2011-12 Jazz could play big-man musical chairs

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Jazz rookie center Enes Kanter is considering playing professional ball in China next season if the NBA lockout persists. Kanter's agent, Max Ergul, told The Salt Lake Tribune on Friday that his client has official offers from two Chinese teams. Ergul does not want Kanter to miss another year of basketball, and he will seriously weigh the offers if the lockout stretches into late September. "It's very interesting stuff," said Ergul, who said he could not reveal the names of the clubs because details of the negotiations are still confidential. "We'll be entertaining those ideas as well as the lockout progresses. He's a ballplayer

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Mete Aktas: Collective response: Enes Kanter, does not think playing in Turkey and Europe during the lockout. China will be his probably Destination League. Twitter

Mete Aktas: It's true Anas Kanter has China offers. Offers also very serious ... Twitter

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Be interesting to see how Kanter goes if he does end up playing in China. Certainly can't hurt him to get another year of development in before he plays NBA if the entire season ends up cancelled.

I wonder if Favors has any plans to go overseas?

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Makes more sense for Kanter than anyone after not playing all last year.

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Jazz forward Derrick Favors isn't going anywhere.



Favors' agent, Wallace Prather, said Monday that his client currently has no intention of playing in Europe or China during the NBA lockout.

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[URL="http://www.sports.ru/en/basketball/115803453.html"]Are you considering options with other NBA teams? I will consider any option, but Utah still have priority. I

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The general manager of a Turkish professional team denied reports Saturday that his club was ote]pursuing veteran Utah Jazz center Memo Okur.

Aydin Ors told Salsabasket.net, a basketball web site in Turkey, that Istanbul-based Fenerbahce Ulker did not plan to sign any new players.

Earlier in the day, the web site MixBasket reported Fenerbahce Ulker and Okur were negotiating a one-year contract, which would include an opt-out clause in case the NBA lockout is settled.

Attempts to contact Okur's agent, Marc Fleisher, were unsuccessful.

Since being taken in the second round of the 2001 draft by Detroit, Okur has played nine NBA seasons, including the last seven in Utah.

A native of Yalova, Turkey, Okur has averaged 13.7 points and 7.1 points in 617 games in his career.

He played on the Pistons' NBA championship team in 2004 and represented the Jazz in the 2007 All-Star Game.

Okur, who turned 32 in May, played only 13 games last season after rupturing his Achilles tendon in the first round of the 2010 playoffs against Denver.

He has one year and $10.9 million remaining on his contract with the Jazz.

-- Steve Luhm

Too bad. Maybe that could have turned into a buyout once(if) the NBA starts up.

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enes kanter has had offers from two teams in china, but that was before leagues recent mandate. now a return to turkey becomes an option.

: kanter has no plans of making a decision about playing overseas until after euro basket. will then meet with his agent max ergul to discuss.

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Brian T. Smith: Williams said Mehmet Okur might briefly join him in Turkey. Said he's fine being a one-man show without Kobe. Twitter

Brian T. Smith: Jazz's Miles said he's open to playing overseas if lockout drags on but it's not likely. In contract year and has too much at stake. Twitter

Be great if Okur went and it led to them getting rid of him for good. CJ should consider it regardless of if he gets an NBA out in his contract or not. He needs to play and it would be agreat opportunity for him and his game would fit well in Europe certainly.

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[COLOR=#0000ff]Millsap To Enter Louisiana Tech Hall Of Fame[/COLOR]

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Paul Millsap will be inducted into the Louisiana Tech Hall of Fame.

If they are smart enough not to trade him he might be hanging from the rafters in Nuclear Waste arena someday too。


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http://www.insidehoops.com/blog/?p=8243

Kind of stupid for him not to wait til he's 100%.Maybe they'll b abl to void his contract!

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Jazz forward Jeremy Evans leads the Impact Basketball League in blocks (seven), ranks second in rebounds (12) and is averaging 4.0 points on 80-percent shooting from the field after two games.


Evans' Group B team is scheduled to take on a Group C team led by Phoenix's Jared Dudley at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in Las Vegas.


Brian T. Smith

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http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_yl...anchampionship

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http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/jazz/52...eague.html.csp

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Jazz forward Derrick Favors and center Al Jefferson are working out at Peak Performance Project in Santa Barbara, Calif., Favors' agent Wallace Prather said Thursday.


Utah forward Jeremy Evans said that he might join Favors and Jefferson after Evans finishes his run in the Impact Basketball League in Las Vegas.

Evans thought that Jazz guard Devin Harris would also be at P3. However, a representative for Harris said that he is staying in Dallas.

Brian T. Smith