Jazz opening camp today

The Utah Jazz will open their training camp at 10 a.m. today for 17 players hoping to make the team for the Rocky Mountain Revue that begins Friday at Salt Lake Community College.

The Jazz will have two practices today, Tuesday and Wednesday and one Thursday at Zion's Bank Basketball Center prior to the Revue, which begins with Philadelphia playing Seattle at 3 p.m. Friday. The first of six scheduled Jazz games will be at 7 p.m. Friday against Atlanta. Dallas and San Antonio play at 5 p.m. The Revue runs through July 21 with no games on Sunday and Wednesday.

Utah is expected to sign No. 14 overall draft pick Ronnie Brewer of Arkansas this morning to a rookie contract worth in excess of $1,282,000. It is also expected to sign second-round picks Dee Brown of Illinois and Paul Millsap of Louisiana Tech to make-good contracts for the Revue, when both hope to show they should be invited to fall training camp.

Former BYU and Toronto Raptors center Rafael Araujo and returning Jazz guards Deron Williams and C.J. Miles should be in fall camp, barring injury or trade, but are all playing in the Revue.

Center Robert Whaley hopes to make the club again after being on Utah's roster last season, then being traded this summer to Toronto with Kris Humphries for Araujo. Whaley was waived by the Raptors.

Others vying for Revue spots include first-year participants Mustafa Al-Sayyad of Fresno State, Brian Chase of Virginia Tech, David Hawkins of Temple, Andre Hutson of Michigan State, Roger Powell Jr. of Illinois and Troy Rolle of Utah State. Several have prior training-camp credentials — Hiram Fuller (Fresno State), who was in the Washington Wizards' training camp last fall; center James Lang (Central Park Christian High School in Alabama); and forwards Spencer Nelson (Utah State) and Cory Violette (Gonzaga), who were all in last year's Jazz fall training camp.

NO MOURNING: Johnny Ludden of the San Antonio Express-News reported Sunday that the Spurs were unsuccessful at tempting Miami Heat free-agent center Alonzo Mourning to Texas. That means they may have increased interest in Jazz free agent Jarron Collins, whom Utah wants to re-sign. Mourning is expected to either re-sign with the Heat or retire.

NO KEE-KEE: A New Jersey newspaper indicated Sunday that the No. 6 scorer in NCAA history, Keydren "Kee-Kee" Clark of St. Peter's College, who totaled more than 3,000 career points, was heading to the Jazz summer team. The information came from his agent, the writer said. But Jazz player personnel director Walt Perrin said through Jazz spokeswoman Cindy Edman on Sunday that Clark has not been invited.