Dear Larry H. Miller,

Who I am is not important, but what I have to say is. Just because you own the Utah Jazz doesn’t mean you know anything about basketball, because if you did you would trade my boy Andrei Kirilenko. You know, the guy you drafted in 1999 with the 24th overall pick… A.K.A. Mr. “AK47,� the man with the Russian pop-star wife who allows the once a year… Yup that’s the one. Well he needs a new start. He would ask himself, but he wants to go the KG route and make it look like the owner decided to go in a different direction, not him. So between you, coach Sloan, and myself, here’s the deal.

AK is your typical hybrid. Being only 6’9�, 227lbs AK is quicker than bigger NBA power forwards beating them down the floor and blowing by them in the post. When a smaller defender draws him as an assignment he exploits them in the post. By his third season Andrei was averaging 17pts, 8rebs, 3blks, and 2stls a contest, making the 2004 All-Star Game. Your Utah Jazz followed the season by signing the budding star to a lucrative extension making plans to build the team around the defensive beast. But the next moves you made were not in his best interest.

In the summer of 2004 you signed free agents Carlos Boozer and Memhet Okur. Carlos Boozer lied his way out of Cleveland to play power forward the Jazz, while Okur fresh off of his NBA Championship run with the Detroit Pistons searching for a starting center position. Ever since the move to bring in another power forward Kirilenko’s days have been numbered in Utah.

Larry, if you already have an All-Star power forward why sign another? I know you wanted to show your team could rebound from losing John Stockton and Karl Malone, but giving two power forwards superstar money was not the answer. You made my boy AK the odd man out. I know he is versatile, but he has no business playing small forward. What made you and Coach Jerry Sloan think he would be effective there? AK can really handle the ball we should play him at small forward… AK has a sweet touch from behind the arc let’s move him to the wing… AK blocks tons of shots around the basket, lets move him 15 ft away from the hoop and see if he the same player…

Andrei Kirilenko is a power forward and has to play near the basket to be effective. I know what you and Coach Sloan are thinking Mr. Miller, “how come we never had this problem before, why is this year the year it didn’t work?� Well fellas, if you hadn’t noticed, Boozer and Kirilenko have never played a full season together. 2007 was the first season where both players played more than 52 games. Usually only one is healthy at a time logging heavy minutes at power forward. AK was forced to play out of position for the entire season resulting in his worse season of his career. Why you would start someone at the wing who shoots under 30% from behind the arc is beyond me. Larry it is your duty to trade Mr. Kirilenko and put both parties in better situations.

Larry, why didn’t you explore the option of trading Andrei to Golden State for Jason Richardson? Richardson would have been the scoring guard Utah is missing and AK would fit in perfectly with Don Nelson’s Warriors (not to mention he is way better than Brandon Wright will ever be). Elton Brand is done for the season, maybe you could get Corey Magette for AK.Between you and I, I think Andrei wants to play in California so he could take FULL advantage of his wife’s once a year special. From what I hear Utah has slim pickings compared to Cali…

The other night at the bar I convince Andrei that a move to the Washington Wizards would be beneficial for him (only after he downed a whole bottle of Vodka and told me he loved me for writing this article on his behalf). Send AK47 to wreak havoc in the East while you can benefit from Jamison being in the last year of his 15million dollar season. Talk about cap relief!

In closing Mr. Miller let’s all do each other a favor and trade AK47 before it’s his wife who starts asking for the once a year special!