Off-season

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With Grant Hill to Clippers, Raja Bell to Heat remains a possibility, a player more likely to accept measured minutes in Heat's clogged perimeter rotation. Sulia

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[QUOTE]The Reno Bighorns will be Utah

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Raja Bell

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Is it really possible that Andrei Kirilenko could join the Nets at this late stage of free agency? He says it is! During a break in Olympic training Thursday, the 6'9" forward was asked by a Russian reporter about his professional future. - One can not ask about your club career? When will you make a final decision? - I do not know. Before me is a very serious dilemma. There are several scenarios. - Is one of them - "Brooklyn Nets"? - Maybe "Brooklyn Nets", and perhaps with CSKA Moscow ... NetsDaily


Net Daily: AK-47 Still Possible for #Nets? He Says So! http://sbn.to/MpUPUz Twitter

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Jazz and Randy Foye agree to one year deal. Solid backup PG.

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He's played pg but he's more an undersized 2. They could run him at the one with Hayward as the point forward though.

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Andrew Wojnarowski: [COLOR=#000080]Several league executives believe Minnesota
is pursuing free agent Andrei Kirilenko. He's no longer considering
Brooklyn,[/COLOR] sources say. [COLOR=#000080]Twitter[/COLOR]

Jerry Zgoda: Per @WojYahooNBA earlier tweets, [COLOR=#000080]league sources confirm Wolves are targeting
Kirilenko, perhaps at $9M a season for at least 2 years[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Twitter[/COLOR]

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The free-agent season continues to run its course and one of the most curious
players to fall through the cracks so far has been C.J. Miles. [COLOR=#000080]The Skyline product, who has spent his
entire career with Utah, is scheduled to visit with the Cleveland Cavaliers this
week,[/COLOR] although there has been no contract offered. [COLOR=#000080]Dallas Morning News[/COLOR]

Not sure CJ is up to the Princeton offense though? As a young vet he might be able to fit in.

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Steve Luhm: [COLOR=#000080]Jazz
GM Kevin O'Connor talked to Randy Foye's agent "every 2 or 3 days" since July
1[/COLOR] before veteran guard signed with Utah on Monday night. [COLOR=#000080]Twitter[/COLOR]

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[COLOR=#000080]New Orleans and Phoenix discussed a similar
four-team trade last week, with Boston and Houston replacing Minnesota, but the
Suns pulled out as the deal fell apart.[/COLOR] That's when the Timberwolves
entered the picture. [COLOR=#000080]ESPN.com[/COLOR]

The [COLOR=#000080]Timberwolves are targeting former NBA
All-Star Andrei Kirilenko and are willing to pay the free-agent small forward as
much as $9 million per season for at least the next two seasons,[/COLOR]
league sources said Tuesday. To clear enough cap space to do so, they reportedly
plan to trade forward Wes Johnson, their No. 4 overall pick in the 2010 draft.
[COLOR=#000080]Minneapolis Star-Tribune[/COLOR]


Jerry Zgoda: [COLOR=#000080]Kirilenko
is under contract with CSKA Moscow thru 2014 but agent Marc Fleisher says he has
a "small" buyout that allows NBA return now[/COLOR][COLOR=#000080]Twitter[/COLOR]

Jerry Zgoda: [COLOR=#000080]Agent
Marc Fleisher wouldn't comment on any interest from Wolves[/COLOR] or any
other NBA teams pursuing n AK-47 [COLOR=#000080]Twitter[/COLOR]


[COLOR=#000080]Denver is among the teams interested in
signing Andrei Kirilenko[/COLOR][COLOR=#000080]Sports.ru[/COLOR]

[/COLOR]Denver would be a nice fit for him I'd think too. He'll play a larger role in Minny than Boston or Denver. Houston he'd play a big role too but they won't be as good as Minny.

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Lang Greene: Utah Jazz forward [COLOR=#000080]Paul Millsap is extremely pleased with the team's acquisitions this summer.[/COLOR] Article coming tomorrow morning. [COLOR=#000080]Twitter[/COLOR]

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Jody Genessy: [COLOR=#000080]Guard
Randy Foye just arrived in Utah from New Jersey. He said joining the Jazz was a
"no-brainer" decision for him and his wife[/COLOR]. [COLOR=#000080]Twitter[/COLOR]

Steve Luhm: [COLOR=#000080]Foye
also talked to New York, Milwaukee, Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Atlanta[/COLOR]
-- "Any team that needed a two-guard." [COLOR=#000080]Twitter[/COLOR]

A no-brainer because they offered him the most money, the biggest role, the best fit for his talents?

Sounds like he considers himself a 2. Everyone seems to think he will be the back-up 1 though. If he ends up as the back-up to Mo I'd say start Burks and bring G off the bench with Foye to faciltate the offense. Mo could use G too but wouldn't need him as much. Marvin looks like the starter with this move unless they go with Paul which makes little sense to me but Jefferson still being on the roster doesn't either.

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Foye comes in as an experienced combo guard, having played both the point and
shooting guard, giving the Jazz yet another veteran ballhandler along with Mo
Williams, Jamaal Tinsley and [COLOR=#000080]Earl Watson[/COLOR]. But he played
mostly shooting guard (his preference) while filling in for Chauncey Billups and
helping the Clippers make it to the second round of the Western Conference
playoffs.

From the Tribune. Prefers shooting guard. Be interesting to see how it plays out.

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Marc J. Spears: Jazz free agent forward [COLOR=#000080]Josh
Howard expected to make a decision soon, source tell Y! Sports. Utah, IND, GS,
BK and NY in mix[/COLOR]. [COLOR=#000080]Twitter[/COLOR]

Surprised Utah is still in the mix. He'll have a better chance of playing elsewhere I'd think. Jazz can pay more than some of those teams though

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According to league sources, the Warriors' reported
interest in free agent SF Josh Howard is, at the very least, minimal. [COLOR=#000080]Golden State's focus is still on landing a
back-up power forward, with Carl Landry atop the wishlist[/COLOR]. [COLOR=#000080]Sulia[/COLOR]

To be sure, some in the front office do like Josh Howard's
game. [COLOR=#000080]But something would have to go wrong in the Brandon Rush saga for the Warriors to have serious interest in a small forward[/COLOR]. [COLOR=#000080]Sulia[/COLOR]

Unrestricted free agent forward [COLOR=#000080]Josh Howard has narrowed down his options
to 4-5 teams, a league source told The Salt Lake Tribune on Sunday, and the Jazz
are still near the top of his list[/COLOR]. "He's still going through the
process," the source said. [COLOR=#000080]Sulia[/COLOR]


He feels loyal to the small-market organization, which took
a chance on the once injury-plagued forward during the lockout-shortened 2011-12
season. [COLOR=#000080]As a result, Howard has kept his eyes on
the Jazz ever since free agency started July 1. "They're still in his mind," the
source said[/COLOR]. [COLOR=#000080]Sulia[/COLOR]

Got to wonder if he's still on the Jazz's minds though?