What do you guys think of his game? I think the Jazz will likely trade him before the deadline. His minutes are way down from last year and if you pee Sloan off, you have to bust your butt to get back into his good graces.
Carlos Arroyo says he is not the type of player to demand a trade. But now that he has dropped to third or fourth in the Jazz's point-guard rotation, "I want to play, and I can't succeed on the bench," Arroyo said Wednesday. "If I can't play here, what can I do?" Arroyo emphasized that "my first choice is for things to go back to normal."
In other words, reinstating him into the Jazz's starting lineup, where he played 71 games last season and 16 this year before being demoted last month. "But what I'm hearing now is, [it's] probably not [going to happen]. So I need to find a way to change that."Arroyo was careful to avoid saying he wants to leave Utah. He did admit, however, that he doesn't mind the attention from other teams. "If nobody talks about you, then you're not important. If nobody shows interest, that's a problem," Arroyo said. "Very humbly and with my feet on the ground, I say this: People know what I can do. They know I can play, and they understand that I shouldn't be on the bench, playing two minutes.
"Fans in Arroyo's homeland are angry at Jazz coach Jerry Sloan for benching the star of the island's Olympic team, especially since he signed a four-year, 6 million contract in July. "Basically, a lot of people are worried. A lot of people are upset back home because I'm not playing," said Arroyo, who also held a news conference via phone with Puerto Rican sportswriters Wednesday afternoon. "They see the Jazz gave me a contract [and] they expected me to play. Now I'm not and they want to know why."
In other words, reinstating him into the Jazz's starting lineup, where he played 71 games last season and 16 this year before being demoted last month. "But what I'm hearing now is, [it's] probably not [going to happen]. So I need to find a way to change that."Arroyo was careful to avoid saying he wants to leave Utah. He did admit, however, that he doesn't mind the attention from other teams. "If nobody talks about you, then you're not important. If nobody shows interest, that's a problem," Arroyo said. "Very humbly and with my feet on the ground, I say this: People know what I can do. They know I can play, and they understand that I shouldn't be on the bench, playing two minutes.
"Fans in Arroyo's homeland are angry at Jazz coach Jerry Sloan for benching the star of the island's Olympic team, especially since he signed a four-year, 6 million contract in July. "Basically, a lot of people are worried. A lot of people are upset back home because I'm not playing," said Arroyo, who also held a news conference via phone with Puerto Rican sportswriters Wednesday afternoon. "They see the Jazz gave me a contract [and] they expected me to play. Now I'm not and they want to know why."
