Lately, we’ve been taking advantage of the lull in the NBA’s news cycle to revisit past trades that benefitted the Utah Jazz. In this article, we’re taking a trip to the Pacific Division to look at the best trade the Utah Jazz ever made with the historic Lakers.
If not for a certain mail-delivering power forward, Adrian Dantley would be the best scorer in Utah Jazz history by a wide margin. He was a star from the moment he arrived in Salt Lake City, averaging 28.0 points per game during the franchise’s inaugural season in Utah in 1979-80.