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Jazz still pursuing guards

They may have missed out on their dream backcourt of Corey Maggette and Gilbert Arenas, but the Jazz haven't stopped shopping for guards. The Jazz will add a point guard today by signing their own free agent, Carlos Arroyo, to a one-year contract. And Friday, they will turn their attention to Stephen Jackson, showing him around Salt Lake City in an effort to attract the Spurs' shooting guard. Jackson, who averaged 11.8 points and 3.6 rebounds in 80 games for the world champions last season, is not expected to return to San Antonio after the Spurs acquired Ron Mercer, Hedu Turkoglu, Robert Horry and Anthony Carter earlier this month.

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Jazz sign their first free agent

He isn't one of the big names they've been chasing, but the Jazz expect to sign their first free agent of the summer today.

Carlos Arroyo, Utah's No. 3 point guard last season, has agreed to a new deal with the Jazz.

Via Standard-Examiner


Arroyo Today - Jackson Tomorrow?

The Jazz today will re-sign free agent Carlos Arroyo, their No. 3 point guard this past season. The signing, however, does not signal an end to Utah's ongoing search for help at the point. "We're still looking," said Kevin O'Connor, the Jazz's senior vice president of basketball operations. "But," O'Connor added Wednesday, "we're not going to be looking to get somebody with experience just for the sake of getting somebody. He's got to be able to play. Skill is more important than experience." In another development, it is believed the Jazz will bring San Antonio free agent shooting guard Stephen Jackson to Salt Lake for an interview on Friday. Jackson became expendible when the Spurs acquired Sacramento's Hedo Turkoglu and Indiana's Ron Mercer in a trade earlier this month.

Via Deseret Morning News


Jazz Jul 2003 Archive

  • Spurs swingman Jackson to visit

    San Antonio Spurs free-agent swingman Stephen Jackson is scheduled to visit the Nuggets today in Denver.

  • Jazz still pursuing guards

    They may have missed out on their dream backcourt of Corey Maggette and Gilbert Arenas, but the Jazz haven't stopped shopping for guards.

  • Jazz Re-Sign Carlos Arroyo

    The Utah Jazz are still looking for someone to pay the $20 million they have available under the salary cap.

  • Maggette Matched; Terry Talk Misguided

    With the free agent pool getting shallower by the day, the Utah Jazz have missed out on one free agent guard and seem to be leaning away from another.

  • Clippers match offer sheet for Maggette

    The Los Angeles Clippers retained shooting guard Corey Maggette on Tuesday, matching the offer sheet he signed July 14 with the Utah Jazz.

  • Amaechi is scorned in the USA

    As American troops prepared to invade Iraq the concerns of some within the NBA basketball fraternity were on more practical matters.

  • Jazz lose out on guard

    The Jazz still don't know who will play for them next season - Corey Maggette is out, Jason Terry is a possibility - but they do know their schedule.

  • Jazz open Oct. 29 vs. Blazers

    The home opener is three months away.

  • Clippers match Maggette offer

    In one fell swoop Tuesday, the Jazz got some bad news regarding Corey Maggette — and corrected some decidedly inaccurate news about another restricted free agent, combo guard Jason Terry.

  • Mailman back in Utah in January

    The Jazz announced their schedule for next season's other 81 games on Tuesday, too.

  • Jazz 'nowhere near' offer sheet to Terry

    Jason Terry didn't sign an offer sheet with the Utah Jazz Tuesday.

  • Clips match Maggette's deal: Jazz now turning their attention to Terry

    The Jazz decided weeks ago that Corey Maggette is going places in the NBA.

  • Mailman back in Utah in January

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  • Maggette Remains A Clipper

    The Clippers are proud to announce the re-signing of forward Corey Maggette.

  • Terry has offer from Jazz

    The agent for Jason Terry said Monday that the Hawks' restricted free agent guard has been given an offer sheet from the Utah Jazz and could sign this week.

  • What's next Jazz?

    The pool of top NBA free agents has evaporated quicker than reservoirs in the sweltering Utah sun, but if the Jazz are worried, they aren't letting on.

  • Jazz might poach Terry from Hawks

    Two days before the clock expires on Corey Maggette, the Jazz may be about to start another one.

  • Revue lineup is Jazz future — and present

    The future of the Utah Jazz is in the hands of kids.

  • Revue ends with a Jazz victory

    With another Rocky Mountain Revue summer league in the books, the Jazz have a clearer picture now of what the fall may hold.

  • Jazz owner awaits opportunity

    You might imagine that millions of dollars of potential profit would take the sting out of rejection by NBA free agents.

  • Jazz 71, Knicks 68

    (From Sunday) The Rocky Mountain Revue ended Saturday night.

  • Jazz owner awaits opportunity

    You might imagine that millions of dollars of potential profit would take the sting out of rejection by NBA free agents.

  • Jazz adjusting to new offense

    With John Stockton retired and Karl Malone off to the Los Angeles Lakers, you can kiss goodbye to the Jazz's predictable offense as well.

  • Revue a big step for Lopez, Borchardt

    They spent the last year riding the team bus, hanging around the locker room, sitting behind the Jazz bench in the Delta Center.

  • Jazz struggling to find parts

    Like the triangle offense or the full-court press, the strategy of hoarding salary-cap space for a free-agent splash looks great on paper -- but takes the right players to make it work.

