The ledger
Hayward, Gobert, Mitchell (2011–2022)2016–17 Utah Jazz
The rebuild paid off. Utah won 51 games, took the fifth seed in the Western Conference and returned to the playoffs for the first time since 2012, ending a four-year absence. Gordon Hayward and Rudy Gobert both broke out: Hayward was selected to the 2017 NBA All-Star Game, the franchise's first All-Star since Deron Williams in 2011, and Gobert was named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team and the All-NBA Second Team.
17 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
17 ARRIVED2016 NBA draft first round pick (#12 overall)
Taurean Prince never played a minute for the club
2016 NBA draft second round pick (#42 overall)
Isaiah Whitehead never played a minute for the club
2016 NBA draft second round pick (#52 overall)
- Utah took him 52nd overall in 2016, keeping the Weber State product barely an hour from campus, and waived him in October 2017.
- Born in Ukraine and raised in the United States, he starred at nearby Weber State.
2016 NBA draft second round pick (#60 overall)
Tyrone Wallace never played a minute for the club
3-team trade with Hawks, Pacers
- He came to Utah on July 7, 2016 in a three-team deal with Indiana and Atlanta, and left in free agency after one season.
- Was drafted out of IUPUI, a rare mid-major first-round selection.
- the club gave up: rights to Taurean Prince
trade with Spurs
- San Antonio sent him to Utah for the rights to Olivier Hanlan on July 8, 2016, as the Jazz added veteran passing and toughness. Utah waived him on July 13, 2017, two days before his $7.5 million salary guaranteed, having found no trade partner.
- Won the NBA championship with San Antonio in 2014.
- Background: CONTEXT. Diaw is 34, with 13 seasons behind him and a championship ring with San Antonio from 2014. Hanlan is an unrealized second-round draft right — Utah gives up no actual player. source
- ARRIVAL. 8 July 2016: San Antonio sends Boris Diaw, a 2022 second-round pick and cash to Utah for the rights to Olivier Hanlan. Announced officially by the Jazz on 8 July, finalized on 12 July. source
- WHY THEY TAKE HIM. General manager Dennis Lindsey to the AP: "We felt like his passing, his unique style, situationally could provide us with a much different look. We were pleased adding someone who is tough, physical, can really pass the ball, who has improved his distance shooting as well." The deal is part of the summer in which Utah adds experienced depth, shooting, passing and physicality, after narrowly missing the playoffs in 2016 (they also acquire George Hill). source
- the club gave up: rights to Olivier Hanlan, traded player exception
signed unrestricted free agent to a 2-year $22M contract
- He signed a two-year, $22 million contract on July 8, 2016 and beat the Clippers with a buzzer-beater in Game 1 of the 2017 playoffs. Out of the rotation a year later, his expiring contract went to Sacramento in the Jae Crowder trade.
- Hit the game-winning buzzer-beater in Game 1 of the 2017 playoffs against the Clippers.
- Background: Signs a two-year, $22 million contract on July 8, 2016. source
signed second round pick
signed second round pick
Marcus Paige never played a minute for the club
trade with 76ers
Kendall Marshall never played a minute for the club
- the club gave up: Tibor Pleiss, 2017 second round pick (most favorable of Jazz, Knicks, Pistons, Warriors picks) (#36-Jonah Bolden), 2017 second round pick (least favorable of Jazz, Knicks, Pistons, Warriors picks) (#60-Alpha Kaba)
signed free agent
Quincy Ford never played a minute for the club
signed unrestricted free agent
Henry Sims never played a minute for the club
signed free agent
Eric Dawson never played a minute for the club
team exercised contract option through 2017-18
team exercised contract option through 2017-18
- ARRIVAL: Utah selected him 23rd overall in the 2014 draft (Duke). source
team exercised contract option through 2017-18
re-signed to a 4-year, $100-102M contract extension
Out
2 LEFTplayer became an unrestricted free agent
- THE REASON he was available at all: Washington did NOT make him a qualifying offer and thereby lost the right to match offers. From a restricted free agent Booker became unrestricted and Utah took him without compensation. The previous season: 72 games (45 as a starter), 6.8 points and 5.3 rebounds. source
- DEPARTURE: an unrestricted free agent. He agreed with Brooklyn on 2 July 2016 and signed on 8 July 2016 — two years for 18 million. Sean Marks' third signing in Brooklyn after Jeremy Lin and Justin Hamilton. source
trade with Wizards
- DEPARTURE 03.07.2016: Utah sent him to Washington for a 2021 second-round pick. source