As the search for a new head coach of the Denver Nuggets drags on, Jazz assistant coach Phil Johnson has opted to take his name out of the running for the vacant position.
"Although the Nuggets never offered me the job, the longer the process took, the easier it was for me to make the decision to remain with the Jazz," Johnson said Wednesday. "I was never sure that I would leave, even if the offer would have been extended to me. It would have taken a lot for me to leave a situation I feel very good about."
Johnson's Utah colleagues had continued to back his bid for the post.
"We'd hate to lose him, but they'd be smart to hire him," Kevin O'Connor, the Jazz's vice president of basketball operations, had said Tuesday.
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There was a time, not long ago, when the Jazz were one of the NBA's oldest teams.
But with five players 23 or younger anticipated to be on board next season Jarron Collins, Andrei Kirilenko, Raul Lopez, Curtis Borchardt and DeShawn Stevenson it's time to strap in the car seats.
Because, as Jazz basketball operations vice president Kevin O'Connor put it Tuesday, you don't want "too many babies in diapers" playing alongside old-timers John Stockton and Karl Malone, aged 40 and 39, respectively.
To that end, enter Denver Nuggets free-agent Calbert Cheaney, who, as expected, was signed to a one-year, $1 million contract by the Jazz on Tuesday.
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The (AP) reports: Utah Jazz assistant Phil Johnson said Wednesday he has withdrawn as a candidate for the head coaching job with the Denver Nuggets.
"Although the Nuggets never offered me the job, the longer the process took, the easier it was for me to make the decision to remain with the Jazz," he said. "I was never sure that I would leave, even if the offer would have been extended."
Johnson reportedly was one of two finalists in Denver, along with Dallas assistant and former Lakers coach Del Harris.
For the past 14 seasons, Johnson has been the top assistant to Utah coach Jerry Sloan. He was the NBA's coach of the year in 1974-75, leading the Kansas City-Omaha Kings to a 44-38 record and second place in the Midwest Division. He coached the Kings from 1973-78 and the Kansas City-Sacramento Kings from 1984-87.
RealGM Note: This could open the door for Harris to get the Nuggets job. Usually when a canadiate for a Head coaching job withdraws, it means that he wasn't going to get the job. Then again, it has been said the Del Harris really likes being an assistant in Dallas and even if he were to think about leaving, Mark Cuban might bump up his salary again to convince him to stay. Stay tuned to Wiretap for more on the Nuggets Head Coaching situation.
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Jazz Jul 2002 Archive
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Standard Examiner | Jul 31, 2002
Calbert Cheaney grew up in Evansville, Ind.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jul 31, 2002
Calbert Cheaney and the Jazz believe they have similar outlooks on pro basketball, alike enough that Utah offered the 6-foot-7 guard a contract for next season.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jul 31, 2002
Negotiations were difficult, even nasty at times, but the Jazz were confident that they could wait out their reluctant free agent.
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Deseret News | Jul 30, 2002
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Deseret News | Jul 30, 2002
Re-signing Marshall their second-leading scorer and rebounder, and a man who made $6.
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Salt Lake Tribune / Associated Press | Jul 30, 2002
The NBA will make sure next season that last-second shots really do beat the buzzer.
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Deseret News | Jul 29, 2002
There is a barrel roll twist, squat move at the end of a dance that nearly seven hours into the auditions for the 2002-03 Jazz Dancer Team is giving a few of the women fits.
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Standard Examiner | Jul 29, 2002
From the beginning of the free agent signing period, Jazz executive Kevin O'Connor has been adamant about not negotiating through the media.
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Standard-Examiner | Jul 29, 2002
-- From the beginning of the free agent signing period, Jazz executive Kevin O"Connor has been adamant about not negotiating through the media.
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Standard Examiner | Jul 28, 2002
He's one of the biggest players on the Jazz roster, yet progress has come in small steps for Jarron Collins.
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Deseret News | Jul 28, 2002
Kevin O'Connor responded Saturday to comments from agent Dwight Manley, who twice last week publicly blasted the Jazz for their handling of free agent Bryon Russell's departure from Utah.
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Deseret News | Jul 28, 2002
When the Utah Jazz hosted their first summer league, in 1984, not all the players had competed on a major college level.
