Scratch Corey Maggette and, apparently, Gilbert Arenas from Utah's wish list.
Maggette, one of about a half-dozen young NBA free agents targeted by the Jazz this offseason, reportedly has agreed to sign an offer sheet from Denver.
Citing two unnamed "league sources," ESPN.com's Chad Ford reported Friday that the 6-foot-6 swingman agreed to accept a six-year, $42 million offer sheet from the Nuggets.
Because Maggette is a restricted free agent, his most-recent team, the Los Angeles Clippers, would have 15 days from the time the sheet is signed to match the offer. If the Clippers don't match, Maggette goes to Denver.
Also Friday, KUTV's David James reported, without citing a source, that the Jazz have decided against making an offer to Arenas due to concerns over the Golden State point guard's involvement in boycotting a Warriors practice last season.
If so, that could open the Jazz's door to ex-University of Utah point Andre Miller, a restricted free agent with the Clippers.
The Jazz considered extending an offer sheet to Maggette, and even brought him to Utah for a visit with head coach Jerry Sloan and basketball operations senior vice president Kevin O'Connor last Tuesday.
Utah envisioned Maggette as its starting shooting guard, assuming the spot held last season by veteran Calbert Cheaney, now a free agent himself. Denver, though, seemed to be his Maggette's first choice all along.
Maggette's decision could also adversely influence Utah's chances at landing power forward Elton Brand, another Clippers restricted free agent hotly pursued by the Jazz.
Maggette and Brand are supposedly close, and it's thought the Jazz's chances at getting Brand to sign an offer sheet might be better if Maggette had been willing to come to Utah.
HUNDLEY SENTENCED: Longtime Jazz radio and TV play-by-play voice "Hot Rod" Hundley pleaded no contest to a DUI charge earlier this week in Salt Lake County Justice Court. Hundley, however, will do not any jail time, Jazz communications vice president Dave Allred said.
Rather, Hundley was sentenced 30 days in jail, 28 of which were suspended; 48 hours of community service, in lieu of the remaining two days in jail; and $1,850 in fines, $650 of which were suspended.
Hundley, who has called Jazz games since the franchise was located in New Orleans, was arrested last September after failing sobriety tests following a traffic stop near Wasatch Boulevard and 5600 South.
DANTLEY HIRED: According to a Denver Post report, the Nuggets have hired former Jazz star Adrian Dantley as a player development coach. Dantley, a six-time NBA All-Star, averaged 29.6 points in 461 games for the Jazz from 1979-86.
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