Rachel Nichols and Shelley Smith remember Jerry Sloan, who came from a tiny town in Southern Illinois and became an NBA All-Star with the Chicago Bulls before leading the Utah Jazz through the franchise’s most successful run in the 1990s. Sloan died Friday at the age of 78.
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Deangelo Hall
May 22, 2020 at 9:37 pm
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Travis Garnett
May 22, 2020 at 9:43 pm
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Bobby Lee
May 22, 2020 at 9:47 pm
Imagine watching Rachel go to the bathroom. I would pay for that.
artix003
May 22, 2020 at 10:08 pm
you’d throw up seeing her without makeup
Gams Guru
May 22, 2020 at 10:25 pm
FYI: Her father in law is film director Mike Nichols, who directed “The Graduate” in 1967. He won the Oscar for Best Director. π
Daniel G
May 22, 2020 at 9:48 pm
A goat among goats
Mr. Entringer
May 22, 2020 at 9:48 pm
Its a crime Sloan was never COY. Even with seasons Jazz won 60, 62, 64 games
Karl Anthony Margate
May 23, 2020 at 1:51 am
He should have won it in 2003-2004 season. Missing the playoff by one game and having a winning record with a starting 5 of Carlos Arroyo, Gordon Giricek, Matt Harpring, Andrie Kirilenko and Greg Ostertag.
Aleks Jeff
May 22, 2020 at 9:54 pm
An amazing coach and a great defender as a player.
As a player his number was retired by the Bulls and his vision as a coach for the pick and roll was legendary, he also showed everybody how a player can keep shooting even if he missed the few first shots and he coached the “give it back to him” run and gun style. He’s one of the few coaches that have over 1000 wins, a real legend.
Rick Jones
May 22, 2020 at 10:03 pm
My favorite player of all time. I was so saddened when I learned of his illness. He became ill about the same time as my long time girlfriend discovered she had lung cancer. She passed away a few months ago. Now this. I hadn’t cried for several weeks, but I am so crushed by this news. I grew up playing basketball in Chicago when Jerry was playing guard for the bulls. I wasn’t very athletic, but I tried to make up for it with hard work and intensity. I tried so hard to emulate jerry on defense. Trying to constantly play in a sort of rage, that I knew would eventually demoralize my opponents. I took charges from much bigger players in a recreation league, and always bounced back up like jerry did. I was given the sportsmanship award for the entire league one year. Simply, because of the pounding I took, and intensity i played with. I never got to play in college, but anywhere i played, i always tried to play as hard as Jerry. The more i learned of his integrity and character later in life, the more of a hero he became to me. Maybe only Patrick Beverley, another chicagoan, displays anything near Jerry’s intensity. I never got to meet him . But I know what he stood for. Everything you want your son to grow up to be . I have lost two of my heroes the past few months. I may be one of the few basketball fans who had Jerry as their number one favorite player of all time. He influenced my life for the better. I have carried the traits I learned from Jerry as a kid, to be a success at whatever I put my mind to. I hope I can live the remaining years of my life with the honesty, character, and integrity of my two favorite human beings. I love you jerry. You will always be my hero.
Gams Guru
May 22, 2020 at 10:35 pm
Rick Jones I had a friend who played in the NBA, he once told me the toughest guys he ever played against were Sloan and Norm Van Lier. ππ
michael brobston
May 22, 2020 at 10:08 pm
Jerry Sloan a great coach for 23 years with the Jazz. Please Rest In Peace Jerry. Prayers goes out to his family and friends.
Pyeknom
May 22, 2020 at 10:10 pm
Born and raised in Utah. Jerry Sloan is the appitamy of this State! Work hard, do your best, get up the next day and do it all over again. That is how the Utah Jazz organization has been ran and this was backed up by the Miller family. Coach Sloan is as popular if not more than any Jazz player! Thank you Coach Sloan and thank you Miller family by standing behind coach Sloan in the greatest years of Jazz basketball!
Milas Henderson
May 22, 2020 at 10:17 pm
Is it just me or is a lot of old people dying this year
michael staten
May 22, 2020 at 10:23 pm
Great player, great coach and most importantly seemed to be a great human being
Task Don
May 22, 2020 at 10:32 pm
This is a sad news, he was my favorite coach of all-time.
shinji nakajima
May 22, 2020 at 10:44 pm
Deron williams is grieving too
ηζδΈ
May 22, 2020 at 10:48 pm
Miss you. Tough player, tough coach.
The Truth
May 22, 2020 at 11:13 pm
What!!!!!
Good day Bay area
May 22, 2020 at 11:18 pm
My basketball pops! Ahava
EMiN XAtCH
May 22, 2020 at 11:40 pm
Good man. Never bowed down to anyone.
Book of shadows contributor Brian
May 23, 2020 at 12:07 am
70th comment π¦ππ¦
Jason L
May 23, 2020 at 12:12 am
I remember when he clashed with Deron Williams. This is truly sad, he will be missed.
Roman Clipps
May 23, 2020 at 12:52 am
Damm Jerry sloan was a Legend coach to for the jazz
Ray Felix
May 23, 2020 at 1:04 am
WHY WE GET OLD WE GET SOME ILLNESS THAT WILL LEAD OUR CAUSE OF DEATH…
DBZnetwork
May 23, 2020 at 1:20 am
Rest In Peace ππ½
Brock Mak
May 23, 2020 at 1:43 am
To most of my high school teammates’ surprise, I once watched his player feature on an old VHS tape, then modelled my game after him by necessity because in the era of Jordan and Kobe, I never developed the coordination just to do one crossover between my legs, and I am only 5’4″. I owe it to him to help me make the team in the first place.
H C
May 23, 2020 at 2:11 am
A true gentleman.
Tony Nguyen
May 23, 2020 at 2:12 am
Wow, David stern, Kobe, and now Jerry Sloan. NBA is really in a dark time right now.