GARY McKELLAR, Deseret News
Jazz trainer Don Sparks clowns it up with Jeff Hornacek at the beginning of a game near the end of the regular season.
SALT LAKE CITY — Former Utah Jazz trainer Don Sparks, who treated players for two decades, passed away June 2 of causes related to age.
Sparks, known as “Sparky” throughout the NBA, was 90. He had been living with his son David and daughter-in-law Michelle in Bristow, Virginia, since 2013. Michelle Sparks said, “He was just as bright as could be” late in life and would go to lunch almost daily with his caregiver.