The ledger
Hayward, Gobert, Mitchell (2011–2022)2014–15 Utah Jazz
The digest for this season is thin, so this is a short and honest record.
38 in, 8 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
38 ARRIVEDteam tendered qualifying offer, making player a restricted free agent
2014 NBA draft first round pick (#5 overall)
- Utah took him fifth overall in 2014 and stuck with him through five injury-shortened seasons, until the December 2019 trade that sent him and two second-rounders to Cleveland for Jordan Clarkson.
- Was drafted fifth overall without playing US college basketball.
2014 NBA draft first round pick (#23 overall)
- Utah took him 23rd overall in 2014. Donovan Mitchell's emergence moved him to the bench, and with restricted free agency ahead the Jazz preferred Jae Crowder's cheaper contract, trading Hood to Cleveland on February 8, 2018.
- Averaged over 16 points a game for the Jazz in 2016–17.
- Background: REASON 1 (confirmed): the money. Hood was a RESTRICTED free agent after the season and was expected to cost around 15 million dollars a year. Crowder's contract was 7-8 million — Utah gained flexibility under the cap in view of Derrick Favors' upcoming departure. source
- ARRIVAL: Utah selected him 23rd overall in the 2014 draft (Duke). source
2014 NBA draft second round pick (#35 overall)
Jarnell Stokes never played a minute for the club
trade with Raptors
- Toronto traded him to Utah for Diante Garrett on July 10, 2014. He did not last the season — on February 19, 2015 the Jazz moved him to Oklahoma City in a three-team deal.
- Led the NBA in three-point percentage in 2011–12 with New York.
- the club gave up: Diante Garrett
signed first round pick to a 2-year $7.4M contract with two 1-year team options for $8.9M
signed first round pick to a 2-year $2.6M contract with two 1-year team options for $3.8M
- ARRIVAL: Utah selected him 23rd overall in the 2014 draft (Duke). source
re-signed restricted free agent to a 4-year $63M contract (matched Hornets offer sheet)
signed unrestricted free agent to a 2-year $10M contract
- Washington declined to tender a qualifying offer, so Utah signed the unrestricted free agent on July 21, 2014 for two years and $10 million. Two seasons later, with Trey Lyles emerging, he left in free agency for Brooklyn.
- Clemson's all-time leader in games played and a two-time All-ACC selection.
- Background: A second independent confirmation of the un-offered qualifying offer and of Utah giving him a larger contract than the one Washington had been willing to keep him on. source
- ARRIVAL: agreed on 15 July 2014, officially signed on 21 July 2014 — two years for 10 million dollars (5 million guaranteed for 2014-15, the second year not fully guaranteed). source
trade with Cavaliers
Carrick Felix never played a minute for the club
- the club gave up: John Lucas III, Malcolm Thomas, Erik Murphy
signed free agent to a 3-year minimum non-guaranteed contract
Dee Bost never played a minute for the club
signed free agent to a 3-year minimum contract
- Utah signed him in August 2014 and waived him in October, brought him back on two 10-day contracts in early 1995 -- then a multi-year deal in March -- and waived him again that October.
- Was Notre Dame's leading rebounder and later starred in the Japanese B.League.
signed free agent to a non-guaranteed contract
Brock Motum never played a minute for the club
signed unrestricted free agent to a 2-year minimum contract
- He signed with Utah on August 28, 2014, and his season became a study in the churn of the roster's last spot.
- Spent the previous season with the New York Knicks before joining Utah.
signed free agent to a multi-year non-guaranteed contract
signed free agent
Dahntay Jones
signed free agent
Tre' Bussey never played a minute for the club
team exercised contract option through 2015-16
team exercised contract option through 2015-16
- ARRIVAL 27.06.2013: Minnesota selected him 9th, but immediately sent him to Utah for picks 14 and 21 (with which the Wolves took Shabazz Muhammad and Gorgui Dieng). source
claimed off waivers (from Clippers)
- The Clippers cut him days before opening night in 2014 and Utah claimed him on October 27. Eight seasons later he tore his ACL at Minnesota in January 2022, and the Jazz moved him to Portland at that deadline purely as salary — he never played a game for them.
- Was claimed off waivers in October 2014 after being cut by the Clippers.