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Deseret News | Jul 28, 2002
Andrei Kirilenko never really got going.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jul 28, 2002
The Jazz have considered a couple of sign-and-trade possibilities for Donyell Marshall, their free-agent forward, but have not found anything worth discussing further, Jazz vice president of basketball operations Kevin O'Connor said.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jul 28, 2002
I usually don't do this, but, in this case, it's too easy to go ahead and respond.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jul 28, 2002
As far as DeShawn Stevenson is concerned, the Rocky Mountain Revue was a fine coming-out party.
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Sacramento Bee | Jul 28, 2002
But that doesn't mean they aren't looking for a bargain.
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| Jul 28, 2002
Martin McNeal of the Sacramento Bee reports that the Kings are keeping all channels open.
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| Jul 28, 2002
Tim Buckley of the Desert News gives us the Jazz rebuttal to comments made by agent Dwight Manley.
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Standard Examiner | Jul 27, 2002
DeShawn Stevenson has had several strong performances in the Rocky Mountain Revue but the question is, have they been good enough to make coaches forget the bad ones?
In five games, the third-year Jazz guard averages a team-high 17.
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Deseret News | Jul 27, 2002
Free-agent guard John Crotty is recovering from yet another arthroscopic procedure on his ailing left knee.
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Deseret News | Jul 27, 2002
With two roster spots open for the Jazz, including one likely reserved for a combo guard who can help backup John Stockton at the point, any one in a cast of many free agents on the Jazz's Rocky Mountain Revue summer-league team might find work with Utah in the fall.
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Deseret News | Jul 27, 2002
Quincy Lewis is well-aware of the potential dangers.
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Deseret News | Jul 27, 2002
Still upset over the Jazz's handling of Bryon Russell, agent Dwight Manley said Friday that the Sacramento Kings have entered the sweepstakes for Jazz free agent forward Donyell Marshall.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jul 27, 2002
Quincy Lewis passed up another year on an NBA bench for the opportunity to play 40 minutes a night for one of the best foreign teams in the world, his agent said Friday.
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| Jul 27, 2002
Tim Buckley of the Desert News reports on the latest in the Donyell Marshall/Utah Jazz soap opera and the star of the show, agent Dwight Manley.
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Standard Examiner | Jul 26, 2002
Calbert Cheaney is a nine-year NBA veteran who started about half the games a year ago, coming off the bench for a significant portion of the season.
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Deseret News | Jul 26, 2002
Swingman Quincy Lewis, the Jazz's top selection in the 1999 NBA Draft, reportedly has agreed to play next season for Maccabi Tel Aviv, a perennial power in the Israeli League.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jul 26, 2002
Calbert Cheaney, who agreed on Thursday to work for the NBA minimum, fills one critical off-season need for the Jazz.
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| Jul 26, 2002
Tim Buckley of the Desert News reports that the negotiations between the Jazz and free agent forward Donyell Marshall are still dragging.
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Deseret News | Jul 25, 2002
So long, Bryon Russell.
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Deseret News | Jul 25, 2002
The Jazz essentially reached an agreement in principle with 6-foot-7 swingman Calbert Cheaney on Wednesday and hoped to have the Denver Nuggets free agent signed as early as this morning.
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Deseret News | Jul 25, 2002
Based on the six-stitch cut over his eye, a nagging groin injury and all the usual aches and pains associated with playing in the Rocky Mountain Revue, Jarron Collins might seem to deserve more than the 90-some dollars in daily meal money that serves as summer-league pay.
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Standard Examiner | Jul 25, 2002
Opportunity has been knocking around Jazz camp these past few days, but so far there haven"t been many takers.
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Deseret News | Jul 24, 2002
One day after coach Jerry Sloan revealed why nine-season Jazz vet Bryon Russell won't be offered a new contract in Utah, the franchise took time to woo another veteran swingman.
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Deseret News | Jul 24, 2002
Hitting the game-winning 3-pointer Tuesday night certainly didn't hurt William Avery's cause.
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Rocky Mountain News | Jul 24, 2002
Free-agent swingman Calbert Cheaney won't be back in a Denver Nuggets uniform next season.
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| Jul 24, 2002
With no plans to bring Bryon Russell back for a 10th season, the Jazz are considering candidates to replace him.
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Standard Examiner | Jul 24, 2002
The Jazz might lose an assistant coach to Denver, but they could wind up with one of the Nuggets' shooting guards.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jul 24, 2002
Third-year guard DeShawn Stevenson looked like a poised veteran Tuesday, scoring 29 points and hitting three long shots in the final four minutes to help the Jazz pull out an 82-81 victory over Toronto in the Rocky Mountain Revue at Salt Lake Community College.
