2021–22 Utah Jazz season
American professional basketball season
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The 2021–22 Utah Jazz season was the 48th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 43rd season of the franchise in Salt Lake City.
| 2021–22 Utah Jazz season | |
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Division champions | |
| Head coach | Quin Snyder |
| General manager | Justin Zanik |
| Owner | Ryan Smith |
| Arena | Vivint Arena |
| Results | |
| Record | 49–33 (.598) |
| Place | Division: 1st (Northwest) Conference: 5th (Western) |
| Playoff finish | First round (lost to Mavericks 2–4) |
Stats at Basketball Reference | |
| Local media | |
| Television | AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain |
| Radio | 1280 97.5 The Zone |
After a win against the Memphis Grizzlies in overtime on April 5, the Jazz clinched their sixth consecutive playoff appearance. The Jazz would play the Dallas Mavericks in the first round of the 2022 NBA playoffs where they lost the series in six games. This ended up being their final season with both Donovan Mitchell & Rudy Gobert, as both were traded to Cleveland & Minnesota in the offseason. As a result, this marks the last time Utah has qualified for the playoffs as of 2025.
Draft picks
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
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| 1 | 30 | Santi Aldama | PF |  Spain | Loyola (MD) |
The Jazz entered the draft with one first-round selection. They had traded their second-round selection, which would turn out to be the final selection of the draft, to the Indiana Pacers in 2019.[1]
Roster
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Legend
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Standings
Division
| Northwest Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
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| y – Utah Jazz | 49 | 33 | .598 | – | 29–12 | 20–21 | 15–1 | 82 |
| x – Denver Nuggets | 48 | 34 | .585 | 1.0 | 23–18 | 25–16 | 6–10 | 82 |
| x – Minnesota Timberwolves | 46 | 36 | .561 | 3.0 | 26–15 | 20–21 | 12–4 | 82 |
| Portland Trail Blazers | 27 | 55 | .329 | 22.0 | 17–24 | 10–31 | 1–15 | 82 |
| Oklahoma City Thunder | 24 | 58 | .293 | 25.0 | 12–29 | 12–29 | 6–10 | 82 |
Conference
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| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
| 1 | z – Phoenix Suns * | 64 | 18 | .780 | – | 82 |
| 2 | y – Memphis Grizzlies * | 56 | 26 | .683 | 8.0 | 82 |
| 3 | x – Golden State Warriors | 53 | 29 | .646 | 11.0 | 82 |
| 4 | x – Dallas Mavericks | 52 | 30 | .634 | 12.0 | 82 |
| 5 | y – Utah Jazz * | 49 | 33 | .598 | 15.0 | 82 |
| 6 | x – Denver Nuggets | 48 | 34 | .585 | 16.0 | 82 |
| 7 | x – Minnesota Timberwolves | 46 | 36 | .561 | 18.0 | 82 |
| 8 | pi – Los Angeles Clippers | 42 | 40 | .512 | 22.0 | 82 |
| 9 | x – New Orleans Pelicans | 36 | 46 | .439 | 28.0 | 82 |
| 10 | pi − San Antonio Spurs | 34 | 48 | .415 | 30.0 | 82 |
| 11 | Los Angeles Lakers | 33 | 49 | .402 | 31.0 | 82 |
| 12 | Sacramento Kings | 30 | 52 | .366 | 34.0 | 82 |
| 13 | Portland Trail Blazers | 27 | 55 | .329 | 37.0 | 82 |
| 14 | Oklahoma City Thunder | 24 | 58 | .293 | 40.0 | 82 |
| 15 | Houston Rockets | 20 | 62 | .244 | 44.0 | 82 |
Game log
Preseason
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Preseason: 2–2 (home: 1–0; road: 1–2)
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Regular season
| 2021–22 game log Total: 49–33 (home: 29–12; road: 20–21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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October: 5–1 (home: 2–0; road: 3–1)
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November: 9–6 (home: 6–4; road: 3–2)
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December: 12–2 (home: 6–2; road: 6–0)
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January: 4–12 (home: 1–4; road: 3–8)
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February: 8–1 (home: 7–0; road: 1–1)
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March: 8–9 (home: 5–1; road: 3–8)
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April: 3–2 (home: 2–1; road: 1–1)
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Playoffs
| 2022 playoff game log Total: 2–4 (home: 1–2; road: 1–2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First Round: 2–4 (home: 1–2; 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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| Jordan Clarkson | 79 | 1 | 27.1 | .419 | .318 | .828 | 3.5 | 2.5 | .8 | .2 | 16.0 |
