Basket Ball

The 6-6 shooting guard, who had fallen to the role of third-shooting guard, wasn’t surprised at all by the trade, saying that he had asked management to move him because he felt as he was being disrespected. “What concerned me all the time was to be respected as a man,’‘ Giricek added. “Not my role, but to be respected as a man.” Sounds familiar huh? You think he and Andrei Kirilenko has had some late-night chats?
Now, only four days after being sent to the Philadelphia 76ers, Giricek returns to Utah tonight to face his team of the last five season. Geez, I would need some time to heal, but these are grown tattooed men made of testosterone, muscles and anger — “It will be awkward a little [tonight]. I’ve been playing basketball a long time, and I don’t need any more excitement like that.’ Said Giricek ‘I don’t fall into the [trap] that this is my ex-team, they traded me and now I’m going to do everything I can to beat them. I think I’m going to see it as a game that I’m going to help my new team beat my old team.”