  • Miller stakes raised twice

    The Nuggets upped their ante Tuesday in the Brad Miller sweepstakes.

  • Pacers may climb back in running for Miller

    The Indiana Pacers had renewed hope of retaining Brad Miller on Tuesday, as the center's future seemed more undecided than ever.

  • Orlando re-signs DeClercq, Lue considering Utah

    Honoring a promise he made to head coach Doc Rivers a day after Orlando was eliminated from the playoffs, Andrew DeClercq re-signed with the Magic on Tuesday.

  • Miller stakes raised twice

    The Nuggets upped their ante Tuesday in the Brad Miller sweepstakes.

  • Brad Miller ponders offers

    Indiana free-agent center Brad Miller still hasn't made a decision.

  • Pacers trying to persuade Miller to stay with team

    One day after appearing resigned to losing their All-Star center to either Utah or Denver, Indiana Pacers officials expressed renewed hope of keeping free agent Brad Miller on the team.

  • Mottola wants more San Antonio memories

    Hanno Mottola has fond memories of San Antonio, and he would like to add more.

  • Miller is taking his time mulling Jazz

    Brad Miller is big and strong, but not especially fast.

  • NBA veteran tests Jazz rookie

    It was the sort of subtle battle of wills that goes on all the time in an NBA game, but this time it was a little different.

  • Kings may be eyeing big deal

    The Kings have been on the sidelines during the recent free-agent period, but that doesn't mean they've been idle.

  • Jazz still awaiting word

    While the Jazz spent Monday night waiting for word from free agent Brad Miller and official news on Corey Maggette's status, Karl Malone stopped by Salt Lake Community College to take in a Rocky Mountain Revue game.

  • Jazz still awaiting word

    While the Jazz spent Monday night waiting for word from free agent Brad Miller and official news on Corey Maggette's status, Karl Malone stopped by Salt Lake Community College to take in a Rocky Mountain Revue game.

  • Is Arenas D.C.-bound?

    A Washington Post story could spell trouble for the Jazz's chances at landing Los Angeles Clippers restricted free agent shooting guard Corey Maggette.

  • Nuggets make all-star offer

    The Nuggets made their move to acquire an NBA all-star Monday by offering free-agent center Brad Miller a contract in the six-year, $49 million range, according to sources close to the team.

  • Questions in the middle

    With no method of getting into the game, the Indiana Pacers have all but declared it a loss.

  • 'Mo-tivation' is key in Jazz win against Dallas

    Mo Williams left Alabama after his sophomore season to seek fame and fortune in the NBA.

  • Offers take Miller out of Mavs' reach

    Another big man on the Mavericks' free-agent wish list is on the verge on signing elsewhere.

  • Boyette feeling love at 'home'

    The Jazz and their fans are making Jermaine Boyette feel right at home.

  • Center Miller Unlikely to Be Knick

    Brad Miller, last of the major free-agent centers, is inching closer to a big-money contract that could force him to leave Indiana, but despite the Knicks' undeniable interest, they remain longshots to pull off a deal that would give them the size they lack in the middle.

  • Heat out in the cold on free agents

    As the NBA's free-agent list dwindles, the Heat remains an outsider in the process, despite having the inside edge of more than $12 million in salary-cap space.

  • Jazz offers a 'boatload'

    The Utah Jazz might have priced the Denver Nuggets out of the Brad Miller derby.

  • Arenas to Jazz now unlikely

    A bidding war the Jazz can't possibly win has developed over free-agent guard Gilbert Arenas of Golden State.

  • Deconstructing DeShawn, in summers past

    After another impressive performance in the Rocky Mountain Revue, DeShawn Stevenson pronounced himself ready to make an impact with the Jazz during the regular season.

  • Jazz face Dallas in Revue tonight

    After taking Sunday off from the nine-team, nine-day Rocky Mountain Revue, the Jazz resume summer-league play tonight with a 6 p.

  • Deconstructing DeShawn, in summers past

    After another impressive performance in the Rocky Mountain Revue, DeShawn Stevenson pronounced himself ready to make an impact with the Jazz during the regular season.

  • Nuggets pursue the Millers

    It's looking more and more as if the Los Angeles Clippers won't match the six-year, $51 million offer sheet that restricted free-agent point guard Andre Miller signed last Wednesday with the Denver Nuggets.

  • Anthony scores 18 but Nuggets falter

    Carmelo Anthony scored 18 points in a team-high 32 minutes for the Denver Nuggets Saturday night during an 82-71 loss to the Utah Jazz in the teams' opening game of the Rocky Mountain Revue summer league.

  • No decision by Brad Miller

    Pacers free-agent center Brad Miller returned to Indiana on Saturday night from a three-day Rocky Mountain tour without a clear vision of his immediate NBA future.

  • Indiana's Brad Miller center of attention

    And on the fourth day of the NBA free-agent signing period, nothing happened.

  • Lopez, Borchardt sit out

    Neither Raul Lopez nor Curtis Borchardt played for the Jazz on Saturday, but their stints on the sidelines weren't believed to be setbacks to their injury recoveries.

  • Another Jazz pick has injury

    Add shooting guard Sasha Pavlovic to the growing list of Jazz first-round picks with a problem.

  • Lopez quick, skilled, rusty

    The future point guard of the Utah Jazz emerges from the training room looking like a refugee from a boy band.

