SALT LAKE CITY -- While many curious on-lookers came to get a peek at Utah Jazz center Kosta Koufos, Morris Almond would like to say one thing to Utah Jazz fans.

Remember me.

A half-dozen fans brought a pair of Greek flags, chanted for Koufos and waived their flags hoping for a big night from the player who has citizenship in both Greece and the United States. But there wasn't much to cheer about for Utah's first-round pick in this year's draft.

Saddled with foul trouble, he played just four minutes in the first half. His Jazz debut ended with five points on 1-of-3 shooting from the field. He had four rebounds, four fouls and a blocked shot.

But on a night where Jazz assistant coach Tyrone Corbin struggled to find any positives from the game, it was Almond who turned in the most impressive outing of the night as Utah opened the Rocky Mountain Revue Summer League with an 82-57 loss to San Antonio on Friday night at Salt Lake Community College.

Almond was the only Jazz player to score in double figures. He finished with 17 points on 4-for-12 shooting from the field. He blocked a shot, came up with a steal, grabbed two rebounds and logged the most minutes with 30.

"We want to see where his growth is from last year. He had a pretty decent time in the D-league last year, but he struggled with us with our regular team," Corbin said. "We want to see if he's grown any. Scoring is not the only thing with him. He's got to learn how to play defense a little bit better, pass the ball a little bit more and execute the offense a little bit better."

Since Utah is well stocked at the shooting guard spot, Almond appeared in just nine games with the Jazz, but spent most of the season in Orem last year with the Utah Flash where he proved his offensive game was NBA ready. He averaged 25.6 points per game.

The Revue now becomes a showcase for Almond to earn some playing time with the Jazz since Oklahoma City extended an offer to restricted free agent C.J. Miles on Friday.

The Jazz will have now have seven days to match the offer and keep him, but perhaps a big summer league from Almond could persuade Jazz management to give him a shot.

"I just heard that. I'm proud of him," Almond said. "That's the league. There's constant change. I don't worry too much about the things I can't control. The opportunity is always there so I'll have to capitalize on that."

In a game where Utah shot 29 percent from the field and was blown out, Britton Johnson, the former University of Utah star, got one of the few roars from the crowd on the night in the opening minutes of the fourth quarter when he made a spin move, blew by his man for a two-hand dunk. He scored nine points in 18 minutes of playing time.

But the rest of the Jazz team did little to even to get Jazz fans to make any noise. Kyrylo Fesenko was limited due to foul trouble. When he did play, he looked lost. He had three rebounds, seven turnovers and was held scoreless in 17 minutes of work.

Koufos used the night as a learning experience.

"Every day I'm getting better and getting more comfortable," Koufos said. "I'm just trying to play hard and do my best. I'm just playing basketball. I need to work more defensively and physically and that's going to come."

Corbin knows the first game of the Revue is about making adjustments, something Koufos will have to do quickly.

"He got a little frustrated. He wanted to be out there on the floor, he wanted to score and get some more touches, but when you're in foul trouble, you can't be on the floor," Corbin said. "He'll learn, it's his first time out that's the way it goes."

The Jazz will try to rebound with a better effort tonight when the play the Atlanta Hawks at 7 p.m.