What will the Utah Jazz do next?
Well, unless they're content to be little more than mediocre and willing to settle for an early playoff exit -- at best -- they'd better get ready to do some wheelin' and dealin" (and spending) in the free agent market this summer.
The Jazz came into last Wednesday's 2002 NBA Draft in desperate need of someone who could provide a consistent outside shooting threat for a team that couldn"t seem to make a clutch jump shot throughout much of last season.
So what'd they do?
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Karl Malone's monster truck, the "Power Forward," goes airborne during the Karl Malone Foundation Monster Truck show at the Delta Center Saturday night. At left, the 6-foot-9 Mailman, barely taller than the tires on his truck, greets the crowd at the event.
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A look at where the Jazz roster stands for 2002-2003, including detailed projections on the club's eight free agents...
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Jazz Jun 2002 Archive
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Deseret News | Jun 30, 2002
He came to Utah in one of the Jazz's biggest free-agency deals ever, during a summer in which one of their own got away.
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Deseret News | Jun 30, 2002
Like a little kid learning fundamental finance management, the temptations might seem overwhelming.
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Standard Examiner / Name Game | Jun 29, 2002
Karl Malone's skills really are deteriorating.
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Deseret News | Jun 29, 2002
Utah Jazz center Greg Ostertag ate some vanilla ice cream and even took a few laps around the nurses station Friday after undergoing surgery to donate a kidney to his younger sister.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 29, 2002
Greg Ostertag walked three laps around Dallas' Baylor University Medical Center nurses station on Friday, showing no effects of surgery to remove one of his kidneys the day before, and doctors may send the Jazz center home today.
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Dallas Morning News | Jun 28, 2002
Utah Jazz center Greg Ostertag's Thursday morning kidney donation to his sister, Amy Hall, was deemed a success by doctors who performed the transplant at Baylor University Medical Center.
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Deseret News | Jun 28, 2002
Jazz acquisition Curtis Borchardt stood firmly on the issue of his health Thursday, saying he sees no reason why foot woes that caused him to miss 25 games as a freshman and sophomore at Stanford should prove problematic in the NBA.
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Deseret News | Jun 28, 2002
The sticker placed low on his fashionably untucked, long-sleeved cream Polo shirt read "VISITOR.
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Deseret News | Jun 28, 2002
With smiles, laughter and high hopes, Utah Jazz center Greg Ostertag donated a kidney Thursday to his younger sister, whose kidneys failed in March.
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Standard Examiner / Associated Press | Jun 28, 2002
With smiles, laughter and high hopes, Utah Jazz center Greg Ostertag donated a kidney Thursday to his younger sister, whose kidneys failed in March.
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Standard Examiner | Jun 28, 2002
Thursday was a very eventful day for a couple of 7-foot guys who plan to play basketball in a Utah Jazz uniform this season.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 28, 2002
The biggest complication in Greg Ostertag's donation of a kidney to his sister cropped up before Thursday's operation even started.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 28, 2002
Jazz coach Jerry Sloan has a handful of pet peeves.
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Dallas Morning News | Jun 28, 2002
Brad Townsend of the Dallas Morning News reports that Utah Jazz center Greg Ostertag's Thursday morning kidney donation to his sister, Amy Hall, was deemed a success by doctors who performed the transplant at Baylor University Medical Center.
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Deseret News | Jun 27, 2002
On the night he dropped a bomb about John Stockton having recent surgery on his right elbow, Jazz owner Larry H.
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Deseret News | Jun 27, 2002
CURTIS ALAN BORCHARDT
Position: Center.
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Deseret News | Jun 27, 2002
The names in question mocked Jazz owner Larry H.
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Deseret News | Jun 27, 2002
Utah Jazz center Greg Ostertag is ready to donate a kidney to his younger sister, who has been in need of a transplant since her kidneys failed in March.
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Deseret News | Jun 27, 2002
The Jazz were supposed to select a shooter — say, Dan Dickau or Jiri Welsch or Juan Dixon.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 27, 2002
STOCKTON HAS BONE CHIPS REMOVED FROM ELBOW
John Stockton underwent surgery to clear bone chips out of his right elbow last month, owner Larry Miller revealed Wednesday, but perhaps that is good news for Jazz fans.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 27, 2002
What a fabulous night for Curtis Borchardt.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 27, 2002
He's a 7-foot white guy with a crewcut and a reputation as a shot-blocker who the Jazz say was just too tall to pass up with the 19th pick in the NBA Draft on Wednesday night.
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Ogden Standard-Examiner | Jun 27, 2002
For about an hour on Wednesday night, it appeared as if Notre Dame forward Ryan Humphrey might soon be playing basketball for the Utah Jazz.
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WayMoreSports.com | Jun 26, 2002
Both Dickau and Williams could be taken when the Raptors pick.
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New York Daily News | Jun 26, 2002
An NBA general manager said yesterday the Nets and Jazz could revisit a trade discussion both teams were rumored to have had last summer involving Keith Van Horn.
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Deseret News | Jun 26, 2002
A look at 10 years' worth of previous No.
