Utah Jazz

The Utah Jazz is a National Basketball Association team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. They were originally the New Orleans Jazz, but were financially unsuccessful and moved to Utah. They were one of the most successful teams in the late 1980s and 1990s, making it to two NBA Finals in 1997 and 1998 under coach Jerry Sloan and anchored by John Stockton and Karl Malone, considered two of the best players in the era.

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In 1974 the Jazz franchise began in New Orleans. The franchise proved unsuccessful, both on the court and financially, even after the addition of "Pistol" Pete Maravich as the star player. Though Maravich was viewed as one of the NBA's most entertaining and talented players, the Jazz were continually a losing team. After five losing seasons in New Orleans, they moved to Salt Lake City, Utah in 1979. Although the team nickname was not fitting for Salt Lake City, which was known more as a center for Mormon culture than as a mecca for jazz music, the franchise decided to keep it. In Utah, the team continued to languish toward the bottom of the standings until the 1983-1984 season, when it won the Midwest Division title and advanced to the second round of the playoffs.

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