The ledger
The current era (2022–2027)2023–24 Utah Jazz
The 50th season for the franchise in the NBA and the 45th in Utah brought an anniversary, a new way of watching the team, and a second straight losing record. The Jazz failed to improve on 37–45 and finished 31–51.
38 in, 9 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.
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38 ARRIVEDplayer exercised 1-year $2.6M contract option through 2023-24
2023 NBA draft first round pick (#9 overall)
- Utah took him ninth overall in 2023 for his length, shooting and positional versatility. A fractured fibula and dislocated ankle in October 2024 cost him a season. On February 3, 2026 he went to Memphis in the eight-player Jaren Jackson Jr. trade.
- Was the ninth overall pick in 2023 out of UCF.
- Background: WHY they took him: Danny Ainge and GM Justin Zanik were looking for exactly 'positional versatility, length and shooting'. Hendricks measures 6'8.5 without shoes with a 7'0.5 wingspan, shoots close to 40% from three, and can guard positions 1-4. Zanik said all three of their selections matched the club's board, and that Hendricks had been No. 9 on their own ranking. source
- DRAFT: Utah took him 9th overall in the 2023 draft (22 June 2023). The first lottery pick and highest-drafted player in UCF history, the program's first one-and-done. source
2023 NBA draft first round pick (#16 overall)
- The Jazz took him 16th overall in the 2023 draft, adding a shot-maker to a rebuilding roster.
- Named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team in 2024.
2023 NBA draft first round pick (#28 overall)
- Utah took him 28th overall on June 22, 2023, their third first-round pick that night after Taylor Hendricks and Keyonte George. A knee injury and meniscus surgery that March had pushed the Ohio State scorer out of lottery range.
- One of the purest shot-makers in his draft class coming out of college.
- Background: A second source on the slide: MCL tears back in high school plus the surgery after his freshman year in college; although he is considered perhaps the best scorer in the 2023 class, the injuries cost him the lottery. source
- ARRIVAL: Utah selects him 28th on 22 June 2023 — their third first-round pick that night after Taylor Hendricks (9) and Keyonte George (16). source
signed free agent to a 1-year contract
Taevion Kinsey never played a minute for the club
signed free agent
Ed Croswell never played a minute for the club
signed free agent
Keshawn Justice never played a minute for the club
signed free agent
Kihei Clark
signed free agent
Nick Ongenda never played a minute for the club
player exercised 1-year $6.5M contract option through 2023-24
team guaranteed contract through 2023-24
player exercised 1-year $11M contract option through 2023-24
team tendered qualifying offer, making player a restricted free agent
player exercised 1-year $14.3M contract option through 2023-24
signed first round pick to a 4-year $12.6M contract
- ARRIVAL: Utah selects him 28th on 22 June 2023 — their third first-round pick that night after Taylor Hendricks (9) and Keyonte George (16). source
signed first round pick to a 4-year $18.8M contract
signed first round pick to a 4-year $25.4M contract
- DRAFT: Utah took him 9th overall in the 2023 draft (22 June 2023). The first lottery pick and highest-drafted player in UCF history, the program's first one-and-done. source
signed free agent to a two way contract
Joey Hauser never played a minute for the club
re-signed to a 2-year $28.4M contract extension
trade with Hawks
- Atlanta dumped his $78 million contract on Utah for Rudy Gay and a second-round pick in July 2023. After two seasons and 108 games the rebuilding Jazz sent him to the Clippers on July 7, 2025 for Kevin Love and Kyle Anderson.
- Was born in Layton, Utah, and returned to play for his home-state team.
- Background: Agreed on June 26, 2023, finalized on July 6-7, 2023: Atlanta sends Collins to Utah for Rudy Gay and a second-rounder. This is a SALARY DUMP — the Hawks shed three years and $78 million ($25.34 million for 2023-24 alone) and get under the luxury tax. source
- the club gave up: Rudy Gay, 2026 second round pick (protected #43-60) (?-?)
signed unrestricted free agent to a 2-year $5.5M contract (2023-24 partially guaranteed; 2024-25 non-guaranteed)
- He signed with Utah on July 17, 2023 for what became his last NBA season.
- Represented Turkey internationally from a young age.
signed free agent to a two way contract
signed free agent to an Exhibit 10 contract
Nick Ongenda never played a minute for the club
signed unrestricted free agent to an Exhibit 10 contract
Romeo Langford never played a minute for the club
signed free agent to an Exhibit 10 contract
Taevion Kinsey never played a minute for the club
signed free agent to an Exhibit 10 contract
Keshawn Justice never played a minute for the club
signed free agent to an Exhibit 10 contract
Michael Devoe never played a minute for the club
signed free agent to a two way contract
Josh Christopher never played a minute for the club
signed free agent to an Exhibit 10 contract
Isaiah Miller never played a minute for the club
team guaranteed contract through 2023-24
- 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
team exercised 1-year $4.3M contract option through 2024-25
team exercised 1-year $3M contract option through 2024-25
- 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
- He signed a two-way contract on January 9, 2024, after Memphis had waived him two days into a deal.
- Was almost entirely unrecruited out of high school before becoming an NBA draft pick.
trade with Raptors
Otto Porter Jr never played a minute for the club
- He came to Utah with Otto Porter Jr. and a 2024 first-round pick in the February 2024 trade for Kelly Olynyk and Ochai Agbaji, and was gone by that September, signing with Washington.
- Entered the NBA at 19 after reclassifying to start college a year early.
- the club gave up: Kelly Olynyk, Ochai Agbaji
trade with Pistons
Kevin Knox II never played a minute for the club
- the club gave up: Simone Fontecchio
signed free agent to a 10-day contract
Taevion Kinsey never played a minute for the club
signed free agent to a 3-year $4.9M rest-of-season contract (includes team option for 2025-26)
- Utah picked him up on March 11, 2024 for the rest of the season — the best NBA stretch of his career — then waived him that July before his salary became guaranteed.
- Came out of Louisiana Tech, the same program that produced Karl Malone.
signed free agent to a 3-year $5.7M rest-of-season contract
Out
9 LEFTplayer became an unrestricted free agent
player became an unrestricted free agent
- 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
team renounced free agent exception rights
- 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
team withdrew qualifying offer, making player an unrestricted free agent
- Waived on June 30, 2025 — exactly the day, by 6:00 p.m. Eastern, on which the Jazz had to decide whether to guarantee his $2.84 million salary for 2025-26. The news came from Shams Charania (ESPN). source
team renounced free agent exception rights
- 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
trade with Cavaliers
team renounced free agent exception rights
- Waived on June 30, 2025 — exactly the day, by 6:00 p.m. Eastern, on which the Jazz had to decide whether to guarantee his $2.84 million salary for 2025-26. The news came from Shams Charania (ESPN). source
team renounced free agent exception rights
player became a free agent
Taevion Kinsey never played a minute for the club