"Al Jefferson learned something about his new team's offense last week.

The lesson?

"I told him we've got 25 or 30 more plays," Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan said. "I thought he was going to pass out."

That smelling-salt revelation was made in Wednesday's win over Toronto when a cross-screen play that hasn't yet been introduced this fall was called during a huddle.

Team captain Deron Williams reminded Sloan of that, and the whole chat bewildered Jefferson.

"I was like, 'You mean to tell me there's more?'" Jefferson said, laughing.

He said Williams' response was, "Yeah, there's a lot more."

A wide-eyed Jefferson replied with an "Oh, wow."

Williams said the tricky part is that each play has different endings. For example, there is a 44 but also a 44 clear and a 44 slip. In the heat of the moment, he explained, that's tough to quickly process.

"It can be confusing," Williams said.

The Jazz hope to fine-tune what they've got out there already, so nothing new will be introduced for at least a little while.

"I don't think we're going to put anything else in right now," Williams said. "I think we're good. We've got to master these plays. It's just more wrinkles."

But Jefferson will be ready to tackle that learning challenge when it comes, too.

"It's a pass-first offense," the 25-year-old said. "Whatever I don't know yet, I'm pretty sure it's going to help me when I do find out about it."

Sloan likes the progress Jefferson is making, though. The 6-foot-10 center struggled in the season-opener with only six points, but he's hit double figures in scoring every game since then. The seven-year veteran's Jazz-high of 27 came last week against Toronto."