July, not January, arrives when the clock strikes midnight in New York tonight, so there's no Times Square countdown to mark the occasion. But Karl Malone plans to celebrate just the same.
"I'll probably lower my guard and have me a big ol' stogie," Malone said in a KSL-TV interview last week. "We'll see what happens at 12:01."
What will probably happen at that hour -- actually, 10:01 p.m. MDT tonight, since the NBA runs on Eastern time -- is the phone will ring in an office in Southern California. Perhaps more than once.
And on the other end of at least one of those calls to Dwight Manley, Malone's agent, will be Kevin O'Connor, the Jazz's vice president of basketball operations.
"Absolutely. We're going to make contact just as soon as we're allowed to," O'Connor said. "Actually, I'll probably find out if Dwight wants to talk that late or wait until [Tuesday] morning, but we'll do whatever we have to [do] to make it clear that we want to get together just as soon as possible."
The witching-hour contact is entirely symbolic, since no NBA free agent can actually sign a contract until July 16. But considering what the Jazz are asking of the franchise's greatest scorer -- to take a huge pay cut and give up his championship ambitions in order to retire as a Jazzman -- symbols could be important.
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Arenas' interest in the Nuggets grew when Denver drafted Anthony last week, according to Arenas' agent, Dan Fegan.
Golden State, the Los Angeles Clippers, Utah and possibly Miami could be Arenas suitors, too. But drafting Anthony last week could aid Denver's potential pursuit of possibly the NBA's best young point guard.
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The NBA draft is history, the annual player dstribution starting with "you know who" (LeBron James) and ending with "who"s he?" (Andreas Glyniadakis).
Somewhere in between, fans are hoping there"s a player with the potential to change things for their team immediately. But most of the players scooped up Thursday night fall into the project category simply because the age of draftees has dropped so sharply. And, despite the college hoops chest-pounders who did their best to turn ESPN"s windy draft coverage into a "listen to me shout" evening, the guys who stuck around four seasons in college are question marks until they demonstrate otherwise.
This week, however, the NBA player shuffling will get serious. Starting at midnight Tuesday, teams can officially start talking with free agents. On July 16, free agents can sign contracts. According to Jim Gray"s report Thursday night on ESPN, that is the day when Jason Kidd will announce where he plans to play next season.
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Jazz Jun 2003 Archive
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Deseret Morning News | Jun 30, 2003
If Karl Malone really does want to leave Utah — he doesn't seem to be sure, at least not yet — he will not want to be the one who first says his run here is done.
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Long Beach Press-Telegram | Jun 29, 2003
Participants included rapper/producers Warren G and Soopafly and several NBA stars, including the Washington Wizards' Bryon Russell and the Houston Rockets' Juaquin Hawkins, who both played at Cal State Long Beach, and DeShawn Stevenson of the Utah Jazz.
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Birmingham News | Jun 29, 2003
Mo Williams has no one to blame but himself.
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Sacramento Bee | Jun 29, 2003
San Antonio will pursue Kidd but no other point guard except possibly for a reserve role.
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Boston Globe | Jun 29, 2003
Normally at this time of year, Utah Jazz owner Larry Miller is able to chill.
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Wichita Eagle | Jun 29, 2003
There are times still when the beauty of Utah astounds Antoine Carr.
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Kankakee Daily Journal | Jun 29, 2003
Thank goodness the basketball season ended before July 4th.
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Deseret Morning News | Jun 29, 2003
Should he stay or should he go?
Many Jazz fans want to see Karl Malone stay in Utah, but they say they understand if he doesn't.
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Deseret Morning News | Jun 29, 2003
Karl Malone wants to know the identity of the Jazz's targets in this summer's NBA free-agent market.
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Deseret Morning News | Jun 29, 2003
Conspiracy theorists might suggest the worst.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 29, 2003
For the first time in his wage-earning life, Karl Malone will be out of a job Tuesday.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 29, 2003
The Jazz's hopes of reaching the top of the NBA standings may depend upon how well they mine the bottom.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 29, 2003
It looks as though the Jazz made the right call.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 29, 2003
Like a waistline-obsessed dieter, the Jazz have devoted themselves to restraint, discipline and resisting temptation to achieve a slimmed-down payroll that several of their bloated brethren envy.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 29, 2003
As the Jazz the other day were busily trotting out promise and optimism, alongside their young draft picks -- Serbia's own Sasha Pavlovian Dog, or just Dawg, for short, and a kid named Mo from somewhere down South -- in front of the Salt Lake City sports media, I was wondering: How long will Jazz fans, so used to winning, abide all of this nonsense before they start to wig out?
