Utah Jazz

About the Utah Jazz

The Utah Jazz are an American professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Jazz compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Northwest Division. Since 1991, the team has played its home games at the Delta Center.

The franchise began play in 1974 as the New Orleans Jazz, but moved to Salt Lake City in 1979. The Jazz were one of the most successful teams in the NBA in the late 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s, with legendary players like Karl Malone, John Stockton, and more recently, Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert.

The team's colors are navy blue, green, and gold. The Jazz have developed rivalries with the Chicago Bulls, Houston Rockets, and Denver Nuggets, among others.