{"id":31081,"date":"2020-05-22T15:40:01","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T19:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/?p=31081"},"modified":"2020-05-22T15:40:01","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T19:40:01","slug":"jerry-sloan-and-his-nba-legacy-with-the-chicago-bulls-and-utah-jazz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2020\/05\/22\/jerry-sloan-and-his-nba-legacy-with-the-chicago-bulls-and-utah-jazz\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerry Sloan and his NBA Legacy with the Chicago Bulls and Utah Jazz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/sloanje01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jerry Sloan<\/a><\/strong>, most famously known as the head coach of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/utah-jazz\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Utah Jazz<\/a>, sadly died today at age 78. He was a former NBA player for the Chicago Bulls and the Baltimore Bullets (now the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/washington-wizards\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Wizards<\/a>), and an NBA coach for the Utah Jazz and the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/chicago-bulls\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chicago Bulls<\/a>. He was an NBA All-Star and an NBA Hall of Famer head coach.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The NBA Legacy of Jerry Sloan<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Jerry Sloan, former NBA player and head coach sadly died today because of complications with Parkinson\u2019s Disease and Lewy body dementia.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Former Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan died Friday morning due to complications from Parkinson&#39;s disease and Lewy body dementia.<\/p>\n<p>He was 78. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TCDzQTUgr0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/TCDzQTUgr0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SportsCenter\/status\/1263844954960429067?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 22, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sloan started off his basketball career with the Baltimore Bullets from 1965-66. However, he would make his mark with the Chicago Bulls. Sloan was the first player to be retired by the Chicago Bulls. He played for them from 1966-76, making the NBA All-Star Game in 1967 and 1969. Jerry Sloan also won the NBA All-Defensive First Team four times and the NBA All-Defensive Second Team two times.<\/p>\n<p>He would then coach the Chicago Bulls as an assistant from 1978-79. Jerry Sloan then got promoted as head coach from 1979-82. However, after three less than three years and one playoff appearance he was fired by the Chicago Bulls. He would then become an assistant coach for the Utah Jazz from 1985-88. Sloan would again get promoted as head coach of the Utah Jazz. He was with the Jazz from 1988-2011.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Legacy with the Chicago Bulls and Utah Jazz<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><strong>Chicago Bulls<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Jerry Sloan was drafted by the Chicago Bulls in the 1966 NBA Expansion draft by the Chicago Bulls according to K.C. Johnson of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/sports\/bulls\/ct-jerry-sloan-chicago-bulls-dies-20200522-a5akryjqcnfq7hsox6zirxvlku-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chicago Tribune<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJerry Sloan was \u2018The Original Bull\u2019 whose tenacious defense and nightly hustle on the court represented the franchise and epitomized the city of Chicago,\u201d Chicago Bulls Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf said<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe Original Bull.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rest in peace, Jerry Sloan \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chicagobulls\/status\/1263847405436493824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 22, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Chicago Bulls teammate with the Chicago Bulls <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/l\/lovebo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bob Love<\/a><\/strong> also said good things about Jerry Sloan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe would make the All-Star team today just on his defense,\u201d longtime Bulls teammate Bob Love said in 2017. \u201cThese guys now running down the floor? Nobody would\u2019ve wanted to mess with Jerry. He was tough as nails.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Utah Jazz<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Sloan was one of the most successful head coaches in NBA history. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/tv5.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/29209339\/long-jazz-coach-jerry-sloan-dies-age-78\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ESPN<\/a>, there were 245 coaching changes around the league. Furthermore, five current NBA teams, which were the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/toronto-raptors\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Toronto Raptors<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/charlotte-hornets\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charlotte Hornets<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/memphis-grizzlies\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Memphis Grizzlies<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/orlando-magic\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Orlando Magic<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/minnesota-timberwolves\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> did not exist in 1988.<\/p>\n<p>Former Utah Jazz player <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/e\/eatonma01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark Eaton<\/a><\/strong> said this about their former coach according to ESPN\u2019s Eric Woodyard:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think the Utah Jazz are Jerry Sloan,&#8221; Eaton said. &#8220;The whole franchise is steeped in the things that he taught and put together in the &#8217;90s, and I think that everything is measured against that. You look at the team today, and I notice that when players make great plays of effort where they&#8217;re getting after a loose ball on the floor or blocking out or getting a steal or making something happen, the crowd reacts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Jerry Sloan\u2019s coaching career, he was fourth in regular-season games and wins, and playoff games. He also ranks sixth all-time in playoff wins, which is the most by any coach without an NBA title. Lastly, Utah Jazz gave <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/jazz\/news\/jazz-statement-passing-jerry-sloan\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a statement<\/a> of what he meant for the organization:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike Stockton and Malone as players, Jerry Sloan epitomized the organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As head coach, Sloan made 20 trips to the NBA playoffs with 16 consecutive winning seasons. He also ranks second on the NBA all-time list for consecutive games and wins with one franchise.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A look at the life of a legend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCoach Sloan is what the NBA should be about.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N9dl0GIY8N\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/N9dl0GIY8N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/utahjazz\/status\/1263842811054485505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 22, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Overview of Jerry Sloan\u2019s Legacy<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Jerry Sloan is a Hall of Famer head coach and an NBA All-Star as a player. In his career, he was able to make a mark on two franchises, the Chicago Bulls and the Utah Jazz.<\/p>\n<p>The first player retired by the Chicago Bulls and the most successful head coach for the Utah Jazz. Jerry Sloan was one of the greatest figures in the NBA.<\/p>\n<p>Condolences must be sent to Jerry Sloan\u2019s family and friends at this difficult time.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"3dGZErXqT818Px102WBAlA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/515556696\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'3dGZErXqT818Px102WBAlA',sig:'IeF9JFN8uG4d3pJmTvOlSD2G4cL39J9pwIUZ-g4JXRM=',w:'594px',h:'370px',items:'515556696',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jerry Sloan, most famously known as the head coach of the Utah Jazz, sadly died today at age 78. He was a former NBA player for the Chicago Bulls and the Baltimore Bullets (now the Washington Wizards), and an NBA coach for the Utah Jazz and the Chicago Bulls. He was an NBA All-Star and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":31091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24,1608,8,62],"tags":[3633,151,150,3634,639,3632,3631,144],"class_list":["post-31081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jazz","category-basketball","category-bulls","category-nba","tag-bob-love","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-jerry-sloan","tag-mark-eaton","tag-nba-all-star","tag-nba-hall-of-fame","tag-nba-hall-of-fame-head-coach","tag-utah-jazz"],"modified_by":"Chase Gage","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}