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UTAH JAZZ

MAVERICKS/JAZZ CONNECTIONS:

* Jazz guard CJ Miles is from Dallas and attended Skyline High School

* Jazz point guard Deron Williams hails from The Colony, Texas

* Deron Williams Jazz forward Carlos Boozer and Mavericks guard Jason Kidd were teammates on the gold medal winning US Men’s Basketball team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics

* Mavericks Head Coach Rick Carlisle coached Jazz forward Mehmet Okur from 2002-2003 in Detroit

* Mavericks guard DeShawn Stevenson was drafted by Utah and played for the Jazz from 2000-03