Their summer of discontent gave way to an autumn of doubt, which has turned to an apparently happy holiday season.
Mohammed is getting out and about on his bike and has ditched his sugary, high-fat diet for grilled fish, salad, vegetables, fruit and yoghurts.They adjusted their attitudes, going from malcontents to fairlycontents, which puts them where almost everyone is with their job, right?Controversy, Jazz style, is Karl Malone saying he's played his last in Utah, then coming to training camp as though nothing happened. It's Bart Kofoed decking Bobby Hansen at a New Year's Eve party. It's Deron Williams and Robert Whaley scuffling with a Nuggets fan in Park City and giving police fake names. It's Olden Polynice pretending he's a cop.DIET NOWHave L.A.'s Kobe Bryant and the Jazz's Andrei Kirilenko finally become agreeable company men? Not necessarily. But they have settled in, realizing neither team is going to trade away a maximum salary player for puka shells and pizza coupons. So both have started the season in a sharing mood, forgoing scoring opportunities for the good of their teams.SNACKS: Apple or grapes or tangerines, low-fat yoghurts, two cream crackers, Weight-Watchers snack bar.TEA: Chips or pasta or roast dinner with lots of mashed potato or five roast spuds.All washed down with fizzy drinks and milkshakes."I have a problem and really want to lose weight," says Mohammed, from Birmingham.He's complaining about playing time and chances to shoot the ball.SNACKS: Five bars chocolate, three bags crisps, 10 custard cream biscuits.E-mail: rock@desnews.comKirilenko is ahead of last year in points, assists, blocks, rebounds, minutes and steals.BREAKFAST: Bowl of chocolate cereal with full-fat milk plus three slices of toast with butter and honey.The man thinks he can play.So sue him.Finally, in December last year, his mum Wendy took him to see his GP who referred him to the child obesity specialist at the Heartlands Hospital in Birmingham.That doesn't mean either player is likely to remain quiet forever. As soon as things start getting rough during the 82-game exhaust-a-thon, temperatures rise. A.K. can be like a troublesome teen in a big family, commanding disproportionate attention. Yet Kirilenko will never be a huge problem, whether the Jazz trade him or not. He's not firing a handgun outside a strip club (Stephen Jackson), attempting to rape a nanny (Reuben Patterson), driving drunk (Cliff Robinson), fathering children with assorted women (Shawn Kemp), or brawling with fans (Ron Artest, Jackson).And Mohammed was afraid to go out of the house because kids called him cruel names. When he did pluck up the courage to play football with his pals he couldn't keep up and had difficulty breathing.DRINKS: One pint of full-fat milk, five cans cola. Bottle of cream soda, limeade or blackcurrant fizzy drink. Three milkshakes.
Controversy, Jazz style, is Karl Malone saying he's played his last in Utah, then coming to training camp as though nothing happened.
Author: Brad Rock Deseret Morning News
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