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Dee Brown: I Have To Look Around
Brown, a restricted free agent who did not sign a qualifying offer from the Jazz because he wanted it guaranteed, addressed the question of his own future on his Web site over the weekend. "Now with this qualifying offer on the table along with two point guards signed (including Jason Hart, signed a few weeks ago), I have to look around the league and find a team that is interested in me, a solid point guard," Brown wrote. "My agent will definitely see what's out there for me, now that Utah made it clear that they want to move in a different direction. I really feel like the Jazz organization is looking for something else and going in a different direction as far as the guard position goes." Brown also said he had hoped to return to Utah — the Jazz haven't publicly ruled it out yet — and thought he'd played well in the Rocky Mountain Revue. "I felt like Utah was the perfect fit for me because it's a city that has great fans, great tradition and teammates and fans that love me, and I love them back," Brown said. "But again it's a business." Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets R. Brewer's Hamstring Still Hurting
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Monday's expected official welcoming of former Utah Valley State guard Ronnie Price has Utah Jazz fans wondering what will now happen to Dee Brown, who spent last season as Utah's No. 3 point but now appears No. 4 on a three-man list.
Henry Thomas is the agent for shooting guard Ronnie Brewer, also going into his second season, and he indicated Friday that Brewer is still hurting from the hamstring pull that kept him out of most of the Rocky Mountain Revue that concluded July 20. Brewer aggravated an earlier hamstring injury in the first practice of the Revue, played 20 minutes in the first game before twisting an ankle and didn't play again.
"It's coming along," Thomas said of Brewer's hamstring. "It's unfortunately not where it needs to be. He was, of course, very disappointed he was unable to participate in the Revue."
Thomas said teammate Carlos Boozer, who missed a whole year due to a hamstring, "has shared that with Ronnie.
"Those are tough injuries. I think he just wants to be real careful right now. I agree. I think the team agrees — not make it a worse situation than it is. I think the thing to do now is to be smart in terms of rehabbing it and making sure he gets it back to 100 percent," Thomas said.
Second-year shooting guard C.J. Miles confounded much of Utah, perhaps including Jazz officials, by not participating in last week's Rocky Mountain Revue, which is designed to give young players extra playing time.
But Miles' agent seems optimistic the 21-year-old restricted free agent, who has yet to sign the Jazz's qualifying offer tendered July 1, will be back in a Jazz uniform come October.
"Yeah, I'm guessing he'd be back there," said agent Billy Ceisler by telephone Thursday.
"They've told us on many occasions how highly they regard his talent now and what they think he could be in the future. They've invested two years, and they've definitely treated him terrifically, and I think he's a nice part of the organization.
"His teammates and him get along terrifically, and it's a great team to be a part of. They have great up-and-coming talent, and he feels like he could make an impact next year and contend for the starting two-guard job and, instead of only starting the first 13 games of the year, hold onto it for the entire season," said Ceisler, whose other clients include Milwaukee's Charlie Villanueva and "Smush" Parker, who was with the Los Angeles Lakers last season.
Ceisler said Miles stayed out of the Revue, in which he played the last two summers, for fear of injury. "It's very rare for a restricted free agent with C.J.'s upside to play summer league, risk serious injury, when he's got 15-20 years in his career to play in the NBA," Ceisler said.