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"In my prime, I could have handled Michael Jordan" - Jerry Sloan once dropped an epic quip about MJ

The late former longtime Utah Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan had an epic rivalry with Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls back in the '90s. For two consecutive NBA Finals duels, the Jazz lost to the ...
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Jerry Sloan: Legendary NBA coach dead at 78

Jerry Sloan, the coach who led the Utah Jazz to back-to-back appearances in the NBA Finals, died Friday at the age of 78. The Jazz confirmed Sloan's death in a statement. "Jerry Sloan will always be ...
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"I don't say much in the huddle" — Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan said he called timeouts just to rest his aging team with Stockton and Malone

Behind their decade-long supremacy were tired and worn-out knees and joints. The two titans played way before the load management era, which meant that they often suited up hurt. As long as they could ...
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"I would watch Malone and Stockton run the same pick-and-roll 73 times" - Gregg Popovich on learning from Jerry Sloan

Former San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich and the late Jerry Sloan never worked together on the same team. However, Pop has openly recognized Utah Jazz legend as one of his mentors as a coach ...
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Gordon Monson: A proud, loud and vulgar voice from the past cries out to the Utah Jazz

Lousy. Awful. Horrible. Pathetic. Terrible. Lame. Brutal. Dreadful. Wretched. Inferior. Abysmal. Crappy. Atrocious. Odious. Ugly. Sad. Bad. Miserable. Maybe that last ...