blogs.sltrib.com - 7/2/2009
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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 in ...
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blog.newsok.com - 6/30/2009
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One name that constantly crops up around here
as the start of free agency nears is Paul
Millsap. The big man for the Utah Jazz will be a restricted free agent Wednesday, and fans have long wanted the Thunder to take a chance on the 6-foot-8 forward ...
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Paul Millsap: To Sign Or Not To Sign?
ken-berger.blogs.cbssports.com - 7/1/2009
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With the start of the free-agent negotiating period
only hours away, here's the latest information culled from
executives, agents, and other people in the know: ...
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Free Agent Buzz 2.0 (UPDATE)
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The Fundamentals
BallerBlogger.com —
... Ross Siler of The Salt Lake Tribune: “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 in penalties next season, I think it has long-term implications for the very notion of what it means to be a small-market team in the NBA. The idea behind the NBA’s luxury tax system is to help level the playing field between small- and ...
Thursday Bullets
ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... How the Jazz became a luxury tax paying team. Ross Siler of the Salt Lake Tribune says that's bad: "When the Jazz push their payroll past $70 million -- and maybe even $80 million -- it becomes much more difficult for Greg Miller to someday sit at a league meeting and advocate for more protections for small-market teams. Why would the owner of a big-market team make concessions in terms of revenue sharing and luxury tax when his team is being outspent by the Jazz in the first place?" ...
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The Utah Jazz and NBA by Ross Siler and Steve Luhm: D-Day
blogs.sltrib.com 7/1/2009 — 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.
So much still undecided
blogs.sltrib.com 6/30/2009 — The Jazz are caught between a rock and a hard place on the final day before free agency. Of course, so is Carlos Boozer, or so it appears. With Kyle Korver opting in for the upcoming season Monday, the Jazz are in ...
Why is Utah spending so much money?
sports.yahoo.com 7/2/2009 — The Utah Jazz , even without coming to terms with restricted
free agent Paul Millsap , are going to pay about $73 million in salaries next
season. And yet, this hasn't stopped them from working to retain Paul Millsap.
We know why. Millsap's a ...
It's time to start taking sides
slcdunk.com 5/6/2009 —
One of these players is a much better offensive player?
Last summer I was at a shopping mall with my wife and I noticed that there were a lot of wan, sickly looking teenagers wandering around, more than usual at least. I also noticed ...
Boozer may stay with the Jazz for another season
scoresreport.com 6/30/2009 —
For a time, it seemed like it was inevitable that Carlos Boozer would opt out (or not opt in, in this case) and hit the open market as an unrestricted free agent. But the economic climate has changed and the market for his services does not appear to be as strong as it was once thought to ...
Finishing weak
allthatjazzbasketball.blogspot.com 4/13/2009 — Good teams finish strong. By this metric alone the Jazz may not appear to have been a good team since John Stockton and Jeff Hornacek were running around in their short shorts. Last night the Utah Jazz lost at home ( didn’t I just write about being a good home team ?) to the Golden State ...
The Fesenko question
blogs.sltrib.com 6/9/2009 — A week from today, the Jazz will arrive at the June 15 deadline to exercise an $870,000 option to bring back Kyrylo Fesenko for next season. As of Friday, they had made no decision, and Fesenko's agent, Stu Lash, said he's in no ...
Around The League: June 30th, 2009 —
Bleacher Report - NBA 7/1/2009
Yao Ming Goes Down
News out of Houston is that Yao Ming could not only be done for this upcoming season, but more seriously, the rest of his career. This is obviously a huge blow to the Rockets, but the league itself seems ...
