2005–06 Utah Jazz season

2005–06   Utah Jazz season
Head coach	Jerry Sloan
Arena	EnergySolutions Arena
Results
Record	41–41 (.500)
Place	Division: 2nd (Northwest) Conference: 9th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	KJZZ-TV FSN Utah
Radio	KFNZ/KBEE
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The 2005-06 Utah Jazz season was the team's 32nd in the NBA. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 26-56 output from the previous season. They managed to improve by 15 games, finishing 41-41, but failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third straight season. ^[1]

On March 23, 2006, the Jazz' retired Karl Malone's jersey number 32 on his rafters reunited with his former teammate John Stockton, Frank Layden, his son Scott Layden, Jeff Hornacek, Mark Eaton, Antoine Carr, and head coach Jerry Sloan.

Draft picks

Main article: 2005 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	3	Deron Williams	PG	United States	Illinois
2	34	C.J. Miles	SF	United States
2	51	Robert Whaley	C	United States	Walsh

Roster

Utah Jazz roster

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Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From PF 5 Carlos Boozer 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 258 lb (117 kg) Duke SG 23 Devin Brown 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Texas–San Antonio PF 31 Jarron Collins 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 248 lb (112 kg) Stanford SG 10 Gordan Giriček 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Croatia SF 15 Matt Harpring 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Georgia Tech C 43 Kris Humphries 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Minnesota SF 47 Andrei Kirilenko 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Russia PG 25 Keith McLeod 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Bowling Green SF 34 C. J. Miles 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 231 lb (105 kg) Skyline (HS) C 13 Mehmet Okur 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 290 lb (132 kg) Turkey C 00 Greg Ostertag 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 280 lb (127 kg) Kansas SG 30 Andre Owens 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Houston PG 3 Milt Palacio 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Colorado State C 54 Robert Whaley 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Walsh PG 8 Deron Williams 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Illinois

Head coach Jerry Sloan Assistant(s) Tyrone Corbin (DePaul) Phil Johnson (Utah State) Scott Layden (Saint Francis (PA)) Mark McKown (player development) Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Northwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Denver Nuggets	44	38	.537	-	26–15	18–23	10–6
Utah Jazz	41	41	.500	3	22–19	19–22	11–5
Seattle SuperSonics	35	47	.427	9	22–19	13–28	10–6
Minnesota Timberwolves	33	49	.402	11	24–17	9–32	6–10
Portland Trail Blazers	21	61	.256	23	15–26	6–35	3–13

#	Western Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-San Antonio Spurs	63	19	.768	-
2	y-Phoenix Suns	54	28	.659	9
3	y-Denver Nuggets	44	38	.537	19
4	x-Dallas Mavericks	60	22	.732	3
5	x-Memphis Grizzlies	49	33	.598	14
6	x-Los Angeles Clippers	47	35	.573	16
7	x-Los Angeles Lakers	45	37	.549	18
8	x-Sacramento Kings	44	38	.537	19
9	Utah Jazz	41	41	.500	22
10	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	38	44	.463	25
11	Seattle SuperSonics	35	47	.427	28
12	Golden State Warriors	34	48	.415	29
13	Houston Rockets	34	48	.415	29
14	Minnesota Timberwolves	33	49	.402	30
15	Portland Trail Blazers	21	61	.256	42

Player statistics

Legend

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
Mehmet Okur	82	82	35.9	.460	.342	.780	9.1	2.4	.5	.9	18.0
Devin Brown	81	14	21.1	.393	.331	.745	2.6	1.3	.5	.2	7.5
Deron Williams	80	47	28.8	.421	.416	.704	2.4	4.5	.8	.2	10.8
Jarron Collins	79	41	21.9	.461		.717	4.2	1.2	.5	.3	5.3
Matt Harpring	71	32	27.4	.475	.359	.725	5.2	1.4	.8	.2	12.5
Milt Palacio	71	18	19.4	.424	.063	.653	1.9	2.7	.7	.2	6.2
Andrei Kirilenko	69	63	37.7	.460	.308	.699	8.0	4.3	1.5	3.2	15.3
Keith McLeod	66	32	18.7	.353	.293	.797	1.2	2.3	.6	.1	5.6
Kris Humphries	62	2	10.0	.379	.000	.523	2.5	.5	.4	.3	3.0
Greg Ostertag	60	22	13.5	.492		.500	3.8	1.0	.1	1.1	2.4
Gordan Giriček	37	36	25.8	.433	.305	.754	1.9	1.7	.4	.1	10.6
Carlos Boozer	33	19	31.1	.549		.723	8.6	2.7	.9	.2	16.3
Andre Owens	23	2	9.1	.365	.188	.667	.9	.3	.2	.0	3.0
Robert Whaley	23	0	9.2	.404		.500	1.9	.7	.3	.3	2.1
C. J. Miles	23	0	8.8	.368	.250	.750	1.7	.7	.3	.1	3.4

Awards and records

• Andrei Kirilenko, NBA All-Defensive First Team
• Deron Williams, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team

References

1. 2005-06 Utah Jazz