NBA Rumor Mill: Jazz Have New Logo? Collison Getting Traded?

Hello, folks, and welcome to today’s NBA Rumor Mill!

Not many rumors today but they are still pretty good to qualify as a Rumor Mill article. And some of the rumors are pretty good, actually.

If Tom Izzo goes to the Cleveland Cavaliers as their head coach, there’s a little sneak peek of what his staff might look like.

Also, will the Utah Jazz have a new uniform and logo?

Will New Orleans Hornets’ point guard Darren Collison get traded?

All of this and more on today’s NBA Rumor Mill. So read on!

Enjoy.

Tom Izzo

If Tom Izzo joins the Cavaliers, Yahoo! Spors has a sneak peek of what his staff might look like:

“Izzo is expected to pursue a coaching staff that would include former New Jersey Nets coach Lawrence Frank and former Michigan State and Cavaliers guard Eric Snow. Cleveland has kept former coach Mike Brown’s staff under contract, and management has encouraged Izzo to consider those assistants, including Mike Malone and Chris Jent, for his own staff.”

Darren Collison

The Hornets may trade Darren Collison for draft picks possibly. Here’s more on that from ESPN’s Marc Stein:

“Rival executives will continue to try to convince the Hornets to make Chris Paul available in trades, pointing to the fact that Williams can simply slide the promising Darren Collison and his modest $1.4 million salary into that spot. When those teams get shot down, look for the Hornets — based on the hints we’ve received from more than one exec — to make Collison available as long as the interested party is willing to take back the cap-clogging contract of Emeka Okafor, James Posey or Peja Stojakovic with Paul’s backup.”

More Rumors Around the Mill

The Hawks signing Larry Drew as their as their coach may bring Joe Johnson to return to the Hawks.

Utah Jazz are changing their colors. Here’s more on that from the Salt-Lake Tribune:

“The Jazz will celebrate the return of the music note with an unveiling of their new logo and colors Tuesday morning. The event will take place at 9:45 a.m. at the EnergySolutions Arena ticket lobby, with the public invited to attend, the team announced. The music note served as the Jazz’s primary logo from the franchise’s expansion beginnings in New Orleans in 1974 through the relocation to Utah until 1996, when the Jazz adopted their current mountain logo. As part of the return to the music note, though, the Jazz are expected to adopted a blue, green and gold color scheme.”