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Jazz Considering Eric Williams And Linton Johnson III
Both are 6-foot-8 forwards with NBA experience. Johnson has played in parts of four seasons and averaged 4.2 points and 3.0 rebounds with the Hornets last season. Williams, 35, is a 12-year veteran who played with Charlotte and San Antonio in 2006-07. The Jazz have 13 players already under contract, with qualifying offers still out to C.J. Miles and Dee Brown. Johnson and Williams are possibilities should O'Connor opt to shake up his roster with a trade in September. Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Araujo Officially Headed To Russia
The Jazz were willing to invite Araujo to training camp on a non-guaranteed contract but encouraged him to explore options in Europe. With the signing of second-round pick Kyrylo Fesenko, though, Araujo no longer was in the plans as the No. 3 center. "It's going to be a year-by-year thing,'' Ohanian said. "If next summer comes along and there's a [NBA] team that's looking for a guy like him and to use him, I'm sure he'd be open to it." Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Agent: Miles Wants To Stay Put
It has been 53 days and counting, though, without a deal since Miles hit the free-agent market. The Jazz now have 13 players under contract for next season; Miles has had a qualifying offer on the table since June 29 that he hasn't signed. The Jazz have the right to match any offer Miles, a restricted free agent, were to sign with another team. And Ceisler said the lack of a deal was not an indication of a lack of interest in the 20-year-old guard around the NBA. "I think the restricted title is exactly what it is," Ceisler said, adding, "We get calls on a regular basis from other teams wanting to know what's happening with him." Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Jazz Aug 2007 Archive
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Jazz senior vice president of basketball operations Kevin O'Connor is still on vacation, but two players he plans on talking about once he returns are Linton Johnson III and Eric Williams, agent Mark Bartelstein said.
Rafael Araujo has officially signed a one-year deal with the Russian Superleague team Spartak St. Petersburg - the same team with which a 15-year-old Andrei Kirilenko once played his first professional game - and will put his NBA career on hold three years after he was drafted out of Brigham Young.
Describing contract talks as being "in a little bit of a holding pattern," agent Billy Ceisler said Wednesday that C.J. Miles still sees his future being with the Jazz.