  • Sloan looks to future

    He outlasted his two best players, one who retired, another who took his title ambitions elsewhere.

  • Jazz handle charge from 'stacked' Nuggets

    On paper, the Jazz should not have stood a chance in Saturday night's Rocky Mountain Revue game against Denver.

  • Indiana's Brad Miller center of attention

    And on the fourth day of the NBA free-agent signing period, nothing happened.

  • No decision by Brad Miller

    Pacers free-agent center Brad Miller returned to Indiana on Saturday night from a three-day Rocky Mountain tour without a clear vision of his immediate NBA future.

  • Clippers intend to keep Brand but won't rush

    The Clippers reiterated Friday they intend to match the six-year, $82 million dollar offer sheet received by restricted free-agent power forward Elton Brand from the Miami Heat.

  • Miller leans toward exit

    The Indiana Pacers could be a day late and a few million dollars short in the Brad Miller sweepstakes.

  • Jazz hoping for Miller Time

    They lost Andre Miller.

  • Miller leans toward exit

    The Indiana Pacers could be a day late and a few million dollars short in the Brad Miller sweepstakes.

  • Jazz hoping for Miller Time

    They lost Andre Miller.

  • Nuggets covet 2nd Miller, this one Brad

    It was an odd-looking scene.

  • Rocky start for Jazz

    The new guys were the main attraction for the Jazz Friday night, but it was the NBA veterans who stood out.

  • First revues: DeShawn shows 2 sides in loss

    At times in Utah's 89-84 Rocky Mountain Revue overtime loss Friday to the Phoenix Suns, DeShawn Stevenson played like a three-year veteran.

  • A party like this is tough to leave

    The party's over.

  • Jazz eye 'other' Miller

    The Jazz remain in the running for Indiana Pacers free agent center Brad Miller, whose visit to Salt Lake late this week was deemed a good one by Chicago-based agent Mark Bartelstein.

  • Stockton's assist helped deliver Malone to L.A.

    It turns out John Stockton had one final assist to make, one last deft move — a championship for the Lakers.

  • Monson: When the devil starts to wear a halo

    Karl Malone is in No Man's Land.

  • Jazz 'Ruffin it' in OT defeat

    On a night when DeShawn Stevenson scored 27 points and injury-plagued rookies Raul Lopez and Curtis Borchardt made their long-awaited debuts, Michael Ruffin might have been the big story for the Jazz.

  • Where He’s Always Wanted To Be

    It’s October of 2002 and while most NBA fans are looking forward to training camp and preseason games, Raul Lopezis about to fulfill a life long dream.

  • DeShawn Stevenson Chat Transcript

    Jazz veteran DeShawn Stevenson chatted live on utahjazz.

  • Borchardt eager to start pro career

    For Curtis Borchardt, the nightmare ends tonight.

  • Jazz trim roster, Boyette survives cut

    Weber State's Jermaine Boyette survived the cut on Thursday when the Jazz trimmed their summer roster to 12 players heading into tonight's opener of the Rocky Mountain Revue.

  • New Lakers all smiles

    Mitch Kupchak was told he had an important telephone call, and the first words he heard were rather upsetting.

  • Jazz trim Revue roster

    The Jazz have trimmed their roster from 20 to 12 for the Rocky Mountain Revue summer league, which gets under way for Utah tonight with a 6 p.

  • Karl wants 32 to stay Magic

    For 18 seasons in Utah, Karl Malone wore nothing but No.

  • Ring dream: Malone in L.A.

    Dressed in blue jeans and a gray California-cool sleeveless muscle shirt, Karl Malone strolled into Los Angeles like he has played here all his life.

  • The money game is on in recruiting Brad Miller

    Indiana Pacer center Brad Miller spent Thursday night in Salt Lake City.

  • Payton, Malone on a mission

    It wasn't about the Benjamins or even the Alexanders, although Gary Payton and Karl Malone still can afford to super-size on their 2003-2004 Lakers wage.

  • Johnson offers Malone his No. 32 jersey

    Shortly after modeling a Lakers jersey with 32 on the front and "MALONE" on the back Thursday, Karl Malone folded up the purple, size-XXX uniform and announced that he's keeping it as a souvenir.

  • Jazz finalize 12-man roster for Revue

    It's Opening Night at the Rocky Mountain Revue and -- just in time for the occasion -- the Jazz trimmed their cast of characters.

  • The money game is on in recruiting Brad Miller

    Indiana Pacer center Brad Miller spent Thursday night in Salt Lake City.

  • Clippers to Match Brand Offer Sheet

    The Clippers notified Elton Brand's agent Thursday that they intended to retain the power forward's services by matching the six-year, $82.

  • Jazz sign Maggette, lose out on Brand

    The Jazz have not landed top-target Elton Brand as they had hoped, but they were able to get Los Angeles Clippers shooting guard Corey Maggette to sign on the proper line.

  • Pacers' center Brad Miller may visit Jazz

    With Corey Maggette signed to an offer sheet and Elton Brand lost to Miami, to which prospective NBA free agent signee will the Jazz turn next? How about Indiana Pacers' Eastern Conference All-Star center Brad Miller? Miller may visit with Jazz officials in Salt Lake this week, Miller's Chicago-based agent, Mark Bartelstein, said Wednesday night.

