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The Utah Jazz selected Dante Exum at #5 in the 2014 NBA Draft. With him came a hyper athletic player who we hope can help our franchise climb back into contender status. He also brought with him international fans, national curiosity, and powerful media campaigns. He's going to be a great NBA player, but I don't know if he will be a star right out of the gate. The best case scenario here, for our need for a star, would be for him to win Rookie of the Year. It's going to be hard to win any award, as we've seen over the last few seasons.
In fact, the last time a Utah Jazz member won an individual award was 1999. A whole generation of Jazz fans have known only non-star seasons. Here's the list of every vote given to a Jazz player in an end-of-season award from the present day to the last time someone brought home some hardware.
| Votes | Votes | ||||||||||||||||
| Player | Award | Place | Seas | 1st | Tot | Max | % | Player | Award | Place | Seas | 1st | Tot | Max | % | ||
| 1 | Karl Malone | MVP | 1 | 1999 | 44 | 827 | 1180 | 70.08% | 26 | Howard Eisley | 6MAN | 8 | 1999 | 1 | 1 | 118 | 0.85% |
| 2 | Matt Harpring | MIP | 2 | 2003 | 29 | 234 | 590 | 39.66% | 27 | Bryon Russell | MIP | 10 | 1999 | 1 | 1 | 118 | 0.85% |
| 3 | Karl Malone | MVP | 4 | 2000 | 0 | 312 | 1210 | 25.79% | 28 | Greg Ostertag | MIP | 10 | 1999 | 1 | 1 | 118 | 0.85% |
| 4 | Andrei Kirilenko | 6MAN | 3 | 2003 | 11 | 127 | 590 | 21.53% | 29 | Donyell Marshall | MIP | 9 | 2001 | 1 | 1 | 124 | 0.81% |
| 5 | Andrei Kirilenko | DPOY | 3 | 2006 | 12 | 121 | 620 | 19.52% | 30 | Gordon Hayward | MIP | 24 | 2012 | 0 | 4 | 605 | 0.66% |
| 6 | Andrei Kirilenko | MIP | 4 | 2004 | 11 | 101 | 605 | 16.69% | 31 | Andrei Kirilenko | DPOY | 16 | 2010 | 0 | 4 | 610 | 0.66% |
| 7 | Deron Williams | MIP | 14 | 2007 | 13 | 101 | 645 | 15.66% | 32 | Deron Williams | MIP | 21 | 2008 | 0 | 4 | 625 | 0.64% |
| 8 | Trey Burke | ROY | 3 | 2012 | 1 | 96 | 620 | 15.48% | 33 | Matt Harpring | 6MAN | 8 | 2007 | 0 | 4 | 635 | 0.63% |
| 9 | Paul Millsap | MIP | 4 | 2009 | 3 | 77 | 605 | 12.73% | 34 | Deron Williams | MVP | 9 | 2010 | 0 | 7 | 1230 | 0.57% |
| 10 | Andrei Kirilenko | DPOY | 5 | 2004 | 2 | 67 | 605 | 11.07% | 35 | Carlos Boozer | MVP | 9 | 2007 | 0 | 7 | 1290 | 0.54% |
| 11 | Deron Williams | ROY | 6 | 2006 | 1 | 31 | 625 | 4.96% | 36 | Paul Millsap | MIP | 22 | 2010 | 0 | 3 | 615 | 0.49% |
| 12 | Andrei Kirilenko | DPOY | 10 | 2005 | 1 | 25 | 625 | 4.00% | 37 | Matt Harpring | 6MAN | 16 | 2006 | 0 | 3 | 615 | 0.49% |
| 13 | Paul Millsap | ROY | 6 | 2007 | 0 | 19 | 640 | 2.97% | 38 | Enes Kanter | 6MAN | 8 | 2014 | 0 | 3 | 625 | 0.48% |
| 14 | Paul Millsap | 6MAN | 7 | 2010 | 1 | 15 | 610 | 2.46% | 39 | Mehmet Okur | 6MAN | 11 | 2005 | 0 | 3 | 625 | 0.48% |
| 15 | Ronnie Brewer | MIP | 11 | 2008 | 1 | 12 | 625 | 1.92% | 40 | Ronnie Brewer | MIP | 23 | 2009 | 0 | 2 | 605 | 0.33% |
| 16 | Karl Malone | MVP | 7 | 2001 | 0 | 21 | 1240 | 1.69% | 41 | Deron Williams | MVP | 12 | 2008 | 0 | 4 | 1260 | 0.32% |
| 17 | Donyell Marshall | 6MAN | 9 | 2001 | 2 | 2 | 124 | 1.61% | 42 | Gordon Hayward | 6MAN | 14 | 2013 | 0 | 1 | 605 | 0.17% |
| 18 | Andrei Kirilenko | ROY | 3 | 2002 | 2 | 2 | 126 | 1.59% | 43 | Andrei Kirilenko | 6MAN | 17 | 2009 | 0 | 1 | 605 | 0.17% |
| 19 | Raja Bell | 6MAN | 9 | 2004 | 1 | 9 | 600 | 1.50% | 44 | Raja Bell | MIP | 24 | 2004 | 0 | 1 | 605 | 0.17% |
| 20 | Carlos Arroyo | MIP | 13 | 2004 | 0 | 8 | 605 | 1.32% | 45 | Andrei Kirilenko | DPOY | 16 | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 620 | 0.16% |
| 21 | Carlos Boozer | MIP | 3 | 2007 | 1 | 8 | 645 | 1.24% | 46 | Matt Harpring | MIP | 23 | 2006 | 0 | 1 | 620 | 0.16% |
| 22 | Paul Millsap | 6MAN | 9 | 2009 | 0 | 7 | 605 | 1.16% | 47 | Alec Burks | MIP | 27 | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 630 | 0.16% |
| 23 | Andrei Kirilenko | DPOY | 25 | 2007 | 0 | 7 | 650 | 1.08% | 48 | John Stockton | MVP | 15 | 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1240 | 0.08% |
| 24 | Mehmet Okur | MIP | 16 | 2006 | 0 | 6 | 620 | 0.97% | 49 | Carlos Boozer | MVP | 14 | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1260 | 0.08% |
| 25 | Andrei Kirilenko | MIP | 14 | 2003 | 1 | 5 | 590 | 0.85% | |||||||||
So, only 10 guys have had more than 10% of the vote for any award, and nearly 40 have been very long shots. Last season Trey Burke was #3 in the Rookie of the Year race. Andrei Kirilenko was a #3 as well. Deron Williams was #6 in the same race. (Wow.) Paul Millsap was also a #6. You may have noticed that there's very little "C4" representation here. We hope that Quin Snyder is going to play a different type of game though.
Dante Exum will have a shot to win this award, albeit from the bench to start with. But more than likely he's not going to win ROY, just because this is an award the Jazz haven't won since the time of Darrell Griffith.
I'd love to see the Jazz win an award. Dante has star power going into it. But I think our streak continues... (I reserve the right to be wrong about this when it's February!)