Utah Jazz Regular Season Rosters

2005-2006 Utah Jazz Regular Season Roster

Jersey Player Pos HT WT YOS Pre-Draft Team Draft Status Nationality
  Babby Araujo C 6-11 280 1 Brigham Young 2004 Rnd 1 Pick 8 Brazil
5 Carlos Boozer PF 6-9 266 3 Duke 2002 Rnd 2 Pick 6 Germany / United States
23 Devin Brown SF 6-5 220 3 Texas-San Antonio 2002 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
31 Jarron Collins C 6-11 248 4 Stanford 2001 Rnd 2 Pick 24 United States
10 Gordan Giricek G-F 6-6 210 3 KK Cibona (Croatia) 1999 Rnd 2 Pick 11 Croatia
15 Matt Harpring F 6-7 230 7 Georgia Tech 1998 Rnd 1 Pick 15 United States
43 Kris Humphries PF 6-9 235 1 Minnesota 2004 Rnd 1 Pick 14 United States
47 Andrei Kirilenko PF 6-9 235 4 CSKA Moscow (Russia) 1999 Rnd 1 Pick 24 Russia
25 Keith McLeod G 6-2 190 1 Bowling Green 2002 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
34 C.J. Miles GF 6-6 220 0 Skyline High School (Texas) 2005 Rnd 2 Pick 4 United States
13 Mehmet Okur FC 6-11 249 3 Anadolu Efes (Turkey) 2001 Rnd 2 Pick 9 Turkey
00 Greg Ostertag C 7-2 280 10 Kansas 1995 Rnd 1 Pick 28 United States
30 Andre Owens G 6-4 200 0 Houston 2005 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
3 Milt Palacio G 6-3 195 6 Colorado State 1999 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States / Norway
54 Robert Whaley C 6-10 260 0 Walsh 2005 Rnd 2 Pick 21 United States
8 Deron Williams PG 6-3 200 0 Illinois 2005 Rnd 1 Pick 3 United States

2005-2006 Utah Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters D. Williams G. Giricek A. Kirilenko J. Collins M. Okur
Rotation M. Palacio D. Brown M. Harpring C. Boozer G. Ostertag
Rotation K. McLeod A. Owens C. Miles   K. Humphries
Rotation         R. Whaley

2005-2006 Northwest Division Standings

RankTeamRecordGB
1Denver Nuggets44-38-
2Utah Jazz41-413
3Seattle SuperSonics35-479
4Minnesota Timberwolves33-4911
5Portland Trail Blazers21-6123

2005-2006 Utah Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Andrei Kirilenko All-NBA Defensive First Team (2006)
Deron Williams All-Rookie First Team (2006)
Deron Williams Rising Stars Challenge Participant (2006)

2005-2006 Utah Season Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Mehmet Okur 82 35.9 18.0 9.1 2.4 0.5 0.9 2.0
Andrei Kirilenko 69 37.7 15.3 8.0 4.3 1.5 3.2 2.9
Matt Harpring 71 27.4 12.5 5.2 1.4 0.8 0.2 1.5
Deron Williams 80 28.8 10.8 2.4 4.5 0.8 0.2 1.8
Devin Brown 81 21.1 7.5 2.6 1.3 0.5 0.2 1.2
Carlos Boozer 33 31.1 16.3 8.6 2.7 0.9 0.2 2.1
Milt Palacio 71 19.4 6.2 1.9 2.7 0.7 0.2 1.5
Jarron Collins 79 21.9 5.3 4.2 1.2 0.5 0.3 0.8
Gordan Giricek 37 25.8 10.6 1.9 1.7 0.4 0.1 1.7
Keith McLeod 66 18.7 5.6 1.2 2.3 0.6 0.1 1.2
Kris Humphries 62 10.0 3.0 2.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.5
Greg Ostertag 60 13.5 2.4 3.8 1.0 0.1 1.1 0.8
C.J. Miles 23 8.8 3.4 1.7 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.4
Andre Owens 23 9.1 3.0 0.9 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.6
Robert Whaley 23 9.2 2.1 1.9 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.6

2005-2006 Utah Jazz Roster Composition

Selected via Draft

Jarron Collins was selected as the #24 pick in the Second Round of the 2001 NBA Draft by the Utah Jazz. Jarron Collins signed a contract with the Utah Jazz on September 24, 2001. Jarron Collins re-signed to a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Utah Jazz on July 24, 2002. Jarron Collins re-signed to a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Utah Jazz on July 23, 2004.

