"It's been a good year," Korver said. "It feels like it's been a lot longer than one year, to be honest."

It is Leap Year, so it kinda has been. It's actually been 366 days since the shooting guard joined the Jazz via the swap that sent Gordan Giricek and a to-be-determined draft pick to Philly. Funny, that's also about how many times the sharpshooter was reminded in his first week in Utah that he resembles Demi Moore's other half -- and, no, we're not talking about Bruce Willis.

It's also about the number of Jazz fans who've since proposed to the "punk'd" dude's supposed doppleganger through signs at EnergySolutions Arena. Jazz guard Deron Williams found it "ironic" that Korver's anniversary came on a day when they played Philly. Korver was the Jazz's top bench performer, finishing with a dozen points, including two 3-pointers and a technical free throw, and five assists in Utah's 112-95 victory. "It was fine," he said of the showdown. "We got the win and that's all that matters."

Nothing new there since Korver's been here. Williams says the addition of this dangerous deep threat was key to the Jazz finding themselves as a team last year, going 16-16 before the trade and 38-12 after it.

"He's definitely helped this team a lot," Williams said. "He definitely opens up the game for guys to do what they do because they have to respect him past the 3-point line."

It's not just the smooth-looking shot of the career 40.7-percent 3-point gunslinger that makes him valuable, either. He's a locker room asset, too. "He's been a great teammate, great friend," Williams said.

Different accent, same sentiment from Andrei Kirilenko. "I like him. He's a part of the chemistry of our team, so I respect him," the Russian forward said. Korver clicked with the Jazz from the get-go, both in the way he played sniper in Jerry Sloan's system and in the way the beloved bachelor was received by the fan-base. "I feel like it kind of fit my personality of my game well, so it didn't take me that long (to adjust)," he said, referring to the game, not the side-show stuff. "I feel like I've played here a long time, and it's only a year."

Korver has been hampered by an early season wrist injury on his shooting hand that still bothers him. That partially explains why he went from torrid to tepid from the preseason to the regular season. "It hasn't been my best season," he said. "This (wrist) has been frustrating."

That was more explanation than excuse, by the way. Sloan recognizes Korver's wrist still hurts, but he also believes the Jazz's inside-outside game hasn't been clicking because of another injury -- the one that has kept All-Star power forward Carlos Boozer out of 21 straight games. "I think he's a little bit more effective sometimes with our team when Boozer's on the floor," Sloan said. "That probably helps him a little bit more to get the kind of looks at the basket (he likes)."

Korver agrees -- surprise -- with his coach. "As a shooter, the ideal shot is the inside-out shot," said Korver, who's shooting 42.7 percent from 3-point land but just 43.9 percent overall. "There are definitely less opportunities when your big guys are missing -- especially when Carlos is being doubled-teamed. He demands a lot of attention."

The sixth-year pro from Creighton isn't predicting another fab finish like he helped spark the Jazz to last season, but he's hopeful the team will get things going when/if the injury bug gets squashed.

"Everyone's been hurt. Everyone's kind of taken their turn," he said. "Hopefully, sooner or later things will turn around, we'll get healthy and we'll get on a roll like we know we're capable of."

That'd be something all Jazz fans can cheer about -- even those who could care less if he sorta looks like what's-his-bucket from "That 70s Show." E-mail: jody@desnews.com