The Miller family underwrote millions in renovations to both Vivint Smart Home Arena and the Jazz practice facility and offices. General manager Dennis Lindsey had to figure out how to get through losing the Jazz’s biggest free agent out of a temporary office that got up to 100 degrees on a hot day.
This offseason, the environment is much more stable — and so are the Jazz. Key players on this season’s team are under contract, and after a second-round playoff exit, the Jazz are dealing from a position of strength in a cap-squeezed market. While the Utah front office is still chasing the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets to become a championship-team, they can count on a lot of the puzzle pieces they already have to get there.