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Guard · 2007–08

Jason Hart

Syracuse still lists him among its all-time leaders — the first freshman ever to lead the Big East in minutes, and the school's career steals leader. The Los Angeles point guard worked through ten NBA seasons, his best year coming in Charlotte in 2004-05 at 9.5 points and 5.0 assists a game. Utah signed him to a two-year, $5 million deal in 2007 to back up Deron Williams.

Coaching runs through the second act: from Taft High in Los Angeles to Pepperdine and USC, then head coach of the G League Ignite until the program folded in 2024, and now an assistant at Kentucky. He married his high school sweetheart, Brandi, and they have two sons.

HOW HE CAME & WENTHe signed a two-year, $5 million contract on July 13, 2007, and was traded to Golden State a year later for Brevin Knight.

Full name
Jason Keema Hart
Utah Jazz tenure
2007–08
Position
Guard
Born
1978, Los Angeles
Height
6′3″ (191 cm)
Weight
181 lb (82 kg)
College
Syracuse
Drafted
undrafted
Signature in the archive 2000 SP Top Prospects #JH First Impressions

No photograph of this signature is online yet.

With the Jazz

JASON HART · 2007–08 · PER GAME
SEASONTEAMGMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFG%3P%FT%
2007–08UTA5710.62.91.01.50.50.1.322.355.844
JAZZ TOTAL1 SEASON5710.62.91.01.50.50.1.322.355.844

Season by season, regular season, with this franchise only. More info: Basketball-Reference ↗  ·  Wikipedia ↗

Did you know

JASON HART · 4 NOTES
  • He recorded the first steal in Charlotte Bobcats history in the franchise's very first game.
  • At USC he helped develop five NBA draft picks, among them top-ten choices Evan Mobley and Onyeka Okongwu.
  • After a rookie year that amounted to one NBA game, he rebuilt his career in the brand-new NBDL with the Asheville Altitude.
  • Kevin O'Connor on the season that cost him the backup job: 'Jason struggled at the beginning, and tried awfully hard — probably too hard at times.'