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Sloan's secret: 'Put the best effort in'

By J.A. Adande
ESPN.com

Monday, December 8, 2008

Editor's note: This article has been updated. It was originally published Dec. 9, 2008, on the occasion of Sloan's 20th anniversary coaching the Jazz. Twenty years? Jerry Sloan worried he wouldn't last even 20 days. He took over the conductor's baton of the Utah Jazz from the popular Frank Layden on Dec. 9, 1988, and commenced his career with a loss to the Dallas Mavericks. Nine games in, he was 3-6, coming off a road trip that ended with a loss to the expansion Miami Heat, who had lost 21 of ...

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