Fox Sports asks the question: if owners of NBA teams were allowed to get rid of one contract on their team, who would they pick? These were their answers:
Player - Team - $ in million owed / how many year left on deal
Atlanta - Joe Johnson - $107 / 5
Boston - Jermaine O'Neal - $6.2 / 1
Charlotte - Tyrus Thomas - $33 / 4
Chicago - Carlos Boozer - $60.6 / 4
Cleveland - Baron Davis - $28.8 / 2
Dallas - Brendan Haywood - $34.9 / 4
Denver - Al Harrington - $27.5 / 4
Detroit - Rip Hamilton - $25.2 / 2
Golden State - Andris Biedrins - $27 / 3
Houston - Hasheem Thabeet - $5.1 / 1
Indiana - James Posey - $6.9 / 1
LA Clippers - Chris Kaman - $12.2 / 1
LA Lakers - Luke Walton - $11.8 / 2
Memphis - Rudy Gay - $68.3 / 4
Miami - Mike Miller - $24 / 4
Milwaukee - Drew Gooden - $24.3 / 4
Minnesota - Nikola Pekovic - $9 / 2
New Jersey - Travis Outlaw - $28 / 4
New Orleans - Emeka Okafor - $40.6 / 3
New York - Renaldo Balkman - $3.4 / 2
OKC - Kendrick Perkins - $32.6 / 4
Orlando - Gilbert Arenas - $62.4 / 3
Philadelphia - Elton Brand - $35.2 / 2
Phoenix - Josh Childress - $27 / 4
Portland - Brandon Roy - $49.1 / 3
Sacramento - Francisco Garcia - $11.9 / 2
San Antonio - Richard Jefferson - $30.5 / 3
Toronto - Amir Johnson - $25 / 4
Utah - Mehmet Okur - $10.9 / 1
Washington - Rashard Lewis - $45.9 / 2
Can't say I disagree with any. As far as the Jazz go, Okur is at best a trade piece. In fact, I think most Jazz fans would rather trade Raja Bell, a fan favorite during his first stint here, but since the big re-signing, he proved to be the one guy that dragged down the rest of the starting line-up, and that would give more time to rookie Alec Burks, sophomore Gordon Hayward and CJ Miles.
I asked one local radio producer, and he said Al Jefferson. Big Al may have been their leading scorer, rebounder, and shot-blocker last year, but the Jazz are a lottery team, and they have Favors and Kanter now. Al has two years and $29 million left on his deal.
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