Interesting Tidbit....Arroyo &Sasha natural chemistry? not 1st time as teammates

[fanofgreen]

I was just browsing through the Celtics roster on ESPN and checking out some of the new guys past statistics, and discovered something I didn't know before. (and Im a huge NBA aficiando/encyclopedia) So I was shocked.

 Sasha Pavlovic first played for the Utah Jazz!I did not know this at all, I thought he was drafted by Cleveland originally.  So when I discovered that, I went and looked at Carlos Arroyos page, bc i knew he played for the JAzz at one point early in his career. And come to find out...They were teammates in the 2003-2004 season for the Utah Jazz.
Sasha and Carlos probably started at least 14 games for the Jazz...because Sasha played in 79 Games and got 14 Starts.

Carlos played 71 games and got 71 starts.

Im assuming they had same games intersecting there when they started together.

Just an interesting thing I found, I thought I should share.
So if we see a Arroyo-Pavlovic backcourt at some point in games, just be assured that this is not the first time that has happened.  

Sasha Pavlovic player profile:
http://espn.go.com/nba/player/stats/_/id/2172/sasha-pavlovic

http://static.deseretnews.com/images/article/sidebar/585046356/Miami-Heats-Rafer-Alston-back-falls-on-Utahs.jpg

Carlos Arroyo player profile:
http://espn.go.com/nba/player/stats/_/id/1055/carlos-arroyo

http://www.jandjcards.com/store/images/Carlos%20Arroyo%20SP.jpg




UTAH JAZZ 2003-2004 season Roster:

Aleksandar Pavlovic = Sasha Pavlovic

http://basketballreference.com/teams/teamyear.htm?tm=UTA&lg=n&yr=2003
ALSO:
and also notice in the roster list: The one and only Mikki Moore
and also notice on the roster list: That guy that lit us up for 28 last night...MAURICE "Mo" Williams!

Mikki Moore, Ben Handlogten,Tom Gugliotta, Curtis Borchardt
Two Things:
  1st. They evidently forgot to list Chris Bosh on this roster
  2nd. Lets not ever complain about our BIGS again, look at that list; Cant believe Jerry Sloan made it through a season with that as his Front Court options!

[Roy H.]

Yep, they started 13 games together, and the Jazz went 7-6 in those games. 

If anybody wonders why Jerry Sloan is regarded as a great coach, take a look at that roster and ask yourself how it ended up above .500.

[raynman]

I believe this is also the year when KG was earning 28M and the whole Jazz team had a payroll of 29M! (or was it 2002-03...)
Can you believe that?