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Adrian Dantley Once Again Squares Off Against Jazz

By Chris TomassonApr 16th 2010 – 6:15AM

DENVER -- When Adrian Dantley finally had his uniform number retired by the Utah Jazz on April 11, 2007, he stepped to the microphone at EnergySolutions Arena and asked then team owner Larry Miller to grant him an interview whenever Jazz coach Jerry Sloan retires. Everybody laughed. It was simply a quip thrown out to the...

Luther Wright Among Retired Players Performing at All-Star Weekend

By Tim PovtakJan 11th 2010 – 6:00PM

The rise and fall and return of Luther Wright, who has gone from a first-round NBA draft pick to homeless crack addict to basketball coach and peer counselor, will add another chapter next month at All-Star Weekend in Dallas. He will become a star again. Wright was selected to be part of the NBA Legends Band that will...

Thurl Bailey Is Goliath!

By Matt WatsonDec 5th 2007 – 7:30PM

I can't remember the last time I even thought about Thurl Bailey, but I'm guessing it was sometime around 1999, when he played the last season of a 12-year NBA career. As it turns out, though, he's been keeping busy: he's a TV analyst for the Utah Jazz, a singer/songwriter with two albums, a public speaker and, as you can...

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Background on Thurl Bailey

Thurl Lee Bailey (born April 7, 1961 in Washington, D.C.) is an American retired professional basketball player in the NBA whose career spanned from 1983 to 1999 with the Utah Jazz and the Minnesota Timberwolves.

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