Double Take (from an unlikely muse)

So I'm sitting at work last night watching the Lakers host the Utah Jazz in their regular season finale and I was struck by a whole host of blog ideas.....by the Jazz. Here are a few. 1.) Jerry Sloan might not be the most underrated coach in sports, but he's certainly in the conversation. 2.) Carlos Boozer is the only former Duke player that is an NBA star. The only other options are Dunleavy, who is a nice player, but not a star, and Brand, who has become Mr. Glass (and not for his rebounding). 3.) The Jazz have a proven model for success in the NBA. Deron Williams and Carlos Boozer are obviously supposed to be Stockton and Malone version 2.0. 4.) I defy anyone to find a nickname in sports that is better than Andrei Kirilenko's AK47. He's Russian, his initials are AK, and he wears jersey #47. Throw them together and you have AK47, one of the most famous guns (a Russian gun mind you) of all time.

5.) I know it's been pointed out numerous times, but Jazz Forward Kyle Korver looks a lot like Ashton Kutcher. I'm sure I could find a picture where they look even more similar, but someone already put this one together and I pride myself on being as lazy as possible.



First we have Korver (he's on the left if you couldn't tell), the sharp shooting NBA forward. Korver first came onto the national scene in 2002 when his Creighton Blue Jays, a 12 seed, knocked off Arizona in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Although he played his college ball at Creighton, a mid major, Korver's length (he's 6'9) and long range shooting ability made him an NBA prospect. He was drafted in the second round (51st overall) of the 2003 NBA draft. He has bounced around the league quite a bit since then, but he may have found a home in Utah. Although he is a one dimensional player (all he does is shoot 3's), he's become a fan favorite of many developing caucasian players across the country. In fact, I play basketball with a living legend (he is the assistant basketball coach at my high school) who goes simply by the moniker "Q" that says Korver after made jump shots much in the same way that kids growing up would say Jordan when they scored. Also, I don't think Korver's dad Kevin likes black people. He named his sons Kyle, Klayton, Kaleb, and Kirk. Also, I know Roger Clemens named all of his kids something with the first letter K, which is the symbol for a strikeout in baseball, but I don't think Mr. Korver was a pitcher.

Korver's long lost twin is actor and former model Ashton Kutcher. Kutcher got his big break by playing the air head Michael Kelso on the Fox sitcom That '70's Show. This early success snowballed into the largely popular MTV prank show Punk'd. Kutcher, who is quietly a producer on a number of television shows, has also had a nice little movie career. The highlights of that movie career include Dude Where's My Car (2000), Just Married (2003), The Butterfly Effect (2004), The Guardian (2006), and What Happens in Vegas (2008), which is one of the best movies I've seen in a while. Kutcher married actress Demi Moore (who is 15 years his senior) in September of 2005.

To be honest, I've never really been much of a fan of either Korver or Kutcher. Korver is a one trick pony who can't play a lick of defense and Kutcher is a goofball who should stop accepting serious roles. He was outstanding in What Happens in Vegas (2008) (although not nearly as good as Rob Corddry) and completely changed my opinion of him. In fact, Kutcher definitely wins out because Korver's wikipedia page mentions the resemblance, but Kutcher's doesn't. This means that Kutcher is much more famous, although wikipedia is a joke because I could add the fact that they look a like to Kutcher's page right now.