Jerry Sloan was a Hall of Famer, the Original Bull and a Jazz legend, a dirt farmer and a folk hero, a hardnosed and sharp-elbowed defender, a coach who carved teams up with the pick-and-roll ...

It feels like it happened about six lifetimes ago now, but it sure seemed seismic at the time: Wait a second, Jerry Sloan’s retiring ... with Williams long gone. The team would raise a banner ...