# Temporada 1979-80 de los Utah Jazz

La temporada 1979-80 fue la sexta de los Jazz en la NBA, y la primera en su nueva ubicación en Salt Lake City, tras cinco temporadas en Nueva Orleans. La temporada regular acabó con 24 victorias y 58 derrotas, ocupando el undécimo puesto de la Conferencia Oeste, no logrando clasificarse para los playoffs.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 20 | Larry Knight | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | Loyola (IL) |
| 2 | 23 | Tico Brown | Base | Estados Unidos | Georgia Tech |
| 3 | 45 | Arvid Kramer | Pívot | Estados Unidos | Augustana* |
| 4 | 67 | Greg Deane | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Utah |
| 10 | 185 | Paul Dawkins | Alero | Estados Unidos | Northern Illinois |

## Temporada regular

División Central :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-Milwaukee Bucks | 49 | 33 | .598 | – | 28–12 | 21–21 | 15–9 |
| x-Kansas City Kings | 47 | 35 | .573 | 2 | 30–11 | 17–24 | 18–6 |
| Chicago Bulls | 30 | 52 | .366 | 19 | 21–20 | 9–32 | 8–16 |
| Denver Nuggets | 30 | 52 | .366 | 19 | 24–17 | 6–35 | 10–14 |
| Utah Jazz | 24 | 58 | .293 | 25 | 17–24 | 7–34 | 9–15 |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | T3 | T3I | %T3 | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Adrian Dantley | 24 | 68 | 39.3 | 10.7 | 18.6 | .576 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 6.5 | 7.7 | .842 | 2.7 | 4.9 | 7.6 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 28.0 |
| 2 | Terry Furlow | 25 | 55 | 31.2 | 6.6 | 13.9 | .476 | 0.4 | 1.3 | .315 | 2.3 | 2.6 | .876 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 16.0 |
| 3 | Pete Maravich | 32 | 17 | 30.7 | 7.1 | 17.3 | .412 | 0.4 | 0.6 | .636 | 2.4 | 2.9 | .820 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 17.1 |
| 4 | Ron Boone | 33 | 75 | 30.5 | 5.2 | 11.7 | .447 | 0.3 | 0.7 | .380 | 2.3 | 2.5 | .894 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 12.9 |
| 5 | Ben Poquette | 24 | 82 | 28.6 | 3.6 | 6.9 | .523 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.7 | 2.0 | .832 | 1.5 | 5.3 | 6.8 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 3.5 | 8.9 |
| 6 | Allan Bristow | 28 | 82 | 28.1 | 4.6 | 9.6 | .480 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .286 | 2.4 | 3.0 | .811 | 2.1 | 4.2 | 6.2 | 4.2 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 11.6 |
| 7 | Tom Boswell | 26 | 61 | 25.5 | 4.5 | 7.8 | .573 | 0.1 | 0.1 | .500 | 2.4 | 3.3 | .729 | 1.7 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 11.5 |
| 8 | Duck Williams | 23 | 77 | 23.3 | 3.0 | 6.7 | .447 | 0.0 | 0.2 | .000 | 0.5 | 0.8 | .700 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 6.6 |
| 9 | Bernard King | 23 | 19 | 22.1 | 3.7 | 7.2 | .518 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.8 | 3.3 | .540 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 9.3 |
| 10 | James Hardy | 23 | 76 | 21.1 | 2.4 | 4.8 | .507 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .500 | 0.7 | 0.9 | .773 | 1.6 | 3.6 | 5.3 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 5.5 |
| 11 | Brad Davis | 24 | 13 | 17.3 | 2.5 | 4.3 | .589 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 0.8 | 0.9 | .833 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 3.5 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 5.8 |
| 12 | John Gianelli | 29 | 17 | 16.8 | 1.4 | 3.9 | .348 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.5 | 0.9 | .563 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 3.2 |
| 13 | Mack Calvin | 32 | 48 | 16.1 | 2.1 | 4.7 | .441 | 0.0 | 0.2 | .091 | 2.2 | 2.4 | .897 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 6.4 |
| 14 | Paul Dawkins | 22 | 57 | 13.6 | 2.5 | 5.3 | .470 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .200 | 0.6 | 0.8 | .688 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 5.5 |
| 15 | Robert Smith | 24 | 6 | 12.2 | 0.8 | 2.5 | .333 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.000 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 16 | Jerome Whitehead | 23 | 32 | 10.3 | 1.0 | 2.2 | .449 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.2 | 0.5 | .294 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 2.1 |
| 17 | Greg Deane | 22 | 7 | 6.9 | 0.3 | 1.6 | .182 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.000 | 0.7 | 1.0 | .714 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.4 |
| 18 | John Brown | 28 | 4 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.000 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 19 | Andre Wakefield | 25 | 8 | 5.9 | 0.8 | 1.9 | .400 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| 20 | Carl Kilpatrick | 23 | 2 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.5 | 1.0 | .500 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Adrian Dantley | All-Star |