Calbert Cheaney and the Jazz believe they have similar outlooks on pro basketball, alike enough that Utah offered the 6-foot-7 guard a contract for next season. But their views differ slightly on one topic: 44 wins.
   
For the Jazz, that victory total last season was unacceptable, the worst performance in a decade, and one of the reasons the team went shopping for a veteran shooting guard. But for Cheaney, 44 wins and a playoff berth as the eighth seed represents a pinnacle, the best season in a career spent playing for sad-sack teams.
   
Is it any wonder that Cheaney was willing to accept the Jazz's minimum-pay offer for a chance at winning more than once a week?