<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">More room, more minutes, more responsibility. For the Jazz, it means more Matt Harpring, too. The seven-year veteran, coming back from a knee injury that cut last season short, was getting swallowed up in the shadow of fellow forwards Andrei Kirilenko and Carlos Boozer at the beginning of this season. Near the end of the first month, Harpring was averaging only 8.5 points per game, his lowest since 1999-2000. But while Kirilenko and Boozer have been chased out of the Jazz's lineup by injuries, Harpring has stayed healthy. Even better, he has stayed productive.</div> <div align="center">Link</div>
Harp's an overachiever. Probably works consistantly as hard as any single player in the league......... Still. The article was correct. At the start of the year when Boozer and Kirilenko were healthy, there was no place for Harp in the starting lineup. He was getting some mins, but not playing or shooting well. Had a hard time adjusting to a bench role. Shooting was off etc. He's gutting it out. Gotta give him credit. He's determined to make the most of increased playing time. But the knee will never be the same. It's been drained a couple of times this year and he's had to rest it a couple games. Knees being knees, it could be all over for him at any time. I don't see him as a piece of the long term future here. With an expiring contract next year, he'll be late season trade bait to a club thats making a playoff run. And he'll be a big help to them as well. I just don't see signing him again to a multi year deal in Salt Lake. Just how I see it...........Tank
