Comments about ‘Utah Jazz notebook: Trade stuns Maynor, but rookie is in good spirits’

Show us what you got Kev. Maynor could have played here more than a decade and would likely take the starting role when Williams leaves in 2 more years. GEt rid of AK, Booze ... stock up on draft picks.

How about Gortatt and Bass for C-Booz?

John Hollinger: "Utah effectively donated Maynor to Oklahoma City because of the mind-boggling financial savings. ... The big question for Jazz fans, however, is whether this portends a trade of Carlos Boozer."

Why would the Maynor trade have anything to do with a Carlos Boozer trade? Lazy journalism. The Maynor trade will lead to the signing of a low price third point guard. But that is not as sexy as a possible Boozer trade, so Hollinger is not going to write about that. It's alllll about the ratings, not legit news.

Not a smart move, Jazz. Ughhh....

I think Sloan will have Brevin 2Knight back!

Very sorry to see Eric get traded to the Thunder, although the business reasons are understandable. Best of luck to this great young player in what I hope is a long NBA career. (Who knows, we've seen some players find there way back to the Jazz before!)

never Jerrys fault though, remember that-always the players...

I hear Ostertag is available.

so is Polyniece, Donaldson and Spencer. O' Connor is watching them this week at the rec center I will have a confidential report on progress Monday to signings...

We might be better with a game plan by hiring as a consultant Danny White formerly with the Utah Blaze who took garbage team to the playoffs 2 years in Arena.

I would bet he could even outcoach SLoan.

Not hard...

Unbelivable.and we have season tickets. its all business.what about the quality of ball whe are
seeing.

I like Maynor, but how could you refuse that offer? A late 1st round rookie with mid level potential who backs up one of the top guys at his position and will likely never average much more than 7 minutes a game on this team to drop $10 million in salary? This was a no brainer. Sorry to see him go, but yeah...

Most of you guys just like ripping on sloan and o'conner. You'd complain no matter what moves were made.

Smart move. Painfully smart. But still smart.

I just hope the front office plans on having a big trade with boozer if they dont dumb dumb dumb move from the jazz front office... Im a jazz fan but something needs to happened soon... seriously

What ever happened to paying what it takes to put the best team out on the floor? I guess if o'conner and miller did their best in the offseason they wouldn't be flailing now to save a buck. I have been a fan of the Jazz for 22 years and never lived close to slc so I had to put a lot of effort into following these guys - especially pre Internet. I've never been more disinterested in them as I am now. They need a better product to increase their revenue if it is so important.

let's face it..Greg Miller is no Larry Miller...Larry grew up working hard long hours, Greg grew up lookinf pretty...the next generation

Where are the comments from those who got all the money that lead to this situation..no statement from those with ultra million contracts???

I think he is available.

The Jazz have been on the receiving end of the luxury tax dollars for the past few years. Presumably this is the only year they will exceed the threshold. Throwing away talent is what most teams in the NBA do, since they don't have any expectations delivering a competitive team on the court but simply want to rake in the dough. It is a business, and from the looks of things here, Seattle is a much better market to exploit.

I believe the "Pay what it takes" went down the drain with all the NON Playoff team losses this season. There comes a time when you have to call it what it is... This is NOT a Championship team. Maybe a first round playoff team, but it will not make the second round. Until this Jazz team can win consistently on the road and win games against sum .500 teams, it had better start preparing for the future and cut your losses.

Maynor actually is better off in OKC. They are a young team that is learning how to win and win on the road even!! He goes from a wannabe to a soontobe playoff contender.