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The Jazz's attendance declined slightly after the team's move from New Orleans to Utah, partly because of a late approval for the move (June 1979) and also poor marketing in the Salt Lake City area. [18] Tom Nissalke departed as coach after the Jazz started the 1981–82 season 8–12, and general manager Frank Layden replaced him.
The Utah Jazz is an American professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team joined the NBA in 1974 as an expansion team called the New Orleans Jazz. The Jazz relocated to Salt Lake City, Utah in 1979.
Utah Jazz joined the National Basketball Association (NBA) as New Orleans Jazz, an expansion team that began play in the 1974–75 season. The Jazz relocated from New Orleans to Salt Lake City, Utah, for the 1979–80 season.
The Utah Jazz went 1-2 during the NBA’s Salt Lake City Summer League games. Here’s how former Kansas Jayhawks star Ochai Agbaji performed for them.
Here's everything you need to know about Tuesday's game between the Thunder and Jazz: More: Thunder vs 76ers recap: OKC rookies show promise in NBA Salt Lake City Summer League debut
[7] Since 2000, new and renamed franchises have tended to steer away from the Z naming fad, opting instead for names such as Salt Lake Bees, Utah Flash, Real Salt Lake, and Utah Royals FC. However, the creation of the Orem Owlz in 2005 and the Utah Blaze in 2006 provide some indication that Utah's Z nicknaming trend continues.
Gail Miller, former longtime owner of the Utah Jazz, is leading a Salt Lake City-based group that plans to pursue an MLB expansion team in the coming years. The group is called Big League Utah ...
Final season Jazz played as a New Orleans-based team. 1979–80: Tie 3–3: Jazz, 2–1: Nuggets, 2–1: Nuggets 12–6: Jazz relocate to Salt Lake City, Utah, open Salt Palace, and are moved to the Western Conference and the Midwest Division, becoming divisional rivals with the Nuggets.