The Jazz may have found a solution to their need for a backup point guard: Bryon Russell.
No, the nine-year Utah veteran won't play the position. But Russell's free-agent status, and his ongoing negotiations with the Washington Wizards, could prompt a trade between the two teams that would fill the Jazz's most pressing roster vacancy. Presumably, such a deal would bring point guard Tyronn Lue or, less likely, Chris Whitney to Utah to back up John Stockton next season.
A sign-and-trade involving Russell, ruled out two weeks ago after the Jazz signed free-agent forward Matt Harpring, is again a possibility, Jazz vice president of basketball operations Kevin O'Connor said Wednesday. O'Connor, on his way to Indianapolis for the World Basketball Championships, which begin today, did not comment on specific trades but said, "It's something we're taking another look at."
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The Washington Wizards appear to have moved closer to acquiring free agent small forward Bryon Russell, who is expected to be in Washington on Thursday, sources with knowledge of the situation said today. Though he does not have an official visit planned, an informal meeting with team officials is likely, sources said.
Russell reportedly spent Tuesday and today in Chicago, meeting at least once with potential teammate/boss Michael Jordan, the man who earned Russell a measure of fame when Jordan hit the championship-winning jumper over him in the 1998 NBA Finals when Jordan played for the Chicago Bulls and Russell for the Utah Jazz.
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Steve Wyche of the Washington Post reports that the Wizards are close to landing Bryon Russell. It could cost them one of their point guards, though.
The Wiz have been talking with Russell for more than a week and will probably see him again when he visits Washington on Thursday. Sources close to the negotiations have said a deal is unlikely on Thursday because the Wizards are discussing a sign and trade with Russell’s former team, the Jazz.
The trade would send either Tyronn Lue or Chris Whitney to the Jazz to back up John Stockton at the point guard. In return, Russell can get a little more money than the $1.4 million exception that the Wizards have to offer, and the Wizards get a starting small forward.
Since the Wizards already have 14 players under contract, they would rather swap players than add another guaranteed contract to their books. Also, with the acquisition of Larry Hughes and Juan Dixon this summer to help bolster their point guard position, Lue or Whitney is expendable.
If a sign-and-trade cannot be reached, the source indicated that Russell likely would sign a one-year deal for Washington's $1.4 million, league-allotted exception and occupy the Wizards' final roster spot.
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Jazz Aug 2002 Archive
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| Aug 27, 2002
Frank Hughes of the News tribune reports that the Supersonics are looking into a contingency plan in the event that Rashard Lewis does not return.
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Deseret News | Aug 25, 2002
Free agent Bryon Russell has been talking with the Washington Wizards about a possible multiyear contract with a starting salary of $1.
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| Aug 25, 2002
Jimmy Smith of the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports that George Lynch unhappy in the Big Easy.
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ESPN | Aug 23, 2002
Utah, as of this writing, hasn't re-signed any of its free agents.
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Washington Post | Aug 23, 2002
Bryon Russell and Michael Jordan have been linked since Jordan, then with the Chicago Bulls, made the game-winning jump shot over Utah's Russell in Game 6 of the 1998 NBA finals.
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| Aug 23, 2002
Steve Wyche of the Washington Post reports that the Wizards have been in contact with Utah free agent Bryon Russell.
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Deseret News | Aug 22, 2002
With Raul Lopez's playing status for this season still up in the air, the Jazz are stepping up their search for point guards.
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Standard Examiner | Aug 22, 2002
Utah Jazz rookie Raul Lopez needs exploratory surgery so doctors can determine the severity of a damaged ligament in his reconstructed right knee.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Aug 22, 2002
The Jazz's No.
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| Aug 22, 2002
Marc Stein of the Dallas Morning News reports that Dallas will talk to Popeye Jones this week.
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Deseret News | Aug 21, 2002
Ex-Jazzman Donyell Marshall arrived in Chicago this week with a new spin on his decision to accept $2 million less per year from the Bulls: He did it because the Bulls seem more fun.
