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Looking Back at Each Era of Utah Jazz Basketball

By David Brinkerhoff

Apr 1, 2016; Salt Lake City, UT, USA; The trees in full bloom and a general view of at Vivint Smart Home Arena where the Utah Jazz will play the Minnesota Timberwolves. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Swinger-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 1, 2016; Salt Lake City, UT, USA; The trees in full bloom and a general view of at Vivint Smart Home Arena where the Utah Jazz will play the Minnesota Timberwolves. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Swinger-USA TODAY Sports /
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A look back at the various logos in Utah Jazz history and the eras of basketball they represent.

On May 12, the Utah Jazz announced they will be changing their primary and secondary logos for the 2016-17 season. The green mountains are officially out and the team is continuing on with the J-note as the primary logo.

The new primary logo is basically the logo the Jazz have already been using, but per NBA rules, a primary logo must contain the name of the team as well as the location in which they play. So the Jazz kept the colors the same, tightened up some of the excess space, and inserted “Utah” over the double Z’s.

While the primary logo looks very similar, the secondary logo does not. It is a circle logo with the words “Utah Jazz Basketball” written around the border and the multicolored basketball resting in the middle. The Jazz now join the Brooklyn Nets, Philadelphia 76ers, Atlanta Hawks, and others as teams going with the new secondary “circle logo” trend.

The new logo is officially the sixth different primary logo in team history, fifth since moving from New Orleans to Salt Lake City. Each new logo brought different jerseys, different players, and different memories in Jazz history. Let’s take a look back at how the team looked under each of their logos.

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