Jaric completes visits with Cavs, Nuggets

Los Angeles Clippers restricted free agent guard Marko Jaric has completed trips to Denver and Cleveland, but he has no known plans to visit Utah.

Jaric met with officials from the Nuggets on Monday and Tuesday in Denver and with the Cavaliers on Tuesday and Wednesday in Cleveland. He reportedly left both cities, however, with no actual contract offers — and, at least for now, an uncertain future.

The Clippers have the right to match any offer Jaric gets, which seems to be cooling the interest of some teams. The Cavs, meanwhile, must wait to see what the NBA's team payroll salary cap will be for next season before determining if they can make a competitive bid. That should be known late this week or by early next week.

The Jazz also are known to have at least some degree of interest in Jaric, who can play either the point or shooting guard. On Wednesday, though, his agent indicated the 26-year-old from Belgrade had no other visits currently planned.

Utah's best bet for acquiring Jaric would be through a sign-and-trade, but that would require cooperation from the Clippers. They apparently want to re-sign him but might be willing to deal if the offer was enticing enough.

The Jazz have pursued other combo guards in the NBA's summer free-agency market but lost out on Maccabi Tel-Aviv's Sarunas Jasikevicius to Indiana and Seattle's Antonio Daniels to Washington. They continue to talk with other teams, basketball operations senior vice president Kevin O'Connor has said.

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