The Jazz posted the league’s best regular season record (52-20) and, after dispatching the Grizzlies in the first round of the postseason, they faced a Clippers team that lost its best player – Kawhi Leonard – to a season-ending knee injury in Game 4, with the series tied at two games apiece. The 2020/21 season represented Utah’s best chance in over a decade to make a serious playoff run. One traded player exception ($7,475,379) available.Would need to shed salary to use more than taxpayer portion of mid-level exception or any part of bi-annual exception ($3,732,000), since doing either would create a $143MM hard cap.
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Used full taxpayer mid-level exception ($5.89MM) to sign Rudy Gay.Carrying approximately $153MM in salary.Remained over the cap and below the tax line.Hired Erdem Can and Irv Roland as assistant coaches.Rudy Gay underwent offseason surgery on his right heel and remains sidelined to open the regular season.Executive vice president of basketball operations Dennis Lindsey transitioned to advisory role.Promoted general manager Justin Zanik to head of basketball operations.Signed to two-year, minimum-salary contract.Acquired Eric Paschall from the Warriors in exchange for the Grizzlies’ 2026 second-round pick (top-42 protected).40) pick, the Grizzlies’ 2022 second-round pick, and the Grizzlies’ 2026 second-round pick from the Grizzlies in exchange for the draft rights to Santi Aldama (No. Acquired the draft rights to Jared Butler (No.Note: The Jazz created a $7,475,379 trade exception in the deal.Acquired either the Thunder’s, Rockets’, Pacers’, or Heat’s 2027 second-round pick (whichever is least favorable) and cash ($2MM) from the Thunder in exchange for Derrick Favors and the Jazz’s 2024 first-round pick (top-10 protected).Accepted two-way qualifying offer as restricted free agent. Accepted qualifying offer as restricted free agent. Jarrell Brantley: One year, minimum salary.Re-signed using minimum salary exception. Hassan Whiteside: One year, minimum salary.Signed using taxpayer mid-level exception. Note: Exhibit 9 and 10 deals aren’t included here. We’ll evaluate each team’s offseason moves and look ahead to what the 2021/22 season holds for all 30 franchises. Hoops Rumors is breaking down the 2021 offseason for all 30 NBA teams, revisiting the summer’s free agent signings, trades, draft picks, departures, and more.