<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Here he comes, into practice gym, where a horde of media awaits. Carlos Arroyo is a must-have story. Everyone wants to know whether he's tired from all his offseason basketball ("I feel great"), what he thinks of the new Jazz ("we'll be a great team"), and most of all, how he got from nowhere to here ("I believed in myself"). What reporter could resist that? The guy from Puerto Rico, and Florida International University ? neither a Mecca for aspiring hoop stars ? is now on the Jazz's A-list. Last time Utah took a chance on a Puerto Rican player was in 1987, when it drafted the star-crossed Jose Ortiz. Now 41, Ortiz is retiring after a career in international play. But Arroyo is as hot as a San Juan sauna. He led his country in the Olympics this summer, averaging 18 points and five assists, as his team finished sixth in the tournament. More important, he is the undisputed Jazz starter at point guard going into training camp.</div> Link
