<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">An NBA general manager familiar with the situation told ProBasketballNews.com late Sunday that the Utah Jazz have made swingman Matt Harpring and forward Carlos Boozer available for a possible trade. The GM, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the Jazz could deal Harpring and Boozer in separate deals, or ship them together as a package. Atlanta, Boston, and Dallas are the three teams that have expressed the most interest, according to the source. "It's no secret that (Jazz owner) Larry Miller was unhappy with Boozer, and from all indications, Boozer is unhappy in Utah," said the GM. "As for Harpring, everybody associated with the Jazz likes him ... it's just the matter of having to give up something to get something in return." The GM was not specific about players who Utah might receive in a deal, "Although from what I hear, (Atlanta forward) Al Harrington's name is being mentioned," he said. "But with the current ownership mess in Atlanta, Utah may turn to somebody else."</div> <div align="center">Source</div>
AL HARRINGTON!!! I'll take him for Boozer then get a another cheaper player (Lue?) to even up the trade. Harrington can play both SF and PF, that means Kirilenko could play PF if he wants or Okur can move to PF like he wants to.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting J_Ray:</div><div class="quote_post">AL HARRINGTON!!! I'll take him for Boozer then get a another cheaper player (Lue?) to even up the trade. Harrington can play both SF and PF, that means Kirilenko could play PF if he wants or Okur can move to PF like he wants to.</div> I never saw a 2 1/2 line post that made less sense!! Tank
O'Connor denies rumors of Boozer, Harpring trades <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">What does come quickly and easily are rumors, and O'Connor bristled at mention of one that was making the rounds Monday, that power forward Carlos Boozer and swingman Matt Harpring have been made available for trade by the Jazz. The rumor on a relatively new Web site quoted an unnamed NBA general manager as saying this was known around the league and that Atlanta, Boston and Dallas are the most interested. "Boozer and Harpring are both names that have been mentioned to me, as far as guys they are wanting to trade," the unidentified GM told the Web site. "That's an absolute lie. It's an absolute lie," O'Connor said Monday. Told it was purportedly an unidentified NBA GM who said that, O'Connor said, "Well, he's a liar, and you can write that. I wish some of these people would step forward and say this is the guy. Put your name next to it. "We're not shopping them and it's an absolute lie," O'Connor said. Dallas owner Mark Cuban, whose Mavericks were said to be among the teams most interested in the Jazz players, told the Deseret Morning News via e-mail that, "We haven't talked to the Jazz at all," and that the Mavs "haven't heard one way or the other" whether the Jazz are offering Boozer or Harpring. O'Connor was pronounced in his denial Monday. But that was also the case in June when he angrily denied that the Jazz had talked to Portland about swapping for the No. 3 pick in the June 28 draft and that Gordan Giricek and Kirk Snyder might be included in a deal that could also involve Trail Blazer Ruben Patterson.</div> <div align="center">Source </div>
I find it funny even Mark Cuban emailed the Deseret Morning News saying Mavs haven't even talked to the Jazz. I sure wish we could get rid of Harpring, he's starting to go down hill and his knees are starting to give out.