  • Malone meets press today

    Eighteen-year Jazz vet Karl Malone will be introduced as one of the two newest members of the Los Angeles Lakers at a news conference this morning.

  • Clippers now free to decide

    Michael Olowokandi stuck to his word.

  • Brad Miller to visit Utah, Denver

    Now that the Indiana Pacers are ready to focus their attention on Brad Miller, Miller is ready to take a look elsewhere.

  • Brad Miller to visit Utah, Denver

    Now that the Indiana Pacers are ready to focus their attention on Brad Miller, Miller is ready to take a look elsewhere.

  • Nuggets sign one Miller, hope to secure another

    The Denver Nuggets already have offered one Miller millions.

  • Taking it slow

    McCarty's market has only started to take shape.

  • Legal charges won't affect Warriors' pursuit

    On the first day NBA teams could sign free agents, the Warriors did not lure back point guard Gilbert Arenas or lose him to another club.

  • Jazz set to make pitch at Brad Miller

    If this were a playoff series, Jazz vs.

  • Will the Clippers match?

    Even an explosive, athletic player like Corey Maggette will have trouble, should he somehow end up wearing a Jazz uniform this fall, topping the move he executed Tuesday night.

  • Miller's choices grow with free agency

    Only one better-than-decent center remains on the free agent market, and plenty of teams were wondering Wednesday whether there was a way to acquire Brad Miller of the Indiana Pacers.

  • Maggette signs Jazz deal

    If the Los Angeles Clippers are going to keep guard Corey Maggette, the Jazz made sure owner Donald Sterling feels a financial sting.

  • Manley, Malone taking a big gamble

    For a man who made his fortune collecting coins, Dwight Manley certainly seems to lack a sports agent's insatiable hunger for cash.

  • Brand Signs Heat's Offer

    Free agent Elton Brand signed an offer sheet with the Miami Heat on Wednesday, a move that will force the Los Angeles Clippers to match the deal or lose the rights to the former All-Star forward.

  • Jazz Looking at Robert Horry

    The Mavericks, San Antonio, Utah and the Lakers are in the hunt for Horry, although he said he hasn't yet received any offers.

  • With no Stockton or Malone, Jazz play new tune

    First, a prediction: Karl Malone didn't leave Utah on great terms, clashing again with owner Larry Miller and parting with particular disdain for general manager Kevin O'Connor, but he will finish his career with the Jazz in the name of symbolism.

  • Can Jazz fill voids?

    The Jazz still don't know if their aim will hit the mark on top-target Elton Brand, and they can't be certain whether or not the Los Angeles Clippers will match their offer to shooting guard Corey Maggette.

  • Dear Karl: How to survive L.A.

    So today is the big day, Karl.

  • Borchardt playing 5-on-5, is pain-free

    When Utah's 7-foot center Curtis Borchardt injured his right foot for the third time about this time last year, the prognosis was good, but as the days went by, it got worse and worse.

  • No. 2 pick confident he can help fill Stockton's void

    No matter who the Jazz's point guard is next season, the back of his jersey might as well read "Not Stockton.

  • Waiting game set to begin

    Schmoozing the players, strong-arming the agents, blueprinting the strategy -- that was the easy part of the free-agent process.

  • Payton, Malone give Lakers autographs

    Karl Malone and Gary Payton became Lakers on Tuesday evening, and the NBA's balance of power tilted hard toward Figueroa and 11th streets.

  • Heat ready to offer Brand $82.2M

    Less than a week after saying he might take a passive approach to the NBA's free-agent signing period, Heat coach Pat Riley is poised to make a splash similar to those he previously has made in South Florida with the high-stakes additions of Alonzo Mourning, Eddie Jones and Brian Grant.

  • MALONE: L.A. fans are wary of star

    The lesson from the Lakers' impending free-agent signing of Karl Malone seems to be that almost any amount of fan loathing can be forgotten for the sake of a championship.

  • Payton, Malone officially sign on dotted line

    True to their word, future Hall of Famers Karl Malone and Gary Payton signed contracts with the Los Angeles Lakers.

  • Jazz will play waiting game

    The Jazz have taken a big step toward settling some of the uncertainty over next season"s roster, but they still have to play the waiting game.

  • Monson: Jazz inspire optimistic skepticism

    Confused by your own thoughts and emotions regarding the Jazz, where they are, and the direction in which they are going? The success or the brick wall at which they currently are hurtling? Complete the following 10 sentences and discover your precise whereabouts in the modified Stabelford Skeptic-O-Meter scoring system.

  • Waiting game set to begin

    Schmoozing the players, strong-arming the agents, blueprinting the strategy -- that was the easy part of the free-agent process.

  • Clips Pricing Jazz Out of Brand?

    The Clippers, notorious for letting players go when prices were a lot lower, have never been under such siege, with all but one of last season's starting five about to get $40 million-plus offers.

  • Majerus believes Miller, Nuggets are a good fit

    The Denver Nuggets might have to wait two weeks to find out if they have landed Andre Miller.

  • Guard Arenas on back burner

    While on a plane to Los Angeles on Monday morning, Golden State Warriors free-agent guard Gilbert Arenas read that someone else will be the Nuggets' next point guard.

  • Jazz think Maggette's their man

    The free agent shuffle begins across the NBA tonight, and even with a large number of deals already committed to, the Jazz might not know where they stand until the end of the month.

