| Millsap's Destination |
| From the looks of it, Millsap is down to two suitors : The Jazz and the Thunder. It's like CJ Miles 2.0, except this time the winner gets a good basketball player. The other teams with cap money this summer are looking elsewhere for big men: Detroit (Villanueva), Portland (Turkoglu),
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| via The Cowhide Globe,Jul, 02 2009 By The Crotty Kid |
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| Jazz are 20/1 shots to win the title next season |
| Jazz are 20/1 shots to win the title next season. That's some sweet action! via BDL
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| via SLC Dunk,Jul, 02 2009 By Basketball John |
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| Jazz Summer League |
| Eric Maynor has signed his rookie contract with the Jazz, paying him $1.3 million for his first NBA season. He ll join several others on the Utah Jazz Summer League team which starts next week in Orlando, Florida. Of those who ll join Maynor from the Jazz in Summer League
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| via The Cowhide Globe,Jul, 02 2009 By Draft Guru |
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| Updated odds to win 2010 championship following Draft, trades (Yahoo! Sports |
| Bodog's odds to win the 2009-10 NBA Championship have been reassessed and posted following last week's
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| via Yahoo! Sports,Jul, 02 2009 |
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| The Downbeat - 2 July 2009 - The almost a three-day weekend edition |
| The Downbeat - 2 July 2009 - The almost a three-day weekend edition The KOOF vs. Chuck Norris, who wins? 5 items every morning is about to get very hard, especially after summer league is done From ESPN: Sources: Ariza leans toward leaving Lakers. Is he going to get overpaid?
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| via SLC Dunk,Jul, 02 2009 By Basketball John |
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| The day after |
| It's taken 24 hours to collect my thoughts on the subject, but there is a very good reason why it's so damaging for the Jazz to be luxury-tax payers. For every fan who says it's the Millers' money and who cares if they have to write a $12 million check
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| via Jazz Notes,Jul, 01 2009 By www.sltrib.com noreply@blogger.com |
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| Rookie Maynor signs two-year deal with Jazz (AP |
| First-round draft pick Eric Maynor has officially signed with the Utah Jazz. Maynor signed the two year deal on Wednesday as the Jazz summer league team began a minicamp in Florida. The Jazz will play in Orlando starting July 6. As the 20th overall pick in the draft, Maynor gets
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| via Yahoo! Sports,Jul, 01 2009 |
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| Mr. Millsap |
| Paul Millsap. . . Jazz Nation turns its lonely eyes to you. It is true that our ability to retain our best power forward took a big hit yesterday. However, it may be that all is not lost quite yet. If one believes the rumors printed in the Deseret News
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| via The Cowhide Globe,Jul, 01 2009 By Pasty Gangsta noreply@blogger.com |
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| Jazz Tats: Millsap Goes for Subtle |
| Editor's Note: This is the fourth in a series of internet investigative reports on the meaning behind the living artwork that is the Utah Jazz. Seeing as how our days with Mr. Millsap may be numbered, I thought I'd chronicle his body art, even if his work isn't quite as
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| via The Cowhide Globe,Jul, 01 2009 By The Crotty Kid |
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| Almond to Knicks |
| Morris Almond's Jazz career officially came to a close today. My friend Howard Beck from the New York Times tweeted earlier today that Almond is on the New York Knicks' roster for the Las Vegas summer league. The Knicks have some names on that roster with former lottery picks Nikoloz
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| via Jazz Notes,Jul, 01 2009 By www.sltrib.com noreply@blogger.com |
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| NBA Players: Kosta Koufos, Kyrylo Fesenko, Eric Maynor, Goran Suton Koufos and Fesenko each |
| NBA Players: Kosta Koufos, Kyrylo Fesenko, Eric Maynor, Goran Suton Koufos and Fesenko each shuttled back and forth between the NBA and the D-League last season, both are big men, and they put up similar numbers while playing for the Utah Flash, though Koufos is probably a better scorer while
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| via SLC Dunk,Jul, 01 2009 By Basketball John |
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| Eric Maynor Signs with the Jazz |
| More photos " by Carolyn Kaster - AP #3 is officially a Jazz man. One backup PG down, one to go. Browse more photos " From the release: Maynor is expected to participate in the Jazz "s mini-camp in preparation for the 2009 Orlando Pro Summer League. Camp is scheduled
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| via SLC Dunk,Jul, 01 2009 By Basketball John |
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| No one in Oklahoma City is saying so, but rival teams keep insisting that the Thunder are poised to |
| No one in Oklahoma City is saying so, but rival teams keep insisting that the Thunder are poised to present an offer sheet to Jazz restricted free agent Millsap that Utah can't afford to match. The Jazz are projected to be some $3 million into luxury-tax territory next season before
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| via SLC Dunk,Jul, 01 2009 By Basketball John |
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| Why is Utah spending so much money? (Yahoo! Sports |
| The Utah Jazz, even without coming to terms with restricted free agent Paul Millsap, are going to pay about $73
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| via Yahoo! Sports,Jul, 01 2009 |
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| The Downbeat - 1 July 2009 - The Canada Day Edition |
| The Downbeat - 1 July 2009 - The Canada Day Edition The Jazz are going to need a lot of support to pay for all of this. Buy lots of Jazz gear. The only safe jersey purchase though is #8. New poll up on the sidebar. When do you think
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| via SLC Dunk,Jul, 01 2009 By Basketball John |
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| D-Day |
| First things first: Nobody beat the Jazz to Paul Millsap as free agency opened Tuesday night. Jazz general manager Kevin O'Connor was on the phone with Millsap's agent, DeAngelo Simmons, right at 10 p.m., which Simmons called a "class act" gesture. It bodes well for the Jazz as they try
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| via Jazz Notes,Jul, 01 2009 By www.sltrib.com noreply@blogger.com |
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| Korver + Boozer + Okur = No Millsap |
| So here we are, its D-Day for the Jazz and they end up going 1 for 4 on my wish list of things that could have happened. Korer opts in, which isn't the end of the world, but it sucks bad when you top it with #2. (I guess anything
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| via True Blue Jazz,Jun, 30 2009 By Hammy jed@801promos.com |
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| Regardless of what? - Carlos Boozer, Mehmet Okur, and Kyle Korver opt in |
| More photos " by Melissa Majchrzak - NBAE/Getty Images Booze: "So there's this website called SLCDunk who though it would be funny to put an opt-out countdown on their site." Memo: "Yeah...?" Booze: " Wouldn't it be funny if we didn't tell the Jazz until the last second whether or
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| via SLC Dunk,Jun, 30 2009 By Basketball John |
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| UPDATE 2 - Carlos Boozer opting in, regardless, Now Okur is opting in |
| More photos " by Steve C Wilson - AP Will this be the last time we hear an "AND-1!" from Booze in a Jazz uni? Browse more photos " Will Booze follow through on his promise to opt out? Will a deal get done for Memo today? Discuss all of
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| via SLC Dunk,Jun, 30 2009 By Basketball John |
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