As the NBA's superstars continue to talk about playing together while Boston and Miami enjoy success with their own versions of The Big Three, Jazz owner Greg Miller understands the league's latest trend.

Utah traded All-Star Deron Williams to New Jersey last week, in part because they didn't feel he would stick around in free agency.

"If I put myself in the [players'] shoes and look at it, what I see is there is a fairly short window of opportunity to earn as much money as I can to the benefit of my family, me and so on," Miller said. "I respect their right to do that. And my sense was – and this is just my sense, it's not anything I read or anything Deron said to me – Deron probably felt like he could attain those objectives in bigger markets. If that's how he felt, I don’t want to hold him against his will. I don’t want him to be unhappy while he is here.

"We all want to become all we can be to our full potential. If our franchise could offer Deron the things to help him feel that way, I think it's probably best he goes somewhere where he can get those things."

NBA commissioner David Stern says the goal of talks on a new collective bargaining agreement will be parity.

"Our goal in these negotiations is to come up with a system where all 30 teams over a period of time have the ability to compete," Stern said. "What you’ll also see is that teams that have been competing the hardest in terms of moving along in the playoffs are tax players. And we don’t think that your ability to pay taxes to have a roster should be part of a competitive landscape."