ballerblogger.com - 7/13/2009
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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 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 7/16/2009 — Kerry Eggers of The Portland Tribune: “It has been reported that the sticking point on Brandon Roy’s contract extension is the All-Star guard wants a player option on a fifth and final year..."
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ballerblogger.com 7/24/2009 — John Schuhmann of NBA.com: “When it comes to deciding which of the players from this week’s USA Basketball mini-camp will be considered for next year’s team for the World Championships, offense is just a small part of the equation ..."
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ballerblogger.com 7/14/2009 — Kevin Arnovitz of ESPN.com: "Griffin has been plugging away to refine his outside shot. In a league increasingly dominated by power forwards who can do more than just throw their weight around inside of 15 feet, he knows he’ll have to develop a face-up game if he wants to live up to his promise..."
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ballerblogger.com 6/28/2009 — 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 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 7/30/2009 — Brian Kamenetzky of the Los Angeles Times: "It’s easy to forget how long Kobe’s been around and how many games he’s played… so allow me to remind you. 948 in the regular season, good for ninth among active players ..."
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ballerblogger.com 7/23/2009 — Matt Bernhardt of Blog-a-Bull: “It’s like Reinsdorf wants it both ways: the credit for the financial might of the team, yet he can also meddle in personnel and other aspects that his basketball people should be solely in charge of."
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ballerblogger.com 7/8/2009 — Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel: “The possibility of guard Dwyane Wade signing an extension with the Miami Heat might be out the door even before the door opens. While Wade can sign an extension beginning Sunday, a league source confirmed Tuesday than an arcane NBA rule..."
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ballerblogger.com 7/27/2009 — Darnell Mayberry of The Oklahoman: “In case you haven’t paid attention over much of the past calendar year, Durant isn’t looking to go anywhere ..."
Iverson and Boozer: A Happy Wade? —
Bleacher Report - NBA 7/14/2009
Last week, we reported on how Dwyane Wade needed to leave Miami in order to play for a contender. Well, that is before Wade became a pitchman for his team. Now, there is the strong possibility that Jazz forward Carlos Boozer and former Piston ...
BOOZER EXPECTS TRADE 'SOON' —
NY Post: Sports 7/14/2009
> Carlos Boozer told the ESPN radio affiliate in Chicago the Jazz are going to trade him "relatively soon." The Post's Marc Berman reported today that the Knicks are interested in trading for the Jazz power forward. "I had a conversation ...