The ledger
The current era (2022–2027)2022–23 Utah Jazz
The 49th season for the franchise was a demolition and a rebuild in the same twelve months. Quin Snyder resigned on June 5, 2022, after eight seasons. On June 29 the Jazz hired Boston Celtics assistant Will Hardy as his replacement. Then the roster was taken apart: Rudy Gobert went to Minnesota on July 1 and Donovan Mitchell to Cleveland on September 1, the first season since 2017–18 without either of them. The club also unveiled a new logo and a black, white and yellow "remix" colour scheme that fans and media largely disliked, and which stayed in place only until 2024–25.
26 in, 10 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
26 ARRIVEDtrade with Timberwolves
- He came to Utah on July 6, 2022 in the Rudy Gobert trade and lasted just over half a season — on February 9, 2023 he went to the Lakers in the Russell Westbrook deal.
- Arrived in the 2022 trade that sent Rudy Gobert to Minnesota.
- He arrived on July 6, 2022 in the Rudy Gobert trade and agreed to a buyout seven months later, on February 16, 2023.
- Came through the FC Barcelona academy before being drafted.
- He arrived on July 6, 2022 in the Rudy Gobert trade — the largest in modern Jazz history — and went to the Lakers seven months later in the Russell Westbrook deal.
- Arrived in the 2022 trade that sent Rudy Gobert to Minnesota.
- the club gave up: Rudy Gobert, Jazz option to swap 2026 first round picks with Timberwolves (unprotected if Jazz has sent first round pick to Thunder by 2025, else Jazz pick protected #9-30) (not exercised)
signed first round pick to a 4-year $13.4M contract
- Memphis drafted him 22nd in 2022 and Utah got him two weeks later in the Rudy Gobert trade. Shoulder surgery cost him 2025-26, and with Jaren Jackson Jr. and Jusuf Nurkic crowding the front line Utah sign-and-traded him to the Lakers in July 2026.
- Arrived in the 2022 trade that sent Rudy Gobert to Minnesota.
- Background: Achievements in Utah: All-Rookie First Team and third in the 2023 Rookie of the Year voting. 2024-25: 58 games (all as a starter), 11.1 pts, 12.2 rebounds, 2.4 blocks, NBA leader in offensive rebounds (4.6), second in blocks, fifth in rebounds. He left Utah as the franchise's career field-goal percentage record holder (.681). He reached 1000 rebounds in 126 games — the fastest for a Jazz player since Karl Malone (102). source
- ARRIVAL: selected 22nd by the Memphis Grizzlies in the draft on 23 June 2022. On 24 June his rights went to Minnesota (together with TyTy Washington, for Jake LaRavia). On 6 July 2022 — two weeks after the draft — he was included in the Rudy Gobert deal: Kessler, Patrick Beverley, Jarred Vanderbilt, Leandro Bolmaro, Malik Beasley, four future first-round picks and one swap went to Utah. He signed his rookie contract on 9 July 2022. source
signed free agent to a two way contract
- Undrafted in 2022, he agreed to a two-way contract on draft night and later a four-year deal. Utah waived him on June 30, 2025, the deadline to guarantee his $2.84 million salary, after drafting Ace Bailey and Walter Clayton Jr.
- Led UCLA, an 11-seed, to the 2021 Final Four with one of the great NCAA tournament scoring runs.
- Background: Undrafted in 2022, he negotiated a two-way contract with the Jazz on draft night and later received a four-year deal. source
signed free agent to a 2-year $6.2M contract
- Fresh off trading Rudy Gobert, the rebuilding Jazz made him their first free-agent signing of the 2022 offseason, and traded him to Detroit at the 2024 deadline.
- Was one of the leading scorers at EuroBasket 2022 for Italy before signing with the Jazz.
signed free agent to a 1-year contract
Paris Bass never played a minute for the club
trade with Lakers
- The Lakers traded him and Stanley Johnson to Utah for Patrick Beverley on August 25, 2022. He picked up his $11 million option, and in 2024 the Jazz renounced his rights to clear cap room for Lauri Markkanen's new contract.