  • Delivering to Mailman isn't easy

    To: Los Angeles at large.

  • Work begins for Weber State's Boyette

    Back home in Indiana, Jermaine Boyette spent the night of the 2003 NBA Draft shooting hoops, playing some pool and just plain "kicking it" with friends.

  • Utah's 2000 draftee wants to work his way into the rotation

    His minutes slashed near zero, his game reduced to practice-court caddy, his frustration boiling over in a tirade that got him suspended during the playoffs, DeShawn Stevenson rode out of Utah last May an excellent candidate for malcontent status.

  • Jazz focus moves to Arenas

    The NBA's free-agent sweepstakes is a lot like the basketball season itself, the Jazz are learning: Some you win, some you lose, and some go into overtime.

  • Maggette, Miller to test Clippers

    Whether it has been Clippers general manager Elgin Baylor or executive vice president Andy Roeser, the Clippers have repeatedly said they will match any offer sheet any of their players receives.

  • Jazz focus moves to Arenas

    The NBA's free-agent sweepstakes is a lot like the basketball season itself, the Jazz are learning: Some you win, some you lose, and some go into overtime.

  • Utah's 2000 draftee wants to work his way into the rotation

    His minutes slashed near zero, his game reduced to practice-court caddy, his frustration boiling over in a tirade that got him suspended during the playoffs, DeShawn Stevenson rode out of Utah last May an excellent candidate for malcontent status.

  • Jazz lure Maggette

    The Jazz have convinced a free-agent guard from the Clippers to sign with Utah.

  • Road Goes Through LA

    Congratulations, Gary and Karl, on your forthcoming rings.

  • Miller, Maggette ready to leave Clippers

    The Los Angeles Clippers face their first two decisions of free agency after restricted free agents Andre Miller and Corey Maggette agreed to sign offer sheets with other teams.

  • Maggette's likely on his way to Utah

    The Denver Nuggets have nabbed one Los Angeles Clippers player but have lost another.

  • Maggette's likely on his way to Utah

    The Denver Nuggets have nabbed one Los Angeles Clippers player but have lost another.

  • Jazz sorry Miller is headed elsewhere

    For months, maybe years, the vision of Andre Miller perhaps playing the point for the Jazz was one shared by franchise fans and officials alike.

  • Miller commits to Nuggets

    Los Angeles Clippers restricted free agent point guard Andre Miller has agreed to sign with the Denver Nuggets, a source within the NBA said Sunday.

  • Jazz add Boyette to camp roster

    The Jazz have made three additions to their Rocky Mountain Revue training camp roster, including Weber State product Jermaine Boyette.

  • Boyette towork out at Jazz camp

    The Jazz are bringing back one of the state's former college stars, and it has nothing to do with their courtship of Andre Miller.

  • HILL: Fabulous Foursome looks good for Lakers

    Tell your Uncle Pete to embrace the hardship of light beer and start squeezing off a few 3-pointers.

  • LAYDEN'S HAPPY FOR FRIEND MALONE

    Scott Layden is given a large dose of credit for Utah's drafting of Karl Malone, but the Knicks GM had a better chance of signing retired John Stockton than delivering the Mailman to New York.

  • Wrong address for Mailman

    Jewelers are already lining up to produce the next championship rings for the Lakers now that they've gotten commitments from Gary Payton and Karl Malone.

  • Stars still drawing interest

    Gary Payton will be back in town Tuesday, Karl Malone about the same time.

  • Miller, Nuggets seek deal

    Los Angeles Clippers free-agent point guard Andre Miller has committed to sign with the Nuggets, according to NBA sources.

  • Malone, Payton Still in Demand

    Gary Payton will be back in town Tuesday, Karl Malone about the same time.

  • Miller appears headed to Denver

    A longtime friend of Andre Miller's said earlier this month that it would take "something strange, something out of the blue" to prevent the point guard from playing for the Utah Jazz next season.

  • Spurs no champs of offseason

    The Spurs aren't exactly in tears that Jason Kidd turned them down.

  • TWO-TIME MVP

    Walking through chilly downtown Atlanta in search of a cab -- Malone had killed time during an off night on the NBA schedule by attending a Georgia-Georgia Tech game at the Omni -- the Utah Jazz's star power forward turned a corner and nearly stepped on the Man.

  • The Record, When might Malone pass Kareem?

    March 1, 2005.

  • Malone: Most Significant Games

    June 12, 1998 -- With the Jazz facing elimination and the city of Chicago ready to celebrate another championship by the Bulls, Malone outplays Michael Jordan.

  • Layden's happy for friend Malone

    Scott Layden is given a large dose of credit for Utah's drafting of Karl Malone, but the Knicks GM had a better chance of signing retired John Stockton than delivering the Mailman to New York.

  • Malone saga explained

    There was once a time, not so long ago, that the notion of Karl Malone playing in any NBA uniform besides that of the Jazz bordered on blasphemy.

  • Miller to Sign with Denver

    Los Angeles Clippers free-agent point guard Andre Miller has committed to sign with the Nuggets, according to NBA sources speaking to The Denver Post.

  • Jazz's job gets a little tougher

    Never in their most extravagant fantasies did the Jazz imagine that Jason Kidd would play for Utah.