Kris Humphries was selected as the #14 pick in the First Round of the 2004 NBA Draft by the Utah Jazz. Kris Humphries signed a multi-year contract with the Utah Jazz on July 12, 2004.

Andrei Kirilenko was selected as the #24 pick in the First Round of the 1999 NBA Draft by the Utah Jazz. Andrei Kirilenko signed a multi-year contract with the Utah Jazz on August 16, 2001. Andrei Kirilenko signed a multi-year extension with the Utah Jazz on October 29, 2004.

C.J. Miles was selected as the #4 pick in the Second Round of the 2005 NBA Draft by the Utah Jazz. C.J. Miles signed a multi-year contract with the Utah Jazz on July 11, 2005.

Robert Whaley was selected as the #21 pick in the Second Round of the 2005 NBA Draft by the Utah Jazz. Robert Whaley signed a multi-year contract with the Utah Jazz on September 1, 2005.

Deron Williams was selected as the #3 pick in the First Round of the 2005 NBA Draft by the Utah Jazz. Deron Williams signed a multi-year contract with the Utah Jazz on July 11, 2005.

Acquired via Trade

Gordan Giricek was acquired in a trade by the Utah Jazz from the Orlando Magic on February 19, 2004. Gordan Giricek re-signed to a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Utah Jazz on July 19, 2004.

Greg Ostertag was acquired in a trade by the Utah Jazz from the Memphis Grizzlies on August 2, 2005.

Acquired via Free Agency

Carlos Boozer signed a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Utah Jazz on July 30, 2004.

Devin Brown signed a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Utah Jazz on September 14, 2005.

Matt Harpring signed a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Utah Jazz on August 15, 2002.

Keith McLeod signed a contract with the Utah Jazz on September 30, 2004. Keith McLeod re-signed to a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Utah Jazz on September 30, 2005.

Mehmet Okur signed a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Utah Jazz on July 27, 2004.

Andre Owens signed a contract as a free agent with the Utah Jazz on September 30, 2005.

Milt Palacio signed a contract as a free agent with the Utah Jazz on September 1, 2005.

2005-2006 Utah Jazz Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Larry Miller Owner 1985-1986 N/A
Jerry Sloan Head Coach 1988-1989 Assistant Coach (Utah Jazz, 1984 to 1988)
Phil Johnson Assistant Coach 1988-1989 Head Coach (Sacramento Kings, 1985 to 1987)
Tyrone Corbin Assistant Coach 2004-2005 N/A
Scott Layden Assistant Coach 2005-2006 General Manager (New York Knicks, 1999 to 2004)
Kevin O'Connor Senior VP of Basketball Operations, General Manager 2002-2003 Vice President of Basketball Operations (Utah Jazz, 1999 to 2002)
Dennis Lindsey VP of Basketball Operations and Player Personnel 2002-2003 Director of Player Personnel (Utah Jazz, 1998 to 2002)
Richard Smith Director of Scouting 2003-2004 N/A
Jefferson Sweeney Video Coordinator 2000-2001 N/A
Brad Jones Regional Scout 2001-2002 N/A
Jeff Nelson Advance Scout 1991-1992 N/A
Mark McKown Assistant Coach, Player Development Coach 1997-1998 N/A
Gary Briggs Head Athletic Trainer 2000-2001 Head Athletic Trainer (Cleveland Cavaliers, 1982 to 2000)
Brian Zettler Equipment Manager, Assistant Athletic Trainer 2004-2005 Equipment Manager (Utah Jazz, 1997 to 2018)
Ron Boone Television Analyst 1988-1989 N/A
Rod Hundley Television Play-By-Play 1974-1975 N/A
Jonathan Rinehart Director of Communications 2005-2006 Media Relations (Denver Nuggets, 2002 to 2004)