Utah Jazz: Many dollars, little sense

Published: Monday, June 29, 2009 8:11 a.m. MDT
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$12,657,223: Carlos Boozer's scheduled salary next season

$9,000,000: Mehmet Okur's scheduled salary next season

$5,163,636: Kyle Korver's scheduled salary next season

$47,087,121: Jazz's approximate committed salary for eight players next season if Boozer, Okur and Korver all opt out (includes $1,318,920 for rookie first-round draft choice Eric Maynor at a permitted 20 percent above rookie scale, and estimates Deron Williams' not-yet-set salary at $14,325,000, but does not include restricted free agent Paul Millsap)

$73,907,990: Jazz's approximate committed salary for 11 players next season if Boozer, Okur and Korver all opt in (includes same qualifiers as above, with money for Millsap not counted)

$57,300,000: Projected team payroll salary cap

$70,000,000: Projected team payroll luxury-tax threshold

Dates to watch

TOMORROW: Deadline for Carlos Boozer to make his opt-out decision, and for Mehmet Okur and Kyle Korver to make their early termination option decisions.

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10 P.M. TOMRROW: The NBA's summer free-agency negotiating period opens; agreements with unrestricted free agents can be reached, but no contracts can be signed

10 P.M. JULY 7: Unrestricted free-agent contracts and can be signed.

ONE WEEK, OR FIVE BUSINESS DAYS, FROM TIME, ANOTHER TEAM'S OFFER SHEET IS SIGNED: Time period a restricted free agent's most-recent team has to decide whether or not it will match a signed offer sheet.

Recent comments

ew: s gavenman, laker fans "socks"! When they won the championship,...

Anonymous | June 30, 2009 at 12:23 a.m.

If Boozer, Okur and Korver get no raise and if Millsap signs for...

Untenable | June 29, 2009 at 8:50 p.m.

Sign Milsap and Bozer, let Memo walk. Trade AK for Kamon and Thorton...

??????? | June 29, 2009 at 8:21 p.m.

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