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9 hrs ago | USA Today

Blazers sign Jazz F Paul Millsap to offer sheet

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

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Related Topix: Sports, NBA Basketball, Utah Jazz, Paul Millsap, NBA Players, Carlos Boozer, Andrei Kirilenko, Deron Williams

Fri Jul 10, 2009

KXMD-TV Williston

Okur gets 2year extension with Jazz

Okur gets 2-year extension with Jazz Eds: APNewsNow. SALT LAKE CITY The Utah Jazz and center Mehmet Okur have agreed on a two-year contract extension that runs through 2012.

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Related Topix: Sports, NBA Basketball, Utah Jazz, NBA Players

Wed Jul 08, 2009

Canada.com

Lakers, Jazz tangle in Game 2 at Staples Center

The Los Angeles Lakers hope to build on a solid but uneven Game 1 performance when they resume their Western Conference quarterfinals series against the Utah Jazz at Staples Center tonight.

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Related Topix: Sports, NBA Basketball, Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Lakers, Carlos Boozer, Kobe Bryant, NBA Players, Pau Gasol

Mon Jul 06, 2009

KTVX

Kent Rupe: Should the Jazz worry about the luxury tax?

Now that Carlos Boozer has "opted in," and Mehmet Okur and Kyle Korver have declined their "early termination options," it's looking more and more like the Jazz will be over the NBA's salary cap for the 2009-'10 season.

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Related Topix: Sports, NBA Basketball, Utah Jazz, Carlos Boozer, Paul Millsap, Ronnie Price, NBA Players, Kyle Korver

Sun Jul 05, 2009

Fox Sports

Can Jazz escape luxury-tax mess?

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

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Related Topix: Sports, NBA Basketball, Utah Jazz, John Stockton, Carlos Boozer, Andrei Kirilenko, NBA Players, Deron Williams

Sat Jul 04, 2009

Fox Sports

Kragthorpe: Sure, Paul Millsap has admirable qualities, but he's no Carlos Boozer

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.

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Related Topix: Sports, NBA Basketball, Utah Jazz, Carlos Boozer, Paul Millsap, NBA Players, Kyle Korver, Deron Williams

Fri Jul 03, 2009

Deseret News

Millsap's potential suitor list smaller

All was quiet Thursday on the Paul Millsap front, with Millsap's camp seemingly hunkered down for the long haul and the Jazz banned by NBA rule from discussing their free-agency plans until early next week.

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Related Topix: Sports, NBA Basketball, Utah Jazz, Paul Millsap, NBA Players, Carlos Boozer, Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks

Fox Sports

Opt-out decisions leave Jazz status quo

In the wake of last week's trades that sent Richard Jefferson to San Antonio, Shaquille O'Neal to Cleveland and Vince Carter to Orlando, Jazz general manager Kevin O'Connor offered his thoughts on the new NBA landscape.

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Related Topix: Sports, NBA Basketball, Utah Jazz, Carlos Boozer, Paul Millsap, NBA Players, Kyle Korver, Los Angeles Lakers

Thu Jul 02, 2009

Kutv.com

Jazz Will Sign Millsap And Here Is What They Will Pay

This is a bad year to be a free agent. Boozer promised he would opt out, but clearly he looked around and realized he couldna t improve on the $12.7 million he is scheduled to earn this year.

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Related Topix: Sports, NBA Basketball, Utah Jazz, Paul Millsap, NBA Players, Carlos Boozer, Kyle Korver, Oklahoma City Thunder, Kevin Durant

Wed Jul 01, 2009

Fox Sports

Agent: Utah Jazz first to call new free agent Paul Millsap

Simmons called O'Connor a "class act" for the gesture, adding, "I think it was great that they called and expressed their interest.

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Related Topix: Sports, NBA Basketball, Utah Jazz, Carlos Boozer, Paul Millsap, NBA Players

Journal Gazette

Boozer, Okur stay with Jazz

Carlos Boozer has reconsidered free agency, or at least put it off a year. Boozer let the Utah Jazz know Tuesday that he will stay with the team for the final year of his contract rather than opting out and becoming a free agent - which he once said he intended to do.

