How do the Utah Jazz compare to their purple predecessors?

On Friday, the Utah Jazz will rock their throwback jerseys for the third time this season. How does this current team match up to the original team that donned the purple mountain colors?

It has already been nearly three months since the Utah Jazz announced they were bringing back the purple mountain jerseys. What was already a hyped up offseason seemed to brim over the top with hope and excitement when the epic video was released.

Older Jazz fans were able to reminisce the glory days of the franchise, and younger fans were able to get a feel of why these uniforms are remembered with such fondness. The team held a “purple mountain” party to celebrate bringing back the old colors and court and invited the public to get pictures on the court and re-watch the game where John Stockton hit “the shot” to send the Jazz to their first-ever NBA Finals.

And then the first game the Jazz wore the purple jerseys, the team released another video hyping up this team, comparing it to the most successful era in franchise history. The Jazz proceeded to run the score up on the hapless Sacramento Kings thanks to scoring explosions from Bojan Bogdanovic and Mike Conley.

https://twitter.com/utahjazz/status/1188260860508000256

If you can’t already feel the positive energy brimming from this retro throwback, then you should also know that the Jazz are undefeated this year when they play on the throwback court and in the purple uniforms. Sure, it’s only been two games on their home floor, but it is worth taking note of.

Since this might be the only season for a long time we get to see the purple mountain colors in action, I will analyze components of this team compared to the team from the 1990s, and see just how good of a shot the Jazz have at re-creating and even surpassing the achievements of yesteryear.