The ledger
Rebuild and the Deron years (2003–2011)2007–08 Utah Jazz
Utah's 34th NBA season and 28th in Salt Lake City produced 54 wins and the most efficient offense in the league. It was also a season of wild splits between home and road.
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.
In
15 ARRIVED2007 NBA draft first round pick (#25 overall)
- Utah drafted him 25th overall in 2007 and he spent most of two seasons scoring heavily for the Utah Flash in the D-League. Orlando signed him in September 2009 and waived him a month later.
- Led all of NCAA Division I scorers among major-conference-adjacent programs in his senior year at Rice.
2007 NBA draft second round pick (#55 overall)
Herbert Hill never played a minute for the club
team tendered qualifying offer, making player a restricted free agent
team tendered qualifying offer, making player a restricted free agent
signed first round pick to a 2-year, $2.1M contract with a 2-year, $3.2M team option
signed unrestricted free agent to a 2-year $5M contract
- He signed a two-year, $5 million contract on July 13, 2007, and was traded to Golden State a year later for Brevin Knight.
- Later became a college head coach and G League Ignite coach.
signed unrestricted free agent to a multi-year contract
- Undrafted, he signed with Utah in July 2007 and stayed four seasons, the longest stop of a twelve-year career. After the 2011 lockout the Jazz did not bring him back, signing Jamaal Tinsley and Keith McLeod instead. He joined Phoenix that December.
- Came out of Utah Valley, then a small program just south of Salt Lake City.
- Background: Local connection: he played in college for Utah Valley (2002-05), and was inducted into the UVU Hall of Fame in 2010. source
signed second round pick to a multi-year contract
- Philadelphia took him 38th overall in 2007 and traded him to Utah at once. He signed a three-year deal that August. A fractured right thumb ended his fourth season early and the Jazz let his one-year contract expire in 2011.
- One of very few Ukrainian-born players to appear in the NBA.
- Background: Selected 38th overall by Philadelphia in 2007 and immediately traded to Utah; signed a three-year contract in August 2007. source
re-signed restricted free agent
signed free agent
Damone Brown
signed free agent
Donnell Harvey never played a minute for the club
signed free agent
Kevin Lyde never played a minute for the club
team exercised contract option through 2008-09
team exercised contract option through 2008-09
trade with 76ers
- Philadelphia traded him to Utah on December 29, 2007 for Gordan Giricek and a first-round pick — the Jazz badly needed shooting. He signed with Chicago in 2010. Cleveland sent him back in November 2018 for Alec Burks, and he left in the 2019 Mike Conley trade.
- Holds the NBA record for consecutive games with a made three-pointer, at 127.
- Background: FIRST ARRIVAL: December 29, 2007, Philadelphia sends him to Utah for Gordan Giricek and a first-round pick (the pick turned out to be 2010, Trevor Booker). source
- the club gave up: Gordan Giricek, 2009 first round pick (less favorable of Jazz, Knicks picks) (protected top 22 in 2009, top 15 in 2010, top 17 in 2011, top 16 in 2012, top 16 in 2013, else 2014 second round pick, $1.15M cash) (2010 #23-Trevor Booker)