Miles to OKC?
‘CJ: Back Next Season?’ (Eric Gay - AP)
Jazz restricted free agent guard C.J. Miles has signed an offer sheet with the yet to be named Oklahoma City team. The offer is for 4 years and worth 15 million dollars. Jazz management has 7 days to match the offer. If they choose not to match, Miles will become property of Oklahoma City.
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Unfortunately, CJ doesn’t seem to be a team player. He gives the appearance of being in the league for what it can do for him. His refusal to play in the RMR this summer sealed his fate for me, as a fan. I guess he ought to go where he thinks the money is. He is a young man who must learn the hard way that dedication, loyalty, and time are the qualities that are needed to succeed in life. If he doesn’t change his attitude and direction, I foresee a short NBA life for him.
Guess I shouldn’t be suprised by CJ’s decision. Although Deron Williams feels CJ may not have been given much of a chance, I respectfully disagree with him. I’ve felt for a long time CJ has never bought into Jerry Sloan’s system & has just been going through the motions. But, then again, I’ve believed this is what the Jazz get for drafting another high-school player. The guy’s been as inconsistant as hell-either on fire or cold as ice-no in between-for 3 or 4 seasons. Let him go, and distribute the money saved to other players more deserving of it. I too think he’ll have a rough, if not short, NBA career. Good luck growing up, CJ.
Going with Karen’s comment, I have to point out that CJ’s non-involvement in last year’s summer league was what really killed his chances. The kid has some real potential, and I loved to see him succeed. However, with the signing of Korver and the drafting of Morris Almond, CJ’s days with the Jazz quickly came to an end.
Good luck to him with his next team.
I think that CJ will flourish in OKC. They don’t have any established players there other than Durant and Jeff Green, and CJ will be able to jump right in and compete for a starting spot (a chance he never had with the Jazz). I think it’s the right move to let CJ walk, however; no way he breaks the Brewer-Korver-Almond rotation.
The thing that was so terribly frustrating about CJ was his unbelievable inconsistency. He showed such great flashes of amazing talent, but other times it looked like he had no idea what he was doing on either end of the floor. My guess is that he’ll end up like Kirk Snyder–a guy with tons of talent/potential, but that just can’t get it together.
In the Trib blog Siler stated that CJ produced on about the same level as Brewer and Korver on a per-minute basis. While I agree, CJ was much more like a streaky baseball player whose averages looked nice at the end of the year, but that went through several team/game-killing slumps that belied his overall production. I’d much rather have someone that is a little limited in some areas but that knows how to produce consistently over someone with gobs of talent that can’t stay focused long enough to make that talent into a reliable team asset. For example, even if Korver is stone cold from outside, you can always count on him to crash the boards, try to take charges, and throw nifty and effective entry passes from the wing/corner. Brewer, no matter how his body felt or how poorly his jumpshooting is, always attacks the basket and plays tenacious (though not always effective) defense.
At least we all know what we’ll get with Korver and Brewer; with CJ, we never knew.
I loved to see CJ play when he was on target. He has a certain excitment about his playing but I agree with the others that he lacked maturity and somehow couldn’t manage to understand how important it is to follow your coaches advice. He really showed (at the games) how much he thought he should be in the lineup while the others exibited some patience. Good luck to CJ and I hope he proves us all wrong.
adios CJ! enjoy the THUNDER!
he should be getting some much needed playing time there. Good for him!
Now, that’s one less player on the roster.. it kind feels good to unload some people. I can think of two more players I’d like to unload.. oh wait, I mean 3 more players…
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