Salt Lake Tribune <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> It will be a transaction made in cyberspace, an instantaneous transfer between banks. It will take a half-second to accomplish, and the effect could change much about the Jazz for years to come. Or perhaps nothing will change. The Jazz will transfer almost $1 million into Andrei Kirilenko's bank account later this month, his first paycheck under an $89 million contract extension the Russian signed a year ago. Then the team, like the other 29 clubs around the league, will sit back and worry about whether the fantastic sums will corrupt the personalities who earn them. "Every day you're concerned about that. Every day," Jazz coach Jerry Sloan said of the money lavished upon pro athletes. "It doesn't have to be millions, but sometimes players change when they get a little money. Sometimes they probably don't even realize it." It's a risk that every team takes when it agrees to pay multimillion-dollar salaries that are standard in today's NBA. The Jazz followed suit in years past, but only in paying players - Karl Malone and John Stockton chief among them - who had established themselves as known quantities.</div> <div align="center">Source</div>
