2015–16 Utah Jazz season

2015–16 Utah Jazz season
Head coach Quin Snyder
General manager Dennis Lindsey
Arena Vivint Smart Home Arena
Results
Record 4042 (.488)
Place Division: 3rd (Northwest)
Conference: 9th (Western)
Playoff finish Did not qualify

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television Root Sports Utah
Radio 1280
97.5 The Zone

The 2015–16 Utah Jazz season was the 42nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 37th season of the franchise in Salt Lake City.[1] Utah missed the playoffs for the fourth year in a row, but remained in playoff contention until the final regular season game.

On March 28, 2016, On Kobe Bryant's final visit in Utah the Jazz defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 123-75 marked the Lakers' matched their worst loss set by the Los Angeles Clippers 142-94 on March 6, 2014.

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 12 Trey Lyles SF / PF  United States Kentucky
2 42 Olivier Hanlan PG  Canada Boston College
2 54 Dani Diez SF  Spain Gipuzkoa Basket

Roster

2015–16 Utah Jazz roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
PF 33 Booker, Trevor 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 228 lb (103 kg) 1987–11–25 Clemson
PG 3 Burke, Trey 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 191 lb (87 kg) 1992–11–12 Michigan
SG 10 Burks, Alec 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 214 lb (97 kg) 1991–07–20 Colorado
SG 11 Exum, Dante  6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1995–07–13 Lake Ginninderra (AUS)
PF 15 Favors, Derrick (C) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1991–07–15 Georgia Tech
C 27 Gobert, Rudy 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1992–06–26 France
SF 20 Hayward, Gordon (C) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 226 lb (103 kg) 1990–03–23 Butler
SG 5 Hood, Rodney 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 206 lb (93 kg) 1992–10–20 Duke
SF 2 Ingles, Joe 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 226 lb (103 kg) 1987–10–02 Lake Ginninderra (AUS)
SG 23 Johnson, Chris 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 206 lb (93 kg) 1990–04–29 Dayton
PF 41 Lyles, Trey 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 234 lb (106 kg) 1995–11–05 Kentucky
PG 8 Mack, Shelvin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 203 lb (92 kg) 1990–04–22 Butler
PG 25 Neto, Raul 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 179 lb (81 kg) 1992–05–19 Brazil
C 21 Pleiß, Tibor 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) 256 lb (116 kg) 1989–11–02 Germany
C 24 Withey, Jeff 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 231 lb (105 kg) 1990–03–07 Kansas
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate
  • Injured

Roster
Last transaction: 2016–04–03

Northwest Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div GP
yOklahoma City Thunder 55 27 .671 0.0 32–9 23–18 13–3 82
xPortland Trail Blazers 44 38 .537 11.0 28–13 16–25 11–5 82
Utah Jazz 40 42 .488 15.0 24–17 16–25 8–8 82
Denver Nuggets 33 49 .402 22.0 18–23 15–26 4–12 82
Minnesota Timberwolves 29 53 .354 26.0 14–27 15–26 4–12 82

Conference

Western Conference
# Team W L PCT GB GP
1 zGolden State Warriors * 73 9 .890 82
2 ySan Antonio Spurs * 67 15 .817 6.0 82
3 yOklahoma City Thunder * 55 27 .671 18.0 82
4 xLos Angeles Clippers 53 29 .646 20.0 82
5 xPortland Trail Blazers 44 38 .537 29.0 82
6 xDallas Mavericks 42 40 .512 31.0 82
7 xMemphis Grizzlies 42 40 .512 31.0 82
8 xHouston Rockets 41 41 .500 32.0 82
9 Utah Jazz 40 42 .488 33.0 82
10 Sacramento Kings 33 49 .402 40.0 82
11 Denver Nuggets 33 49 .402 40.0 82
12 New Orleans Pelicans 30 52 .366 43.0 82
13 Minnesota Timberwolves 29 53 .354 44.0 82
14 Phoenix Suns 23 59 .280 50.0 82
15 Los Angeles Lakers 17 65 .207 56.0 82

Game log

Preseason

2015 pre-season game log
Total: 3–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 2–2)
2014–15 season schedule

Regular season game log

2015–16 game log
Total: 40–42 (Home: 24–17; Road: 16–25)
2015–16 season schedule

References

  1. "Jazz Enhance On-Court Look for 2015-16 Season". Utah Jazz. National Basketball Association. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
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