The 2017–18 Utah Jazz season was the 44th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 39th season of the franchise in Salt Lake City. On the 4th of July, Gordon Hayward announced his departure from the Jazz and signed with the Boston Celtics. Despite that, the Jazz clinched a playoff berth for the second straight year after defeating the Los Angeles Lakers on April 8, 2018.
| 2017–18 Utah Jazz season | |
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| Head coach | Quin Snyder |
| General manager | Dennis Lindsey |
| Arena | Vivint Arena |
| Results | |
| Record | 48–34 (.585) |
| Place | Division: 3rd (Northwest) Conference: 5th (Western) |
| Playoff finish | Conference Semifinals (lost to Rockets 1–4) |
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| Local media | |
| Television | AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain |
| Radio | 1280 97.5 The Zone |
They finished the regular season with 48–34, which clinched the 5th seed. In the playoffs, the Jazz faced the 4th seeded Oklahoma City Thunder in the First Round, winning in six games and advancing to the Semifinals for the second consecutive season, where they faced the top-seeded Houston Rockets, losing in five games.
Draft picks
edit| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
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| 1 | 13 | Donovan Mitchell | SG |  United States
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| 1 | 28 | Tony Bradley | PF/C | United States
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| 2 | 55 | Nigel Williams-Goss | PG | United States
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Standings
editDivision
edit| Northwest Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
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| y – Portland Trail Blazers | 49 | 33 | .598 | – | 28–13 | 21–20 | 9–7 | 82 |
| x – Oklahoma City Thunder | 48 | 34 | .585 | 1.0 | 27–14 | 21–20 | 5–11 | 82 |
| x – Utah Jazz | 48 | 34 | .585 | 1.0 | 28–13 | 20–21 | 7–9 | 82 |
| x – Minnesota Timberwolves | 47 | 35 | .573 | 2.0 | 30–11 | 17–24 | 10–6 | 82 |
| Denver Nuggets | 46 | 36 | .561 | 3.0 | 31–10 | 15–26 | 9–7 | 82 |
Conference
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| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
| 1 | z – Houston Rockets * | 65 | 17 | .793 | – | 82 |
| 2 | y – Golden State Warriors * | 58 | 24 | .707 | 7.0 | 82 |
| 3 | y – Portland Trail Blazers * | 49 | 33 | .598 | 16.0 | 82 |
| 4 | x – Oklahoma City Thunder | 48 | 34 | .585 | 17.0 | 82 |
| 5 | x – Utah Jazz | 48 | 34 | .585 | 17.0 | 82 |
| 6 | x – New Orleans Pelicans | 48 | 34 | .585 | 17.0 | 82 |
| 7 | x – San Antonio Spurs | 47 | 35 | .573 | 18.0 | 82 |
| 8 | x – Minnesota Timberwolves | 47 | 35 | .573 | 18.0 | 82 |
| 9 | Denver Nuggets | 46 | 36 | .561 | 19.0 | 82 |
| 10 | Los Angeles Clippers | 42 | 40 | .512 | 23.0 | 82 |
| 11 | Los Angeles Lakers | 35 | 47 | .427 | 30.0 | 82 |
| 12 | Sacramento Kings | 27 | 55 | .329 | 38.0 | 82 |
| 13 | Dallas Mavericks | 24 | 58 | .293 | 41.0 | 82 |
| 14 | Memphis Grizzlies | 22 | 60 | .268 | 43.0 | 82 |
| 15 | Phoenix Suns | 21 | 61 | .256 | 44.0 | 82 |
Game log
editPreseason
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Pre-season: 5–0 (home: 3–0; road: 2–0)
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Regular season
editPlayoffs
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First Round: 4–2 (home: 3–0; road: 1–2)
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Conference Semifinals: 1–4 (home: 0–2; road: 1–2)
