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Jazz Agree To Terms With McLeod
Terms of the deal were not released. McLeod, rookie Daron Williams and Milt Palacio will be Utah's point guards when the Jazz open training camp next week in Boise. Before joining the Jazz, McLeod played in 33 games with the Minnesota Timberwolves in 2003-04. He went undrafted out of Bowling Green in 2002. Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets McLeod Remains Without A Contract, But Return To Utah Virtually A Lock
The Jazz signed him to a qualifying offer during the summer and will retain his rights unless another team signs him to an offer sheet that the Jazz don't care to match. Utah would likely match any reasonable amount. Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets McLeod Staying In Utah?
“We did have an interest in bringing Keith here, but our feeling is that there isn’t any real chance,” Toronto Raptors General Manager Rob Babcock recently told The Repository. “For what I can gather, Utah would match any offer made for Keith.” McLeod is a restricted free agent, meaning that the Jazz have the opportunity to match any offer sheet he signs. Utah extended a one-year, $937,500 qualifying offer to the 6-foot-2 point guard earlier this summer and seems poised to retain him. “He’s a good defender, he’s a goof ball-handler, he distributes the ball well and he knows how to run our offense,” Jazz Chief Financial Officer Bob Hyde said. “And our offense is one that requires a lot of execution." Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Jazz Sep 2005 Archive
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The Utah Jazz and Keith McLeod agreed to terms Friday, giving the Jazz a third point guard.
McLeod, who made the Jazz as a free agent last fall and ended up as the starter much of the season, was a restricted free agent. McLeod started 47 of the 53 games he played for the Jazz, averaging 7.8 points and 4.5 assists.