John Stockton News

The Jazz now have more than $73 million in payroll for next season committed to 11 players, and they still must add two others.

Because I've never had an agent or anyone bidding over my services, I don't completely understand the concept of free agency.

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All the I's and T's were properly marked Tuesday to make Eric Maynor an official member of the Utah Jazz for at least the next two years.

John Stockton, Michael Jordan and David Robinson will all be enshrined - along with Jazz coach Jerry Sloan - into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame this fall in Springfield, Mass.

EnergySolutions Arena was empty, except for a handful of stragglers, when Jazz general manager Kevin O'Connor took the podium and said, "With the 50th pick of the 2009 NBA Draft, we're going to take Goran Suton, a center from Michigan State." A half-dozen people cheered, which was a good size chunk of those who remained.

Jazz take Edwards with No. 21 pick Just like John Stockton, Muggsy Bogues, Dan Majerle and the other draft-day secrets in Jazz history, East Carolina guard Blue Edwards was not unknown to NBA people.

Frank Layden had a feeling, in a Chicago elevator, that John Stockton was special.

There's one topic players throughout the league agree about. It's that winning a championship is the greatest feeling you could ever have.

In the 1997 Western Conference Finals John Stockton's Utah Jazz faced a Houston Rockets team loaded with future Hall of Famers Hakeem Olajuwon, Charles Barkley and Clyde 'The Glide' Drexler.

One point guard didn't show. Another did, and not only worked out, but did so much to the Jazz's surprise.

University of Pittsburgh swingman Sam Young headlines a group of six NBA Draft prospects scheduled to work out for the Jazz this morning, and 7-foot-2 University of Utah center Luke Nevill is among those slated to visit with the team Sunday.

Sorry I can't get on the Phil Jackson bandwagon this week while the Lakers celebrate their NBA championship.

I'm a LeBron fan and have been arguing with Kobe fans for awhile now. Doesn't really matter who is better until LeBron is about 5 years older, then we can make some real comparisons.

The Kings' forward Wayman Tisdale gives Bobby Hurley words of encouragement after Hurley was bumped on a drive to the basket and was awarded no foul shots in the third quarter of a game on Nov, 21, 1993.

The Jazz were still debating late this week whether to pick up the third-year option on reserve center Kyrylo Fesenko's rookie contract.

Jazz general manager Kevin O'Connor had no comment Tuesday when asked for reaction to statements made Monday by power forward , who must decide by the end of this month whether or not he'll opt out of the final year of his current contract in Utah.

Carlos Boozer suggested on a national cable television show today that he still hasn't decided if he'll opt out of the final season of his contract with the Jazz - a statement quite contrary to what he told an ESPN.com reporter back in December.

John Stockton is contemplating a return to the NBA with the Memphis Grizzlies next season.

The Kyoto Hannaryz have turned to David Benoit to lead the team from Day One. New coach: David Benoit is the first coach in Kyoto Hannaryz history.