The ledger
Arrival in Utah (1979–1984)1981–82 Utah Jazz
The eighth season in franchise history and the worst the Jazz would post for more than two decades.
16 in, 1 out. Every move the record shows for this season, with the reason where a source gives one. Where no reason is documented, the entry says nothing rather than guess.
In
16 ARRIVEDre-signed to a 1-year contract
- ARRIVAL. 11 September 1980: Golden State sent Wayne Cooper and a 1981 second-round pick to Utah for Bernard King. source
1981 NBA draft first round pick (#13 overall)
- Utah took him 13th overall in 1981 with the pick it had got from Houston for Slick Watts. In February 1983, with the front office living payroll to payroll, the Jazz traded him to Denver for veteran centre Rich Kelley and the cash that came with him.
- His father Dolph Schayes was a twelve-time NBA All-Star and Hall of Famer.
- Background: Selected 13th overall by Utah in the 1981 draft out of Syracuse; the second center taken that year, after Steve Johnson. source
1981 NBA draft second round pick (#27 overall)
- Utah took him 27th overall in 1981 and signed him that September. The Jazz waived him a year later, then signed the same second-round pick again in 1983.
- His entire NBA career was played for this franchise.
1981 NBA draft fourth round pick (#73 overall)
George Torres never played a minute for the club
1981 NBA draft fifth round pick (#97 overall)
Mike Clark never played a minute for the club
1981 NBA draft sixth round pick (#119 overall)
Kevin Sprewer never played a minute for the club
1981 NBA draft seventh round pick (#143 overall)
Mike Robinson never played a minute for the club
1981 NBA draft eighth round pick (#165 overall)
- Utah picked him in the eighth round of the 1981 draft, 165th overall, and he debuted that October — the only NBA season he played for the club.
- Came out of Tennessee and played his only substantial NBA minutes with the Jazz.
1981 NBA draft ninth round pick (#188 overall)
Ken Ollie never played a minute for the club
1981 NBA draft tenth round pick (#207 overall)
Joe Merten never played a minute for the club
trade with Mavericks
- He came to Utah from Dallas in the 1981 trade for Allan Bristow and Wayne Cooper. It did not work — his role shrank and he fell out of the rotation inside a season.
- Died in September 1982, months after his final season, aged 29 — signed items are correspondingly rare.
- the club gave up: Allan Bristow, Wayne Cooper
signed free agent to a 1-year contract
- HOW HE CAME: 11th overall in the 1978 draft. The pick is compensation — Basketball-Reference: "Received a 1978 1st round draft pick (James Hardy was later selected) as compensation for the Golden State Warriors signing E.C. Coleman as a veteran free agent." So the text on the site is CORRECT. Debut October 13, 1978. source
signed second round pick
signed first round pick to a 5-year contract
re-signed to a 3-year contract extension
- Draft: Detroit Pistons, 2nd round, 14th pick in the round, 36th overall, 1977 draft, out of Central Michigan. Debut 22 October 1977. Two seasons in Detroit. source
signed free agent
- A Chicago second-rounder in 1980, he came to Utah for 1981-82, his second and final NBA season.
- Played at Marquette in the years just after their 1977 national championship.