Editing Utah Jazz (section)

====2017: Donovan Mitchell arrives====
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On June 22, 2017, [[Donovan Mitchell]] was selected with the 13th overall pick in the [[2017 NBA draft]] by the Denver Nuggets, who immediately traded Mitchell's rights to the Jazz in exchange for [[Trey Lyles]]. The Jazz also acquired veteran [[Ricky Rubio]] to play the point guard position.

The Jazz began the 2017–18 season poorly, with an injury to Gobert and a lack of scoring leaving them with a 17–21 record by the end of December. In the second half of the season, the Jazz made rookie Mitchell a starter, and he subsequently led the team and all rookies in the league in points scored. Mitchell went on to break the record for the most three-pointers ever made by a rookie.<ref>{{cite news |title= Donovan Mitchell broke record for most three pointers by a rookie |url= https://hoopshype.com/2018/04/10/utah-jazz-donovan-mitchell-damian-lillard-rookie-of-the-year |publisher= Hoops Hype |website= hoopyhype.com |date= April 10, 2018 |access-date= April 10, 2018 |archive-date= April 12, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180412001309/http://hoopshype.com/2018/04/10/utah-jazz-donovan-mitchell-damian-lillard-rookie-of-the-year/ |url-status= live }}</ref> The team improved drastically as a scoring team, and with the return of Gobert and improved play of Rubio, the Jazz finished the season winning 32 of their last 45 games and ended with a 48–34 record. The late-season burst earned the Jazz a no. 5 seed in the [[2018 NBA playoffs]], where they went on to beat the [[Oklahoma City Thunder]] 4–2 in the first round before losing in the Second Round to the [[Houston Rockets]] in five games. After the season, [[Rudy Gobert]] was named [[NBA Defensive Player of the Year]], [[Donovan Mitchell]] was runner-up in the Rookie of the Year voting, [[Quin Snyder]] was runner-up Coach of the Year, and general manager [[Dennis Lindsey]] was runner-up Executive of the Year.