Stay ” True to the Blue “

The fourth year is our option, but it’s basically a three-year (guaranteed contract). What we saw was a young player who was 20 years old who had been in the league for three years and that was still improving. We expect him to continue to get better. I think he made a big jump this year; he can add some strength, he can add some quickness, which I think he can do through some exercise. I think this summer is going to be important for him to come back in even better shape than he’s been in. His improvement has been important for us as a franchise, both for him and for us to have a player come in and be able to play. This year, early on, Matt Harpring really wasn’t playing. That was something that kind of forced our hand about playing (C.J.) at the beginning, starting him, and bringing Andre (Kirilenko)i off the bench. Then when Andrei was hurt, we had to rely on (C.J.) and Ronnie a little bit more than we probably anticipated we would. This year has been a good year for (C.J.), he’s played through a lot of things and it’s been a good year for us.

CJ’s first year here ( 4 years ago) he sat on the bench watching game after game once in a while he would get put in for a few seconds at the end and maybe hit a 3 point shot that would get the fans standing and cheering… I have been CJ’s biggest fan since his draft to the Utah Jazz ( and remember yelling give CJ the ball even when he was on the bench, others aroound me would remind me he wasn’t on the court and I would reply … well he should be) So why am I CJ’s biggest fand Why ?? because I love to cheer for the underdog maybe, or just because at the time he was drafted to Utah I didn’t have just one player I wanted to see improve over years of hard play and practice, or maybe it was because here is a guy that just came out of high school and has moved to a different state, differernt way of life and will be expected to live up to all those before him that played that same position on the Utah Jazz team………. oh and will have to endure the comments of the Utah Jazz fans and still remain positive and play his best……… Best he could play was what he had learned in high school not in the NBA………… CJ has come a long way in 4 short years and has learned how to be an NBA professional…….sure he has a long ways to go but if you ask anyone of the guys that play on the Utah Jazz they will say I did my best but I can and will do better …………. they all learn from their mistakes game after game but they have all learned how to play as a team for the fans and for the win………. WOW no wonder we love our Utah Jazz……..
Go Jazz we are once again headed towards another play off round and maybe just maybe this time with an all healthy team take what we all know we are and that is CHAMPIONS…….. ring or no ring we all know the strength of our Utah Jazz……………..

CJ Miles is worth 3.7 wins per year to the Jazz. A win is worth about 1.6 million. Therefore, CJ is worth more than his current contract.

The rest of it is just procedure.