This article is about the American Basketball Association (ABA) team. For the WNBA team, see Utah Starzz. For the WPSL team, see Utah Starzz (WPSL). For the NBA G League team, see Salt Lake City Stars.
Basketball team in Salt Lake City, Utah
Utah Stars
Conference
None
Division
Western
Founded
1967
Dissolved
1976
History
Anaheim Amigos 1967–1968 Los Angeles Stars 1968–1970 Utah Stars 1970–1976
Arena
The Salt Palace
Location
Salt Lake City, Utah
Team colors
Red, white & blue
Team manager
Vince Boryla 1970–1972 Arnie Ferrin 1972–1975 Bill Orwig 1975–1976
Head coach
Bill Sharman 1970–1971 LaDell Andersen 1971–1973 Joe Mullaney 1973–1974 Bucky Buckwalter & Tom Nissalke 1974–1975 Tom Nissalke 1975–1976
Ownership
Bill Daniels 1970–1974 James A. Collier 1974–1975 Snellen M. Johnson and Lyle E. Johnson 1975
Championships
1 (1971)
Division titles
3 (1972, 1973, 1974)
The Utah Stars were an American Basketball Association (ABA) team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. Under head coach Bill Sharman the Stars were the first major professional basketball team to use a pre-game shootaround.[1]
The UtahStars were an American Basketball Association (ABA) team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. Under head coach Bill Sharman the Stars were the first...
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original WNBA teams, the Utah Starzz (partially named after the old ABA team, the UtahStars, but with the zz at the end like the Utah Jazz) never met the...
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Semifinals (1) UtahStars vs. (4) San Diego Conquistadors: Stars win series 4-0 Game 1 @ Utah: Utah 107, San Diego 93 Game 2 @ Utah: Utah 103, San Diego...
had previously been home to the UtahStars of the American Basketball Association (ABA) from 1970 to 1976. The Stars had been extremely popular in the...
1971 ABA championship. They fell just short, however, and lost to the UtahStars in seven games. They proved to be even better in 1971, with the signing...
old UtahStars ABA team). The precedent firmly set, several -zz teams entered the Utah market in subsequent years, to include the Utah Catzz, Utah Freezz...
to Los Angeles to become the Los Angeles Stars. In 1970, it moved to Salt Lake City and became the UtahStars. The Amigos were the first professional team...
1973. The New York Nets won their first championship in 1974 against the UtahStars, and their second against the Denver Nuggets in 1976. The last ABA Finals...
Division champion New York Nets defeating the Western Division champion UtahStars, four games to one in the ABA Finals. A one-game playoff was held to determine...
after he was selected in the third round of the 1974 ABA draft by the UtahStars. He was named an ABA All-Star as a rookie and played two seasons in the...
original WNBA teams, the Utah Starzz (partially named after the old ABA team, the UtahStars, but with the zz at the end like the Utah Jazz) never met the...
1970-1971 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Division champion UtahStars defeating the Eastern Division champion Kentucky Colonels, four games...
the four surviving ABA teams, eight current NBA markets have ABA heritage: Utah, Dallas, Houston, Miami, New Orleans, Memphis, Minnesota, and Charlotte all...
The Utah Royals (formerly Utah Royals FC) are an American women's professional soccer club based in Salt Lake City. Established on November 16, 2017, as...
Reference. "44 Years Ago Today: UtahStars Win 1971 ABA Championship". The J Notes - Fansided. May 18, 2015. "1970-71 UtahStars Roster and Stats". Basketball...
Louis had some earlier connections to Utah. On November 29, 1975, the Spirits of St. Louis and the UtahStars had discussed a merger of the two franchises...
Jones, Al Cueto, and Erv Staggs; later, Red Robbins was traded to the UtahStars for Craig Raymond and Skeeter Swift was traded to the Pittsburgh Pipers...
Antonio and change their nickname to the Silver Stars. The Starzz were the sister team to the NBA's Utah Jazz. The Starzz relocated, in 2003, to San Antonio...
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