The fans have endured nonsense before.
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Boston Globe Columnist Peter May | Jun 29, 2003
Normally at this time of year, Utah Jazz owner Larry Miller is able to chill.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 29, 2003
For the first time in his wage-earning life, Karl Malone will be out of a job Tuesday.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 29, 2003
Like a waistline-obsessed dieter, the Jazz have devoted themselves to restraint, discipline and resisting temptation to achieve a slimmed-down payroll that several of their bloated brethren envy.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 29, 2003
The Jazz's hopes of reaching the top of the NBA standings may depend upon how well they mine the bottom.
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Birmingham News | Jun 28, 2003
One other Alabama player, Mo Williams, was selected during the two rounds of the draft.
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Standard-Examiner | Jun 28, 2003
A day later, with his picks safely in town, Jazz vice president of basketball operations Kevin O'Connor was still feeling pretty good about Thursday night"s NBA draft.
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Standard-Examiner | Jun 28, 2003
You almost could have set your clock by it.
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Deseret Morning News | Jun 28, 2003
Reaction to, and comments on, the Jazz's two picks in Thursday night's NBA Draft.
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Deseret Morning News | Jun 28, 2003
If he had stayed at the University of Alabama for another season or two, Mo Williams might have been taken in the first round of a future NBA Draft.
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Deseret Morning News | Jun 28, 2003
Whaddya mean, Karl Malone is looking for a team that could bring him a championship?! Isn't that what he's supposed to be doing for the Jazz? Isn't that why he was paid well over $100 million the past 18 years?
It's becoming a familiar scene — the aging superstar near the end of his playing days, shopping for a team that can bring him the one thing he is missing in his career: a championship.
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Deseret Morning News | Jun 28, 2003
Aleksandar "Sasha" Pavlovic has no doubt he is prepared to play in the NBA.
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Deserert Morning News | Jun 28, 2003
A frustrated Larry H.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 28, 2003
It's entirely possible that sometime next month, Karl Malone and Larry Miller will renew their contractual vows to each other and express their delight that the future Hall of Famer will finish his career in a Jazz uniform.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 28, 2003
Dusan Pavlovic first saw NBA potential in his son four or five years ago, and watched him progress every year since then.
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Deseret Morning News | Jun 28, 2003
If he had stayed at the University of Alabama for another season or two, Mo Williams might have been taken in the first round of a future NBA Draft.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 28, 2003
It's entirely possible that sometime next month, Karl Malone and Larry Miller will renew their contractual vows to each other and express their delight that the future Hall of Famer will finish his career in a Jazz uniform.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 28, 2003
Dusan Pavlovic first saw NBA potential in his son four or five years ago, and watched him progress every year since then.
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Deseret Morning News | Jun 28, 2003
A frustrated Larry H.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 27, 2003
The Jazz got their man Thursday night.
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Spectrum.com | Jun 27, 2003
Matt Harpring earns millions of dollars a year playing basketball, but he was actually a better football player through most of his youth.
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Standard Examiner | Jun 27, 2003
The way things are going, the National Basketball Association may soon have to change it"s name to the International Basketball Association, and the Utah Jazz seem to be jumping on that bandwagon.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 27, 2003
The last time Mo Williams was in Utah, he left disappointed.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 27, 2003
Into a world of instant messaging, digital cameras, speed dialing and day trading, let me introduce the NBA draft, Jazz style.
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| Jun 26, 2003
First, you rank the prospects.
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Deseret News | Jun 26, 2003
LOCALLY: Jazz officials will work privately from the team's practice facility.
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| Jun 26, 2003
In the wake of John Stockton's retirement and Karl Malone's pending free agency, tonight's NBA draft could be one of the most important in recent history for the Utah Jazz.
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| Jun 26, 2003
Handicapping the Jazz's first-round possibilities, with odds
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Standard Examiner | Jun 26, 2003
Kevin O"Connor will gladly admit to feeling a little nervous.
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| Jun 25, 2003
NBA teams and the league's crop of summer free agents are barred by collective bargaining agreement rules from negotiating with each other until July 1.
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Deseret News | Jun 25, 2003
David West hasn't always had a host of believers in his corner.
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Standard Examiner | Jun 25, 2003
David West couldn't hide his smile just thinking about the job prospects in Utah for a guy like him.
