Utah Jazz

[ngobry]

the jazz has a lot of potential. just need to add a long range shooter, ala jeff hornacek

[peep_tom]

Fisher Leaving the Jazz

By Preetom Bhattacharya

Jul 2, 2007, 21:04

Derek Fisher will be leaving the Utah Jazz, according to the Salt Lake Tribune. A press conference announcing the decision is expected to be held on Monday.

 

According to a Jazz press release, Fisher has requested to be released from his contract "due to his daughter Tatum's ongoing medical condition." Fisher revealed his daughter had been diagnosed with eye cancer during the Western Conference Semifinals series against the Golden State Warriors. Fisher will pursue an opportunity to play for a team that is located in a city that can provide the utmost medical facilities for his daughter.

 

Fisher's contract had $21-million in salary left over the next three seasons.

 

 

There are lots of hospitals in LA Fish heheheh

Edited July 3, 2007 by peep_tom

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Fisher Leaving the Jazz

By Preetom Bhattacharya

Jul 2, 2007, 21:04

Derek Fisher will be leaving the Utah Jazz, according to the Salt Lake Tribune. A press conference announcing the decision is expected to be held on Monday.

 

According to a Jazz press release, Fisher has requested to be released from his contract "due to his daughter Tatum's ongoing medical condition." Fisher revealed his daughter had been diagnosed with eye cancer during the Western Conference Semifinals series against the Golden State Warriors. Fisher will pursue an opportunity to play for a team that is located in a city that can provide the utmost medical facilities for his daughter.

 

Fisher's contract had $21-million in salary left over the next three seasons.

There are lots of hospitals in LA Fish heheheh

 

honestly fisher had a truly memorable season for the jazz. too bad he can't stay. peep tom is right ... the clips or the lakers would be perfect for the guy. adios amigo ... and thanks for the memories!

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I think he would play in the East to be near their NY home...

[peep_tom]

honestly fisher had a truly memorable season for the jazz. too bad he can't stay. peep tom is right ... the clips or the lakers would be perfect for the guy. adios amigo ... and thanks for the memories!

I salute the Jazz' FO for being sensitive to Fisher's needs. They have shown that for them its not all about money. They do give importance to their players needs. Bravo Jazz :thumbsupsmiley:

[jeter08]

Jazz needs a good shooting guard ala jeff hornacek 2 rech the finals

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I salute the Jazz' FO for being sensitive to Fisher's needs. They have shown that for them its not all about money. They do give importance to their players needs. Bravo Jazz :thumbsupsmiley:

 

Fisher brought real life to the Jazz and this town

By Kurt Kragthorpe

Tribune Columnist

 

 

From his first day in town until the last, Derek Fisher always spoke about real life.

Actually, he did a lot more than just talk about it.

Fisher's decision to walk away from his basketball contract and the accompanying $21 million says everything about the man and his priorities, an example that led Jazz vice president Kevin O'Connor to suggest that Monday's news conference deserved an atmosphere of celebration.

Except it was difficult for anyone to feel that way at the moment. As he leaves the Jazz and moves his family in the interest of providing accessible medical treatment to his daughter Tatum, Fisher will be missed in this community in so many ways.

In his year as a Utahn, Fisher showed us how to care about family, about teammates, about professionalism, about others. Everybody will always remember him for Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals, when he arrived from New York after a long, emotional day of dealing with Tatum's initial treatment and helped the Jazz salvage an overtime victory over Golden State.

Personally, I'll never forget two other days.

When he was introduced last July after being traded from the Warriors, Fisher's opening remarks were an expression of hope for the family of a missing child in Salt Lake City, even mentioning her name. Who else would do that? Right then and there, it was clear there was something different about Fisher.

The morning after his legendary appearance in the third quarter of that playoff game, Fisher stood on the Jazz's practice court and fielded questions for a half-hour, willingly discussing everything he and his family had gone through. I wanted to know what had driven him to even think about playing basketball that night, and his answer was profoundly insightful.

"That's what I do," he said. "It's not who I am, but it's what I do."

Fisher's response said everything: It was OK to care about your job. It was OK to care about sports, even games played by others. But none of that should truly define any of us.

Fisher's action Monday captured him. He knew he had to make a decision about his family's future right now, "because of how much is at stake on our side of things and and in terms of the team going forward," he said.

Label it Fisher's last assist for the Jazz, enabling the team to proceed accordingly in the free-agency period.

As for alternatives that could have kept him in a Jazz uniform, he said, "Trust me; I've gone through it a million times. It just didn't quite come together."

He would not, for example, have his wife and four children living elsewhere during the season, just so he could remain with teammates he described as "the best group . . . I've ever played with."

It's true that Fisher has already earned more money than he needs and has already won three NBA championships, and circumstances may well allow him to keep playing for another team. It's also true that he gave the Jazz the most productive season they could expect from him at age 32, and now they're free from owing him all that remaining money.

That's the cold, factual side of all of this. The heartwarming, faith-building aspect is that Fisher is potentially sacrificing his professional career for his family, and owner Larry Miller, the Jazz and the NBA are accommodating him. The next time I'm prepared to accuse the team and the league of not caring about their players as people, I'll remember this day.

I'll never forget Derek Fisher, I know that. In less than a year in this town, he made a lifetime's worth of impact on me. I'm guessing I'm not the only one.

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with morris almond on board ... the jazz now have almond, brewer , giricek and cj miles at the two. and mo pete looks likely to join the jazz as this year's veteran shooting guard experiment. ( shades of chris morris . john starks , calbert cheaney , and gordan giricek who have tried and failed to fill the hole ... literally and figuratively ... for utah . )

 

hope mo pete does better.