  • Maggette and Arenas apparently off Utah wish list

    Scratch Corey Maggette and, apparently, Gilbert Arenas from Utah's wish list.

  • Question is: How will Malone leave?

    After 18 seasons in Utah, Karl Malone is taking his NBA championship aspirations to the Los Angeles Lakers.

  • Report: Maggette receives offer

    Contrary to an ESPN.

  • Malone fit in well in Utah -- too well, say some

    Upon John Stockton's retirement, Karl Malone thanked his old friend for seeing beyond race.

  • Extra Point: Spoiled Jazz fans must start search for new star

    Karl Malone had a difficult decision to make.

  • Jermaine joins Jazz

    Former Weber State point guard Jermaine Boyette is returning to his home away from home.

  • Question is: How will Malone leave?

    After 18 seasons in Utah, Karl Malone is taking his NBA championship aspirations to the Los Angeles Lakers.

  • Jazz Fans Happy for Malone

    Stockton and Malone have been synonymous with the Jazz for as long as many Utahns can remember.

  • By Howard Beck

    The long tease ended Thursday, and preparations for the long, raucous party to come began.

  • Malone splits for L.A.

    Utah's most famous Mailman has decided to deliver in a slightly more glamorous location.

  • So long, Karl

    In the end it resembled a telephone call that lingers too long.

  • Mailman takes new route

    The long tease ended Thursday, and preparations for the long, raucous party to come began.

  • Mailman's route unclear

    Now that we've established that Karl Malone is definitely gone, we can look down the road to the next intriguing question: Will he be welcomed back? And that doesn't mean welcomed back to the Delta Center, where he'll likely get a mostly warm reception from Jazz fans when he and his Laker teammates — you were aware that Malone plans to play for the Lakers, right? — show up in Salt Lake next season.

  • On The Street

  • Malone for championship, not mentoring young Jazz

    Karl Malone had so many attractive offers to play elsewhere next season, his agent said, "it was like comparing diamonds.

  • Mailman's new address: Los Angeles

    Free agent Karl Malone, the NBA's second-leading all-time scorer, committed Thursday to join the Los Angeles Lakers, giving them a lineup with four superstars.

  • Off to L.A.

    K

  • Malone for championship, not mentoring young Jazz

    Karl Malone had so many attractive offers to play elsewhere next season, his agent said, "it was like comparing diamonds.

  • Is Malone noble or disloyal?

    This is all Michael Jordan's fault, you know.

  • Malone: Delivering in Utah

    1985 Karl Malone is picked 13th in 1985 NBA draft by Utah Jazz.

  • Malone and Miller still partners -- in business

    During the past 18 years, Karl Malone and Larry Miller have come to share more than the usual intimacy between temperamental star forward and emotional team owner -- they have become successful business partners off the court.

  • Lakers receive special delivery

    (via Los Angeles Times) And so the Los Angeles Lakers became the hunted again, larger and more talented than anyone else, when Karl Malone telephoned Thursday to say he too would join them for next season.

  • Payton and Malone for $6.4 million? Yes, please!

    Don't even ask.

  • His signing is sealed, delivered

    Making real what he considered for years and wanted for months, Karl Malone said Thursday he will sign with the Los Angeles Lakers next week.

  • Jazz are courting a pair of Millers

    One Miller is visiting Utah and may soon join the Jazz.

  • Malone makes move, heads to Lakers

    Free-agent power forward Karl Malone, the NBA's second-leading all-time scorer, committed Thursday to join the Los Angeles Lakers, giving them a lineup with four superstars.

  • Point guards prove a hot commodity

    The Denver Nuggets are continuing their courting of Andre Miller.

  • Revue offers future look

    Want to get a look at the Jazz of the future? The Utah Jazz announced Wednesday that DeShawn Stevenson, Curtis Borchardt and Raul Lopez, along with new draftees Aleksandar Pavlovic and Mo Williams will head a list of 17 players invited to participate in the 2003 summer training camp.

  • Kupchak awaits word from Malone regarding Lakers' decision

    The day after the Lakers endured their first playoff series loss in four years, General Manager Mitch Kupchak made the following solemn statement: "I would hope and think that any of our players, any of our coaches, or anyone else in this organization that even contemplates taking a shortcut this summer is making a gross error in judgment.

  • Kings need another delivery service for the NBA title

    What looked to be a rather quiet offseason for the Kings, suddenly has turned frenetic.

  • Mailman set to deliver

    Free agent Karl Malone will reveal today where he plans to continue his NBA career, agent Dwight Manley said late Wednesday night.

  • Malone Says He'll Make Up Mind Today

    Jazz forward Karl Malone may be ready to add "former" to that description.

  • Hundley to spend two days in jail for DUI

    The man known as the distinctive voice of Utah Jazz basketball, "Hot Rod" Hundley, pleaded guilty to DUI charges in Salt Lake County Justice Court on Wednesday.

  • Deja vu for Miller in SLC

    Andre Miller has taken recruiting trips to Salt Lake City before, but he expects the one he embarks on this morning with the Jazz won't much resemble his tour of the University of Utah a decade ago.

  • Jazz are courting a pair of Millers

    One Miller is visiting Utah and may soon join the Jazz.

  • Jazz release Revue roster, schedule

    The Jazz on Wednesday released a 17-player training camp roster for the nine-team, nine-day Rocky Mountain Revue summer league, which opens July 18 at Salt Lake Community College.

