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The Jazz will finally retire Adrian Dantley's number Way to go AD!
SALT LAKE CITY -- The Utah Jazz will retire Adrian Dantley's No. 4 in April. Adrian Dantley scored 23,177 points in his NBA career, good enough for 18th all time. A ceremony to honor Dantley and raise No. 4 to the rafters is scheduled for halftime of the team's April 11 game against the Denver Nuggets. Dantley is in his fourth season as an assistant coach with Denver. He played for the Jazz from 1979-1986 and still holds the team record for career points per game at 29.6 -- 4.2 more than Karl Malone, whose No. 32 was the last number retired by the Jazz. "Adrian was an important building block in the foundation of the Jazz's playoff dynasty that lasted 20 years," Jazz owner Larry Miller said in a release Thursday. "He is part of the legacy of this franchise and we are pleased to retire his jersey." Dantley ranks 18th on the league's all-time scoring list with 23,177 points during his 15-year NBA career. He will be the seventh Jazz player to have his number retired, joining Malone, John Stockton, Jeff Hornacek, Mark Eaton, Darrell Griffith and Pete Maravich. The Jazz also retired No. 1 in honor of former coach Frank Layden. Feel free to join in the Prince Album Poll 2018! Let'a celebrate his legacy by counting down the most beloved Prince albums, as decided by you! | |
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Moonbeam said: Way to go AD!
SALT LAKE CITY -- The Utah Jazz will retire Adrian Dantley's No. 4 in April. Adrian Dantley scored 23,177 points in his NBA career, good enough for 18th all time. A ceremony to honor Dantley and raise No. 4 to the rafters is scheduled for halftime of the team's April 11 game against the Denver Nuggets. Dantley is in his fourth season as an assistant coach with Denver. He played for the Jazz from 1979-1986 and still holds the team record for career points per game at 29.6 -- 4.2 more than Karl Malone, whose No. 32 was the last number retired by the Jazz. "Adrian was an important building block in the foundation of the Jazz's playoff dynasty that lasted 20 years," Jazz owner Larry Miller said in a release Thursday. "He is part of the legacy of this franchise and we are pleased to retire his jersey." Dantley ranks 18th on the league's all-time scoring list with 23,177 points during his 15-year NBA career. He will be the seventh Jazz player to have his number retired, joining Malone, John Stockton, Jeff Hornacek, Mark Eaton, Darrell Griffith and Pete Maravich. The Jazz also retired No. 1 in honor of former coach Frank Layden. I remember him more as a Piston during the Bad Boy years. (Insert something clever here) |
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DarkKnight1 said: Moonbeam said: Way to go AD!
SALT LAKE CITY -- The Utah Jazz will retire Adrian Dantley's No. 4 in April. Adrian Dantley scored 23,177 points in his NBA career, good enough for 18th all time. A ceremony to honor Dantley and raise No. 4 to the rafters is scheduled for halftime of the team's April 11 game against the Denver Nuggets. Dantley is in his fourth season as an assistant coach with Denver. He played for the Jazz from 1979-1986 and still holds the team record for career points per game at 29.6 -- 4.2 more than Karl Malone, whose No. 32 was the last number retired by the Jazz. "Adrian was an important building block in the foundation of the Jazz's playoff dynasty that lasted 20 years," Jazz owner Larry Miller said in a release Thursday. "He is part of the legacy of this franchise and we are pleased to retire his jersey." Dantley ranks 18th on the league's all-time scoring list with 23,177 points during his 15-year NBA career. He will be the seventh Jazz player to have his number retired, joining Malone, John Stockton, Jeff Hornacek, Mark Eaton, Darrell Griffith and Pete Maravich. The Jazz also retired No. 1 in honor of former coach Frank Layden. I remember him more as a Piston during the Bad Boy years. Me too. He is probably my biggest childhood hero. Feel free to join in the Prince Album Poll 2018! Let'a celebrate his legacy by counting down the most beloved Prince albums, as decided by you! | |
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Is he in the Hall of Fame yet? | |
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My son's father wanted to name his Adrian after Mr. Dantley. | |
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Still a wee bit miffed that the Jazz moved from New Orleans (I was a ball boy for one season....NO PUN INTENDED!!!  ) to Utah....and that they never saw fit to change the name...
but AD was one of my fave players back in the day, so congrats to him!!  He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.
(George Eliot) the video for the above... 
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I thought he played for Detroit.  | |
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live4lust said: I thought he played for Detroit.
He did for many years. | |
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