The ledger
The Stockton–Malone era (1984–2003)1986–87 Utah Jazz
The Jazz opened the year hoping to improve on the 42–40 they had managed the season before, and they did, by two games, finishing 44–38 and qualifying for the playoffs for a fourth consecutive season.
21 in, 2 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.
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21 ARRIVED1986 NBA draft first round pick (#15 overall)
- Utah took him 15th overall in 1986 and he averaged 4.9 points in 9.5 minutes as a rookie. In October 1987 the Jazz traded him and Kent Benson to Cleveland for Mel Turpin and Darryl Dawkins, wanting insurance behind Mark Eaton.
- Was drafted by Utah and played his rookie year with the Jazz before Charlotte took him in the 1988 expansion draft.
- Background: ROOKIE SEASON: 67 games, 9.5 minutes, 4.9 points, 1.2 rebounds on Frank Layden's 44-38 team. He plays little behind the veteran guards. source
- ARRIVAL: Utah selects him with the 15th pick in the first round of the 1986 draft out of Virginia Tech. He arrives in Salt Lake as a 22-year-old. source
1986 NBA draft third round pick (#61 overall)
John Shasky never played a minute for the club
1986 NBA draft third round pick (#63 overall)
Bill Breeding never played a minute for the club
1986 NBA draft fourth round pick (#84 overall)
Marty Embry never played a minute for the club
1986 NBA draft fifth round pick (#107 overall)
Kerry Boagni never played a minute for the club
1986 NBA draft sixth round pick (#130 overall)
Chuck Everson never played a minute for the club
1986 NBA draft seventh round pick (#153 overall)
Mark Mitchell never played a minute for the club
re-signed to a multi-year contract
invited to training camp
Bill Breeding never played a minute for the club
invited to training camp
Chuck Everson never played a minute for the club
invited to training camp
- Utah signed and waived him five separate times between 1986 and 1988 in its long search for a Stockton backup. The last of them came on December 27, 1988.
- At 5 ft 10 he was among the shortest players ever to appear for the franchise.
invited to training camp
John Shasky never played a minute for the club
invited to training camp
Ray Hall never played a minute for the club
trade with Pistons
- Detroit sent him and Kelly Tripucka to Utah in August 1986 for Adrian Dantley, whose relationship with Frank Layden had collapsed. Benson backed up Mark Eaton for one season, then went to Cleveland with Dell Curry for Darryl Dawkins and Mel Turpin.
- Was the first overall pick of the 1977 NBA draft.
- Background: WHY. The Dantley-Frank Layden relationship fell apart over two years. The New York Times (August 22, 1986) wrote that Layden "has finally found a team to take the high-scoring Adrian Dantley off his hands". The Washington Post noted that Dantley himself was glad to end a "tension-filled relationship" with the coach. source
- ARRIVAL. August 21-22, 1986: Detroit sends Kelly Tripucka and Kent Benson to Utah for Adrian Dantley and two second-round picks (1987, No. 38 Norris Coleman; 1990, No. 49 Phil Henderson). Benson is the secondary piece of the deal — it is about getting rid of Dantley. source
- Detroit sent him and Kent Benson to Utah for Adrian Dantley on August 21, 1986. Two frustrating seasons later the Jazz traded him to the expansion Charlotte Hornets for Mike Brown — and he was immediately himself again.
- A two-time NBA All-Star with Detroit before joining Utah.
- the club gave up: Adrian Dantley, 1987 second round pick (#38-Norris Coleman), 1990 second round pick (#49-Phil Henderson)
re-signed to a multi-year contract extension
signed to a multi-year contract
signed free agent
signed first round pick to a 4-year, reported $1.1M contract (plus incentives)
- ARRIVAL: Utah selects him with the 15th pick in the first round of the 1986 draft out of Virginia Tech. He arrives in Salt Lake as a 22-year-old. source
signed free agent
Ray Hall never played a minute for the club
signed free agent
re-signed to a multi-year contract extension
- ARRIVAL. August 21-22, 1986: Detroit sends Kelly Tripucka and Kent Benson to Utah for Adrian Dantley and two second-round picks (1987, No. 38 Norris Coleman; 1990, No. 49 Phil Henderson). Benson is the secondary piece of the deal — it is about getting rid of Dantley. source