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The Downbeat - 3 July 2009 - The Independence Day (Observed) Edition
- Should Booze get traded, will he have a convenient injury when his team comes to the ESA? Does he become more hated than Kobe? T-Mac? Melo?
- O'Connor stated that they planned on keeping Millsap unless it was a ridiculous offer. How come they didn't ask where that line was? He probably wouldn't have said anyway. So what do you think a ridiculous offer is? Poll on the right.
- Time to update utahjazz.com, http://trunc.it/pdan (sorry links aren't clickable)
- For those in the US, what's your favorite 4th of July tradition? Trivia question... How many countries have a 4th of July?
- Programming note... There may or not be a Downbeat on Monday as I will try to take a vacation. Depends on if I have an internet connection on the day. If not, see you all on Tuesday.
Why the sad face, Jazz fans? The Jazz now have options
by clarkpojo
on Jul 2, 2009 6:02 PM MDT
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Whether the Jazz take what is behind door number 2 or 3, or even 7, they have lots of options. And in the game of basketball business and "Let's Make a Deal," that is a good position to be in. In Kevin O'Connors own words "teams are really saying, 'We've got to rebuild,' or teams are saying, 'We're going to try and get to the top.' I don't see any teams staying status quo." And after Okur, Boozer and Korver all opted in, I think the scales have been tipped far towards being a team that needs to make it to the top. O' Connor is going to be hard at work figuring out how to do that, but he does have options now that we have very good players and expiring contracts. That is the best thing to have during these economic times. Financially, here is what the Jazz are looking at and what they could do.
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Jazz are 20/1 shots to win the title next season.
That's some sweet action!
1 day ago
Basketball John
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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? Maybe not in this market.
- Ben Gordon turned down a 5 year $55M deal last year to stay with the Bulls. He's about to sign with Detroit for about the same. He made about $6.5M last year. So he missed out on about $5-6M last year by not signing. Does that make Hamilton expendable? He has 4 more years left on his deal at $12.6 per. He didn't want to come off the bench last year behind Iverson and I don't see that changing. Not a great three-point shooter, but he can hit a jumper.
- The answer to #1? It doesn't matter because Sloan wouldn't play either of them.
1 day ago
Basketball John
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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 Fesenko has the rebounding edge. They also were expected to take on slightly larger roles for the Jazz this year, though who knows now that Mehmet Okur and Carlos Boozer have decided not to opt out. Maynor and Suton are both draft picks. Maynor enters Summer League as the likely backup PG, and Suton is a jump-shooting center who fits into the team's offense but might be too low on the depth chart to get much time.
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Basketball John
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Eric Maynor Signs with the Jazz
by Basketball John
on Jul 1, 2009 10:53 AM MDT
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Maynor is expected to participate in the Jazz’s mini-camp in preparation for the 2009 Orlando Pro Summer League. Camp is scheduled to open today at RDV SportsPlex in Maitland, Fla., and will run through Sunday, July 5. Maynor will then make his professional debut when the Jazz opens its Orlando Pro Summer League schedule vs. Boston at 5 p.m. MT on July 6.
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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 even accounting for Millsap, after Carlos Boozer, Mehmet Okur and Kyle Korver all declined their opportunity this week to become unrestricted free agents.
The most frequently cited counter to that idea is that the Jazz will match any reasonable offer to Millsap because they plan to trade Boozer between now and February.
2 days ago
Basketball John
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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 Booze will get traded?
- A better nickname for the opters would have been Ocean's Three. Either you're in or you're out. Right now.
- For those that will boo Boozer, shouldn't there be a different word used so that he can't pretend it's just Booze? How about Mill-sap, Mill-sap.
- The Orlando Summer league starts on Monday. I just found out that it's not open to the public. That blows.
2 days ago
Basketball John
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