- Has a 7 ft 1 wingspan at 6 ft 4 — one of the most extreme ratios in the league.
- the club gave up: Patrick Beverley
trade with Cavaliers
- He came to Utah on September 1, 2022 in the Donovan Mitchell trade and turned into the face of the franchise, winning Most Improved Player in his first season here.
- Named NBA Most Improved Player in 2023, his first season with the Jazz.
- Background: REASON: a full rebuild under Danny Ainge — after Gobert and Mitchell, Utah stockpiled 13 unprotected or lightly protected picks through 2029. source
- ARRIVAL 09/01/2022: in the Donovan Mitchell -> Cleveland deal. Utah received Markkanen, Collin Sexton, Ochai Agbaji, three unprotected first-round picks (2025, 2027, 2029) and pick swaps in 2026 and 2028. source
- He came to Utah on September 3, 2022 in the Donovan Mitchell trade, signed and traded on a four-year, $72 million deal. Clearing backcourt room after drafting Ace Bailey and Walter Clayton Jr., the Jazz sent him to Charlotte for Jusuf Nurkic on June 29, 2025.
- Arrived in the blockbuster 2022 trade that sent Donovan Mitchell to Cleveland.
- Background: In Utah: 189 games, averaging 17.5 pts, 2.5 rebounds, 4.2 assists on 48.8/39.8/85.1. He leads the Jazz in total points in his last two seasons there. 2024-25: 18.4 pts and 4.2 assists, a starter in 61 of 63 games, personal bests from three (41%) and at the free-throw line (87%). source
- HOW HE CAME: 3 September 2022, in the Donovan Mitchell deal. Cleveland sends Sexton, Lauri Markkanen, Ochai Agbaji, three first-round picks and two first-round swaps for Mitchell. Sexton arrives via sign-and-trade on a 4-year / $72 million contract (he had been a restricted free agent after a torn meniscus in 2021-22). source
- Cleveland took him 14th overall in 2022 and shipped him to Utah that September in the Donovan Mitchell trade. Averaging 5.4 points, he went to Toronto with Kelly Olynyk on February 8, 2024 for a first-round pick and two players.
- Won the 2022 NCAA championship with Kansas and was Final Four Most Outstanding Player.
- Background: Cleveland drafted him 14th overall in 2022 and in September of the same year sent him to Utah as part of the Donovan Mitchell trade. source
- the club gave up: Donovan Mitchell, Jazz option to swap 2026 first round pick (Timberwolves pick, if Jazz have the pick from prior conditional trade) with Cavaliers (?-?), Jazz option to swap 2028 first round pick with Cavaliers (?-?)
signed free agent to an Exhibit 10 contract
Paris Bass never played a minute for the club
signed free agent
Cody Zeller never played a minute for the club
signed free agent to a two way contract
- Undrafted, he signed a two-way contract with Utah on October 12, 2022 and stuck around for three seasons.
- Transferred from Ohio State to Wisconsin before turning professional.
trade with Pistons
- Detroit traded him and Saben Lee to Utah for Bojan Bogdanovic on September 26, 2022, in Danny Ainge's teardown. The Jazz dealt him to Toronto at the February 2024 deadline.
- Represented Canada internationally for more than a decade.
- the club gave up: Bojan Bogdanovic
signed free agent
Darryl Morsell never played a minute for the club
signed free agent to an Exhibit 10 contract
signed free agent to a two way contract
signed free agent to an Exhibit 10 contract
- The Jazz signed the local product to a 10-day contract on February 22, 2023. He appeared in one game before returning to the Stars.
- Grew up in Alpine, Utah, and played high school basketball in the state before joining the Jazz.
signed free agent to a 1-year Exhibit 10 contract
Isaiah Miller never played a minute for the club
signed free agent to an Exhibit 10 contract
Tyler Cook never played a minute for the club
3-team trade with Lakers, Timberwolves
Russell Westbrook never played a minute for the club
- He came to Utah on February 9, 2023 in the three-team, eight-player Russell Westbrook blockbuster, and played 22 games for the club.