 

 

This from ESPN :

 

NBA free agent Morris Peterson said the Utah Jazz remind him of his college team, Michigan State, which won the 2000 national championship.

 

"The way we played there, there were a lot of plays coming off screens. It's the same-style offense," he said of Utah.

 

Peterson traveled here to talk to Jazz management about joining the team. Owner Larry H. Miller has described him as one of the best players available this summer.

 

"I think they have a great team, and may be one piece away from a championship or making it to the [NBA] Finals," Peterson told the Deseret Morning News.

 

"From watching them in the playoffs, especially with the loss of Derek Fisher, they need a guy who can come in and play some defense and make 3-pointers," he said.

 

Utah is releasing Fisher so he can find medical care for a daughter who has cancer in her left eye.

 

Peterson, who turns 30 in August, averaged 8.9 points last season at Toronto.

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with morris almond on board ... the jazz now have almond, brewer , giricek and cj miles at the two. and mo pete looks likely to join the jazz as this year's veteran shooting guard experiment. ( shades of chris morris . john starks , calbert cheaney , and gordan giricek who have tried and failed to fill the hole ... literally and figuratively ... for utah . )

 

hope mo pete does better.

This from ESPN :

 

NBA free agent Morris Peterson said the Utah Jazz remind him of his college team, Michigan State, which won the 2000 national championship.

 

"The way we played there, there were a lot of plays coming off screens. It's the same-style offense," he said of Utah.

 

Peterson traveled here to talk to Jazz management about joining the team. Owner Larry H. Miller has described him as one of the best players available this summer.

 

"I think they have a great team, and may be one piece away from a championship or making it to the [NBA] Finals," Peterson told the Deseret Morning News.

 

"From watching them in the playoffs, especially with the loss of Derek Fisher, they need a guy who can come in and play some defense and make 3-pointers," he said.

 

Utah is releasing Fisher so he can find medical care for a daughter who has cancer in her left eye.

 

Peterson, who turns 30 in August, averaged 8.9 points last season at Toronto.

 

 

despite being portrayed as frontrunners for mo peterson ... looks like the jazz are still unsure whether they want to pay the price of having the 30 year vet .

 

this from the deseret news :

 

The almighty dollar could ultimately determine whether or not former Toronto Raptors swingman Morris Peterson plays in Utah.

So Jazz coach Jerry Sloan seemed to suggest Wednesday, the first full day this summer that NBA free agents are permitted to sign new contracts.

"I don't have any idea," Sloan said when asked if he expects to soon see Peterson in a Jazz uniform.

"I never know just from sitting and talking with a player, and him asking questions, what his thoughts are — because I don't get involved in the money part of it," added Sloan, who leaves such negotiations to basketball operations senior vice president Kevin O'Connor. "Everybody tells you they'd like to play — until it comes down to the money part."

Peterson and his agent are thought to be seeking full midlevel team payroll salary cap exception money and terms — a five-year contract starting at $5.356 million next season and worth about $32 million in total.

The Jazz are believed to want to pay less than that, in part so they can address other needs with the rest of their midlevel money.

"So, from my standpoint, everything is fine," said Sloan, who along with O'Connor met with Peterson last Monday. "But there are other people involved."

Sloan did have high praise for the Michigan State product who has spent all seven of his NBA seasons in Toronto. But he also offered some caution regarding Peterson, who is expected to also visit New Orleans before making up his mind.

"He's a player that can shoot the ball some. He seems to have a little bit of toughness. He seems to understand an offense," Sloan said.

"But you never know," the Jazz coach added. "You get a guy in here, and you have no idea how he's gonna do until he's here."

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mo peterson ends up with the new orleans hornets and the jazz get .... jason hart . as an nba fan ... j.h. must have been one of the league's biggest mystery men . here's jason's wikipedia entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Hart. and it ain't so bad jazz fans ... the dude's got some nice basketball creds to his name ...

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after jason hart ... jazz sign up ronnie price.

 

this from sports illustrated .com ...

 

The Utah Jazz and former Utah Valley State guard Ronnie Price have agreed to a contract.

 

Price will sign with the Jazz if he passes a physical. Financial details were not disclosed by the team Thursday.

 

Price played two seasons with the Sacramento Kings, who signed him as an undrafted free agent in 2005. He averaged 2.9 points and one rebound in 87 games.

 

Price had a career high against the Jazz last November, scoring 16 points in one of his six double-digit games of the season.

 

I wonder if the two signings were some sort of messages to cj miles ( sat out the RM Revue ) and dee brown .

 

with price and hart in place ... the jazz are now three deep in the point position .

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ronnie price highlights ( courtesy of the deseret news )

 

 

Ronnie Price

guard

6-2, 190 pounds

Age: 24

Alma mater: Utah Valley State

NBA experience: 2 years with the Sacramento Kings

 

Career highlights

 

• Played in 87 games for the Kings over two seasons, averaging 2.9 points, 1.0 rebound and 0.7 assists in 8.2 minutes per game.

 

• Played in 58 games last season, averaging 3.3 points, 1.2 rebounds and 0.8 assists in 9.7 minutes per game.

 

• Scored a career-high 16 points against the Jazz on Nov. 22, 2006.

 

• Averaged 24.3 points per game as a senior at UVSC, second in Division I basketball

[lukesky1976]

what's with AK47 the past season?

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what's with AK47 the past season?

 

luke.... the dude's still in russia. nba watchers say he's on the trading block. we'll update you with more news when he flies back in.

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here's the jazz sked for the coming season ...http://www.nba.com/jazz/schedule/results_2007.html