Their incongruous name comes from an early relocation from New Orleans and their status as one of the league’s smallest market teams has kept a ceiling on their success, with Karl Malone and John Stockton as living proof of playoff disappointments.
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Hitting the right notes: 23 greatest players in Jazz franchise history
From their early days in New Orleans to the Stockton/Malone heyday to today’s struggles, we count down the 23 greatest players in Jazz franchise history
Honorary decree: Seven people with retired NBA jerseys who never played or coached
Fixer-uppers: Seven notably inadequate arenas that have hosted NBA teams
We’re not gonna take it: Eight NBA teams that openly rebelled against their head coach
Draft dodgers: Eight NBA players who refused to suit up for the team that drafted them
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- Drafting and trading Dominique Wilkins
- Elgin Baylor tenure as coach
- Expansion draft picks (1974)
- In game seven of the 1998 NBA Finals
- In game six of the 1997 NBA Finals
- Lengthy playoff drought
- Name etymology
- Players feuding with coach Elgin Baylor
- Playing home games at Loyola Field House (New Orleans)
- Postponing a game due to COVID-19
- Re-alignment from Eastern Conference to Western Conference
- Re-location from New Orleans to Salt Lake City
- Upset by the Warriors in the 1989 playoffs first round