The ledger
Rebuild and the Deron years (2003–2011)2006–07 Utah Jazz
The team's 33rd NBA season started with the aim of improving on 41–41. They improved by ten games to 51–31 and returned to the playoffs after three years away. Carlos Boozer and Mehmet Okur were both named All-Stars. Paul Millsap, a second-round rookie, made the All-Rookie Second Team. The offseason work paid off immediately: the 2006 draft brought Millsap and Ronnie Brewer, and a trade brought veteran guard Derek Fisher.
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 Raptors
- Toronto sent him and cash to Utah for Kris Humphries and Robert Whaley on June 8, 2006. His rookie contract expired after one season and the Jazz signed Kyrylo Fesenko instead — his NBA career was over.
- Played college basketball in Utah at BYU before his NBA career.
- the club gave up: Kris Humphries, Robert Whaley
2006 NBA draft first round pick (#14 overall)
- Utah took him 14th overall in 2006. At the 2010 deadline, some $5.1 million over the luxury-tax line, the Jazz sent him to Memphis for a first-round pick — a move that cut their tax bill to about $2.3 million, though Kevin O'Connor insisted it was about minutes and a future asset.
- His father Ron Brewer was a first-round NBA pick and an Arkansas legend.
- Background: 18 February 2010: traded to Memphis for a 2011 first-round pick. source
2006 NBA draft second round pick (#46 overall)
- Utah drafted him 46th overall in 2006 with no guaranteed contract, so he made the roster out of camp. When Washington signed him to an offer sheet in July 2008 the Jazz, already deep at point guard, declined to match.
- Doubled as his high school's starting quarterback and drew football recruiting interest from Florida State and Nebraska.
2006 NBA draft second round pick (#47 overall)
- Utah took him 47th overall in 2006 and he immediately outplayed the slot. In July 2013 the club renounced his rights — clearing the room for the Golden State salary-dump trade that brought in picks — and handed the front line to Derrick Favors and Enes Kanter. He signed with Atlanta.
- Led all of NCAA Division I in rebounding in three consecutive seasons — the first player to do so.
- Background: July 2013: the Jazz renounced his rights to clear room for the trade with Golden State (Jefferson, Biedrins, Rush + picks). source
team exercised contract option for 2006-07
signed first round pick to a 2-year, $3.3M contract with a 2-year, $4.6M team option
re-signed
trade with Warriors
- Utah acquired him on July 12, 2006 for Keith McLeod, Andre Owens and Devin Brown. A year later he asked to be released so he could move his daughter closer to specialist cancer care, and the Jazz let him go.
- Won five NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers.
- the club gave up: Devin Brown, Keith McLeod, Andre Owens
re-signed unrestricted free agent to a 4-year, $25M contract
re-signed unrestricted free agent
signed second round pick to a multi-year contract
signed second round pick
signed free agent (N)
Brian Chase never played a minute for the club
signed free agent
Frans Steyn never played a minute for the club
signed free agent
Hiram Fuller never played a minute for the club
signed free agent
- Undrafted, he worked his way onto the roster out of camp and scored his first NBA points on November 18, 2006 — two free throws against Phoenix. The Jazz cut him in mid-January after three games.
- Started for the Illinois team that reached the 2005 NCAA championship game.
signed free agent
Tyler Smith never played a minute for the club
team exercised contract option through 2007-08
signed free agent to a 10-day contract
- Utah signed him to a 10-day contract on February 5, 2007 — the ninth Gatorade call-up from the D-League that season — and to a second on February 19. The contract ran its ten days out and was not renewed.
- His entire Jazz career was one game, at the start of an eleven-season NBA run.
re-signed to a second 10-day contract
trade with 76ers
Alan Henderson never played a minute for the club
- the club gave up: 76ers right to swap 2007 second round picks (not exercised), cash
Out
2 LEFTlost free agent (to Sonics)
- THE END, part 1 — SURGERY: he missed the Jazz's final games with inflammation in his LEFT knee and had surgery in the spring of 2006. Agent Andy Miller: 'a little cleanup of some loose particles in his knee'; 'It's nothing major, but we're better off doing it now.' According to the agent, the operation would not keep him from being ready for the following season. source
- THE END, part 2 — HE WANTED TO STAY: an unrestricted free agent. Agent Andy Miller, quoted verbatim: 'Milt's first hope — and I made this clear to Utah — is we can reach an agreement with Utah. He really enjoyed playing for Coach (Jerry) Sloan and wants to maintain that relationship.' source
team declined to exercise contract option through 2007-08