| Royce O'Neale | 77 | 77 | 31.2 | .457 | .389 | .804 | 4.8 | 2.5 | 1.1 | .4 | 7.4 |
| Mike Conley Jr. | 72 | 72 | 28.6 | .435 | .408 | .796 | 3.0 | 5.3 | 1.3 | .3 | 13.7 |
| Bojan Bogdanović | 69 | 69 | 30.9 | .455 | .387 | .858 | 4.3 | 1.7 | .5 | .0 | 18.1 |
| Donovan Mitchell | 67 | 67 | 33.8 | .448 | .355 | .853 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 1.5 | .2 | 25.9 |
| Rudy Gobert | 66 | 66 | 32.1 | .713 | .000 | .690 | 14.7 | 1.1 | .7 | 2.1 | 15.6 |
| Hassan Whiteside | 65 | 8 | 17.9 | .652 | .623 | 7.6 | .4 | .3 | 1.6 | 8.2 | |
| Trent Forrest | 60 | 6 | 12.8 | .490 | .185 | .792 | 1.7 | 1.8 | .5 | .1 | 3.3 |
| Eric Paschall | 58 | 3 | 12.7 | .485 | .370 | .767 | 1.8 | .6 | .2 | .1 | 5.8 |
| Rudy Gay | 55 | 1 | 18.9 | .414 | .345 | .785 | 4.4 | 1.0 | .5 | .3 | 8.1 |
| Joe Ingles | 45 | 15 | 24.9 | .404 | .347 | .773 | 2.9 | 3.5 | .5 | .1 | 7.2 |
| Jared Butler | 42 | 1 | 8.6 | .404 | .318 | .688 | 1.1 | 1.5 | .4 | .2 | 3.8 |
| Danuel House Jr.† | 25 | 6 | 19.6 | .447 | .415 | .692 | 2.7 | 1.0 | .6 | .5 | 6.8 |
| Juancho Hernangómez† | 17 | 9 | 17.5 | .507 | .438 | .476 | 3.5 | .8 | .5 | .4 | 6.2 |
| Udoka Azubuike | 17 | 6 | 11.5 | .755 | .545 | 4.2 | .0 | .1 | .6 | 4.7 | |
| Miye Oni | 16 | 0 | 2.8 | .222 | .125 | .000 | .4 | .3 | .0 | .0 | .3 |
| Nickeil Alexander-Walker† | 15 | 2 | 9.9 | .333 | .303 | .917 | 1.5 | 1.1 | .3 | .3 | 3.5 |
| Elijah Hughes† | 14 | 1 | 8.0 | .417 | .357 | 1.000 | 1.2 | .4 | .3 | .1 | 3.1 |
| Malik Fitts† | 7 | 0 | 5.0 | .222 | .500 | 1.4 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .9 | |
| Xavier Sneed† | 7 | 0 | 4.4 | .250 | .167 | .6 | .1 | .0 | .0 | .7 | |
| Greg Monroe† | 3 | 0 | 8.7 | .800 | .571 | 3.0 | 1.0 | .0 | .3 | 4.0 | |
| Norvel Pelle | 3 | 0 | 6.3 | .600 | 2.0 | .0 | .0 | .3 | 2.0 | ||
| Denzel Valentine† | 2 | 0 | 9.0 | .500 | .333 | 2.0 | .0 | .5 | .0 | 2.5 | |
| Zylan Cheatham | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | .000 | .000 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
Playoffs
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| Donovan Mitchell | 6 | 6 | 38.2 | .398 | .208 | .881 | 4.3 | 5.7 | .7 | .5 | 25.5 |
| Bojan Bogdanović | 6 | 6 | 35.7 | .481 | .333 | .792 | 4.2 | 1.7 | .3 | .0 | 18.0 |
| Rudy Gobert | 6 | 6 | 32.8 | .636 | .682 | 13.2 | .5 | .2 | 1.0 | 12.0 | |
| Royce O'Neale | 6 | 6 | 31.3 | .400 | .280 | 1.000 | 5.7 | 1.5 | .5 | .2 | 6.2 |
| Mike Conley Jr. | 6 | 6 | 29.0 | .333 | .200 | .800 | 3.2 | 4.8 | .8 | .3 | 9.2 |
| Jordan Clarkson | 6 | 0 | 28.3 | .548 | .375 | .889 | 3.2 | 1.3 | .5 | .2 | 17.5 |
| Danuel House Jr. | 6 | 0 | 18.7 | .409 | .200 | .750 | 2.8 | .7 | .0 | .2 | 4.3 |
| Hassan Whiteside | 6 | 0 | 10.8 | .417 | .250 | 5.2 | .0 | .3 | 1.3 | 1.8 | |
| Juancho Hernangómez | 6 | 0 | 9.3 | .278 | .333 | 2.0 | .8 | .3 | .0 | 2.3 | |
| Eric Paschall | 4 | 0 | 6.0 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.3 | .0 | .3 | .0 | 2.0 |
| Nickeil Alexander-Walker | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | .0 | 5.0 | |
| Jared Butler | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | .000 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
- † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Jazz only.
Transactions
Trades
| July 30, 2021[2] | To Utah Jazz 2027 second-round pick Cash considerations |
To Oklahoma City Thunder Derrick Favors 2024 protected first-round pick | |
| August 7, 2021[3] | To Utah Jazz Draft rights to Jared Butler (No. 40) 2022 MEM second-round pick 2026 MEM second-round pick |
To Memphis Grizzlies Draft rights to Santi Aldama (No. 30) | |
| August 7, 2021[4] | To Utah Jazz Eric Paschall |
To Golden State Warriors 2026 MEM protected second-round pick | |
| February 9, 2022 | Three-team trade | [5][6] | |
To Portland Trail Blazers
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To San Antonio Spurs
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To Utah Jazz
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Free agency
Re-signed
| Player | Signed |
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| Mike Conley Jr.[8] | August 6, 2021 |
Additions
| Player | Signed | Former team |
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| Rudy Gay[9] | August 6, 2021 | San Antonio Spurs |
| Hassan Whiteside[9] | August 6, 2021 | Sacramento Kings |
Subtractions
| Player | Reason left | New team |
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| Matt Thomas[10] | Waived | |
| Georges Niang[11] | Free agency | Philadelphia 76ers |