Jazz exercise option on F Millsap (PA SportsTicker)
Jazz exercise option on F Millsap (PA SportsTicker)
The Utah Jazz exercised its option on forward Paul Millsap and tendered a qualifying offer to guard C.J. Miles on Saturday.
Bulls make mistake passing on Beasley
Michael Beasley “falling” to No. 2 in the NBA draft is not an indictment of what he accomplished at Kansas State or even a product of Beasley being 2 inches shorter than his 6-foot-10 program …
Jazz exercise option on Millsap (AP)
The Utah Jazz exercised the team option on forward Paul Millsap and made a qualifying offer to shooting guard C.J. Miles on Saturday. Millsap has been a surprise contributor to the Jazz since they got him with the 47th pick in the 2006 draft. He has played in all 164 regular-season games and the 29 playoff games Utah has played in the last two seasons.
Koufos gets intro to Utah (AP)
It’s hard to believe Kosta Koufos was once a point guard. Somewhere around his early teens, Koufos outgrew the position and kept going from there. Now 7 feet tall, Koufos is officially an NBA prospect after going to the Utah Jazz with the No. 23 pick in the NBA draft. The Jazz will make room in the lineup if Koufos shows he’s really ready for the NBA at the age of 19, or the team can give the young…
Team-by-team draft grades (Yahoo! Sports)
Teams receive report cards for their performance in the 2008 draft.
Team USA meets for first practice
The United States took a small first step on the march to Beijing on Saturday. The Americans tried on their new uniforms, then went through a two-hour practice at Cox Pavilion on the UNLV campus. “We just wanted to start putting our offense in and run shots and the speed at which we’re trying to play, and let them interact,” coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “That’s a big thing - understanding the magnitude of all this.NBA/~4/322285251″ height=”1″ width=”1″/>
Jazz Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)
Draft week was busy for the Jazz, who celebrated the official announcement of Carlos Boozer and Deron Williams as members of the U.S. Olympic basketball team, selected Ohio State center Kosta Koufos in the first round of the NBA Draft and were preparing to start contract extension talks with Williams.
The Jazz were the only NBA team to have two players selected to the 12-man Olympic team. They didn’t resist linking their past or present, either, arranging side-by-side pictures of Williams and John Stockton and Boozer and Karl Malone in USA Basketball jerseys for a news conference.
On draft night, the Jazz watched as nearly every big man they brought to Utah for a workout went to a team picking ahead of them.
Former BYU Star Travis Hansen A Hit In Russia
Former BYU basketball player Travis Hansen hopes to be wearing red, white and blue at the Olympics this summer for Russia.
Jazz Exercises Option on Millsap, Makes Qualifying Offer to Miles
Utah Jazz general manager Kevin O’Connor announced today that the team has exercised its option on forward Paul Millsap for the 2008-09 season, and has tendered a qualifying offer to guard C.J. Miles.