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Deseret News | Jun 26, 2002
Dan Dickau seems to have risen high on the Jazz's list of potential selections in tonight's NBA Draft, but the Gonzaga point guard may not be on the board when it's Utah's turn to pick at No.
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Deseret News | Jun 26, 2002
The year was 1979, and the Chicago Bulls owned the No.
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Standard Examiner | Jun 26, 2002
The Jazz will host their annual draft party at the Delta Center this afternoon.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 26, 2002
This breakdown gives JazzFanz information on a number of the possible draft choices.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 26, 2002
They travel all over the country, all over the world.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 26, 2002
Recent history of 19th picks not impressive
All this travel, all these workouts, all this homework -- it is possible none of it means a thing to the Utah Jazz today.
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New York Daily News | Jun 25, 2002
An NBA general manager said yesterday the Nets and Jazz could revisit a trade discussion both teams were rumored to have had last summer involving Keith Van Horn.
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Deseret News | Jun 25, 2002
The Jazz brought Carlos Boozer back for a second workout Monday, and this time the Duke bruiser showed a bit better than he did on his first visit to Utah.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 25, 2002
Like most fired NBA coaches, George Irvine already is angling for his next head-coaching gig, and he thinks he has one nailed down.
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Deseret News | Jun 25, 2002
Two Jazz officials checked out players with foreign flair on Sunday, skipping a Sunday-morning audition for big men Jamal Sampson of Cal and Udonis Haslem of Florida held at the Jazz's Franklin Covey practice facility.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 24, 2002
For only the third time in 14 years, the Jazz on Wednesday will get to select a player among the first 20 taken in the NBA Draft.
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| Jun 23, 2002
Tim Buckley of the Deseret News reports:
Some call it fibbing.
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Standard-Examiner | Jun 23, 2002
Sometime around 7:10 p.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 23, 2002
The numbers spell out the problem in cold statistical truths, but anybody who watched the Utah Jazz last season didn't need any paperwork to figure it out.
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Standard Examiner | Jun 22, 2002
NBA scouts have some questions about Juan Dixon and Lonny Baxter and their future in the league, but no one doubts the Maryland duo knows how to win.
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Deseret News | Jun 22, 2002
Agents for Raul Lopez, the Jazz's 2001 first-round draft pick, still have not negotiated a buyout of his multiyear contract with Real Madrid of the Spanish League, but on Friday the Spanish point guard confirmed his intention to play in Utah next season.
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Deseret News | Jun 22, 2002
There are knocks on NBA prospect Juan Dixon, who according to one scouting report is savvy, knows the game and has a nice shooting stroke, yet at the same time supposedly lacks size, strength and true point-guard skills.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 22, 2002
Dan Gadzuric passed the first test.
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Toronto Star | Jun 22, 2002
Raptors’ GM Glen Grunwald isn’t impressed with the talent in this years’ draft.
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Deseret News | Jun 21, 2002
Everywhere Dan Dickau works out in advance of Wednesday's NBA Draft, the questions have been the same.
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New York Post | Jun 21, 2002
Contrary to reports, neither Karl Malone nor agent Dwight Manley has asked the Jazz for a two-year, 10 percent extension past next ($19.
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Sun-Sentinel | Jun 21, 2002
A willingness to exceed the estimated tax threshold also could provide a boost in free agency, which opens July 1.
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Standard Examiner | Jun 21, 2002
Every September for the past 18 years, John Stockton has headed over to the Gonzaga University gym in search of pickup games to help him get ready for the upcoming NBA season.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 21, 2002
If David Stern says "With the 19th pick, the Utah Jazz select Dan Dickau" next Wednesday, it's a good bet Jazz fans will hear it wrong.
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Deseret News | Jun 20, 2002
Two members of the University of Maryland's 2002 NCAA-championship team head the list of prospects scheduled to work out for the Jazz in advance of Wednesday's NBA Draft.
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Deseret News | Jun 20, 2002
Despite his fervent denial, former Utah Jazz center Olden Polynice was found guilty Wednesday of assaulting Tyler Swenson on the Old Mill Golf course.
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Standard Examiner | Jun 20, 2002
Judging from the broad range of players the Jazz plan to take a closer look at in preparation for next week"s annual NBA Draft, they don"t appear to be zeroing in on any particular position.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 20, 2002
A jury ruled Wednesday that former Utah Jazz center Olden Polynice is guilty of assaulting golfer Tyler Swensen at the Old Mill Golf Course last year.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 20, 2002
A couple of college All-Americans are among 10 players the Jazz have invited to work out in Salt Lake City before next Wednesday's NBA Draft.
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Deseret News | Jun 19, 2002
Former Utah Jazz center Olden Polynice was either threatened and acting in self defense or the equivalent of a "playground bully" during a confrontation on a golf course last summer.
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| Jun 19, 2002
Even former Jazz player Olden Polynice admits that he pushed a fellow golfer and spit in his face, but a jury may decide today if the altercation amounted to a crime.