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| Jul 23, 2002
After nine seasons here, Bryon Russell's Utah run is done.
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Standard Examiner | Jul 23, 2002
Utah Jazz team doctors discovered some weakness in the reconstructed right knee of point guard Raul Lopez, but it wasn't enough to prevent the Spanish prospect from passing a physical.
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Deseret News | Jul 23, 2002
By the second day of summer camp, he didn't even have to be asked.
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Deseret News | Jul 23, 2002
Raul Lopez is finally here, but at first glance he doesn't look like a future Hall of Famer to me.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jul 23, 2002
On the night the Jazz drafted Curtis Borchardt, the 7-foot Stanford center who had broken his foot twice during an abbreviated college career, missing large chunks of his freshman and sophomore years, one name came to mind: You-Know-Who.
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Deseret News | Jul 22, 2002
Jazz starting small forward Andrei Kirilenko is expected to miss at least one Rocky Mountain Revue game while nursing a left ankle sprained in Utah's summer-league loss to Denver on Saturday night at Salt Lake Community College.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jul 22, 2002
Now, here with today's news and commentary is the guy who promised that Danny Summerhays would play in Sunday's State Amateur final .
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Standard Examiner | Jul 21, 2002
Curtis Borchardt barely got a taste of NBA life before he was hauled away from the buffet.
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Deseret News | Jul 21, 2002
Donyell Marshall doesn't like the way contract negotiations with the Jazz are going.
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Deseret News | Jul 21, 2002
He did what most can only dream, and maintains he hasn't had one nightmare because of it.
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Deseret News | Jul 21, 2002
When 7-foot rookie center Curtis Borchardt hurt his foot yet again, the Jazz were hoping for the best.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jul 21, 2002
Phil Johnson watched the Jazz summer-league team play Denver on Saturday.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jul 21, 2002
At the Rocky Mountain review, Jazz center Curtis Borchardt walks out of the Jazz locker room on crutches and is expected to be sidelined for four to six weeks with a foot ailment.
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| Jul 21, 2002
One day after his agent claimed the Jazz were not negotiating in good faith, Donyell Marshall said that he hopes a deal can be reached.
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UtahJazz.com | Jul 20, 2002
Jazz vice president of basketball operations announced Saturday, July 20, that first round draft pick Curtis Borchardt will be sidelined for four to six weeks with a hairline stress fracture of the upper cortex of the right tarsal navicular.
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Standard Examiner | Jul 20, 2002
Jarron Collins got a taste of life in the low post Friday night, a part of the court he doesn't spend much time in during the regular season.
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Deseret News | Jul 20, 2002
Dressed in street clothes, 2001 first-round draft choice Raul Lopez watched Utah's Rocky Mountain Revue win over Portland on Friday night from the Jazz bench.
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Deseret News | Jul 20, 2002
Curtis Borchardt was inches away from making his Jazz debut when a foot stopped him short.
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Deseret News | Jul 20, 2002
Contract negotiations between the Jazz and the agent for forward Donyell Marshall fell apart Friday, putting in peril the possibility Utah will be able to re-sign the player it has identified as its top priority of the summer free-agency period.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jul 20, 2002
After a week of two-a-days with Jerry Sloan, a lot of players have minor aches and assorted soreness.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jul 20, 2002
This year's star attraction couldn't go Friday night.
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| Jul 20, 2002
Tim Buckley of the Desert News reports that negotiations between the Jazz and free agent forward Donyell Marshall have taken a turn for the worse.
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Standard Examiner | Jul 19, 2002
Jarron Collins and Andrei Kirilenko may spend the Rocky Mountain Revue learning new positions.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jul 19, 2002
Jerry Sloan enjoys the Rocky Mountain Revue as much as the fans, but for a different reason.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jul 19, 2002
Call it the NBA's way of easing the transition for New Orleans basketball fans: The city's basketball future will meet its past when the NBA returns to Louisiana this fall after a 23-year absence.
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Deseret News | Jul 18, 2002
On the same day Utah's potential point guard of the future arrived in Salt Lake, an ex-Jazzman landed in Orlando.
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Deseret News | Jul 18, 2002
The Jazz are going back to their birthplace to open the 2002-03 season.
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Deseret News | Jul 18, 2002
Looking baby-faced but rather travel-weary after completing a daylong trip that has taken more than a year, Raul Lopez finally arrived in Utah on Wednesday night.
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Deseret News | Jul 18, 2002
The first day of the NBA's free-agent signing period passed Wednesday with the Jazz signing no one and even missing out on one prospective signee, Los Angeles Lakers forward Devean George.
