Utah Jazz Sr. Vice President of Basketball Operations, Kevin O?Connor, announced today that the team has signed Dee Brown.  Per club policy, terms of the contract were not released.

Brown played in six games (four starts) during the 2006 Rocky Mountain Revue and averaged 6.0 points, 3.0 assists in 20.5 minutes per game.

The long-delayed Dee Brown signing will likely wait until sometime next week, said Utah Jazz senior vice president of basketball operations Kevin O'Connor on Thursday.
     
O'Connor again said there's no worry about getting it done. "It's just a matter of tracking him down. It's not going to be an issue," he said.

The Jazz' deal to sign No. 46 overall draft pick Dee Brown is taking more time than expected ? though there is apparently no problem with it.

"It's not an issue. We're just trying to catch up with each other," said Jazz senior vice president of basketball operations Kevin O'Connor Friday about the Brown negotiations with agent Henry Thomas.

"Don't read anything into that (the additional time). It's just a matter of getting it done."

The Jazz have had a busy off-season, but Kevin O'Connor continues to look for ways to improve the club, especially in light of the fact that they have three remaining roster spots.

"I'm not sitting in my office every day until now from October," said O'Connor. "But you do get a little down time now. We're still trying to improve our team."

Guard Milt Palacio, a free agent after playing with Utah last season, is still a Jazz possibility for 2006-07, senior VP of basketball operations Kevin O'Connor said.

News reports last week said New Jersey was also somewhat interested in him as a contingency plan if the Nets couldn't sign Eddie House, but they got House on Friday.

A report in the Italian Web magazine Basketground.it said the team Virtus Bologna wanted to sign Palacio, and if it couldn't, it would pursue Travis Best.

By late this week, it looks like No. 46 overall draft pick Dee Brown will officially be a Jazzman.

"We haven't done anything yet, but we'll get something done this week is my guess," said Jazz senior VP of basketball operations Kevin O'Connor Monday, echoing statements made by Brown's agent last week that he thought a contract agreement would likely be reached by sometime this week. Agent Henry Thomas said he plans on Brown being in Utah's training camp when it opens Oct. 2.

O'Connor added that he expects to have Brown's deal sealed by late this week.

Henry Thomas, agent for Dee Brown, denied Internet rumors that Brown was talking with teams in Israel and Croatia.
     
"There's no truth to any rumors about Dee playing overseas," said Thomas, who quickly returned a call about the report.
     
"I heard that there was an Internet site that made reference to him talking to some teams . . . but no teams from overseas have contacted us about Dee, and we certainly haven't contacted any teams overseas about him playing over there."
     
Thomas also said he and the Jazz are "still talking," hoping to complete the contract soon for Utah's first of two second-round draft choices, the No. 46 overall pick.

Felipe Lopez, former member of the Utah Jazz, reportedly wants to return to the NBA.

"I'm waiting for some team to call me. I know that I have some chances to get there," Lopez told El Caribe in an interview translated by HoopsHype.

Utah Jazz Sr. Vice President of Basketball Operations, Kevin O?Connor, announced today that the team has signed Paul Millsap.  Per club policy, terms of the contract were not released.

Millsap played in six games (three starts) for the Jazz in the 2006 Rocky Mountain Revue and averaged 9.5 points and 9.0 rebounds in 22.5 minutes of action.