 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yekunyorwa kwe2011, Jazz yakanga ine maviri epamusoro gumi nemana imwe yakawanikwa mukutengeserana iyo yakatumira Williams kuNew Jersey Nets, uye akaishandisa paEnes Kanter naAlec Burks. Kutevera kupera kwe2011 NBA lockout iyo yakaona mwaka wa2011-12 wakapfupikiswa kuita mitambo makumi matanhatu nematanhatu, Jazz yakaonekana nevatambi vavo vaviri vakareba-vakareba Mehmet Okur akachinjirwa kuNets kune ramangwana rechipiri-kutenderera, uye Andrei Kirilenko, uyo akatamba munyika yake yeRussia panguva yekuvharirwa uye chibvumirano chake chaive chapera mushure memwaka wa2011, akafunga kugara muRussia kwemamwe ese emwaka wa2011-12. Vakawanawo vakwegura vaiva mumiriri akasununguka Josh Howard naJamaal Tinsley. 