Utah Jazz Regular Season Rosters

2008-2009 Utah Jazz Regular Season Roster

Jersey Player Pos HT WT YOS Pre-Draft Team Draft Status Nationality
22 Morris Almond GF 6-6 220 1 Rice 2007 Rnd 1 Pick 25 United States
5 Carlos Boozer PF 6-9 266 6 Duke 2002 Rnd 2 Pick 6 Germany / United States
9 Ronnie Brewer GF 6-7 235 2 Arkansas 2006 Rnd 1 Pick 14 United States
31 Jarron Collins C 6-11 248 7 Stanford 2001 Rnd 2 Pick 24 United States
44 Kyrylo Fesenko C 7-1 280 1 BK Cherkassy (Ukraine) 2007 Rnd 2 Pick 8 Ukraine
15 Matt Harpring F 6-7 230 10 Georgia Tech 1998 Rnd 1 Pick 15 United States
47 Andrei Kirilenko PF 6-9 235 7 CSKA Moscow (Russia) 1999 Rnd 1 Pick 24 Russia
2 Brevin Knight G 5-10 170 11 Stanford 1997 Rnd 1 Pick 16 United States
26 Kyle Korver SF 6-7 212 5 Creighton 2003 Rnd 2 Pick 22 United States
41 Kosta Koufos C 7-0 265 0 Ohio State 2008 Rnd 1 Pick 23 United States / Greece
34 C.J. Miles GF 6-6 220 3 Skyline High School (Texas) 2005 Rnd 2 Pick 4 United States
24 Paul Millsap FC 6-7 250 2 Louisiana Tech 2006 Rnd 2 Pick 17 United States
13 Mehmet Okur FC 6-11 249 6 Anadolu Efes (Turkey) 2001 Rnd 2 Pick 9 Turkey
17 Ronnie Price G 6-2 190 3 Utah Valley 2005 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
8 Deron Williams PG 6-3 200 3 Illinois 2005 Rnd 1 Pick 3 United States

2008-2009 Utah Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters D. Williams R. Brewer A. Kirilenko C. Boozer J. Collins
Rotation R. Price   K. Korver P. Millsap M. Okur
Rotation B. Knight   C. Miles    
Rotation     M. Harpring    
Lim PT   M. Almond     K. Fesenko
Lim PT         K. Koufos

2008-2009 Northwest Division Standings

RankTeamRecordGB
1Denver Nuggets54-28-
2Portland Trail Blazers54-280
3Utah Jazz48-346
4Minnesota Timberwolves24-5830
5Oklahoma City Thunder23-5931

2008-2009 Utah Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Deron Williams Player Of The Week (03/09/09)

2008-2009 Utah Season Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Deron Williams 68 36.8 19.4 2.9 10.7 1.1 0.3 3.4
Mehmet Okur 72 33.5 17.0 7.7 1.7 0.8 0.7 1.8
Ronnie Brewer 81 32.2 13.7 3.7 2.2 1.7 0.4 1.4
Paul Millsap 76 30.1 13.5 8.6 1.8 1.0 1.0 1.7
Andrei Kirilenko 67 27.3 11.6 4.8 2.6 1.2 1.1 1.8
Kyle Korver 78 24.0 9.0 3.3 1.8 0.6 0.4 1.2
C.J. Miles 72 22.5 9.1 2.3 1.5 0.6 0.2 0.9
Carlos Boozer 37 32.3 16.2 10.4 2.1 1.1 0.2 2.1
Matt Harpring 63 11.0 4.4 2.0 0.4 0.5 0.1 0.5
Kosta Koufos 48 11.8 4.7 2.9 0.4 0.2 0.6 0.5
Ronnie Price 52 14.2 4.0 1.3 2.1 0.8 0.1 1.2
Brevin Knight 74 12.7 2.4 1.2 2.6 0.9 0.1 0.9
Morris Almond 25 10.2 3.7 1.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.6
Kyrylo Fesenko 21 7.4 2.3 1.8 0.2 0.3 0.7 0.4
Jarron Collins 26 7.7 1.5 1.4 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.3

2008-2009 Utah Jazz Roster Composition

Selected via Draft

Morris Almond was selected as the #25 pick in the First Round of the 2007 NBA Draft by the Utah Jazz. Morris Almond signed a multi-year contract with the Utah Jazz on July 6, 2007.

Ronnie Brewer was selected as the #14 pick in the First Round of the 2006 NBA Draft by the Utah Jazz. Ronnie Brewer signed a multi-year contract with the Utah Jazz on July 7, 2006.

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. Jarron Collins re-signed to a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Utah Jazz on July 20, 2006.

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.

Kosta Koufos was selected as the #23 pick in the First Round of the 2008 NBA Draft by the Utah Jazz. Kosta Koufos signed a multi-year contract with the Utah Jazz on July 10, 2008.

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. C.J. Miles re-signed to a contract as a free agent with the Utah Jazz on October 1, 2007. C.J. Miles re-signed to a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Utah Jazz on July 29, 2008.

Paul Millsap was selected as the #17 pick in the Second Round of the 2006 NBA Draft by the Utah Jazz. Paul Millsap signed a multi-year contract with the Utah Jazz on August 1, 2006.

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. Deron Williams signed a multi-year extension with the Utah Jazz on July 18, 2008.

Acquired via Draft Rights Trade

Draft Rights to Kyrylo Fesenko, the #8 pick in the Second Round of the 2007 NBA Draft, were acquired by the Utah Jazz from the Philadelphia Sixers on June 28, 2007. Kyrylo Fesenko signed a multi-year contract with the Utah Jazz on August 15, 2007.

Acquired via Trade

Brevin Knight was acquired in a trade by the Utah Jazz from the Los Angeles Clippers on July 23, 2008.

Kyle Korver was acquired in a trade by the Utah Jazz from the Philadelphia Sixers on December 29, 2007.

Acquired via Free Agency

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

Matt Harpring signed a multi-year contract with the Utah Jazz on August 15, 2002. Matt Harpring re-signed to a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Utah Jazz on July 12, 2006.

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

Ronnie Price signed a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Utah Jazz on July 26, 2007.

2008-2009 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)
Walt Perrin VP of Player Personnel 2008-2009 Scout (Detroit Pistons, 1995 to 2002)
Jefferson Sweeney Video Coordinator 2000-2001 N/A
Bobby Castagna College Scout 2008-2009 N/A
Jeff Nelson Advance Scout 1991-1992 N/A
Scott Vaughan Advance Scout 2007-2008 N/A
Cristi Bailey Basketball Operations Executive Assistant 2007-2008 N/A
Richard Smith Director of Basketball Operations 2008-2009 Director of Scouting (Utah Jazz, 2003 to 2008)
Isaiah Wright Team Manager 2006-2007 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)