The ledger
The Stockton–Malone era (1984–2003)1999–2000 Utah Jazz
The Jazz were the oldest team in the NBA and everyone knew it, including them. Their revamped opening-night starting lineup averaged nearly 35 years of age . The New York Times called them "America's last old-school team" and described a locker room of ice buckets, electronic stimulators, reflexology and a travelling wellness man — "Like a M.A.S.H. unit," said 35-year-old Armen Gilliam . Portland coach Mike Dunleavy put it another way: "I keep waiting for them to get old and go away, but they just won't go away" .
19 in, 9 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
19 ARRIVED1999 NBA draft first round pick (#24 overall)
- Utah drafted him 24th overall in 1999, then waited two years and bought out CSKA Moscow to get him in September 2001. His contract expired after ten seasons, and with the 2011 lockout on he went home to CSKA rather than wait — by his own account he would have stayed but for the lockout.
- Led the entire NBA in blocked shots in 2004–05 — as a small forward.
- Background: His contract expires after the 2010-11 season. Because of the lockout he signs a three-year deal with CSKA with a clause allowing a return to the NBA. source
1999 NBA draft first round pick (#19 overall)
- Utah took him 19th overall in 1999, at the tail end of the Stockton-and-Malone era. His contract ran out after 2001-02 and he was one of six free agents the Jazz did not re-sign. He went to Maccabi Tel Aviv.
- Was Utah's first-round pick in 1999, 19th overall, out of Minnesota.
- Background: Selected 19th overall by Utah in the 1999 draft; three seasons, 145 games, 3.8 points in 12.3 minutes. source
1999 NBA draft first round pick (#28 overall)
- Utah took him 28th overall in 1999. He reached unrestricted free agency in July 2003, the summer Stockton retired and the club was holding about $19 million in cap room. Houston signed him that October to fill its last roster spot.
- Won the 1998 NCAA championship with Kentucky.
- Background: CONTEXT (confirmed with figures): in the same article Deseret puts the 2003-04 salary cap at 42 million, committed salaries at ~22.79 million, 'Left to spend under cap: $19,213,967'. This was the summer Stockton retired and Malone left — Utah deliberately kept the cash free. source
- ARRIVAL: Utah selected him 28th overall in the first round of the 1999 draft (from Kentucky, 1998 champion, 1998 Wooden First Team All-American). As a rookie he started 9 games, 2.6 points. He worked his way into Sloan's rotation — third season 6.7 points and 3.8 rebounds, fourth season he played ALL 82 games. source
1999 NBA draft second round pick (#58 overall)
Eddie Lucas never played a minute for the club
signed first round pick to a 3-year, $2.5M contract with a fourth year team option
re-signed to a 4-year $66.5M contract
signed first round pick to a 3-year contract
- ARRIVAL: Utah selected him 28th overall in the first round of the 1999 draft (from Kentucky, 1998 champion, 1998 Wooden First Team All-American). As a rookie he started 9 games, 2.6 points. He worked his way into Sloan's rotation — third season 6.7 points and 3.8 rebounds, fourth season he played ALL 82 games. source
signed free agent to a 2-year contract
- He signed with the Jazz before the 1999-2000 season, arriving with a reputation problem.
- One of very few Haitian-born players to have a long NBA career.
re-signed free agent to a 1-year, $5.2M contract
re-signed free agent to a 2-year $22M contract
signed free agent to a 1-year minimum contract
- He signed a one-year contract on October 3, 1999, played 26 games as a reserve and was waived that January.
- Won the 1995 NBA championship with the Houston Rockets.
signed free agent
Bakari Hendrix never played a minute for the club
signed second round pick
Eddie Lucas never played a minute for the club
signed free agent
Rick Hughes never played a minute for the club
signed free agent
Saddi Washington never played a minute for the club
signed free agent
Torraye Braggs never played a minute for the club
signed free agent
Will Cunningham
signed free agent
Alvin Sims never played a minute for the club
signed free agent
- Phoenix's second overall pick in 1987 reached Utah for the 1999-2000 season, the last of his NBA career.
- Was the second overall pick of the 1987 draft.
Out
9 LEFTplayer became a free agent
player became a free agent
player became a free agent
player became a free agent
- DEPARTURE: in the autumn of 1999 he signed as a free agent with the Houston Rockets — 2 years, 2 million dollars the first year plus a 10% raise the second, with a player option for a third year at 2.4 million. That was the maximum Houston could offer, being over the 34 million limit. source
- THE REASON, from the player's own mouth (AP/ESPN, contemporary report): Utah had offered him OVER 3 million a season AND A GUARANTEED PLACE IN THE STARTING FIVE, and he chose the smaller money. Anderson: "I think when you're dealing with athletes, people have a tendency to assume money means everything. I don't think money overrules happiness. I think it's a matter of fitting in." source
player became a free agent
player became a free agent
lost free agent (to Hornets)
waived (date approximate)
Will Cunningham
retired