The ledger
The Stockton–Malone era (1984–2003)1989–90 Utah Jazz
The Jazz's 16th season produced the best regular season the franchise had ever had and another first-round exit. Utah won seven of its first eight games, took 11 of 14 in January including a nine-game winning streak, sat at 33–14 at the All-Star break, ran off another seven-game streak between February and March, and finished 55–27 — a game behind San Antonio in the Midwest.
15 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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15 ARRIVED1989 NBA draft first round pick (#21 overall)
- Utah took him 21st overall in 1989. He left, came back, and then went unprotected — Vancouver claimed him 26th in the 1995 expansion draft.
- Blue is a childhood nickname that followed him through his entire career.
1989 NBA draft second round pick (#48 overall)
Junie Lewis never played a minute for the club
signed first round pick to a 4-year contract
invited to training camp
- Undrafted in 1989, he walked into the Jazz free-agent camp hoping to back up John Stockton and lasted about sixteen months before his release.
- Only unsigned SkyBox cards of him are known to exist.
signed free agent
Joe Hillman never played a minute for the club
signed draft pick
Junie Lewis never played a minute for the club
re-signed to a 2-year contract
- 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
invited to training camp
- Utah invited him to camp, signed him in September 1989 and waived him a month later — then signed him back for the rest of the season in February 1990.
- Appears on ProCards CBA sets from the Rapid City Thrillers.
re-signed to a 5-year contract
signed free agent
signed free agent
signed free agent to a 1-year contract
signed free agent
- Undrafted, he made his NBA debut for the Jazz early in 1989-90. Those 21 games were his entire NBA career.
- Played most of his professional career outside the United States.
signed free agent for the remainder of the season
re-signed to a 2-year contract