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| Jun 25, 2003
David West has to prove himself all over again, and he knows it.
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| Jun 25, 2003
You may not be able or inclined to decipher any of those foreign words, written in unfamiliar letter sequences and combinations, but, and this is the point here, the NBA can and is.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 25, 2003
They may have saved the most important workouts for last.
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Toronto Sun | Jun 24, 2003
There were rumours last summer that the Raptors were interested in acquiring Marshall through a sign-and-trade deal with the Utah Jazz.
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Standard-Examiner | Jun 24, 2003
The Jazz will bring in seven more players to work out for them before Thursday's annual NBA draft, but what these players show on the court is only part of the equation.
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Deseret Morning News | Jun 24, 2003
Sharpshooter Aleksander Pavlovic, Xavier star David West and North Dakota power-forward Jerome Beasley top a crop of seven pro prospects scheduled to work out for the Jazz in advance of Thursday's NBA Draft.
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Deseret Morning News | Jun 24, 2003
Scouring the draft ranks for the next Karl Malone, power-forward possibilities for the Jazz at No.
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Deseret Morning News | Jun 24, 2003
For every tale of a lie told by those intricately involved in the NBA Draft, it seems there is the story of a promise.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 24, 2003
Jazz officials will conduct their draft operation at the Zions Bank Basketball Center on Thursday, so the traditional draft party is being moved from the Delta Center -- and spread over two locations.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 24, 2003
They may have saved the most important workouts for last.
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| Jun 23, 2003
Unless you own ear plugs, can't read and live under one very large rock, the rampant rumors are impossible to ignore.
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Hark the Herald | Jun 23, 2003
Within the next month, Karl Malone's future in Utah will be determined.
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Standard Examiner | Jun 22, 2003
This will be, without a doubt, the most crucial offseason in the history of the Utah Jazz franchise.
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Deseret News | Jun 22, 2003
GREAT
Donyell Marshall FA signing 8/00 Solid scorer for 2 seasons
Jarron Collins Draft/ Rd.
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| Jun 22, 2003
Even in a long offseason of great uncertainty, perhaps no week makes Kevin O'Connor more weak than the one that begins today.
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| Jun 22, 2003
It's a summer of opportunity for the Utah Jazz, and the guy most squarely in the hot seat realizes what that means.
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| Jun 22, 2003
The biggest sports-related question of the summer here swirls around one predictable name, one unpredictable man: Karl Malone.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 21, 2003
The Jazz interviewed one of the most talented guards in the country Friday.
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The Deseret News | Jun 21, 2003
He first heard the nickname about three years ago, when he was barely a teen.
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The Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 21, 2003
The Jazz interviewed one of the most talented guards in the country Friday.
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FoxSports.com | Jun 21, 2003
The Wizards announced that veteran swingman Bryon Russell decided not to exercise his option for the 2003-04 season, becoming a free agent.
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Standard-Examiner | Jun 21, 2003
Three years ago when he was first dubbed ""Baby Shaq," Sofoklis Schortsanitis thought the nickname was catchy and cool.
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Desert News | Jun 21, 2003
Should I stay, or should I go now?
Numerous NBA prospects faced the clash in emotions stirred by such words Thursday, the deadline for high school stars, college underclassmen and early entrant foreigners to either remain eligible or withdraw from consideration for next Thursday's draft.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 20, 2003
Three players, including University of San Diego center Jason Keep, will work out for the Jazz today at the Zion's Bank Basketball Center.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 19, 2003
Agent Justin Zanik gave his word, so 7-foot-4 center Pavel Podkolzine worked out at the Zion's Bank Center on Wednesday.
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Deseret Morning News | Jun 19, 2003
He stands 7-foot-4, maybe 7-5 — in that stratosphere few in Utah, except maybe Mark Eaton, can know for sure.
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Sports Network | Jun 19, 2003
Change is in the wind in Utah.
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Standard-Examiner | Jun 19, 2003
month ago, the Jazz might have thought they could find a steal in the upcoming NBA draft.
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MSNBC.com | Jun 18, 2003
The last time Malone signed a contract — four years, $67 million — he did so after nearly a year of posturing and pouting.
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Standard-Examiner | Jun 18, 2003
The Jazz had such good luck with the last Russian they drafted, they're eager to take a look at another one.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 18, 2003
Four players, including 7-foot-5 center Pavel Podkolzin of Russia, will work out for the Jazz today at the Zion's Bank Basketball Center.
