Jerry Sloan's Legendary Toughness
The Lead
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🗓️ 26 May 2020
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
At the start of Memorial Day weekend, the basketball world lost an icon when Hall of Famer Jerry Sloan died at the age of 78. Sloan coached the Utah Jazz for 23 years, leading them to 19 postseason appearances, and back-to-back trips to the NBA Finals against Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls. Today, we're joined by Tony Jones of The Athletic to discuss Sloan's life and legacy, including the legendary toughness — and loyalty — that defined him throughout his career.
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| 0:31.0 | At the start of Memorial Day weekend, the basketball world lost an icon. |
| 0:37.0 | One of the winningest coaches in NBA history, Jerry Sloan, his died at the age of 78. |
| 0:45.0 | Hall of Famer Jerry Sloan coached the Utah Jazz for 23 years leading them to 19 postseason |
| 0:50.5 | appearances and back-to-back trips to the NBA finals against Michael Jordan's Chicago |
| 0:55.3 | Bulls. |
| 0:56.3 | Today the Athletics Tony Jones, who got to no Sloan while covering the Utah Jazz, joins |
| 1:01.2 | us to discuss Sloan's life and legacy from his time as a tenacious defender for the Bulls |
| 1:06.6 | to the toughness and loyalty that defined him as a coach. |
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