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Related Topix: Sports, NBA Basketball, Utah Jazz, Carlos Boozer, Paul Millsap, NBA Players, Houston Rockets

Tue Jun 30, 2009

The Globe and Mail

Boozer decides to stay with Jazz

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Related Topix: Sports, NBA Basketball, Utah Jazz, NBA Players

Mon Jun 29, 2009

Fox Sports

Okur is leaning toward opting out

While his agent continues to negotiate a possible contract extension with the Jazz , and has said his client is "leaning toward opting out" of the final year of his contract with the team if no agreement can be reached by Tuesday, starting center Mehmet Okur recently told media members in his native Turkey that he has no current plans to play ...

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Related Topix: Sports, NBA Basketball, Utah Jazz, Carlos Boozer, NBA Players, Carlos Boozer (2008 Beijing Olympics), Summer Sports, Orlando Magic

Deseret News

Jazz are in need of some new blood

The most exciting thing going on these days apart from the just-concluded Confederations Cup is the recent NBA draft and upcoming free-agent signings.

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Related Topix: Sports, NBA Basketball, Utah Jazz, Carlos Boozer, Paul Millsap, NBA Players, Kyle Korver, High School Football

Sun Jun 28, 2009

Deseret News

Jazz to get better or get worse

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.

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Related Topix: Sports, NBA Basketball, Utah Jazz, Carlos Boozer, Paul Millsap, NBA Players, Kyle Korver, Deron Williams

Fri Jun 26, 2009

Deseret Morning News

What others are saying: Jazz take VCU guard Maynor

The Utah Jazz selected Virginia Commonwealth guard Eric Maynor in the first round of the NBA draft, getting a backup to starter Deron Williams with the 20th overall pick.

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Related Topix: Sports, NBA Basketball, Utah Jazz, Ronnie Price, NBA Players, Deron Williams, Carlos Boozer, Kyle Korver

Wed Jun 24, 2009

Deseret Morning News

Utah Jazz: Toolson wants a shot at the NBA

He's the nephew of Celtics general manager Danny Ainge, the cousin of former Jazz/BYU sharpshooter Andy Toolson, and an ex-Utah Valley teammate of Jazz guard Ronnie Price.

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Related Topix: Sports, NBA Basketball, Utah Jazz, Ronnie Price, NBA Players, NCAA Basketball, NCAA Sports, Wake Forest University NCAA, Jeff Teague, Wake Forest Demon Deacons NCAA Basketball

Tue Jun 23, 2009

Today's Zaman

Champion Efes lands Serb scoring machine Rakocevic

Serbiaa s Igor Rakocevic takes a shot at the basket during the match between Serbia and Lebanon at the World Basketball Championships in Sendai, northern Japan, in this Aug.

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Related Topix: Sports, NBA Basketball, Utah Jazz, NBA Players

Sun Jun 21, 2009

KSL TV

3. Draft Success Doesn't Come Easy

The Jazz have had the best and the worst of the draft over the past 25 years. Jeremiah... Sloan returns after knee replacement surgery Forty-three years ago, Jerry Sloan was the first player taken in the 1966 NBA Expansion... Hansbrough headlines Monday Draft Workout Tyler Hansbrough was a winner at North Carolina and would love to continue ...

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Related Topix: Sports, NBA Basketball, Utah Jazz, John Stockton, Carlos Boozer, Paul Millsap, NBA Players

Fri Jun 19, 2009

Fox Sports

2008-09 NBA Champions

Utah Coach Jerry Sloan said the Jazz 's prospects in the first round were "pretty bleak" after the Lakers closed the regular season with a 125-112 victory over the Jazz at Staples Center.

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Related Topix: Sports, Los Angeles Lakers, NBA Basketball, Utah Jazz, Luke Walton, Andrew Bynum, NBA Players, Pau Gasol

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