The Jazz will discuss a buyout proposal today with Campbell's agent.

"We're going to visit on it," O'Connor said, "and make sure (Campbell's) in-tune with that."

As for Arroyo, whose woes with Sloan are now history, even he may be singing a bit of the blues departing the Jazz.

"Honestly, I don't think he wanted to be traded," Bell said of his friend, whom he described as "sad" after hearing Friday's news. "He's a proud guy, and I think the way it went down here — him leaving, having not played the last few games, I think he wanted the opportunity to show everybody that if he was given another chance he was what they paid him to be and what he showed signs of being.

"I don't think he wanted to go out like that. I know most of us hate to see him go. He was one of the guys just about everybody liked. I'm sure there were a few people who didn't, but he was a good guy."

Bell, though, still doesn't understand why Arroyo would not at least attempt to truly clear the air with Sloan.

"I don't know that it would have changed the situation, but, like I told him every day, 'It couldn't hurt,' " he said. "I was really hoping he would go down that route to just try to clear it up. But, you know, every man makes his own decisions.

"If you have thin skin, then you shouldn't be in this business," Bell added when asked if the trade was a lesson learned for others who find themselves sideways with Sloan. "But I think other guys, if the same situation arose here, they'd probably play their cards a little different than he did — having seen the way he played them, and what happened."

Arroyo in Utah

A look at Carlos Arroyo's brief career with the Jazz:

                                                                                                                    YEAR		PPG	APG	RPG	FG%	SPG	TO
                                                                                                                    2002-03	2.8	1.2	0.6	.459	.27	.68
                                                                                                                    2003-04	12.6	5.0	2.6	.441	.89	2.2
                                                                                                                    2004-05	8.2	5.1	1.5	.401	.67	1.8
                                                                                                                    

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