The ledger
The Stockton–Malone era (1984–2003)1994–95 Utah Jazz
This was the best regular season the franchise had ever played, and it ended in nine days of disbelief.
13 in, 0 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
13 ARRIVED1994 NBA draft second round pick (#47 overall)
- Utah drafted him 47th overall in 1994. Injuries and roster math kept his minutes thin — 16 games in 1995-96, 13 more the next season — and he moved on to Dallas.
- Was a second-round pick of the Jazz out of South Carolina in 1994.
re-signed restricted free agent to a 2-year contract with option for third year
trade with Hawks
- He arrived in the September 1994 trade that sent Tyrone Corbin to Atlanta, and left in August 2000 in a four-team deal — he and Howard Eisley to Golden State for Donyell Marshall.
- Arrived in the trade that sent Tyrone Corbin to Atlanta in 1994.
- the club gave up: Tyrone Corbin, 1995 second round pick (#57-Cuonzo Martin)
signed second round pick
signed
Marques Bragg never played a minute for the club
signed
Rich Manning never played a minute for the club
signed unrestricted free agent
- The Jazz wanted a veteran big beside Karl Malone and signed the 33-year-old as a free agent on October 29, 1994, re-signing him twice more. When the last one-year deal ran out after the 1998 Finals, he was 37 and Utah let it lapse.
- Nicknamed The Big Dog long before Glenn Robinson was given the same name.
signed free agent to a 10-day contract
- Undrafted, he won the last roster spot out of camp in November 1993. Utah waived him on December 3, 1994 to clear room for Jay Humphries, then brought him back on two 10-day contracts that January and did not re-sign him.
- Went undrafted out of Minnesota and still reached the NBA.
- Background: 2 November 1993: Utah cut Isaac Austin, Justus Thigpen and Corey Crowder and KEPT Bond along with their second-round pick Bryon Russell. Jerry Sloan explained that Bond 'showed his NBA experience' and had been excellent in practice: 'We just thought Walter's overall situation was a little better.' The opening-night roster was 13 men. source
- THE ARRIVAL: undrafted (Minnesota, 1991), he played the 1992-93 season with the Dallas Mavericks (590 points, a career-high 25 points in his second NBA game). He came to Utah's camp in the autumn of 1993 and won the last roster spot. source
- THE RETURN: on 7 January 1995 Utah announced it would sign him to a 10-day contract. He flew to Salt Lake on Monday 9 January, passed physicals and signed on Tuesday. The roster returned to a full 12 while David Benoit was on the injured list — that is, the spot was opened by an injury. source
signed free agent to a 10-day contract
re-signed to a second 10-day contract
- THE ARRIVAL: undrafted (Minnesota, 1991), he played the 1992-93 season with the Dallas Mavericks (590 points, a career-high 25 points in his second NBA game). He came to Utah's camp in the autumn of 1993 and won the last roster spot. source
- THE RETURN: on 7 January 1995 Utah announced it would sign him to a 10-day contract. He flew to Salt Lake on Monday 9 January, passed physicals and signed on Tuesday. The roster returned to a full 12 while David Benoit was on the injured list — that is, the spot was opened by an injury. source
re-signed to a second 10-day contract
trade with Celtics
- the club gave up: Jay Humphries, 1995 second round pick (#33-Junior Burrough)
re-signed for the remainder of the season