Problem is, Williams’ facts were about as fuzzy as my fact-checking skills – as several readers informed me through e-mail and on the comment section of this story that ran in the D-News on Monday.
Here’s what Williams allegedly told the Post that he remembers:
“I’ll never forget Sloan’s reaction. He came storming onto the court screaming, ‘D— you, Kirilenko, you think just because you’ve got an $84 million contract you can do whatever the bleep you want to do out here. Well, I’ve got bleepin’ news for you …’”
Williams added: “Man, if Sloan was gonna get on Kirilenko like that, I knew d— well what I had to do. I was like Speedy Gonzalez. I did exactly as told and then some.”
Here’s the catch: Williams was a rookie in 2003-04, so his memory was from fall of ’03. The thing is, Kirilenko didn’t agree on his huge, six-year contract – worth a whopping $86 million actually – until October of ’04.
Oops.
The Jazz did pick up the fourth year of Kirilenko’s rookie contract in 2003, but Williams was long gone – in Milwaukee – by the time the Russian struck the mega-deal with Utah the following year.
Guess we’ll have to ask Mo about that discrepancy when the Jazz face the Cavs in the NBA Finals in a few months.

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On Saturday, the Jazz had a rare four-point play when Andrei Kirilenko nailed a 3-pointer, then got nailed in the face by Grant Hill, and then nailed a foul shot.
Utah got another four-point play of sorts Monday.
This time Kyle Korver did it.
Kind of, at least.
With 22.3 seconds left in Utah’s latest strange win, Korver was fouled and hit two free throws. After a 20-second timeout by the Knicks, who trailed 110-104 following Korver’s foul shots, Al Harrington was called for an offensive foul on the inbounds pass.
He didn’t take it so well. Harrington got two quick technicals and first dibs on the showers in the visiting locker room after his ejection. Not only will his T’s end up padding the NBA’s coffers – or some charity out there – but it padded Korver’s stats as the Jazz guard got two more free throws.
That gave him four points at the 22.3 second mark.
That lickety-split total, by the way, doubled what he scored during seven minutes and 38 seconds of action in the second quarter.

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Two of this summer’s most-coveted big men/current bargains were on display tonight, and they both had nice showings. New York’s David Lee notched his NBA-best 59th double-double with 21 points and 10 rebounds, while Utah’s Paul Millsap had 12 points, seven rebounds, three steals and three assists.
Both young post players are poised to land big paychecks this summer when they hit the free-agent market.

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Speaking of fuzzy numbers, here’s an educated guess – from a 5-foot-8 guy who’s spent much of his adult life weighing 300-plus pounds – that New York big man Eddy Curry (emphasis on the “BIG MAN” part and perhaps any side dishes involving curry and other spices) does not weigh 285 pounds as he’s listed by the Knicks.
As I said to my fellow media members when the 6-foot-11 Shaq-lookalike entered the game Monday, “I know 285 pounds and that ain’t it.”
I also made a rude remark after Curry hit the hardwood after a fall that I’d heard of replacing backboards, but I’d never heard of them needing to replace a floor before during a game.
OK, maybe you had to be there.
Plus, I know, I know, mom. That’s not a very nice thing to say. But as the cool kids now put it: If you don’t have anything nice to say, then don’t just say it, blog it, too.
I will give him this. Curry’s alleged 285 pounds looks a whole lot more muscular, tall and athletic than my alleged 285 pounds used to look.