- Background: He tears an ACL at the end of January 2022 and his season is over. In the February 9 trade he is included PURELY as salary. source
claimed off waivers (from Raptors)
Jordan Hamilton never played a minute for the club
re-signed to a 4-year, $42M contract extension
signed free agent to a multi-year contract
- He signed with Utah on December 10, 2014 — his only NBA contract — and was waived a month later after a knee injury.
- His whole NBA career was played for this franchise.
signed free agent to a 10-day contract
- He signed a 10-day contract on January 5, 2015, the first in the league that season, debuted the same night, and got a multi-year deal on January 25. Exactly one year later the Jazz waived him, two days before his salary would have guaranteed.
- His brother Paul Millsap played seven seasons for the Jazz.
- Background: He debuts that same evening against Indiana: 18+ minutes, 2 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal in a 101-105 loss. source
- ARRIVAL (official club announcement): "SALT LAKE CITY (January 5, 2015) - The Utah Jazz announced today that the team has signed guard/forward Elijah Millsap of the NBA Development League's Bakersfield Jam to a 10-day contract." He is called up from the D-League. 5 January is the first day on which 10-day contracts can be signed at all — his is the first such signing in the entire league that season. source
signed free agent to a 10-day contract
- Portland's 22nd pick in 2010 reached Utah on a 10-day contract on January 7, 2015, signed a second on January 17, and when it expired the Jazz chose not to keep him.
- Transferred from Duke to Memphis to be near his ill mother, a widely reported college story.
re-signed to a second 10-day contract
- ARRIVAL (official club announcement): "SALT LAKE CITY (January 5, 2015) - The Utah Jazz announced today that the team has signed guard/forward Elijah Millsap of the NBA Development League's Bakersfield Jam to a 10-day contract." He is called up from the D-League. 5 January is the first day on which 10-day contracts can be signed at all — his is the first such signing in the entire league that season. source
re-signed to a second 10-day contract
re-signed to a 3-year contract
- ARRIVAL (official club announcement): "SALT LAKE CITY (January 5, 2015) - The Utah Jazz announced today that the team has signed guard/forward Elijah Millsap of the NBA Development League's Bakersfield Jam to a 10-day contract." He is called up from the D-League. 5 January is the first day on which 10-day contracts can be signed at all — his is the first such signing in the entire league that season. source
signed free agent to a 10-day contract
- He came in on a 10-day contract on January 28, 2015, was let go when it expired, and returned that March on a multi-year deal for his first full NBA season. Utah waived him on October 22, 2016 to cut the roster to the 15-man limit.
- Went undrafted out of Dayton and earned a multi-year NBA run.
- Background: 28 January 2015: signs a 10-day contract with Utah. It expires on 7 February, the club decides not to re-sign him and he returns to Rio Grande Valley on 23 February. source
3-team trade with Pistons, Thunder
- He came to Utah on February 19, 2015 in a three-team deal with Detroit, and spent most of it shuttling to the Idaho Stampede and back.
- Left Arizona after a single season to enter the draft.
- the club gave up: Enes Freedom, Steve Novak
signed free agent to a 10-day contract
- Undrafted, he signed a 10-day contract on February 24, 2015, came back for summer league and preseason, and was waived on October 20.
- Has been named NBL Most Valuable Player in Australia multiple times.
signed free agent to a 10-day contract
re-signed to a second 10-day contract
signed free agent to a 10-day contract
- He signed a 10-day contract on March 6, 2015, taking the roster spot Jack Cooley had just vacated.
- Transferred from Georgetown to Towson and was named Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year.
re-signed to a multi-year contract / for the remainder of the season
re-signed to a second 10-day contract
re-signed to a multi-year contract / for the remainder of the season
signed free agent to a multi-year contract / for the remainder of the season
Out
8 LEFTplayer became an unrestricted free agent
player became an unrestricted free agent
player became an unrestricted free agent
signed with Club Baloncesto UCAM (Spain)
- Atlanta drafted him 47th overall in 2013 and traded his rights to Utah on draft night. He broke his Spanish contract to take the NBA chance in 2015, and was waived on July 2, 2019 as a consequence of the Mike Conley trade.
- Played in the Spanish ACB before crossing to the NBA at 23.
player became a free agent
player became a free agent
player became a free agent
player became a free agent