The other free agents
As much attention as Carlos Boozer, Mehmet Okur, Kyle Korver and Paul Millsap are getting - - and rightfully so - - the Jazz have four other players from last season's roster who will be free agents when the market opens late Tuesday.
They would be Ronnie Price, Jarron Collins, Brevin Knight and Morris Almond.
With Jazz coach Jerry Sloan talking about a point guard rotation of Deron Williams, Eric Maynor and Price after Thursday's draft, Price is expected to be re-signed while Knight is not. Price made $1.188 milliI on last season.
Almond's fate was sealed at the end of October, when the Jazz declined to exercise an option to bring him back for a third season. It will be interesting to see with which team Almond decides to play summer league, assuming he does.
Which brings us to Collins, who is left to wonder if he will be returning for a ninth season with the Jazz. The team already has exercised an option to bring back Kyrylo Fesenko next season and drafted Michigan State center Goran Suton in the second round.
Collins played in only 26 games last season, but did start in the playoffs when Okur was out with a hamstring injury. He long has been a favorite of coach Jerry Sloan for being ready when called upon and his willingness to do all the little things.
Talking to him on Sunday, Collins has been working out in Los Angeles. The elbow injury he suffered last summer has healed and he's playing in games and lifting weights daily, waiting to learn where he'll be headed this season.
"I have a tremendous amount of respect for the Utah Jazz as an organization," Collins said, "and all my teammates and all the fans that have been so great to me.
"Of course, I'd love to be back, but with Paul Millsap and potentially other players out there that there are decisions to be made about, I'm just waiting to see what happens.
"I just have to be patient and see what opportunities are out there for me."
--Ross Siler
They would be Ronnie Price, Jarron Collins, Brevin Knight and Morris Almond.
With Jazz coach Jerry Sloan talking about a point guard rotation of Deron Williams, Eric Maynor and Price after Thursday's draft, Price is expected to be re-signed while Knight is not. Price made $1.188 milliI on last season.
Almond's fate was sealed at the end of October, when the Jazz declined to exercise an option to bring him back for a third season. It will be interesting to see with which team Almond decides to play summer league, assuming he does.
Which brings us to Collins, who is left to wonder if he will be returning for a ninth season with the Jazz. The team already has exercised an option to bring back Kyrylo Fesenko next season and drafted Michigan State center Goran Suton in the second round.
Collins played in only 26 games last season, but did start in the playoffs when Okur was out with a hamstring injury. He long has been a favorite of coach Jerry Sloan for being ready when called upon and his willingness to do all the little things.
Talking to him on Sunday, Collins has been working out in Los Angeles. The elbow injury he suffered last summer has healed and he's playing in games and lifting weights daily, waiting to learn where he'll be headed this season.
"I have a tremendous amount of respect for the Utah Jazz as an organization," Collins said, "and all my teammates and all the fans that have been so great to me.
"Of course, I'd love to be back, but with Paul Millsap and potentially other players out there that there are decisions to be made about, I'm just waiting to see what happens.
"I just have to be patient and see what opportunities are out there for me."
--Ross Siler
10:45 AM
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2 Comments:
I hope he's not far from a glue factory.
If Collins is brought back, I'll, I'll, @#%^$ I don't know what I'll do.
His time is done. Move on Sloan, move on.
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