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The Portland Trail Blazers signed restricted free agent forward Paul Millsap to an offer sheet Friday.

The Utah Jazz and center Mehmet Okur have agreed in principle to a two-year contract extension worth just under $21 million, according to NBA front-office sources.

The numbers are in for Deron Williams. According to California-based NBA salary-cap guru Larry Coon, the Jazz's starting point guard will make $13,520,500 next season - not a previously reported higher number.

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The Jazz now have more than $73 million in payroll for next season committed to 11 players, and they still must add two others.

A Boozer trade is expected in some circles if the Jazz re-sign restricted free agent Paul Millsap , to avoid a lame-duck season in which Boozer would be expected to leave afterward while Millsap possibly would have to continue to come off the bench.

Utah Jazz guard Ronnie Price grabs a loose ball and heads down court for the Utah Jazz.

Drafted in the second round after leaving college early, he steadily developed into an NBA star who's now about to make more money than ever.

What was the biggest shocker in recent memory? Certainly, it was Michael Jackson, the crowned leader of pop passing away at the ripe age of 50.

By Jim Burton Standard-Examiner staff jburton@standard.net SALT LAKE CITY -- Enough of the mockery.

Close your eyes, Jazz fans. Close your eyes and pray. Pray Eric Maynor isn't a spy.

At 7:28 MT, with the 20th pick, the Jazz took care of their backup point guard needs, going with Virginia Commonwealth's all-time leading scorer and assist man, Eric Maynor.

As Tuesday's are-you-with-us-or-not? deadline fast approaches, I find myself wondering whether anyone at all will be around to launch the next Jazz season.

Considered by a few experts to be the "ultimate sleeper" in the 2009 NBA draft, Eric Maynor didn't necessarily need to give the Utah Jazz a second thought.

EnergySolutions Arena was empty, except for a handful of stragglers, when Jazz general manager Kevin O'Connor took the podium and said, "With the 50th pick of the 2009 NBA Draft, we're going to take Goran Suton, a center from Michigan State." A half-dozen people cheered, which was a good size chunk of those who remained.

The Utah Jazz selected Virginia Commonwealth University point guard Eric Maynor with the 20th overall pick in the NBA Draft.

The Associated Press= Today is Friday, June 26, the 177th day of 2009. There are 188 days left in the year.

Good morning, and welcome to the least significant portion of the Jazz's 2009 offseason.

With as many as a dozen prospects who could be selected in the first round, Jazz vice president of player personnel Walt Perrin doesn't hesitate in saying point guard is "by far" the deepest position in this year's NBA Draft.

As if a 26-56 season wasn't painful enough, watching the Jazz slip to sixth in the 2005 NBA Draft lottery was such a punch in the gut, general manager Kevin O'Connor remembers his immediate reaction was to walk out in the middle of the proceedings.