From Deseret News archives:
4 more to trot out for Jazz today
Dudley averaged 19.0 points per game as a senior at Boston College, and McGuire averaged 13.5 points as a junior at Fresno State.
They'll be joined this morning by North Carolina small forward Reyshawn Terry, a possible second-rounder, and draft longshot Wen Mukubu, a swingman from Alabama-Birmingham.
The Jazz own the Nos. 25 and 55 picks in Thursday's draft.
HE WROTE IT: Peter May, in Sunday's Boston Globe: "There is someone out there the Celtics might be able to obtain, a former All-Star who would give them a dimension they don't have and might not have any objection (like Minnesota's Kevin Garnett) to playing in Boston: Andrei Kirilenko of the Jazz.
"He was an All-Star in 2004. He would give the Celtics something they lack — a defensive presence and shot-blocker — and you'd have to think the Jazz would at least entertain a proposal in which Boston surrendered the fifth pick (Thursday), Theo Ratliff and his wonderful, expiring contract, and a couple young-uns. Boston might have to take back a bad contract (Matt Harpring or Derek Fisher) to make it balance, but not necessarily.
"If the Celtics sent Gerald Green, (Delonte) West, the fifth pick, and Ratliff for Kirilenko and (Utah's) 25th pick, it'd work. You could also insert (Al) Jefferson and (Sebastian) Telfair into the mix instead of Green and West, but ... I'd think long and hard about dealing Jefferson.
"Why would Utah do it? Well, for starters, the Jazz would be happy to get rid of the Kirilenko contract ... There seems to be some concern as to whether Kirilenko and (coach Jerry) Sloan can coexist. Utah also has to re-sign Deron Williams in the next year or two and, given the way he's going, he's going to demand big bucks.
"The Celtics would be absorbing a big contract, but not nearly as big as Garnett's or (Jermaine) O'Neal's. They'd also avoid having to re-sign a pair of their kids, which would account for untold millions ... Once they make that trade, I would do what I could to turn the 25th pick into former Boston College center Sean Williams (by moving up via another trade). With him and Kirilenko on board, the Celtics could amp up their defense considerably and not lose a whole lot of offense. And with Kirilenko in the East, he could be an All-Star once again."
HE WROTE IT II: Sporting News senior writer Sean Deveney: "Kirilenko was a guy who looked to be on his way to perennial All-Star status. Swap him for (the Los Angeles Clippers' Corey) Maggette headache, and it just might work out for everyone."
