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==Retired Numbers==
 
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In addition to #6 (retired league-wide in honor of [[Bill Russell]]) the Jazz have retired the following numbers:
 
*<nowiki>#1</nowiki> Francis Layden
 
*<nowiki>#1</nowiki> Francis Layden
 
*<nowiki>#4</nowiki> Adrian Dantley
 
*<nowiki>#4</nowiki> Adrian Dantley

Revision as of 00:49, March 5, 2023

The Utah Jazz is a National Basketball Association (NBA) team from Salt Lake City, Utah.

The team entered the NBA as a 1974 expansion team, the New Orleans Jazz, and moved to Utah in 1979 (still maintaining the team nickname, though it has no connection to the state).

The team made the NBA finals twice (1997 and 1998), losing to the Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls both times.

Retired Numbers

In addition to #6 (retired league-wide in honor of Bill Russell) the Jazz have retired the following numbers:

  • #1 Francis Layden
  • #4 Adrian Dantley
  • #7 Pete Maravich
  • #9 Larry H. Miller
  • #12 John Stockton
  • #14 Jeff Hornacek
  • #32 Karl Malone
  • #35 Darrell Griffith
  • #53 Mark Eaton
  • #1223 Jerry Sloan

References

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