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The Utah Jazz is a professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Jazz are one of the five teams in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

The team was originally the New Orleans Jazz but was financially unsuccessful and moved to Utah replacing the void left by the Utah Stars of the defunct ABA. The Jazz was 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, a point guard/power forward combination noted for its remarkable on-court rapport. Malone and Stockton were often seen as two of the best players at their respective positions.

Besides John Stockton and Karl Malone, The Utah Jazz has had other super star players that have spent most of their careers with the team.  Utah obtained high scoring guard/forward Adrian Dantley from the Los Angeles Lakers. Maravich was waived during the season. With the #2 draft pick in 1980, they obtained Darrell Griffith from the University of Louisville. During the 1980-1981 season, Frank Layden became the head coach, and in 1982, the Jazz selected big man Mark Eaton in the fourth round of the draft. These four additions to the team would serve to set the seeds for the future success for the team. During the 1993-1994 season, the Jazz aquired shooting guard Jeff Hornacek, who provided outstanding three-point and free throw shot percentage. In the 2001-2002 season, future superstar Andrei Kirilenko made his rookie debut.