ballerblogger.com - 6/28/2009
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Ross Siler of The Salt Lake Tribune: "The team still was waiting for word Saturday from Carlos Boozer ($12.7 million), Mehmet Okur ($9 million) and Kyle Korver ($5.2 million) about opting out of their contracts to become free agents. All three face a Tuesday deadline to make their decisions..."
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ballerblogger.com 7/17/2009 — Ross Siler of The Salt Lake Tribune: "It probably was Boozer’s misfortune in the end to play in Utah, where the fans seemingly feel a deeper personal connection to the players on their team than just about anywhere else in the NBA. Boozer drove a Rolls-Royce and wanted to keep people at..."
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ballerblogger.com 7/13/2009 — Ross Siler of The Salt Lake Tribune: "Millsap’s agent, criticized the Jazz for insisting on having an offer sheet brought to them. ‘I think we should’ve come to an agreement early,’ Simmons said. ‘If Paul was their first priority like they said, we should’ve come to an agreement early....'"
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ballerblogger.com 6/25/2009 — Ken Berger of CBSSports.com: “The NBA Draft is Thursday night, and how strange it is that these two kids — neither with a college education, one born an ocean away and the other one having crossed that ocean for his apprenticeship — hold the keys to the whole thing...”
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ballerblogger.com 6/23/2009 — Rodney McKissic of The Buffalo News: “It pays to know what you are getting when you are investing dollars and draft choices, which is why the NBA and its teams are employing detectives to check on prospective players and uncover skeletons in their closets..."
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ballerblogger.com 6/19/2009 — Michael Lee of the Washington Post: "With Arenas already back to his playing weight from five years ago, maybe Grover can help him return to that all-star, all-NBA form again. And, given how Wade bounced back to the form that made him Finals MVP in 2006, this might be the best move for Arenas..."
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ballerblogger.com 6/20/2009 — Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel: "A day after Heat President Pat Riley said the team could not go forward with a major personnel overhaul without his star agreeing to a contract extension this summer, Wade indicated he might seek such action by the team before..."
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ballerblogger.com 7/6/2009 — John Canzano of The Oregonian: “Once Toronto got involved, offering more comfort and $3 million in additional salary, there just wasn’t enough emotional juice to make Turkoglu pick your city. That’s what it ended up being about. And the Blazers blew it in that context..."
Carlos Boozer to Detroit?
thedsq.com 6/29/2009 — He has injury issues and a $10+ million dollar contract? Could be too risky for the Pistons. Detroit has roughly $20 million to spend, and could acquire potentially three prime-time players. What do you think?
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ballerblogger.com 6/24/2009 — Britt Robson of Secrets of the City: “The Wolves shot a league-worst 44.1% from the field last season. After scanning hours of video from last season, Kahn obviously felt the problem was the talent more than the scheme-he just dumped two of the ballclub’s top three perimeter scorers..."
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ballerblogger.com 6/22/2009 — Dan Bickley of The Arizona Republic: “David Griffin, the home-boy who first joined the team as a communications intern in 1993, is beginning to look and act like the next general manager. And Steve Kerr, the current GM, seems to be fading into the background..."
Boozer, Okur decide to stay with Jazz (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - NBA News 7/1/2009
Carlos Boozer and Mehmet Okur are both staying with the Utah Jazz next season. About two hours after Boozer let the Jazz know he decided against opting out of the final year of his contract -- which he once said he intended to do -- Okur joined him ...
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