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Article: Jazz won't meet up with Lopez on European trip
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- July 10, 2009
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There will be no reunion for Raul Lopez and the Jazz.
Utah's 2001 first-round draft choice spent the past two seasons
with Real Madrid of the Spanish ACB League -- the same team the Jazz
will visit in October for a preseason game.
Last week, however, Lopez signed a two-year contract with Khimki
Moscow of the Russian League.
Lopez -- Real's starting point guard most of last season and a
Spanish League vet who also played last year on Spain's silver medal-
winning Summer Olympics team in China -- logged 113 games over two
seasons for the Jazz.
Knee issues and a case of homesickness, however, cut his NBA
career short in 2005.
Lopez, whose signing was reported on Euroleague.net, isn't the
only ...