Post by BTriggs on Sept 11, 2003 19:59:56 GMT -5
Jazz Sign Terry to Offer Sheet
Terry
Salt Lake City --- Utah Jazz President Dennis Haslam announced Thursday, September 11, that the team has signed restricted free agent guard Jason Terry to an offer sheet. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Under the Collective Bargaining Agreement set forth by the National Basketball Association, the Atlanta Hawks will have 15 days to match the offer.
The former University of Arizona All-American has spent the first four years of his career with the Hawks, averaging 16.1 points and 5.6 assists in 34.2 minutes per game and has played in 322 of a possible 326 since being drafted in the first round (10th pick overall) in the 1999 NBA Draft. He has connected on .849 percent from the free throw line for his career, including .887 percent in 2002-03 to rank 6th in the league.
Terry scored 17.2 points, while shooting .428 percent from the field and a career-best 7.4 assists, good for 7th in the league during the 2002-03 season. He had his best season in 2000-01 when he averaged a career-high 19.7 points, shooting .436 percent from the field, including .395 percent from three-point range.
He scored a career-high 46 points vs. the Dallas Mavericks on January 15, 2002 and served up a career-best 16 assists vs. the Los Angeles Lakers on March 25, 2003.
He was named First Team All-America by the Associated Press as a senior at Arizona, also received First Team honors by the Sporting News and was honored as the National Player of the Year by Sports Illustrated, CBS and Basketball Times. He averaged 11.3 points during his four seasons with the Wildcats, including a career-best 21.9 as a senior. As a sophomore, he played on the 1997 NCAA Championship Team defeating Kentucky and helped lead the team to the NCAA's Elite Eight as a junior.
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Terry
Salt Lake City --- Utah Jazz President Dennis Haslam announced Thursday, September 11, that the team has signed restricted free agent guard Jason Terry to an offer sheet. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Under the Collective Bargaining Agreement set forth by the National Basketball Association, the Atlanta Hawks will have 15 days to match the offer.
The former University of Arizona All-American has spent the first four years of his career with the Hawks, averaging 16.1 points and 5.6 assists in 34.2 minutes per game and has played in 322 of a possible 326 since being drafted in the first round (10th pick overall) in the 1999 NBA Draft. He has connected on .849 percent from the free throw line for his career, including .887 percent in 2002-03 to rank 6th in the league.
Terry scored 17.2 points, while shooting .428 percent from the field and a career-best 7.4 assists, good for 7th in the league during the 2002-03 season. He had his best season in 2000-01 when he averaged a career-high 19.7 points, shooting .436 percent from the field, including .395 percent from three-point range.
He scored a career-high 46 points vs. the Dallas Mavericks on January 15, 2002 and served up a career-best 16 assists vs. the Los Angeles Lakers on March 25, 2003.
He was named First Team All-America by the Associated Press as a senior at Arizona, also received First Team honors by the Sporting News and was honored as the National Player of the Year by Sports Illustrated, CBS and Basketball Times. He averaged 11.3 points during his four seasons with the Wildcats, including a career-best 21.9 as a senior. As a sophomore, he played on the 1997 NCAA Championship Team defeating Kentucky and helped lead the team to the NCAA's Elite Eight as a junior.
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