The ledger
The Stockton–Malone era (1984–2003)1988–89 Utah Jazz
The 15th season in franchise history began with the Jazz winning eight of their first ten games, including a seven-game November winning streak, and ended with them being swept out of the playoffs by a seventh seed. In between, the club changed coaches for good.
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.
In
21 ARRIVEDtrade with Hornets
- He reached Utah on expansion draft day in 1988, when Charlotte took him from Chicago and traded him to the Jazz for Kelly Tripucka. Utah dealt him to Minnesota in 1993 for Felton Spencer, the man meant to succeed Mark Eaton.
- Played 394 games for the Jazz, more than any other player still wanted for this checklist.
- Background: IMPORTANT ABOUT THE ARRIVAL: Brown did NOT come directly from Chicago. In the expansion draft on June 23, 1988 the Charlotte Hornets selected him 8th from the Chicago Bulls, and THE SAME DAY traded him to the Utah Jazz for Kelly Tripucka. Brown never played a game for Charlotte. source
- Draft: Chicago Bulls, 3rd round, 69th overall, 1985 draft, out of George Washington (college nickname "The New Washington Monument"). In 1985-86 he played in Italy for Aurora Desio, and made his NBA debut on November 1, 1986. source
- the club gave up: rights to Kelly Tripucka
1988 NBA draft first round pick (#17 overall)
- Utah took him 17th overall on June 28, 1988 and traded him to Sacramento in the June 1990 deal that brought Jeff Malone in. Where he fit in Salt Lake City was behind Mark Eaton.
- Was the 17th overall pick in 1988 — Utah's first-round choice out of Wyoming.
- Background: Utah wants him deliberately — it takes him even though the highly rated forwards Mark Bryant (Seton Hall) and Jerome Lane (Pitt) are still on the board. The same article reports that the Jazz tried to trade Jose Ortiz to Miami for the 20th pick and the deal fell through. source
- ARRIVAL: June 28, 1988, first round, 17th pick out of Wyoming. Deseret News runs it under the headline 'Jazz rope a Cowboy'; 6-11, 265 pounds, 15.4 points and 6.6 rebounds as a senior, 61% from the field for his career, three-time MVP of the WAC tournament. source
1988 NBA draft second round pick (#42 overall)
Jeff Moe never played a minute for the club
1988 NBA draft third round pick (#67 overall)
Ricky Grace never played a minute for the club
signed fifth round pick to a 2-year contract
signed first round pick to a 3-year, estimated $3M contract
- ARRIVAL: June 28, 1988, first round, 17th pick out of Wyoming. Deseret News runs it under the headline 'Jazz rope a Cowboy'; 6-11, 265 pounds, 15.4 points and 6.6 rebounds as a senior, 61% from the field for his career, three-time MVP of the WAC tournament. source
signed first round pick to a 3-year contract
- ARRIVAL: Utah took him 15th in the first round of the 1987 draft — the first Puerto Rican-born player ever selected in the NBA draft. He came from Oregon State, where he was Pac-10 Player of the Year in 1987. source
trade with Spanish team
- ARRIVAL: Utah took him 15th in the first round of the 1987 draft — the first Puerto Rican-born player ever selected in the NBA draft. He came from Oregon State, where he was Pac-10 Player of the Year in 1987. source
- the club gave up: Mel Turpin
signed free agent
Billy Donovan never played a minute for the club
signed second round pick
Jeff Moe never played a minute for the club
signed
Marty Simmons never played a minute for the club
signed third round pick
Ricky Grace never played a minute for the club
signed free agent
Ron Rowan never played a minute for the club
signed free agent to a 2-year contract
- Undrafted, he came to Utah in 1988 after Milwaukee signed and waived him inside two days. He played all 82 games as Stockton's backup, then the Jazz waived him on November 6, 1989, a game into the next season, giving the role to Delaney Rudd.
- Led the NBA in three-point percentage in 1991, after leaving Utah.
- Background: 1988-89: he plays ALL 82 games for Utah — 9.5 minutes, 1.7 points, 1.1 rebounds, 2.6 assists per game. source
- ARRIVAL: undrafted. He signs with Milwaukee on October 19, 1988 and is released the next day. He goes to Utah and makes his NBA debut on November 4, 1988. source
re-signed to a multi-year contract extension
Bobby Hansen
signed free agent
re-signed to a multi-year contract extension
signed free agent to a 10-day contract
- Utah took him 20th overall in 1987 and he reached the floor the following season, called up as the replacement when the club waived Bart Kofoed.
- Was Utah's first-round pick in 1987, 20th overall.
re-signed for the remainder of the season
signed free agent to a 10-day contract
- A Clippers second-rounder in 1987, he played 1988-89 in Utah and was taken by Minnesota in the 1989 expansion draft.
- Made the CBA All-Rookie Team with the Mississippi Jets before reaching the NBA.
re-signed to a 2-year contract
Out
2 LEFTlost in 1988 NBA expansion draft (to Hornets)
renounced rights
John Shasky never played a minute for the club