<P> The Jazz 's attendance declined slightly after the team 's move from New Orleans to Utah , due to a late approval for the move ( June 1979 ) and poor marketing in the Salt Lake City area . The team 's management made the first of several moves in 1979 , bringing high - scoring forward Adrian Dantley to Utah in exchange for Spencer Haywood . Dantley averaged 28.0 points per game during the 1979 -- 80 season , allowing the team to waive Pete Maravich early in the year . The team struggled to a 24 -- 58 mark , but was rewarded with the second overall pick in the 1980 NBA draft , which they used to pick Darrell Griffith of Louisville , another piece of the rebuilding puzzle . </P>
<P> The Jazz 's attendance declined slightly after the team 's move from New Orleans to Utah , due to a late approval for the move ( June 1979 ) and poor marketing in the Salt Lake City area . The team 's management made the first of several moves in 1979 , bringing high - scoring forward Adrian Dantley to Utah in exchange for Spencer Haywood . Dantley averaged 28.0 points per game during the 1979 -- 80 season , allowing the team to waive Pete Maravich early in the year . The team struggled to a 24 -- 58 mark , but was rewarded with the second overall pick in the 1980 NBA draft , which they used to pick Darrell Griffith of Louisville , another piece of the rebuilding puzzle . </P>
when did the utah jazz come to utah
when did the utah jazz come to utah
1979
1979