Larry Miller's future involvement with Jazz unclear

"I don't think it would be accurate to say that I'm as interested as Larry is," said Greg Miller, who regularly attends Jazz games — but rarely seems as involved as his emotionally charged front-row father. "But the fact is I don't have as much at stake as Larry does. Some day I will.

"It's time for me to really earnestly start in that direction," he added. "I've got to become a student of the business and of the game, and get more involved now, whereas before that wasn't part of what my assignment was."

For now, then, don't expect Greg Miller to have his own stall in the Jazz lockerroom, like his old man.

Don't look for him slap hands, and tails, of players during pre-game introductions, like Dad does.

And certainly don't anticipate that he'll do any postgame berating after a particularly painful loss, as pops is prone to do on occasion.

"That's been my dad's style," Greg Miller said, "and ... my dad and I are different."

What Greg Miller does have is great faith in current Jazz management, particularly team president Randy Rigby and general manager Kevin O'Connor.

He called the company's Sports & Entertainment Group holdings — which Rigby runs as president and chief operating officer, and which includes Triple-A baseball's Salt Lake Bees — "well-oiled machines."

"I feel very strongly that the Jazz management team is as good as we could possibly ask for, with Randy Rigby and everybody that supports him in his role," Miller said. "And we have full confidence in their ability to manage that asset the way it ought to be managed.

"I would certainly plan on being there to support or help Randy and his people in any way possible. But I don't think any of (Wednesday's) announcements or changes will change the way business is conducted on the Jazz front."

Rigby and O'Connor suggested much the same Wednesday.

"Any time Greg or Larry have a question," O'Connor said, "we'll report to both."

"I will include Greg in terms of making him informed and keeping him in the mix as to what we're doing," Rigby added, "and I'm sure Larry will stay involved with player decisions."

Rigby indicated Larry Miller — whom Greg Miller fully expects to see in his usual courtside seat for the Jazz's 2008-09 regular-season home opener, which will come in late October or early November — actually has stayed involved with franchise business throughout much of his hospitalization.

That includes receiving regular updates on talks with the agent for Williams, who is eligible for a five-year extension worth about $90 million.