2017–18 Utah Jazz season
NBA professional basketball team season
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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
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
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| 1 | 24 | Tyler Lydon | PF |  United States |
Syracuse |
| 1 | 30 | Josh Hart | SG |  United States |
Villanova |
| 2 | 42 | Thomas Bryant | PF/C | United States |
Indiana |
| 2 | 55 | Nigel Williams-Goss | PG | United States |
Gonzaga |
The Jazz entered the draft with four draft picks. The 30th and 42nd picks previously acquired from different teams via trade were used to select Josh Hart and Thomas Bryant, respectively, and their rights were soon traded to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for the rights to the 28th pick Tony Bradley. The Jazz also traded the rights of the 24th pick Tyler Lydon alongside Trey Lyles to the Denver Nuggets for the rights to the 13th pick, Donovan Mitchell.
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Standings
Division
| 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
Preseason
| 2017 pre-season game log Total: 5–0 (home: 3–0; road: 2–0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pre-season: 5–0 (home: 3–0; road: 2–0)
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Regular season
Playoffs
| 2018 playoff game log Total: 5–6 (home: 3–2; road: 2–4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
| 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
| 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
| 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
Trades
| 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
Additions from non-NBA players
| Player | Signed |
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| Joe Ingles[6] | July 25, 2017 |
Additions
| 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 |
| Eric Griffin[10] | Two-way contract |  Hapoel Gilboa Galil |
| Ekpe Udoh[11] | 2-year contract worth $6.5 million |  Fenerbahçe Istanbul |
| Nate Wolters | Two-way contract |  Red Star Belgrade |
| 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
| 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 |
| Nate Wolters | Waived |  Élan Chalon |
| 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]