  • Jazz release Revue roster, schedule

  • Magic Number May Be Malone's

    If Karl Malone chooses to play for the Lakers, and that was still undecided as of Wednesday night, he could wear Magic Johnson's No.

  • Happy to Assist

    All of the September talk will be about the basketballs, and exactly how many the Lakers plan to roll out every night now that Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant and Gary Payton and, maybe, Karl Malone are there.

  • It's Glove in Hand

    Gary Payton unofficially became a Laker Tuesday, committing for next season and perhaps beyond, joining Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant on what in the next few days could become one of the great NBA rosters assembled.

  • Jazz, Pavlovic close to a deal

    The Jazz are close to signing 2003 first-round draft choice Sasha Pavlovic, but it remains to be seen if the shooting guard from Serbia-Montenegro will be signed, sealed and delivered in time to play for Utah in the Rocky Mountain Revue summer league that begins next week.

  • L.A. delivers for Malone

    Karl Malone might be as good a general manager as he is a power forward.

  • Arenas, Miller go shopping

    Two point guards.

  • Miller extends Denver visit

    The Denver Nuggets will continue their courting of Andre Miller today.

  • Manley: Karl selects contender

    The Mailman may be headed for a new neighborhood.

  • Report: Gary Payton agrees to join Lakers

    Gary Payton has agreed to sign with the Los Angeles Lakers, ESPN.

  • Is Malone gone?

    Even with all signs now pointing toward free agent Karl Malone's imminent departure from Utah, the Mailman's agent on Monday night adamantly maintained his client still has not decided where he plans to play next season.

  • Payton to 'follow dream' with Lakers

    Aaron Goodwin, the agent for Gary Payton, told ESPN's David Aldridge Tuesday afternoon that Payton has chosen to sign a free-agent contract with the Los Angeles Lakers, despite L.

  • All that's left is delivery confirmation

    Karl Malone is prepared to join the Lakers -- with or without Gary Payton at his side -- and it might be only a matter of days before the 14-time All-Star makes an oral commitment, according to sources close to the situation.

  • Lakers get closer to deal for Jazz's Malone

    Karl Malone is prepared to join the Lakers, with or without Gary Payton at his side, and it might be only a matter of days before the 14-time All-Star makes a verbal commitment, according to sources close to the situation.

  • Utah Jazz sign partnership with Reebok

    With the free agent market now open, the Jazz made their first move.

  • Arenas, Miller go shopping

    Two point guards.

  • What we know is Kobe has nice shot

    I probably know Kobe Bryant a lot better than you do.

  • New Bull Newble? Paxson to huddle with free agent today

    Newble likely wouldn't command the entire mid-level exception, enabling the Bulls to pursue another player, such as Kendall Gill or Voshon Lenard.

  • Lakers await Payton's move

    Another day, another scenario, and the Los Angeles Lakers held steady on Saturday to the hope Gary Payton could be content with less money in Los Angeles, and that Karl Malone would not grow impatient in Salt Lake City while Payton chose his career path.

  • Malone won't get ball in L.A.

    There have been times in Karl Malone's career when he felt unloved and unwanted.

  • Video screen worth more than Malone?

    And now, here with today's news and commentary is the guy who unsuccessfully tried to organize the first Rainbow Family four-person scramble golf event .

  • Malone narrows options

    After considering contract proposals from several suitors, free-agent Karl Malone has narrowed the list of NBA franchises with which he will consider signing, his agent said Saturday night.

  • Lakers might be All-Star fortified with Malone, Payton

    Anyone wondering what will produce the most intrigue for next season, it may ultimately be the All-Star dominated, revamped version of the Los Angeles Lakers.

  • Celtics courted Malone

    Despite the best recruiting efforts of Celtics director of basketball operations Danny Ainge, it appears free agent power forward Karl Malone will remain in the West.

  • It's only fun until someone loses a contract

    In his spare time, Karl Malone likes to ride motorcycles and hunt for animals in the wilderness.

  • Chat with Matt

    Jazz forward Matt Harpring will chat live on Tuesday, July 8 at 10:00 a.

  • Mailman could post in L.A.

    Well, it appears that those Utah Jazz fans among you who have grown weary of Karl Malone's chronic complaining, off-season pouting and posturing, and his seemingly annual threats to go play someplace else may finally get your wish.

  • Mailman makes Forbes 100 list

    According to Forbes, it pays to be The Mailman.

  • Ex-Jazz players trying to make comebacks

    A couple of former Jazz big men are trying to revive their NBA careers.

  • Karl should get title, come back

    Everyone's got an opinion on what Karl Malone will do, or should do, now that he's officially a free agent for the first time in his career.

  • Malone leaving is win-win deal

    Larry H.

  • Jazz's Miller loses money for 4th year in row

    On the court, the Jazz have been winners for 18 consecutive years.

  • Malone narrows options

    After considering contract proposals from several suitors, free-agent Karl Malone has narrowed the list of NBA franchises with which he will consider signing, his agent said Saturday night.

  • Jazz Charts

    Jazz payroll comparison.

  • Jazz appreciate when this tax man calls

    On the court, the Jazz have been winners for 18 consecutive years.

  • Name Game: Malone tops TSN good guy rankings

    Karl Malone often tests the patience of Utah Jazz fans when he opens his mouth.