- Won the 2022 NBA championship with Golden State, the season before joining Utah.
- He arrived on February 9, 2023 in the three-team deal that sent Russell Westbrook to Utah, picked up his player option to stay, and was traded to Cleveland on July 8, 2023.
- Won NBA championships with Golden State in 2017 and 2018.
- the club gave up: Malik Beasley, Jarred Vanderbilt, Mike Conley Jr, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, 2025 second round pick (#31-Rasheer Fleming), 2026 second round pick (?-?)
signed free agent to a 10-day contract
signed free agent to a 10-day contract
- Utah pulled him out of the G League on a 10-day contract on February 22, 2023 and gave him a multi-year deal that March. As a free agent in July 2024 he chose the Clippers, and the Jazz used their cap space to absorb Russell Westbrook in the sign-and-trade.
- Was named Big East Player of the Year twice at Providence.
- Background: The second 10-day deal expired on March 13, 2023. NBA rules forbid a third 10-day contract with the same team, so on March 14 the Jazz gave him a standard multi-year contract. In his first 9 games for Utah: 11.6 points, 4.8 rebounds, 4.8 assists, 1.6 steals on 53.1% from the field. source
- ARRIVAL: he was playing in the G League for the Capital City Go-Go (Washington's affiliate) — 33 games, 15.2 points, 5.7 rebounds, 5.5 assists, 2.5 steals. The Jazz gave him a 10-day contract on February 22, 2023, and a second one on March 4. source
re-signed to a second 10-day contract
- ARRIVAL: he was playing in the G League for the Capital City Go-Go (Washington's affiliate) — 33 games, 15.2 points, 5.7 rebounds, 5.5 assists, 2.5 steals. The Jazz gave him a 10-day contract on February 22, 2023, and a second one on March 4. source
re-signed to a 2-year $3.32M rest-of-season contract
- ARRIVAL: he was playing in the G League for the Capital City Go-Go (Washington's affiliate) — 33 games, 15.2 points, 5.7 rebounds, 5.5 assists, 2.5 steals. The Jazz gave him a 10-day contract on February 22, 2023, and a second one on March 4. source
signed free agent to a 10-day contract
signed free agent to a 10-day contract
- Utah gave him his way back into the league on a 10-day contract on March 28, 2023, converted into a multi-year deal that April, and let him go in the 2024 offseason.
- Turned professional in Slovenia as a teenager before entering the NBA draft at 19.
re-signed to a 1-year / 2-year $2.5M rest-of-season contract extension
signed free agent to a 2-year $2.1M rest-of-season contract
Vernon Carey Jr never played a minute for the club
Out
10 LEFTteam declined to tender qualifying offer, making player an unrestricted free agent
team declined to tender qualifying offer, making player an unrestricted free agent
- THE REASON for the parting: in June 2022 the Jazz had the option to give him a qualifying offer and make him a restricted free agent, but did NOT do so — so he reached the market as a fully unrestricted free agent. source
player became an unrestricted free agent
player became an unrestricted free agent
- THE REASON for the signing is stated clearly by Deseret News: 'After they traded Derrick Favors, the Jazz still wanted to have a more veteran center to back up Rudy Gobert' — Favors had been shipped out (to Oklahoma City) and the club was left without an experienced backup for Gobert. source
trade with Nets
team declined contract option for 2023-24
team declined contract option for 2023-24
- THE END — THE EXACT MECHANICS: on 30 October 2022 Utah DECLINED his fourth-year option for 2023/24, worth 3,923,484 dollars. At that point he had played 33 games for the club averaging 3.0 points and 2.6 rebounds in 7.9 minutes. The decline made him an unrestricted free agent from July 2023. source
waived (agreed to contract buyout)
Russell Westbrook never played a minute for the club
player became a free agent
player became a free agent