The Utah Jazz will match the four-year, $32 million offer the Portland Trail Blazers tendered their restricted free agent Paul Millsap, the team posted on its Web site and a league source confirmed to ESPN.com Thursday evening.
This was a great move by the Utah Jazz who are on the verge of trading Carlos Boozer any day now. Last year as Boozer's replacement he averaged 13.5 points, 9 boards and a block. Not to shabby. However, the possibility of the Blazers taking the money they lost on Millsap and putting it toward Odom makes me giddy for a couple reasons. 1. Because Odom would be a good fit on the Blazers, and 2. It would hurt the Lakers who are in the same conference. And I would gladly have the Lakers lose both Ariza and Odom and gain Ron Artest.
