Any retired jerseys before Gobert?
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None of the above. There have also been at least two people who have since worn #8.
Hasn’t been anyone, and I would say none of those ever hang in the rafters. Hopefully Gobert and Mitchell hang one day along with a championship banner.
Fixed that for you.
Sadly, there are no legit candidates for jersey retirement since Karl M.
I like AK. I like him a lot. But he doesn't have anything resembling the kind of resume needed for jersey retirement.
Deron was awesome here, but all he ever did was get us to the WCF where we got stomped.
Carlos is a joke. A sad unfunny joke. But his jumper was pretty sweet. I don't think that's jersey retirement stuff, but yeah, he could hit the close jumper like nobody's business.
I'd actually guess Okur or Harpring are the best potential candidates, but I wouldn't give it to either of them. Harpring was a role player, his biggest argument is his heart and loyalty to the team. "Money shot" Mehmet Okur was also loyal and more of an option, but just not at that level.
I like AK. I like him a lot. But he doesn't have anything resembling the kind of resume needed for jersey retirement.
Deron was awesome here, but all he ever did was get us to the WCF where we got stomped.
Carlos is a joke. A sad unfunny joke. But his jumper was pretty sweet. I don't think that's jersey retirement stuff, but yeah, he could hit the close jumper like nobody's business.
I'd actually guess Okur or Harpring are the best potential candidates, but I wouldn't give it to either of them. Harpring was a role player, his biggest argument is his heart and loyalty to the team. "Money shot" Mehmet Okur was also loyal and more of an option, but just not at that level.
AK is the only player with a real argument, but I dont see that happening.
AK for his tenure (10 years, damn!) but half of that was pretty soured. I’d say Memo was more beloved. Had AK jived with the Deron/Boozer/Okur era and bought in to his role, I’d say he’d for sure be retired. The potential of what could have been.
Hayward would have been a lock had he re-signed. Deron, too, had it not gone south and he had another 3 years.
The thing is the Jazz retired Mark Eaton and Jeff Hornacek, so the bar isnt super high on getting your jersey retired.
AK tops in all total stats for Utah. The more I think about it, he probably should get his jersey retired if Eaton/Hornacek did.
I think the bar should be at least 10 years played, which is why I think it's kind of lame Jeff got retired, but I get that he is significant because he was in Utah during the stretch with the most playoff success.
Based on that criteria, yeah sort of. But... Eaton was OG. That counts for something. He also has the record for career blocks per game at 3.5. He almost nabbed the record for career blocks in just above half the time it took Jabbar to get it. Eaton was the real deal. His story was also cool.
Hornacek is there because he put the Jazz over the hump to get to the finals. He was the 3rd guy in the "big-3" that made that Jazz team elite. That team was amazing. Those seasons that led to finals were unbelievable. He was a huge part of that. It wasn't just what his stats were then, it's what his place on the team did to bring the Jazz to the next level. Hornacek earned every bit of his jersey being retired.
Hornacek was always beloved by fans and attached to our finals teams, the third player you’d mention in an association with Stockton and Malone. Eaton was actually legendary in a number of ways. 11 years with the Jazz, plus continued involvement post-retirement. A 1x all-star (as was AK), 5x all-defensive and I believe #3 in all time blocks at the time he retired. Not arguments that those two should or shouldn’t have their number retired, but with the way everything went down with the second half of the AK era, it gets difficult to make an argument because it was the intangibles that pushed those other guys up into the rafters.
SOB beat me to it.
Yeah, but if the criteria for getting in is just putting up a lot of unique stats + career longevity, AK did that too.
And as to infection critique on Andre falling off in the 2nd half of his career, Eaton kind of did the same did he not?
He holds the career record for blocks per game.
AK fell off for as far as what I can tell were mental reasons and because Sloan didn't make him the focus of the offense. Eaton gave it his all and just started breaking down. He called it quits when it was clear he couldn't do it anymore.
Jack Strop
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Okur? Hayward?
I think the Jazz org would love to see Gordon's jersey hanging from the rafters...
if he were in it.
I think the Jazz org would love to see Gordon's jersey hanging from the rafters...
if he were in it.
Yeah and AK is #2 in blocks, #4 in steals, #7 in games played, #5 in assist, #6 in points, and #7 in rebounds. Though his raw stats fell of in the 2nd half of his career, his advanced stats (which people didnt care about as much back then) were always high.
shut up
I will say, the more I think about it, the more I would be in favor of retiring 47.
Pastramiking
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AK47 should be. I don’t see anyone wearing 47 again even if it isn’t. Such the perfect # and nickname for him