Utah Jazz Team Profile and Analysis: Western Conference – Northwest Division NBA

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the professional basketball association in North America which constitutes of two conferences – Eastern Conference and Western Conference. Each conference is divided into three divisions. The three divisions of Western Conference area as following – Northwest Division, Southwest Division and Pacific Division. Utah Jazz is one of the northwest divisions of Western Conference. 

The Western Conference of National Basketball Association comprises of 15 teams which are as follows: 

• Dallas Mavericks– Southwest Division
• Denver Nuggets– Northwest Division
• Golden State Warriors– Pacific Division
• Houston Rockets– Southwest Division
• Los Angeles Clippers– Pacific Division
• Los Angeles Lakers– Pacific Division
• Memphis Grizzlies– Southwest Division
• Minnesota Timberwolves– Northwest Division
• New Orleans Pelicans– Southwest Division
• Oklahoma City Thunder– Northwest Division
• Phoenix Suns– Pacific Division
• Portland Trail Blazers– Northwest Division
• Sacramento Kings– Pacific Division
• San Antonio Spurs– Southwest Division
• Utah Jazz– Northwest Division

Utah Jazz, Portland Trail Blazers, Oklahoma City Thunder, Minnesota Timberwolves, and Denver Nuggets are Northwest divisions of Western Conference. The arena of Utah Jazz is Vivint Arena. Home games of the team are played from the said venue. 

Utah Jazz

Utah Jazz is professional basketball team of America which is based in Salt Lake City, Utah. This team competes from as Western Northwest Division Conference of National Basketball Association. The associated team colors are:

• Key black 
• Spotlight yellow 
• Gray
• Purple
• White

Justin Zanik is the general manager and Will Hardy is the Head Coach of the said team. Started as an expansion team in 1974-75, the team began as New Orleans Jazz in New Orleans and then later moved to Salt Lake City in 1979. The first NBA playoff appearance of Utah Jazz was in 1984 and then kept on appearing till 2004. The team ‘s NBA final appearances were in 1997 and 1998 but the team lost both times to Chicago Bulls. 2004–05 season was worst for the team. In 2006–07 and 2007-08 seasons the team improved compared to previous seasons but then again faced difficulties in 2008-09 season. 2010–11 season was better for Utah Jazz. In 2014, Jazz was officially banished from NBA playoff contention. In 2015-16 season, Jazz failed to qualify NBA playoff but in 2016-17 season, they qualified. 

The following are the basic details of Utah Jazz team:

• Main sponsor: Qualtrics
• President: Jim Olson
• General manager: Justin Zanik
• Head coach: Will Hardy
• Ownership: Ryan Smith
• Affiliation(s): Salt Lake City Stars
• Conference titles: 2 (1997, 1998)

The years in which team got Division titles are as below:

• 1984
• 1989
• 1992
• 1997
• 1998
• 2000
• 2007
• 2008
• 2017
• 2021
• 2022

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