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Sun-Sentinel | Jun 19, 2002
The Heat have changed their philosophy regarding the NBA’s luxury tax.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 18, 2002
Point guards drive the Jazz offense, but worrying about their point guards won't drive the Jazz's decision-making process as the NBA draft approaches.
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NY Post | Jun 18, 2002
Peter Vecsey does take time out from polishing his comedy routine to report some NBA news in his New York Post column.
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UtahJazz.com | Jun 17, 2002
Utah Jazz President Dennis Haslam today announced the appointment of Michael Snarr to the position of vice president of sales for the Utah Jazz.
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UtahJazz.com | Jun 17, 2002
The Utah Jazz will host their annual draft day party at the Delta Center on Wednesday, June 26.
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Standard Examiner | Jun 17, 2002
Anyone want a $19.
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| Jun 16, 2002
Maybe Utahns just enjoy the appearance of conflict, the illusion of all-out war cushioned by the assurance that nobody ever really gets hurt.
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Standard Examiner | Jun 13, 2002
Karl Malone is bringing the Power Jam to Utah.
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| Jun 13, 2002
So, wait a minute.
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New York Post | Jun 13, 2002
Marc Berman of the New York Post reports that there may be a shake-up in New Jersey.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 12, 2002
Come on into Dr.
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Desert News | Jun 12, 2002
There’s discontent in Utah again.
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Standard Examiner | Jun 11, 2002
About the time Greg Ostertag started showing more heart on the basketball court than he had in a long time, it was his kidneys that weighed heavily on his mind.
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Deseret News | Jun 11, 2002
Greg Ostertag wants to make one thing clear about his offer of a kidney to an ailing sister: It's not about him, it's about her.
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Deseret News | Jun 11, 2002
On the same day Jazz owner Larry H.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 11, 2002
If the NBA Finals or World Cup soccer doesn't interest Jazz fans, there's always this standard summertime rerun: Miller vs.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 11, 2002
Greg Ostertag craves more standing ovations like the one he received from Jazz fans after an unusually effective stretch during Utah's final game of the playoffs in April.
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UtahJazz.com | Jun 10, 2002
As first reported by the Dallas Morning News, Greg Ostertag has decided to donate one of his kidneys to his lone sibling, younger sister Amy Hall.
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Deseret News | Jun 9, 2002
So here we are, 23 years later, and folks in New Orleans are calling for "backsies.
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| Jun 8, 2002
Malone has one year remaining on a four-year, $66 million deal that will pay him $19.
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Deseret News | Jun 8, 2002
Karl Malone trade rumors refuse to die.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 8, 2002
Karl Malone makes no secret of it: One of the things he likes most about his Karl Malone for Kids Foundation is that it is fun.
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New York Daily News | Jun 8, 2002
Rod Thorn says he has heard the rumors of the Jazz possibly unloading Karl Malone this summer.
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New York Daily News | Jun 8, 2002
Nets President Rod Thorn has heard the rumors of the Jazz trying to unload Karl Malone.
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The Toque | Jun 6, 2002
Malonists across the state of Utah are gathering this month to celebrate the festival of Karl, and to pray that the divine Mailman returns for the 2001-2002 season.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 5, 2002
He probably makes you crazy.
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Dallas Morning News | Jun 3, 2002
The sister of Jazz center Greg Ostertag, Amy Hall, has had juvenile diabetes since she was 7.
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Standard Examiner | Jun 2, 2002
There are two professional basketball teams that play their home games at the Delta Center, and both teams" nicknames end in that patented double-Z that"s become so overly trendy in the Beehive State.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 2, 2002
After the 2002-03 season, when Karl Malone's contract is up and John Stockton presumably will have retired, the Jazz will have plenty of money available under the salary cap.
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Akron-Beacon Journal | Jun 2, 2002
Miller Time very often at bars in Mormon-dominated Utah.
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Akron Beacon-Journal | Jun 2, 2002
Chris Tomasson of the Akron Beacon-Journal reports: A source close to the Jazz, which should have plenty of money under the salary cap next summer, is already earmarking big bucks to make a run at Cavaliers point guard Andre Miller, scheduled to be a restricted free agent.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 2, 2002
Greg Ostertag will undergo surgery later this month, but it's not the standard NBA offseason scope-the-knee procedure.
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Dallas Morning News | Jun 1, 2002
Those who do not follow basketball may find it touching, though not necessarily unusual, that Amy Hall's brother has decided to give her one of his kidneys.
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Deseret News | Jun 1, 2002
Rebounds and blocked shots are what the Jazz want most from Greg Ostertag, their 7-foot-2 backup center.
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Deseret News | Jun 1, 2002
Despite the apparent hope of some folks in New Orleans, Utah's Jazz have no intention whatsoever of returning their moniker to the NBA city from which it came.
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| Jun 1, 2002
Earlier in the week the Charlotte Observer reported that the Hornets will carry the team name with them into New Orleans for at least the 2002-03 season, after which time they may decide to change.
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| Jun 1, 2002
The Associated Press reports:
Utah Jazz center Greg Ostertag will donate one of his kidneys in late June to his younger sister, who has diabetes.
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