The Jazz on Saturday announced they have tendered a qualifying offer to reserve swingman C.J. Miles. The offer — thought to be worth about $1.18 million for next season — makes the Dallas high school product a restricted free agent, meaning the Jazz retain the right to match any contract proposal he might receive from another team when the NBA's summer negotiating period opens late Monday night. So that matter is resolved, for now. What remains uncertain, however, is whether or not Miles will play for the Jazz in next month's Rocky Mountain Revue summer league. That's just like last year, when the Jazz also made Miles a qualifying offer — but did not sign him to a new contract until long after the Revue, which he skipped, had concluded. The result then was an expression of disappointment from the Jazz management and coaching...
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