"Jazz point guard Devin Harris had already run through a light workout, every minor move captured by the zooming lenses of television cameras.

Paul Millsap looked stronger and sounded more confident than ever, serving immediate notice that this could be the year the former reserve tweener becomes an All-Star.

C.J. Miles said he was 15 pounds lighter, declaring on the first day of informal, voluntary workouts that he wants to be either Utah's starting shooting guard or small forward when the 2011-12 NBA season finally begins.

But the day and the moment soon belonged to former Jazzman Ronnie Price.

The six-year veteran did not work out due to illness. His 6-foot-2, 187-pound frame barely drew notice from the media, and he was content to receive friendly smiles from Millsap and Miles. But the NBA has entered an eight-day period of uncertainty, and no one at Utah's practice facility better represented the limbo than Price."