From Deseret News archives:
O'Connor mum on Boozer talk
"I've got no comment," said O'Connor, the Jazz's senior vice president of basketball operations.
Citing unidentified "plugged-in league executives" as its sources, the Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal revealed Sunday that the Jazz and Grizzlies are talking about Boozer.
While there is reason to believe the report is true, there also ample reasons to suspect that there are no substantive offers on the table for Boozer and that the Grizzlies are just one among many teams that have been talking with the Jazz about the 24-year-old Duke University product.
Boozer, in fact, has been the subject of frequent trade speculation since the 2005 NBA All-Star break less than seven months after he left Cleveland for Utah via free agency.
Talks between the Jazz and other teams evidently heated up earlier this month during the NBA pre-draft camp in Orlando with several players, not just Boozer, among the topics of discussion.
It was in Orlando that O'Connor also made the trade sending forward Kris Humphries and center Robert Whaley to Toronto for ex-BYU center Rafael Araujo.
According to a posting this week by ESPN.com draft analyst Chad Ford, Ukrainian power forward Olexsiy Pecherov "could go as high as No. 14 to the Jazz, and it's doubtful he slips below the Suns at No. 27."
Ford, however, has a different name heading to Utah in his latest mock draft updated Monday afternoon.
He now projects the Jazz will land Villanova shooting guard Randy Foye if a "plausible" scenario that Ford readily admits "goes against previous expectations" indeed unfolds. Pecherov may audition for Jazz brass in Utah sometime in the next week, but as of now he's something of a long shot to be taken at No. 14.
The Jazz have workouts scheduled Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday but have not yet announced which prospects will be coming to town.
Sunday, meanwhile, was the deadline for early entrance candidates to either remain in the draft or withdraw their names from consideration.
Among those withdrawing: shooting guard Brad Newley, who will return to his Australian team, the Townsville Crocodiles.
Comments
- Grieving UK mother rips into Brown 10:26 p.m.
- Community annexation put on hold 10:26 p.m.
- North and South Korea clash at sea 10:25 p.m.
- Robbers see Army ID, return wallet 10:25 p.m.
- Base opens rift in U.S.-Japan ties 10:19 p.m.
- Did Blackwater try to bribe Iraqis? 10:18 p.m.
- World datelines 10:18 p.m.
- Cal RB Best resting at home 10:12 p.m.
- Long days for BYU interns 10:11 p.m.
- Navajo Code Talkers break silence 10:08 p.m.
- Utah group finds homes for orphans
- Pratt pleads not guilty to sex charges
- Y. tight ends talented tandem
- Jazz blow big lead, hang on
- Utes get extra motivation
- Senators want food tax restored
- Hair-pulling raises more questions
- BYU soccer incident still popular
- Lobo land like home for BYU lineman
- U. hopes to keep clicking
- House passes health care bill
261 - TCU showdown has big implications
188 - Lobo suspended
185 - Cougars crush hapless Cowboys
155 - Senators want food tax restored
148 - Utah Jazz fall apart against Kings
131 - TCU 4th in AP poll; U. 16th, Y. 22nd
119 - No 'backlash' for pioneers, gays analogy
105 - S.L. vote pending on gay protections
104 - RSL rallies to advance
103
After beating the Knicks in New York on Monday night, Jerry Sloan was...
BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall said this morning that placekicker Justin...
How is non-discrimination a bad move? Can you explain that to me? Wouldn't...
Anything that promotes homosexuality in our community is wrong, including...
One question. If these bills are so good, why has congress optied out of it?...
I can understand that concern for a couple reasons. A landlord over multiple...
If the Republicans are voting for Healthcare bills to die, what is their...
Dixie is the best team in the state hands down. TV/MC dont stand a chance...
How much was paid by subsidies? What is the cost of the power? What is the...
I was in the Hill Cumorah Pageant cast this summer. Two days after Ben's...
Congratulations, ladies, on a great accomplishment! Only your second year...
How to reduce the budget; and not on creative ways to raise more taxes. ...



You can be the first to comment on this story.