The ledger
The Stockton–Malone era (1984–2003)2000–01 Utah Jazz
With Jeff Hornacek retired, the Jazz rebuilt the edges of the roster. John Starks was signed specifically to fill Hornacek's role — "They were very sincere that they wanted me and I'm their guy to fill the role that Jeff Hornacek played over the years," he said . Danny Manning came aboard on a bargain deal, prompting one Deseret News columnist to note the eerie parallels with Tom Chambers in 1993: both 6-foot-10, both around 230 pounds, both 34, both with 12 years and four teams behind them, both former All-Stars signed cheap by a Jazz team whose window was closing . Donyell Marshall arrived from Golden State in the four-team August trade that sent Howard Eisley to Dallas and Adam Keefe to the Warriors .
16 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.
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16 ARRIVED2000 NBA draft first round pick (#23 overall)
- Utah took him 23rd overall in 2000, straight out of high school. On February 19, 2004 the Jazz traded him and a future second-round pick to Orlando for Gordan Giricek.
- Was drafted out of high school at 19, one of the last prep-to-pro classes.
- Background: Indirect but confirmed: Utah wanted an outside shooter. Andrei Kirilenko on Giricek: 'He is a great open shooter (and) moves well without the ball.' That explains what the club got, not why it gave up Stevenson. source
- ARRIVAL: the 23rd pick of the 2000 draft, straight out of high school (Washington Union, Fresno) — the first high schooler drafted by Utah. source
2000 NBA draft second round pick (#50 overall)
Kaniel Dickens never played a minute for the club
signed first round pick to a 3-year, $2.7M contract with a fourth year, $1.6M team option
- ARRIVAL: the 23rd pick of the 2000 draft, straight out of high school (Washington Union, Fresno) — the first high schooler drafted by Utah. source
signed free agent to a 2-year, $4.7M contract
- Chicago released him in 2000 and he signed with Utah that August using the mid-level exception. He said the Jazz simply told him he was their guy, while other clubs attached conditions. He retired after two seasons.
- Went undrafted and worked stocking supermarket shelves before making the NBA.
- Background: Chicago waived him in 2000 after only four games. Before that both sides asked the league whether he could be released without pay so he could join a contender; the arbitrator ruled that he could, but that he would then not be eligible to play in the playoffs with another club. Starks withdrew his request, but the Bulls waived him anyway, saying they were focusing on their young core. source
re-signed to a 2-year, $2M contract
- ARRIVAL: Utah takes him 27th overall in the 1997 draft, debut on October 31, 1997, on a team just off a Finals appearance and built around Stockton and Malone. Four seasons as Stockton's backup. source
signed free agent (from Pistons) to a 2-year contract
signed free agent to 2-year, $2.5M contract (second year is player option)
- Utah recruited him hard in August 2000 and he took the $1.2 million cap exception over $2.5 million offers elsewhere, wanting a title shot beside Stockton and Malone. He played all 82 games off the bench, then left for Dallas in 2001.
- Was the first overall pick of the 1988 NBA draft.
- Background: 11 August 2000: Manning signs a two-year contract with Utah using the salary cap exception — $1.2 million, with an option for the second year. At 34 he comes after a bought-out contract in Milwaukee (4.6 ppg the previous season). source
re-signed to a 7-year, $41M contract
4-team trade with Celtics, Mavericks, Warriors
- Golden State moved him to Utah in the first four-team trade in NBA history in August 2000. Two years later contract talks collapsed over a wide gap on years and money, and he signed with Chicago in August 2002.
- Made 12 three-pointers in a single game for Toronto in 2005, tying the then-NBA record.
- Background: 16 August 2000: the first FOUR-TEAM trade in NBA history, nine players. Golden State sends Marshall to Utah; Utah gives Adam Keefe to Golden State, Howard Eisley to Dallas and a 2001 first-round pick to Boston; Boston sends Danny Fortson to Golden State and Dana Barros to Dallas; Dallas sends Robert Pack, John 'Hot Rod' Williams and cash to Boston and Bruno Sundov to Utah; Golden State sends Bill Curley to Dallas. source
- the club gave up: Howard Eisley, Adam Keefe, 2001 first round pick (more favorable of Jazz, Suns picks) (#21-Joseph Forte)
signed free agent (from Nuggets)
Bryant Smith never played a minute for the club
signed free agent to a 1-year $700K contract
signed second round pick to a 2-year, $782.8K contract (second year is a team option)
Kaniel Dickens never played a minute for the club
signed free agent to a 1-year, $317K contract
Nick Sheppard never played a minute for the club
signed free agent to a $500K contract
Ben Davis
signed free agent to a 1-year $400K contract
Ira Bowman never played a minute for the club
signed free agent
Kaniel Dickens never played a minute for the club