5 Players the Utah Jazz Should Target to Fill out the Roster for 2013-14

Now that the NBA's free-agency dust has settled and most of the big names are off the market, it's time for teams to fill out their rosters with specialists, minimum-salary guys and NBA hopefuls.

After the reported signing of John Lucas III becomes official, the Utah Jazz will have 11 players under contract. That leaves four more openings on the roster for the regular season.

With the starting lineup pretty much set (Trey Burke, Alec Burks, Gordon Hayward, Derrick Favors and Enes Kanter), Utah will, at most, be adding role players between now and the start of training camp.

The team could use some outside shooting (they were in the bottom third of the league in threes made last year), a veteran big man to bolster a very young front line of Favors, Kanter, Rudy Gobert and Jeremy Evans, and an experienced point guard to mentor rookie Trey Burke.

There are still some solid players on the market who fit those molds and would be able to provide mentoring and veteran leadership for a young team.

Ronnie Brewer

Ronnie Brewer was a key member of a Jazz team that went to the playoffs in 2008 and 2009. As the starting shooting guard, he averaged just under 13 points a game over those two seasons.

The scoring he provided was nice, but Brewer's biggest strength was his perimeter defense. Between him and Andrei Kirilenko, Utah had one of the league's best wing defender combos.

Those days might seem like a long time ago for Brewer, who is now a full-fledged journeyman and has played for four different teams since 2010.

Since parting with the Jazz, he's averaged just 5.4 points and 3.0 rebounds in 20.5 minutes a game.

Utah could be a great place for Brewer to get his career back on track. His former coach Jerry Sloan now works in the front office, and current coach Tyrone Corbin runs a similar system to the one in which Brewer once thrived.

He'd likely remain in a bench role, providing solid defense behind younger wings Alec Burks and Gordon Hayward.

Chris Roberts

While the struggles of rookie Trey Burke got most of the attention, D-Leaguer Chris Roberts quietly put on a strong audition for Utah executives during the Orlando Summer League.

The former Bradley Brave may have been the best Jazz player in Orlando, having led the team in scoring at 14.8 points a game while shooting 55 percent from the field (including 50 percent from three-point range).

After playing three years in the D-League, Roberts' strong performance this summer could get him called up, even if only as a 14th or 15th man.

Lou Amundson

Lou Amundson is not going to blow anyone away with his career averages of 3.7 points and 3.6 rebounds, but he would be a great complement to Utah's big-man rotation.

His lackluster numbers are somewhat deceiving. Due in part to his terrible free-throw shooting (45 percent from the line over seven seasons), he's never played more than 15 minutes a game for any of the eight teams he's been on.

Per 36 minutes, he's averaged 10.5 points and 10.1 rebounds (including 4.3 offensive boards) and 2.0 blocks. Those numbers back up what everyone who has seen him play already knows—he has a relentless work ethic that comes out every time he gets off the bench.

Mo Williams

In 2009, Mo Williams was an All-Star point guard, averaging 17.8 points, hitting 44 percent of his three-point attempts and starting alongside LeBron James on the title-contending Cleveland Cavaliers.

Fast forward four years and two teams later. Williams could be backing up a rookie point guard on a team he just started for last season and that may or may not be tanking for the blockbuster summer of 2014.

That might be a reality he doesn't want to face. According to a report from Yahoo! Sports' Marc J. Spears, Williams told the Jazz he doesn't want to re-sign with a team that would bring him off the bench.

Williams' agent disputed that report, and Williams would be great in the role of a reserve and mentor for rookie Trey Burke.

His numbers have gone down each of the last four seasons, but Williams can still provide sharpshooting (he hit 38 percent of his threes last year) and leadership off the bench.

There will be growing pains for Burke, and having a guy who averaged 12.9 points and 6.2 assists there to back him up could help keep those pains from leading to too many losses.

Jimmer Fredette

Jimmer Fredette is better than you think. And Jimmer on the Jazz is about as close to a perfect fit as any possible pairing happening this summer. 

Regarding that first sentence—in spite of being relegated to a third-string role by former Sacramento Kings coach Keith Smart and sharing the backcourt with notoriously trigger-happy guards Marcus Thornton and Tyreke Evans—Jimmer was very effective in very limited minutes.

In fact, he was just as effective as Ray Allen last year. Bleacher Report's Andrew Sweat offered a comparison of the two shooters' 2012-13 seasons.

Check out how their averages, per 36 minutes, stack up against each other:

	PTS	REB	AST	STL	FG%	3P%	FT%	PER
Jimmer Fredette	15.3	2.6	3.4	1.2	42%	42%	86%	14.6
Ray Allen	18.4	3.8	2.4	1.2	45%	42%	89%	14.7

Fredette's outside shooting could be a major boon to a three-point attack that ranked in the bottom third of the NBA last year. And as evidenced by the way he torched defenders in college, Fredette can create his own shot.

As a senior at BYU, he dropped 43 points on San Diego State, while he was defended for much of the game by Kawhi Leonard—who is now one of the NBA's top defenders.

But don't take my word for it. According to Sacramento's DeMarcus Cousins, "Jimmer got moves, Dog."

Now regarding the fit? Do I really need to explain? Jimmermania reached a fever pitch in 2011 when he was a college senior playing his home games in Provo, Utah.

A return to the Beehive State could resurrect a lot of the positivity and confidence Jimmer had as a cougar. And can you imagine how fast Jimmer Jazz jerseys would fly off the shelves?

He's not a free agent, but Utah might be able to acquire Jimmer and his offensive firepower from Sacramento via trade. For example, ESPN's Chad Ford and Marc Stein recently reported that the Indiana Pacers and Jazz might be interested in making a deal.