[外電] O'Connor is mum on Brown, Miles

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From: http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,695197044,00.html


O'Connor is mum on Brown, Miles

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By Linda Hamilton
Deseret Morning News
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      Utah Jazz boss Kevin O'Connor had little to say beyond "no comment" on
the status of restricted free agents Dee Brown and C.J. Miles Wednesday,
      But he did jump at the chance to correct a radio report from Thursday
that indicated that the Jazz had completed a deal for second-round draft
choice Kyrylo Fesenko, the 7-foot-1 20-year-old who is still under contract
to his Ukrainian team.
      "I understand some things have been said about him which are
incorrect," said the Jazz senior vice president of basketball operations. "We
have not come to any kind of an agreement or any kind of deal with him.
That's not been done."
      Asked if the Jazz were working on buying out Fesenko's contract from
the Ukrainian team — the buyout this year is $500,000 and goes up to $1
million next year — O'Connor said, "That's no comment."
      Fesenko's Miami Beach-based agent, Jason Levien, said recently that
he's been in conversations with the Jazz about getting the deal done and
hoped to hear something in a week or so.
      Utah could leave Fesenko in the Ukraine for another year for seasoning
or sign him for their roster and either use him with the Jazz or send him to
the NBDL Orem Flash minor-league team, but O'Connor won't tip his hand and
said last week the decision wouldn't really have to be made until sometime in
September.
      That decision may have an effect on whether the Jazz re-sign
unrestricted free-agent center Rafael Araujo, the BYU product who spent last
season with the Jazz on their inactive list much of the time.
      As for Brown and Miles, both were issued qualifying offers on July 1,
and those offers were not rescinded by Utah by the July 23 deadline, meaning
they're still on the table for either or both to sign. The Jazz still have
the right to match any offer either of them might get from another team.
      "I'm not going to comment on our restricted free agents. It's still on
the table, yeah," O'Connor said.
      IMPRESSIVE DUNK: What struck O'Connor about former Sacramento guard
Ronnie Price's big dunk last fall over Jazz power forward Carlos Boozer was
not so much the act itself but what happened afterward. "He did it and then
he ran downcourt to start to play defense again. It wasn't like he was
parading around or he was high-fiving people. That shows something about the
character, too," said O'Connor of his newest acquisition. "He made a
basketball play, and it was a heckuva basketball play, but he continued to
play basketball."

      MEMO HURT: Jazz center Mehmet Okur injured an ankle when a Turkish
National teammate landed on it during practice in Italy for the European
Championships, and he missed one game. He played the next game against
Australia but scored only two points.

      ON THE MOVE: Former University of Hawaii guard Matt Lojeski, who played
well at times for the Jazz in the Rocky Mountain Revue, is off to play with
Okapi Aalstar of the top Belgian pro league, according to the Honolulu
Advertiser. Lojeski averaged 5.3 points and 2.0 rebounds in the Revue and has
already been invited back for the 2008 Revue, the Advertiser said, quoting
his agent, Ben Pensack.
      Former Jazz guard Jay Humphries, 44, has signed on as an assistant
coach with the Phoenix Suns, who drafted him in 1984. He spent the last five
seasons coaching in Korea.


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身為一個教練你對這一點(成就)永遠不會感到滿足，這也是這個職業的悲哀，當你感到
滿足之後你就會不思進取，你不會想要更為進步，這也是為什麼我總是對球員的要求如
此嚴格，我希望他們不斷的做出嘗試，那能夠讓他們成為一個更為傑出的球員。(aly譯)

                                             ~ Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan ~

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