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Player statistics
edit| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
Regular season
edit| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| Joe Ingles | 82 | 81 | 31.4 | .467 | .440 | .795 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 1.1 | .2 | 11.5 |
| Donovan Mitchell | 79 | 71 | 33.4 | .437 | .340 | .805 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 1.5 | .3 | 20.5 |
| Ricky Rubio | 77 | 77 | 29.3 | .418 | .352 | .866 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 1.6 | .1 | 13.1 |
| Derrick Favors | 77 | 77 | 28.0 | .563 | .222 | .651 | 7.2 | 1.3 | .7 | 1.1 | 12.3 |
| Jonas Jerebko | 74 | 19 | 15.3 | .466 | .414 | .807 | 3.3 | .6 | .3 | .2 | 5.8 |
| Royce O'Neale | 69 | 4 | 16.7 | .423 | .356 | .803 | 3.4 | 1.4 | .5 | .2 | 5.0 |
| Alec Burks | 64 | 1 | 16.5 | .411 | .331 | .863 | 3.0 | 1.0 | .6 | .1 | 7.7 |
| Ekpe Udoh | 63 | 3 | 12.9 | .500 | .000 | .750 | 2.4 | .8 | .7 | 1.2 | 2.6 |
| Rudy Gobert | 56 | 56 | 32.4 | .622 | .682 | 10.7 | 1.4 | .8 | 2.3 | 13.5 | |
| Raul Neto | 41 | 0 | 12.1 | .457 | .404 | .743 | 1.2 | 1.8 | .3 | .1 | 4.5 |
| Rodney Hood† | 39 | 12 | 27.8 | .424 | .389 | .876 | 2.8 | 1.7 | .8 | .2 | 16.8 |
| Thabo Sefolosha | 38 | 6 | 21.2 | .492 | .381 | .815 | 4.2 | .9 | 1.4 | .3 | 8.2 |
| Joe Johnson† | 32 | 3 | 21.9 | .420 | .274 | .833 | 3.3 | 1.4 | .4 | .2 | 7.3 |
| Jae Crowder† | 27 | 0 | 27.6 | .386 | .316 | .768 | 3.8 | 1.5 | .9 | .3 | 11.8 |
| Danté Exum | 14 | 0 | 16.8 | .483 | .278 | .806 | 1.9 | 3.1 | .6 | .2 | 8.1 |
| Georges Niang | 9 | 0 | 3.6 | .364 | .000 | .500 | 1.0 | .3 | .2 | .0 | 1.0 |
| Tony Bradley | 9 | 0 | 3.2 | .273 | .000 | 1.000 | 1.2 | .1 | .0 | .0 | .9 |
| Nate Wolters | 5 | 0 | 3.8 | .167 | .4 | .2 | .0 | .0 | .4 | ||
| Erik McCree | 4 | 0 | 2.0 | .000 | .000 | .3 | .0 | .3 | .0 | .0 | |
| David Stockton | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | .667 | .667 | 1.000 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 3.3 |
| Naz Mitrou-Long | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 3.0 |
Playoffs
edit| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| Donovan Mitchell | 11 | 11 | 37.4 | .420 | .313 | .907 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 1.5 | .4 | 24.4 |
| Rudy Gobert | 11 | 11 | 34.8 | .655 | .603 | 10.7 | 1.0 | .9 | 2.3 | 13.2 | |
| Joe Ingles | 11 | 11 | 34.7 | .471 | .455 | .647 | 4.4 | 3.4 | .5 | .2 | 14.5 |
| Derrick Favors | 11 | 9 | 26.0 | .618 | .400 | .485 | 5.2 | 1.2 | .7 | 1.0 | 9.3 |
| Royce O'Neale | 11 | 5 | 23.5 | .500 | .357 | .632 | 3.5 | 1.4 | .9 | .4 | 7.1 |
| Jae Crowder | 11 | 2 | 29.4 | .324 | .333 | .643 | 5.1 | 1.7 | 1.4 | .2 | 10.0 |
| Danté Exum | 10 | 0 | 11.4 | .488 | .286 | .750 | 1.4 | 1.0 | .1 | .1 | 5.1 |
| Jonas Jerebko | 10 | 0 | 7.9 | .421 | .167 | 1.000 | 1.6 | .3 | .3 | .0 | 1.9 |
| Alec Burks | 9 | 0 | 13.3 | .469 | .450 | .867 | 2.7 | 1.9 | .4 | .1 | 9.1 |
| Raul Neto | 8 | 0 | 9.0 | .304 | .286 | 1.000 | 1.3 | 1.3 | .3 | .0 | 2.6 |
| Ricky Rubio | 6 | 6 | 30.2 | .354 | .313 | .783 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 1.3 | .5 | 14.0 |
| Ekpe Udoh | 6 | 0 | 3.5 | 1.000 | .000 | .5 | .0 | .0 | .3 | .3 | |
| David Stockton | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | .333 | .000 | .5 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 1.0 | |
| Tony Bradley | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | .500 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 2.0 |
- † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Jazz only.
