NEW ORLEANS — Finally, after a six-year drought, the Utah Jazz will be represented in Sunday’s All-Star Game with Gordon Hayward being selected among the NBA’s top 24 players.
The Jazz have had representation at the last five All-Star Weekends, including Jeremy Evans in the Slam Dunk Contest and an assortment of Jazz players in the Rising Stars Challenge, but none for the Sunday main event since 2011 when Deron Williams played for the Western Conference in Los Angeles.
Since the inception of the franchise in 1974, the Jazz have had 11 players selected for the All-Star Game with 42 appearances total before this year.