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| Jul 18, 2002
It has been more than 12 months since he learned he someday would be part of the Utah Jazz.
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Standard Examiner | Jul 18, 2002
Raul Lopez won't be playing in Utah this summer, but he expects to make his mark in this country before training camp opens in October.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jul 18, 2002
A telling clue to Bryon Russell's future may lie in the real-estate listings.
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Deseret News | Jul 17, 2002
The rumors are running rampant.
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Deseret News | Jul 17, 2002
If an entire country or least a national basketball team had its way, Andrei Kirilenko probably would still be in Russia today.
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Standard-Examiner | Jul 17, 2002
Former Utah Jazz center Olden Polynice will appeal his conviction on misdemeanor assault charges.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jul 17, 2002
With several roster spots still to fill, Jazz officials did a little recruiting Tuesday.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jul 17, 2002
"This time of year is intense.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jul 17, 2002
DeShawn Stevenson is about 15 feet away from a starting job in the NBA.
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| Jul 17, 2002
Jazz swingman Bryon Russell may be on the verge of signing a multiyear contract with the Mavericks.
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| Jul 16, 2002
Tim Buckley of the Desert News reports that the nine-year relationship between swingman Bryon Russell and the Jazz seems destined to soon come to a close, Russell's representative suggested Monday.
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Deseret News | Jul 16, 2002
Jazz assistant coach Phil Johnson has emerged as one of three leading candidates to become new head coach of the Denver Nuggets a job Jerry Sloan's longtime No.
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Deseret News | Jul 16, 2002
Just by his mere presence, without ever having to say a word, Jarron Collins speaks volumes.
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Standard-Examiner | Jul 16, 2002
One first-round draft choice has arrived and another appears headed this way.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jul 16, 2002
Position changes can be traumatic, but Jarron Collins already has a pretty good idea of how his life will change if he plays power forward for the Jazz next fall.
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Standard Examiner / Associated Press | Jul 15, 2002
Point guard Raul Lopez, the likely successor to superstar John Stockton, has negotiated a buyout of his Spanish-league contract and could join the Utah Jazz as early as Wednesday.
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Deseret News | Jul 15, 2002
He is playing for another team but hasn't ruled out rejoining the Jazz.
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Deseret News | Jul 14, 2002
It was early June of last year.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jul 14, 2002
Raul Lopez, the Jazz's 2001 first-round draft pick, is expected to be in Utah by Tuesday, a team spokesman said.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jul 14, 2002
Vince Lombardi would have had none of it.
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| Jul 14, 2002
Phil Miller of the Salt Lake Tribune reports that Raul Lopez, the Jazz's 2001 first-round draft pick, is expected to be in Utah by Tuesday, a team spokesman said.
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Standard Examiner | Jul 13, 2002
The Utah Jazz signed first-round draft pick Curtis Borchardt to a three-year contract Friday.
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Deseret News | Jul 13, 2002
Larry H.
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Deseret News | Jul 13, 2002
The Jazz have one first-round draft choice in the bag and another about to pack his bags for an impending trip from Spain to Utah.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jul 13, 2002
Scott Padgett played a most dangerous game Friday night at Salt Lake Community College.
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| Jul 13, 2002
Tim Buckley of the Desert News reports that John Stocktons future is a mystery.
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UtahJazz.com / NBA.com | Jul 12, 2002
The Utah Jazz announced today that the team has signed 2002 first round draft choice Curtis Borchardt to a three-year contract.
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Idaho Statesman | Jul 12, 2002
The Utah Jazz are returning to Boise this fall for their preseason training camp but an exhibition game involving two other NBA teams has been kicked out of town.
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Deseret News | Jul 12, 2002
With a few weeks having passed for the sparks to cool, Jazz owner Larry H.
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Deseret News | Jul 12, 2002
There was a time, not long ago, that Larry H.
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| Jul 12, 2002
Efforts by the Jazz to re-sign forward Donyell Marshall continued Thursday, leaving unanswered the question of how much the financial commitment that would require might affect fellow free agent Bryon Russell.
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Sporting News | Jul 12, 2002
This summer again will feature some free-agent candidates for an oversized payday based on little else than height and the notion that the guy in question can legitimately be called a center.
