Former Virginia Commonwealth University star Eric Maynor made the first move of his NBA career a lucrative one, signing a guaranteed contract worth about $2.7 million yesterday with the Utah Jazz. Utah did not release terms of the contract, but first-round draft picks in the NBA are guaranteed two years under the rookie salary scale. Maynor, the 20th pick in last week’s draft, is due to make about $1.3 million this season and about $1.4 million in his second season under the scale.

Eric Maynor went down in VCU lore when he knocked Duke out of the 2007 NCAA tournament with a last-second shot. They came to be known as “Maynor Moments” among fans and coaches in the Colonial Athletic Association, the ones who spent four years watching Eric Maynor take over one game after another for Virginia Commonwealth. Just consider the scouting report on the Jazz’s newest draft pick from George Mason coach Jim Larranaga, who had a spot in the NCAA tournament swiped by Maynor in the last two minutes of the 2007 CAA tournament championship game.

Turns out Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan already knew a member of the Maynor family. He just didn’t remember it. Sloan, then the coach of the Chicago Bulls, cut George Maynor in 1979. Maynor was the Bulls’ fourth-round pick out of East Carolina. His son, Eric, was Utah’s first-round pick in Thursday’s NBA draft. The Jazz took the Virginia Commonwealth University point guard with the 20th pick.

SALT LAKE CITY—Utah Jazz owner Larry H. Miller has had both of his legs amputated 6 inches below the knee today. Jazz spokesman Jonathan Rinehart says the surgery was the result of complications from Type 2 diabetes. Rinehart says the 64-year-old Miller is recovering in a hospital. Greg Miller, Larry Miller’s son, said in a statement that his father is doing well.