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06-27-2006, 08:31 AM
Jazz claim three-team Boozer deal
The Salt Lake Tribune
According to The Chicago Tribune, the Jazz have been involved in talks with Philadelphia and Boston about a three-way trade that would primarily involve All-Star Allen Iverson, Wally Szczerbiak and Boozer.
Reportedly, Utah would send Boozer to the 76ers, who would send Iverson to the Celtics, who would send Szczerbiak to the Jazz.
Utah would almost certainly have to get another player in such a deal, considering Szczerbiak will be playing on a surgically-repaired knee and will be 30 in March.
One possibility: Boston's third-year power forward, Al Jefferson.
Asked about the rumored three-team trade, however, O'Connor said, "It doesn't have as much life as everybody seems to think it does."
Instead of dealing, O'Connor spent most of his day ". . . trying to finish up our [draft] evaluations."
Utah owns the No. 14 pick in the first round in the draft.
Asked for odds that the Jazz will use their first-round pick instead of trading
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up, down or out of the draft, O'Connor said, "I hate to put odds on it, and here's why. One call changes everything."
Apparently, the Jazz haven't gotten that call.
"It seems like they're doing more listening than talking," one NBA source told The Salt Lake Tribune.
- Steve Luhm
http://www.sltrib.com/jazz/ci_3984775
The Salt Lake Tribune
According to The Chicago Tribune, the Jazz have been involved in talks with Philadelphia and Boston about a three-way trade that would primarily involve All-Star Allen Iverson, Wally Szczerbiak and Boozer.
Reportedly, Utah would send Boozer to the 76ers, who would send Iverson to the Celtics, who would send Szczerbiak to the Jazz.
Utah would almost certainly have to get another player in such a deal, considering Szczerbiak will be playing on a surgically-repaired knee and will be 30 in March.
One possibility: Boston's third-year power forward, Al Jefferson.
Asked about the rumored three-team trade, however, O'Connor said, "It doesn't have as much life as everybody seems to think it does."
Instead of dealing, O'Connor spent most of his day ". . . trying to finish up our [draft] evaluations."
Utah owns the No. 14 pick in the first round in the draft.
Asked for odds that the Jazz will use their first-round pick instead of trading
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up, down or out of the draft, O'Connor said, "I hate to put odds on it, and here's why. One call changes everything."
Apparently, the Jazz haven't gotten that call.
"It seems like they're doing more listening than talking," one NBA source told The Salt Lake Tribune.
- Steve Luhm
http://www.sltrib.com/jazz/ci_3984775