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Deseret Morning News | Jun 18, 2003
Four potential draft picks are scheduled to work out for the Utah Jazz staff this morning at the team's new workout facility.
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New York Daily News | Jun 17, 2003
Jason Kidd did not fly back with his teammates following their second straight NBA Finals loss.
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CNNSI.com | Jun 17, 2003
The Jazz' cap space depends partly on Karl Malone's plans.
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UtahJazz.com | Jun 13, 2003
Sid Hartman of the Minneapolis Star Tribune and Hot Rod Hundley of the Utah Jazz will receive the 14th Annual Curt Gowdy Media Awards from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame during Enshrinement Weekend, Sept.
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Deseret Morning News | Jun 13, 2003
For one who prides himself on being civilized, John Amaechi took some decidedly uncivilized swipes at the Jazz this week.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 13, 2003
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is aware that Karl Malone is in pursuit of his all-time NBA scoring record.
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UtahJazz.com | Jun 12, 2003
“All of the things that have been recorded about his career – passing the ball, shooting the ball, doing all those things, I failed to mention one of the most important things about his game.
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Deseret Morning News | Jun 12, 2003
Hot Rod Hundley was walking into the Delta Center to attend a rehearsal for the John Stockton celebration last week when Jazz media-relations director Kim Turner told him the folks at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame were trying to reach him.
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Deseret Morning News | Jun 12, 2003
A game in Mexico City highlights the Utah Jazz's 2003 preseason schedule, as released by the team Wednesday.
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The Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 12, 2003
The Jazz will visit nearly every corner of North America before the regular season even begins next fall.
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The Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 11, 2003
Mixed signals are coming from a mixed-up man.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 11, 2003
Rod Hundley was a sales representative for Converse shoes in 1967 when the Los Angeles Lakers called and shocked him with an offer to become Chick Hearn's partner on radio broadcasts.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 11, 2003
John Amaechi claims his relationship with Jerry Sloan reached a low point when the Jazz coach told him, "You hate white people, you hate Americans and you think you're smarter than everyone else," he said in an interview with a British newspaper.
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Standard-Examiner | Jun 10, 2003
Former NBA star turned broadcaster Rod Hundley and Minneapolis Star Tribune columnist Sid Hartman were selected Monday for the Basketball Hall of Fame's media awards.
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Deseret Morning News | Jun 10, 2003
The John Stockton tribute on Saturday was great — if you like gigantic, emotional, drawn-out farewells.
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The Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 10, 2003
Amaechi, who has two seasons remaining on a four-year, $10 million contract with the Jazz, played only 474 minutes all season.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 10, 2003
Rod Hundley was a sales representative for Converse shoes in 1967 when the Los Angeles Lakers called and shocked him with an offer to become Chick Hearn's partner on radio broadcasts.
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The Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 9, 2003
Rod Hundley is the only play-by-play voice the Jazz have ever known, but the team has decided that there is room for another.
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| Jun 8, 2003
He was shedding tears before he spoke his first word, and stammered through his speech honoring the Jazz's John Stockton at the Salute to Stockton at the Delta Center on Saturday night.
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KSL TV | Jun 8, 2003
Tonight, Utah joined to celebrate 19 years of intense effort and incredible play from the best pure point guard in NBA history in a "Salute to John Stockton".
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 8, 2003
John Stockton retired from the Utah Jazz more than a month ago, and he arrived in street clothes -- unpretentious button-down shirt and khaki pants -- for his final farewell at the Salute to Stockton at the Delta Center on Saturday night.
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ESPN | Jun 8, 2003
It was practically torture for John Stockton, sitting there through more than an hour of accolades and standing ovations.
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Provo Daily Herald | Jun 8, 2003
There are some things you already knew about John Stockton before Saturday night's tribute at the Delta Center.
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MSNBC.com | Jun 8, 2003
Karl Malone is still uncertain about his future with the Utah Jazz.
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Standard-Examiner | Jun 8, 2003
Jazz owner Larry H.
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Deseret Morning News | Jun 8, 2003
If you hoped Karl Malone would take advantage of John Stockton Night to drop a hint about his plans for next season, you hoped in vain.
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Deseret Morning News | Jun 8, 2003
The crowd rose to its feet as John Stockton materialized from behind a haze of smoke and a wall of pulsating music.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 8, 2003
He was shedding tears before he spoke his first word, and stammered through his speech honoring the Jazz's John Stockton at the Salute to Stockton at the Delta Center on Saturday night.