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Deseret News | Aug 21, 2002
What basketball fans in Spain are having a hard time understanding is that the issue with Raul Lopez isn't how much integrity the Jazz possess.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Aug 21, 2002
Jazz point-guard prospect Raul Lopez's once-repaired anterior cruciate knee ligament is partially torn and will require more surgery, his doctor says.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Aug 21, 2002
Injuries stink.
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Daily Herald | Aug 20, 2002
Donyell Marshall, the newest Bull, arrived at the Berto Center ready to answer the $6 million question.
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Chicago Tribune | Aug 20, 2002
News conferences are a time to answer questions, and Donyell Marshall did his best Monday to explain why he's excited about moving from a perennial playoff contender in Utah to the Bulls' ongoing rebuilding effort.
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Standard Examiner | Aug 20, 2002
The news on Raul Lopez is bad, but the Jazz are waiting to find out just how bad.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Aug 20, 2002
The Jazz are awaiting test results to determine the severity of point guard Raul Lopez's potentially devastating knee injury, and it could take even longer before they know how much they can help their unsigned draft pick.
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| Aug 20, 2002
Common thoughts around the NBA is that the marriage between the Chicago Bulls and Donyell Marshall came about after the Utah Jazz, Marshall's former team, and Matt Harpring reached and agreement which effectively left the former two parties out in the cold.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Aug 19, 2002
Having spent the weekend translating Spanish media reports about a serious injury to point guard Raul Lopez, the Jazz today are expecting to finally confirm how badly their hope for the future is hurt.
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| Aug 18, 2002
There is an old saying, 'When it rains it pours', which rang true for the Utah Jazz on Saturday.
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Deseret News | Aug 18, 2002
To hear some folks tell it, the Jazz's decision to cut loose Donyell Marshall sent up all the wrong signals.
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Deseret News | Aug 18, 2002
There is a double-dose of ill medical news for two NBA first-round draft picks, neither of whom has yet played a game for the Jazz.
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Deseret News | Aug 17, 2002
Donyell Marshall is officially gone.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Aug 17, 2002
The Chicago Bulls signed free-agent forward Donyell Marshall on Friday to a three-year contract worth about $15 million.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Aug 17, 2002
Nine-year-old Cody Ostertag was a little perturbed earlier this week when his mother and her teammates rappelled off the family's Park City house: "Mom," he said, "I'm too young for you to die!"
"He was just kidding," said Heidi Ostertag, wife of Jazz center Greg Ostertag.
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| Aug 16, 2002
Donyell lands in Windy city
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Standard Examiner | Aug 16, 2002
Matt Harpring can be glad Jazz owner Larry H.
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Deseret News | Aug 16, 2002
With the addition of Matt Harpring, the Jazz have just one roster spot open, and team officials say it will be filled by a third point guard.
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Deseret News | Aug 16, 2002
You can make an argument that there were mostly losers in the Utah Jazz's signing of Matt Harpring.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Aug 16, 2002
Somebody made a multimillion-dollar mistake Thursday.
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| Aug 15, 2002
Rich Evans of the Desert News reports that the Jazz may have filled the hole left by Donyell Marshall.
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Chicago Tribune | Aug 14, 2002
The Bulls are inching closer to their principal free-agent acquisition this off-season.
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| Aug 14, 2002
Will the Bulls steal Donyell?
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ESPN | Aug 12, 2002
It became official last week that the long-time John Stockton-Karl Malone duo will be playing sweet music together for at least one more season with the Utah Jazz.
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| Aug 10, 2002
The Associated Press reports that Del Harris is withdrawing his name from consideration for the Denver Nuggets head coaching position and will remain an assistant coach with the Dallas Mavericks.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Aug 10, 2002
Though considered a done deal, Raul Lopez's buyout agreement with his Spanish club team wasn't signed until Friday morning.
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Standard Examiner | Aug 9, 2002
John Stockton's return for a 19th NBA season is official, though it hardly comes as a surprise.
