The Jazz will practice this morning without starting shooting guard Calbert Cheaney, who is returning home to Indiana to mourn the passing of his best friend.
     
Corey Kelley, 33, died Tuesday of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a form of cancer.
     
Cheaney briefly left the team last weekend to visit with Kelley, then returned to play in victories over Indiana on Monday night and the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night.

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Jazz coach Jerry Sloan had nothing but kind words for 69-year-old Hubie Brown, who ? 15 years after his last NBA coaching job ? was hired recently to replace Sidney Lowe as head coach of the now 2-18 Grizzlies.
   
"He's a great teacher, he's a great coach," Sloan said of Brown, known more recently for his work as a TV color commentator for NBA games...