Rich Evans thinks Donyell Marshall and Bryon Russell just aren't motivated this season.

"Everybody needs a carrot.
     
You know, the carrot dangling in front of the horse, or mule, that keeps it moving forward.
   
For an athlete, the carrot might be acclaim, money, the promise of getting to the playoffs, the allure of contending for a title.
     
Or the carrot might be simple pride ? not the pride that equates to vanity, conceit or egotism, but the pride that equates to a sense of one's own dignity or worth.
     
The pride that compels a player to sweat and labor and bust his tail, to go out and do his best even in a hopeless cause.
     
So what happens when the carrot is no longer there?
     
What happens when a player has enough money, when he doesn't think his team can contend and merely getting to the playoffs holds little attraction, when pride is only felt in spurts, and not as a consistent, driving force?
     
What happens is what we're seeing with the Jazz."