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Standard Examiner | Aug 9, 2002
The first game of the NBA preseason takes place Oct.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Aug 9, 2002
The Utah Jazz will spend most of their preseason on the road, playing only two of eight games at the Delta Center in keeping with their traditional October pattern.
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Deseret News | Aug 8, 2002
The Jazz seem to have some serious competition for several of the free agents in whom they have admitted interest, including guards Damon Jones and Erick Strickland and small forward Matt Harpring.
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Deseret News | Aug 8, 2002
The day after John Stockton told Utah Jazz owner Larry H.
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| Aug 8, 2002
John Stockton has decided to take a journey where no one else has ever ventured.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Aug 8, 2002
In the interest of having my vacation paid for -- just the kind of enterprise John Stockton would respect -- I searched his hometown this week for someone who would tell me Stockton was returning for a 19th season with the Jazz.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Aug 7, 2002
The greatest compliment Chick Hearn ever paid Rod Hundley was agreeing to work alongside him.
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Deseret News | Aug 6, 2002
On the same day the Jazz kick-started stalled contract negotiations with free-agent forward Donyell Marshall, Marshall's agent fired responses to comments from Jazz owner Larry H.
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| Aug 6, 2002
One week after declaring it "doubtful" that Donyell Marshall would re-sign with the Jazz, his agent said Monday that he is now "cautiously optimistic" that a deal can be struck.
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| Aug 5, 2002
The Jazz's focus in the free-agency market has shifted for the time being to two guards who can play the point, Damon Jones and Erick Strickland, and an injury-hampered small forward from Philadelphia, Matt Harpring.
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Standard Examiner | Aug 5, 2002
Two summers ago, Jazz exec Kevin O'Connor made free agent point guard Howard Eisley his top priority, yet throughout the negotiations he never lost sight of his alternatives.
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Stockton's coming back — I'll stake my PIN on it | Aug 4, 2002
Perhaps you have wondered, even worried, about the possibility of the Utah Jazz entering the basketball season without their longtime Eagle Scout, John Stockton.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Aug 4, 2002
With negotiations at a stalemate, the Jazz may be close to giving up on signing free-agent forward Donyell Marshall and moving on to other available players.
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| Aug 4, 2002
Phil Miller of the Salt Lake Tribune reports that the Jazz maybe looking to Sixer free agent Matt Harpring as insurance in case the Donyell Marshall negotiations break down further.
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| Aug 3, 2002
Karl Malone and Larry Miller live in the same Salt Lake City neighborhood, but the gulf between them may be growing wider than a couple of blocks.
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Deseret News | Aug 2, 2002
It's time to calm down and quell the rhetoric.
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| Aug 1, 2002
Tim buckley of the deser News writes, "Beyond bickering over money and the length of the deal, agent Dwight Manley says lines of communication may be bogging contentious contract negotiations between the Jazz and his free-agent client, forward Donyell Marshall.
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Deseret News | Aug 1, 2002
The top assistant to Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan since 1988, Phil Johnson was in the running to become head coach of the Nuggets since Denver started looking for Dan Issel's permanent successor way back in May.
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Idaho Statesman | Aug 1, 2002
The Utah Jazz have decided not to hold their annual preseason training camp in Boise, club officials said Tuesday.
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| Aug 1, 2002
Phil Miller of the Salt Lake tribune reports that the luxury tax is taking its toll on the Jazz.
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Standard Examiner | Aug 1, 2002
Utah Jazz assistant Phil Johnson said Wednesday he has withdrawn as a candidate for the head coaching job with the Denver Nuggets.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Aug 1, 2002
Phil Johnson was relaxing at his cabin alongside Bear Lake on Tuesday night when he and his wife, Ann, came to a conclusion: If the Denver Nuggets offered to make the longtime Jazz assistant their head coach, he wouldn't accept the job.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Aug 1, 2002
If Donyell Marshall was a homer-slugging outfielder and the Utah Jazz a baseball team, the free-agent negotiations that enter their second month today would be straightforward.
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