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Deseret Morning News | Jun 8, 2003
Forget all the assists, all the steals, all the game-winning plays.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 8, 2003
None of the 18,000 fans crammed into the Delta Center really knew the man they came to honor Saturday.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 8, 2003
None of the 18,000 fans crammed into the Delta Center really knew the man they came to honor Saturday.
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Standard-Examiner | Jun 8, 2003
John Stockton, the heart and soul of the Jazz franchise for the past 19 years, is Utah's favorite Little Big Man who has meant so much to so many for so long.
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Standard-Examiner | Jun 8, 2003
Over the course of his 19 seasons with the Utah Jazz, John Stockton played in the NBA Finals, he launched 3-pointers with the game in the balance, and he led ridiculous comebacks.
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| Jun 7, 2003
He came down Boone Avenue in the gathering dusk, along the shady sidewalks toward the Gonzaga University administration building, where ancient pictures of Houston Stockton rest silent and venerable.
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| Jun 7, 2003
John Stockton will bid farewell to an enthusiastic audience tonight at the Delta Center.
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The Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 7, 2003
John Stockton and Larry Miller always have known how to get what they want from each other.
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Deseret News | Jun 7, 2003
An overflow crowd will be treated to a free block party on the Delta Center's outside plaza area and the Park Place parking lot, site of the Olympic Medals Plaza during the 2002 Winter Games.
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Desert News | Jun 7, 2003
Festivities for the Jazz's salute to retiring point guard John Stockton get underway at 4 p.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 7, 2003
Jazz owner Larry Miller believes Karl Malone's decision on whether to stay with the Jazz or go elsewhere next season has little to do with money.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 7, 2003
All the speeches, tributes and ovations will be for John Stockton.
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| Jun 6, 2003
All the speeches, tributes and ovations will be for John Stockton.
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| Jun 6, 2003
That means the team plans to offer a contract worth more than what Malone's other likely suitors offer -- but only marginally so.
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Boston.com | Jun 5, 2003
A former manager for pro basketball star Mark Jackson, who allegedly embezzled nearly $3 million from the Utah Jazz guard and spent much of it on high-rolling trips to Las Vegas, was arrested Thursday on federal wire fraud charges.
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El Paso Times | Jun 5, 2003
NBA veteran and former UTEP star Greg Foster said Wednesday he's "disappointed" in assistant coaching salary discussions with his alma mater, which is attempting to fill out second-year coach Billy Gillispie's staff with a fourth assistant.
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The Standard Examinert | Jun 4, 2003
Utah Jazz television partner KJZZ-TV will provide live television coverage of the "Salute to John Stockton" event scheduled for Saturday from 6-7 p.
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The Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 4, 2003
Larry Miller did not even have time to ask the question.
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BritBall.com | Jun 4, 2003
"Jerry last year told me that people who don’t love basketball don’t deserve to play.
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BritBall.com | Jun 4, 2003
"Jerry last year told me that people who don’t love basketball don’t deserve to play.
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Metro Cafe | Jun 3, 2003
Who's going to win the NBA play-offs this week?
It will always be a Western Conference team as the level of competition in the West is higher.
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Standard-Examiner | Jun 3, 2003
Dozens of NBA coaches, scouts and executives, and nearly as many hopeful players, descend on Chicago this week, each trying to find their own good fit.
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Deseret Morning News | Jun 3, 2003
John Stockton's popularity is amazing.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Jun 3, 2003
No offense to the politicians planning to attend, but the guest list for Saturday's Salute to John Stockton became far more interesting to Jazz fans on Monday when the other half of Utah's legendary scoring combination told the team he will take part.
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MSNBC | Jun 2, 2003
The Dallas Mavericks and Utah Jazz will square off in Mexico City, Mexico on October 5.
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Moscow Times | Jun 2, 2003
"Check the ball, man," snapped a tattooed teenager in droopy shorts and a backward baseball cap.
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Idaho Statesman | Jun 1, 2003
Karl Malone is unemployed for the first time in his adult life, not that we need to worry about someone who made $66.
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Dallas Morning News | Jun 1, 2003
Karl Malone told The Dallas Morning News the Mavericks are one of the leading contenders for his services next season.
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Dallas Morning News | Jun 1, 2003
Karl Malone told The Dallas Morning News the Mavericks are one of the leading contenders for his services next season.
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