  • Agent Signals Lakers That the Glove May Fit

    Gary Payton spoke at some length with Phil Jackson on Friday afternoon, continued his near-daily dialogue with Shaquille O'Neal, and perhaps moved closer to joining Karl Malone in Los Angeles with the Lakers.

  • NBA teams, fans must wait

    Inquiring, independent, free-thinking minds want to know: Which NBA free-agents will the Jazz sign? Can they land Elton Brand? Is Andre Miller returning to Utah to play the point? Will the Los Angeles Clippers really match each offer received by their four restricted free agent agents, including three whom the Jazz covet: Brand, Miller and Corey Maggette? Will the Denver Nuggets sign those the Jazz cannot, like Maggette or maybe even Miller? Is Karl Malone staying, or going? "Right now," Jazz director of player personnel Walt Perrin said, "everyone wants to know.

  • Boston's Ainge meets with Malone

    Move over, Los Angeles Lakers.

  • C's push for Mailman fails

    While all indications from Danny Ainge were that this would be a quiet free agent time for the Celtics, the opposite was true this week.

  • NBA teams, fans must wait

    Inquiring, independent, free-thinking minds want to know: Which NBA free-agents will the Jazz sign? Can they land Elton Brand? Is Andre Miller returning to Utah to play the point? Will the Los Angeles Clippers really match each offer received by their four restricted free agent agents, including three whom the Jazz covet: Brand, Miller and Corey Maggette? Will the Denver Nuggets sign those the Jazz cannot, like Maggette or maybe even Miller? Is Karl Malone staying, or going? "Right now," Jazz director of player personnel Walt Perrin said, "everyone wants to know.

  • Malone-Lakers rumor hot

    Karl Malone may be headed to the Lakers, and no amount of green -- in his paycheck or on his uniform -- is likely to convince him otherwise.

  • Free agents stay active

    Three days after the NBA's free-agent market opened, the Jazz's cart is no fuller than when their summer shopping extravaganza began.

  • Mailman, Jazz meet

    On Tuesday, Jazz basketball operations vice president Kevin O'Connor said he had no plans to travel to the Los Angeles area to meet Wednesday with Karl Malone and his agent.

  • A Laker Makeover Could Be in the Mail

    The Lakers' negotiations with Karl Malone have gone so well that they are considering the possibility they could sign him and still offer their full mid-level exception to Gary Payton.

  • Speedy quick to notice Knick

    Speedy Claxton has a visit to Orlando scheduled for today.

  • Malone at Front of the Line

    Karl Malone met with Laker General Manager Mitch Kupchak on Wednesday, becoming the first of what could be several free agents to come through Los Angeles in the next week or so.

  • Jazz should have buying power next year, too

    Being one of only four teams with real money to spend on free agents puts the Jazz in a great position this summer.

  • LAKERS: Pursuing players

    Mitch Kupchak's search for a top-tier power forward took him Wednesday to Orange County, where he met with Karl Malone and his agent for several hours on Day 2 of the NBA's free-agent negotiating period.

  • Revue games planned

    Utah Jazz senior vice president of marketing and sales, Jay Francis, and Reebok announced today they have signed a multi-year contract making Reebok the title sponsor of the Reebok Rocky Mountain Revue.

  • Austin looking for a revival in Dallas

    Ike Austin started his NBA career in 1991 with the Utah Jazz as a teammate of Karl Malone.

  • Like Jazz, Denver mining for gold

    They are rebuilding under strong front-office leadership, with plenty of playing time available.

  • Rocky Mtn. Revue, Reebok lace up

    The usually laid-back Rocky Mountain Revue has gone corporate.

  • Lewis: Mailman's celebration premature

    The NBA's free agency period is in full swing.

  • Malone is reviewing offers

    After enjoying his first full day as a free agent by flying Tuesday from Utah to California, Jazz power forward Karl Malone intends to get down to business today with agent Dwight Manley.

  • Denver: Miller over Arenas?

    Miller said the other team high on his list is Utah, which, like the Nuggets, will have plenty of salary-cap room.

  • Mailman is main man during Jazz contract talks

    Karl Malone is a relaxed free agent.

  • Malone a fit for big 3 out West

    Even before the NBA's summer free-agency market opened, Karl Malone, the Jazz's biggest-name free agent, identified four of the teams with which he would be interested in signing should The Mailman decide to depart Utah.

  • Malone shows up on Mavs' short list

    It was not long ago that power forward Karl Malone declared the Dallas Mavericks to be quite high on a very short list of NBA teams with which he would consider should he decide to leave Utah this summer.

  • Who will come to take the cash?

    So the Jazz are in a position they never have been in before.

  • One less option for Mailman

    The basketball bazaar called free agency opened for business Tuesday, with the Jazz and Karl Malone's agent busily discussing plans for next season with several other parties.

  • One less option for Mailman

    The basketball bazaar called free agency opened for business Tuesday, with the Jazz and Karl Malone's agent busily discussing plans for next season with several other parties.

  • Jazz hopes may be up to Clippers

    The Jazz's pursuit of high-profile free agents, which begins in earnest today, might be doomed already.

  • Rock on

    To borrow a line from Lord of the Rings: And so it begins.

  • Mailman remains Jazz top priority

    Karl Malone is one relaxed free agent.