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Standard Examiner | Jul 12, 2002
The Utah Jazz are getting a state-of-the-art practice facility, complete with hydrotherapy tubs, a 50-seat theater and a players lounge that features pool tables and an entertainment center.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jul 12, 2002
The will-he-or-won't-he questions about the Jazz's point guard may be answered next week, team owner Larry Miller said Thursday.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jul 12, 2002
The Utah Jazz, the last NBA team to pay for chartered flights on road trips, were determined not to be the 29th team to own their own practice facility, too.
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Deseret News | Jul 11, 2002
Utah Jazz owner Larry H.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jul 11, 2002
One day after the Jazz announced the Timberwolves' 1999 first-round draft pick would play for their summer-league team, the Wolves signed up the Jazz's 1999 first-round draft pick for its own team.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jul 11, 2002
Greg Ostertag awoke from his kidney-donation operation a braver man, the Jazz center said on national television Wednesday, aware that his pre-surgery jitters were unnecessary.
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Deseret News | Jul 10, 2002
Three returnees, 2002 first-round draft pick Curtis Borchardt and Minnesota Timberwolves free agent William Avery top the Jazz's Rocky Mountain Revue roster, which was released Tuesday by the team.
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Standard Examiner | Jul 10, 2002
Andrei Kirilenko, DeShawn Stevenson, Jarron Collins and 2002 first-round selection Curtis Borchardt headline the list of 15 players on the Utah Jazz summer league roster.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jul 10, 2002
If they have watched the Final Four lately, Rocky Mountain Revue fans should recognize a few of the new players wearing Jazz uniforms.
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Minneapolis Star Tribune | Jul 9, 2002
Former Minneapolis North standout Khalid El-Amin and former Gophers star Quincy Lewis are among the 18 players invited to participate in the Wolves' five-day minicamp starting Thursday.
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Deseret News | Jul 9, 2002
Members of the Jazz management team made a major step in their efforts to re-sign forward Donyell Marshall on Monday, meeting in California with the agent for both Marshall and fellow Jazz free agent Bryon Russell.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jul 9, 2002
At least half of the NBA's 29 teams have expressed interest in signing Jazz free agents Donyell Marshall and Bryon Russell, their agent said, but both players remain willing to return to Utah for the right price.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jul 7, 2002
Bidding for NBA free agents these days is a lot like Christmas shopping at Neiman Marcus.
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| Jul 7, 2002
Phil Miller of the Salt lake tribune reports that the Donyell Marshall is about to get a lesion in CBA-101.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jul 6, 2002
Point guard Raul Lopez could be released from his contract with the Spanish basketball club Real Madrid as early as today, freeing him to sign with the Jazz, who drafted him in 2001.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jul 5, 2002
At last, the world will know the letters behind Jazz guard John Stockton's success in the NBA: He's an ISTP.
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Standard Examiner | Jul 4, 2002
As was the case with their exhaustive preparation for this summer's NBA draft, the Denver Nuggets are attempting to cover their bases in the search for a head coach.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jul 4, 2002
Spain's Real Madrid basketball club will lower its demands for compensation and allow point guard Raul Lopez to join the Jazz this summer, according to club official Emiliano Rodriguez.
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Deseret News / Associated Press | Jul 2, 2002
Amy Hall, who last week received a kidney transplant from her brother, Utah Jazz center Greg Ostertag, was released from Baylor University Medical Center on Monday.
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Deseret News | Jul 2, 2002
Jazz forward Donyell Marshall and swingman Bryon Russell were on the minds of many when the NBA's free-agent negotiating period opened Monday.
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Deseret News | Jul 2, 2002
With the drafting done, Greg Ostertag's surgery a success and free-agent signing right around the corner, summertime should prove intriguing for the Jazz's men in the middle.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jul 2, 2002
David Fredman said he is the reason Denver general manager Kiki Vandeweghe will interview Jazz assistant coach Phil Johnson for the Nuggets' vacant head coaching job today.
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Deseret News | Jul 1, 2002
Utah Jazz center Greg Ostertag was released from Baylor University Medical Center on Sunday afternoon, just three days after undergoing surgery to donate a kidney to his younger sister.
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Deseret News | Jul 1, 2002
Kevin O'Connor has a list.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jul 1, 2002
Phil Johnson, a Jazz assistant coach since 1988, will interview for the Nuggets' vacant head coaching job Tuesday in Denver.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jul 1, 2002
Jazz center Greg Ostertag was released from Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas on Sunday, three days after undergoing surgery to donate a kidney to his younger sister.
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Deseret News | Jul 1, 2002
One of this summer's main free agents is Utah's Donyell Marshall.
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