SALT LAKE CITY — They gather at the southeast corner of Vivint Arena from around the West and across the world, posing beneath the statues of Karl Malone and John Stockton.
For many basketball fans, it’s as close as they’ll ever get to greatness.
Now there’s a groundswell of support for a third symbol: Jerry Sloan. An online petition drive was launched last month by Jazz fan Chad Crowell. The petition has more than 2,500 signatures.
None of this drumbeat for a statue is coming from Sloan. Because he battles Lewy body dementia, he sometimes doesn’t care because he doesn’t remember.