<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> Even before the Jazz packaged Raul Lopez's contract in last Friday's three-team trade with Memphis and Sacramento, Jazz coach Jerry Sloan bemoaned the end of the Spanish point guard's injury-plagued NBA career. "It's been very sad for him, because you see a kid who really wanted to play, who's really dedicated to trying to work and work hard ? and then gets hurt," Sloan said Lopez, who has one knee that's been reconstructed twice and another that recently was surgically repaired. "It kind of makes you sick to your stomach ? because there's so many players that are not putting that kind of effort into playing, and they're still hanging around just trying to make a paycheck," Sloan added. "He wanted to play so bad that it was really kind of scary." Before the trade, Lopez intended to give up the final year on his Jazz contract so he could return to play in his native Spain. Memphis also will allow that, permitting the 25-year-old to play at home without having to endure the grind of an 82-game NBA season.</div> <div align="center">Source </div>
