<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">As he has watched the calendar flip from July to August to September, as he has waited to learn his fate as a restricted free agent, C.J. Miles has kept in close touch with his Jazz teammates, in particular Carlos Boozer, Deron Williams and Ronnie Brewer. Those conversations make clear where Miles' NBA future most likely lies. Boozer left a message Wednesday that Miles still needed to return. He planned on getting in touch with Williams as well, now that he's finished with USA Basketball duty in Las Vegas. The most important person Miles was waiting to speak with, though, was with Kevin O'Connor, the Jazz' senior vice president of basketball operations. If everything goes well, Miles' contract issues will be resolved in the coming weeks with enough time for the 20-year-old guard to return to Salt Lake City and re-acclimate to the altitude in advance of training camp. Miles described his situation by phone Thursday as being "kind of up in the air" but said he wanted to return to Utah. With a young team that reached the Western Conference finals, Miles said, "Why wouldn't I want to be there?" </div> Source: Salt Lake Tribune
Definitely. The Jazz have drafted two shooting guards in Brewer and Almond in the last two drafts, andalready have a logjam at shooting guard as it is. They like to have 14 players as opposed to 15 on the roster, and as it is have 13. I'd rather the Jazzlet Miles go, and sign a veteran who might be able to contribute something in the playoffs. Miles is young andwas drafted as a project, but in the limited opportunity he has had he hasn't shown much improvement and it's time to move on.
Almond really hurt the chances of Miles breaking out. The kid is still only twenty so he has plenty of time to show what he's got.</p>
