A look at the key offseason moves and changes for every team in the league. Next up are the Utah Jazz.

OFF-SEASON ADDITIONS

Free agent

Joe Johnson

Trade

Boris Diaw

George Hill

THE REWIND

Stability at the point

The sting of missing the playoffs last season saw Utah, which has a nice young core, place a heavy emphasis on veterans during the off-season.

The acquisition of effective but not flashy George Hill ends the rotating door at point guard.

Utah has built its team through the draft but tweaked that philosophy when it moved a late lottery pick to the Pacers for the Hill.

The closer

The acquisition of Johnson should lessen the workload for Gordon Hayward and Rodney Hood.

Although the 35-year-old Johnson will not be the primary focus in Utah, defenses still need to respect his ability to close games and his positional versatility.

Johnson proved in the second half last season with Miami (13.4 points per game) that he is still an effective scorer when used in the right role.

One thing Utah will not need to worry about is Johnson’s durability.

The veteran has only missed seven games since the 2013-14 season.

The veteran

The final piece of the Jazz’s off-season was added after the Spurs came to terms with free-agent All-Star Pau Gasol.

With San Antonio needing to create cap space to sign Gasol, veteran Boris Diaw was shipped to Utah.

The versatile Diaw, still effective at 34, gives Utah a different dimension along with another leader in the locker room.

CAP BREAKDOWN

Player 2016

1. Gordon Hayward $16,073,140

2. Derrick Favors $11,050,000

3. Joe Johnson $11,000,000

4. Alec Burks $10,154,495

5. George Hill $8,000,000

6. Boris Diaw $7,000,000

7. Dante Exum $3,940,320

8. Tibor Pleiss $3,000,000

9. Shelvin Mack $2,433,334

10. Trey Lyles $2,340,600

11. Joe Ingles $2,150,000

12. Rudy Gobert $2,121,287

13. Rodney Hood $1,406,520

14. Raul Neto $937,800

Non-guaranteed 2016

15. Chris Johnson $1,050,961

16. Jeff Withey $1,015,696

Salary table 2016

Guaranteed salaries $81,607,496

Dead money $0

Non-guaranteed $2,066,657

Tax variance $0

Free-agent cap holds $0

Incomplete roster charge $0

Salaries: cap $83,674,153

Salaries: tax $83,674,153

Salary cap $94,143,000

Luxury tax $113,287,000

Cap space $10,468,847

Tax room $29,612,847

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