<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">2006/07 Utah Jazz Payroll: $42.3 million 2006/07 Estimated NBA Salary Cap: $52 million Roughly: $9.7 million under cap The Good: Now that Carlos Boozer is back, the front line of the Utah Jazz looks to be in good shape for quite a while. Boozer, Mehmet Okur, and Andrei Kirilenko are all signed for at least the next three seasons. Kirilenko has two years on top of that guaranteed while Okur and Boozer each have another season added as a player option. Of the three, Kirilenko's contract is the most expensive. He will make $12 million next year and his final season balloons to $17 million. Scoring, rebounding, shot blocking, passing, there simply isn't anything the Russian cannot do. With the way he can fill up a box score, Andrei is worth the price. Carlos Boozer missed a lot of time over the past two seasons and has been in the doghouse because of his large contract. However, fans should be encouraged by his 33-game stint to end the season in which he averaged 16.3 points, 8.6 rebounds, and shot nearly 55% from the field. When healthy, Carlos is as strong a post player as there is in the game (he has to have the biggest arms in the league). He will receive $11.6 million each of the next three years and he can definitely earn that contract as long as he stays on the court. Mehmet Okur's deal that would pay him about $8.5 million per year seemed pricy when he averaged just 12.9 points and 7.5 rebounds during his first season with the Jazz. After a steller year, Okur now seems like the best bargain on the team. His numbers jumped to 18 points and 9.1 rebounds per game. Utah hopes that Okur can keep playing at such a high level.</div> <div align="center">Link</div>