Transactions
editTrades
edit| June 22, 2017 | to Utah Jazz[1] Draft rights to Donovan Mitchell (pick 13) |
To Denver Nuggets Trey Lyles Draft rights to Tyler Lydon (pick 24) |
| To Utah Jazz[2] Draft rights to Tony Bradley (pick 28) |
To Los Angeles Lakers Draft rights to Josh Hart (pick 30) Draft rights to Thomas Bryant (pick 42) | |
| June 30, 2017[3][4] | To Utah Jazz Ricky Rubio |
To Minnesota Timberwolves 2018 1st round pick |
| February 8, 2018 [5] | ||
| To Cleveland Cavaliers Rodney Hood (from Utah) George Hill (from Sacramento) Draft rights to Artūras Gudaitis (from Sacramento) |
To Sacramento Kings Joe Johnson (from Utah) Iman Shumpert (from Cleveland) 2020 second round pick (from Miami via Cleveland) Draft rights to Dimitrios Agravanis (from Cleveland) Cash considerations (from Cleveland and Utah) | |
| To Utah Jazz Jae Crowder (from Cleveland) Derrick Rose (from Cleveland) Right to swap 2024 second round picks with Cleveland | ||
Free agency
editAdditions from non-NBA players
edit| Player | Signed |
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| Joe Ingles[6] | July 25, 2017 |
Additions
edit| Player | Signed | Former team |
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| Jonas Jerebko[7] | 2-year contract worth $8.2 million | Boston Celtics |
| Thabo Sefolosha[8] | 2-year contract worth $10.5 million | Atlanta Hawks |
| Royce O'Neale[9] | 3-year contract worth $3,812,377 |  Herbalife Gran Canaria
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| Eric Griffin[10] | Two-way contract |  Hapoel Gilboa Galil
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| Ekpe Udoh[11] | 2-year contract worth $6.5 million |  Fenerbahçe Istanbul
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| Nate Wolters | Two-way contract |  Red Star Belgrade
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| Erik McCree | Two-way contract | Sioux Falls Skyforce |
| Naz Mitrou-Long | Two-way contract / 10-day contract | Iowa State Cyclones / Salt Lake City Stars |
| Georges Niang | Two-way contract | Santa Cruz Warriors |
Subtractions
edit| Player | Reason left | New team |
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| Shelvin Mack[12] | 2-year contract worth $12 million | Orlando Magic |
| George Hill[13] | 3-year contract worth $57 million | Sacramento Kings |
| Gordon Hayward[14] | 4-year contract worth $128 million | Boston Celtics |
| Joel Bolomboy | Training camp cut | Milwaukee Bucks / Wisconsin Herd |
| Eric Griffin | Waived | Hapoel Fattal Eilat
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| Nate Wolters | Waived |  Élan Chalon
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| Naz Mitrou-Long | Waived | Salt Lake City Stars |
| Derrick Rose | Waived | Minnesota Timberwolves |
On July 7, 2018, Jonas Jerebko was waived by the Jazz,[15] and picked up by the Golden State Warriors.[16]
References
edit- ^ "Nuggets Acquire Trey Lyles and Tyler Lydon from Utah in Draft-Night Trade". NBA.com. June 22, 2017. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
- ^ "Lakers Acquire Josh Hart, Thomas Bryant in Trade with Utah". NBA.com. June 22, 2017. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
- ^ "Jazz Acquire Ricky Rubio from Timberwolves". nba.com/jazz. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
- ^ "Utah Jazz acquire veteran point guard Ricky Rubio from Minnesota Timberwolves". NBA.com. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
- ^ "Utah Jazz acquire Derrick Rose, Jae Crowder in three-team trade". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. February 8, 2018. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ^ "Jazz Re-Sign Joe Ingles". NBA.com. July 25, 2017. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
- ^ "Jazz Sign Forward Jonas Jerebko". NBA.com. July 17, 2017. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
- ^ "Jazz Sign Thabo Sefolosha". NBA.com. July 18, 2017. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
- ^ "Jazz Sign Royce O'Neale". NBA.com. July 19, 2017. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
- ^ "Jazz Sign Eric Griffin to a Two-Way Contract". NBA.com. July 20, 2017. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
- ^ "Jazz Sign Ekpe Udoh". NBA.com. July 21, 2017. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
- ^ "Orlando Magic Sign Shelvin Mack". nba.com/magic. July 9, 2017. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
- ^ "Kings Sign George Hill". nba.com/kings. July 10, 2017. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
- ^ "Boston Celtics Sign Gordon Hayward". nba.com/celtics. July 14, 2017. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
- ^ Utah Jazz (July 7, 2018). "We've waived Jonas Jerebko". Twitter. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
- ^ The Warriors Turn To Jonas Jerebko To Build Their Bench, Forbes, Patrick Murray, July 9, 2018. Retrieved July 10, 2018.