# Temporada 1982-83 de los Utah Jazz

La temporada 1982-83 fue la novena de los Jazz en la NBA, y la cuarta en su nueva ubicación en Salt Lake City, tras cinco temporadas en Nueva Orleans. La temporada regular acabó con 30 victorias y 52 derrotas, ocupando el noveno puesto de la Conferencia Oeste, no logrando clasificarse para los playoffs.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 3 | Dominique Wilkins | Alero | Estados Unidos | Georgia |
| 3 | 49 | Steve Trumbo | Pívot | Estados Unidos | BYU |
| 3 | 55 | Jerry Eaves | Base | Estados Unidos | Louisville |
| 4 | 72 | Mark Eaton | Pívot | Estados Unidos | UCLA |

## Temporada regular

División Medio Oeste :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-San Antonio Spurs | 53 | 29 | .646 | – | 31–10 | 22–19 | 21–9 |
| x-Denver Nuggets | 45 | 37 | .549 | 8 | 29–12 | 16–25 | 17–13 |
| Kansas City Kings | 45 | 37 | .549 | 8 | 30–11 | 15–26 | 18–12 |
| Dallas Mavericks | 38 | 44 | .463 | 15 | 23–18 | 15–26 | 15–15 |
| Utah Jazz | 30 | 52 | .366 | 23 | 21–20 | 9–32 | 15–15 |
| Houston Rockets | 14 | 68 | .171 | 39 | 9–32 | 5–36 | 4–26 |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | PT | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | T3 | T3I | %T3 | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Adrian Dantley | 27 | 22 | 22 | 40.3 | 10.6 | 18.3 | .580 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 9.5 | 11.3 | .847 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 6.4 | 4.8 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 30.7 |
| 2 | Darrell Griffith | 24 | 77 | 76 | 36.2 | 9.8 | 20.2 | .484 | 0.5 | 1.7 | .496 | 2.2 | 3.2 | .679 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 22.2 |
| 3 | Rickey Green | 28 | 78 | 78 | 35.7 | 5.9 | 12.1 | .493 | 0.0 | 0.2 | .154 | 2.4 | 3.0 | .797 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 8.9 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 14.3 |
| 4 | Danny Schayes | 23 | 50 | 50 | 32.8 | 4.6 | 10.3 | .449 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 3.1 | 3.9 | .805 | 2.7 | 6.2 | 9.0 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 12.4 |
| 5 | Ben Poquette | 27 | 75 | 50 | 31.1 | 4.4 | 9.3 | .472 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .200 | 2.2 | 2.9 | .751 | 2.1 | 4.9 | 6.9 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 3.5 | 11.0 |
| 6 | Jeff Wilkins | 27 | 81 | 34 | 28.5 | 4.8 | 10.1 | .477 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.9 | 2.5 | .780 | 1.9 | 5.5 | 7.4 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 11.5 |
| 7 | John Drew | 28 | 44 | 33 | 27.4 | 7.2 | 15.3 | .474 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 6.7 | 8.9 | .755 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 5.3 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 21.2 |
| 8 | Rich Kelley | 29 | 32 | 23 | 24.4 | 2.2 | 4.8 | .467 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 2.7 | 3.3 | .829 | 2.2 | 5.1 | 7.3 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 7.2 |
| 9 | J.J. Anderson | 22 | 52 | 2 | 22.2 | 3.5 | 6.9 | .510 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 1.9 | 3.3 | .576 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 5.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 8.9 |
| 10 | Jerry Eaves | 23 | 82 | 7 | 19.4 | 3.4 | 7.0 | .487 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .125 | 2.4 | 3.0 | .810 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 9.3 |
| 11 | Mark Eaton | 26 | 81 | 32 | 18.9 | 1.8 | 4.4 | .414 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.7 | 1.1 | .656 | 1.1 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 4.3 |
| 12 | Freeman Williams | 26 | 18 | 3 | 11.7 | 2.0 | 5.6 | .356 | 0.1 | 0.4 | .286 | 1.0 | 1.4 | .720 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 5.1 |
| 13 | Kenny Natt | 24 | 22 | 0 | 9.5 | 1.7 | 3.3 | .521 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 0.4 | 0.6 | .643 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 3.9 |
| 14 | Rickey Williams | 25 | 44 | 0 | 7.9 | 1.3 | 3.1 | .415 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 0.8 | 1.2 | .660 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 3.3 |