The Night Before Exum-mas: The Downbeat #1505

(Apologies in advance for this quickie Downbeat. Hope you're enjoying the holidays and the break the Jazz are taking. Eh, who am I kidding, you're probably not reading this anyway.)

Item 1: I present to you The Quinch Who Saved Christmas.

The Ghost of Jazzmas Past:

The Ghost of Jazzmas Present:

The Ghost of Jazzmas Yet To Come (via RealGM):

2015 second round draft pick from Cleveland
Cleveland's 2015 2nd round pick to Utah [Cleveland-Utah, 7/22/2014]

2016 second round draft pick from Boston
Utah will receive the more favorable of Boston's 2016 2nd round pick and Toronto's 2016 2nd round pick (via Memphis) and Memphis will receive the less favorable of these two picks [Memphis-Toronto, 7/9/2009; Boston-Memphis-Oklahoma City, 1/7/2014; Memphis-Utah, 6/26/2014]; this pick conveyance is the same as the one described in "2016 second round draft pick from Toronto" on Utah Credits

2016 second round draft pick from Golden State
Golden State's 2016 2nd round pick to Utah [Denver-Golden State-Utah, 7/10/2013]

2016 second round draft pick from Toronto
Utah will receive the more favorable of Boston's 2016 2nd round pick and Toronto's 2016 2nd round pick (via Memphis) and Memphis will receive the less favorable of these two picks [Memphis-Toronto, 7/9/2009; Boston-Memphis-Oklahoma City, 1/7/2014; Memphis-Utah, 6/26/2014]; this pick conveyance is the same as the one described in "2016 second round draft pick from Boston" on Utah Credits

2017 first round draft pick from Golden State
Golden State's 2017 1st round pick to Utah [Denver-Golden State-Utah, 7/10/2013]

2017 second round draft pick from Golden State
Golden State's 2017 2nd round pick to Utah [Denver-Golden State-Utah, 7/10/2013]

2017 second round draft pick from New York
New York's 2017 2nd round pick to Utah (via Toronto) [New York-Toronto, 7/10/2013; Toronto-Utah, 7/10/2014]

2018 second round draft pick from Denver
Denver's 2018 2nd round pick to Utah [Denver-Golden State-Utah, 7/10/2013]

Outgoing picks: none.

I thought about re-writing the entire "Night Before Christmas" poem with Jazz references, but I decided it would be more fun to let everyone take a stanza and join in. Here's the full original text, and here's my first part to get us started:

'Twas the night before Exum-mas
And all through Salt Lake
Not a creature was stirring
Everything was jake.

The "Stockton" was hung
At the ESA with care,
In hopes that a championship
Soon would be there.

Have fun, and happy holidays to all of you. And check out this holiday highlight video from the Jazz website while you're at it.