"Greg Miller made a tough phone call Thursday — one that was part business, part personal.

Considering the importance of the news he had to break and the sincerity of an accompanying message he hoped to relay, the Jazz CEO wanted to make it himself.

Mehmet Okur was on the answering end of the call.

The business part: The seven-year Jazz center was dealt to the New Jersey Nets in exchange for a valuable trade exception — the key to the deal for Utah — and the team's 2015 second-round draft pick."