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Guard/Forward · 1989–95

Blue Edwards

Out of tiny Walstonburg, North Carolina, Edwards set East Carolina's single-season scoring record with 773 points and finished sixth in the nation in scoring in 1988–89. Utah drafted him 21st overall in 1989, and he made the All-Rookie second team in six seasons split between the Jazz and Bucks. He later recorded the first triple-double in Vancouver Grizzlies history and competed in the 1991 dunk contest.

These days the story is simpler: Edwards coaches at Greene Central High School in Snow Hill — the same gym where he played as a teenager.

HOW HE CAME & WENTUtah took him 21st overall in 1989. He left, came back, and then went unprotected — Vancouver claimed him 26th in the 1995 expansion draft.

Full name: Theodore Edwards
Utah Jazz tenure: 1989–95
Position: Guard/Forward
Born: 1965, Washington, North Carolina
Height: 6′4″ (193 cm)
Weight: 201 lb (91 kg)
College: East Carolina
Drafted: 1989, 1st round (No. 21), Utah

Signature in the archive Blue Edwards 1989-90 Hoops #288

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With the Jazz

BLUE EDWARDS · 1989–95 · PER GAME

SEASON	TEAM	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	FT%
1989–90	UTA	82	23.0	8.9	3.1	1.8	0.9	0.4	.507	.300	.719
1990–91	UTA	62	26.0	9.3	3.2	1.7	0.9	0.5	.526	.250	.701
1991–92	UTA	81	28.2	12.6	3.7	1.7	1.0	0.6	.522	.379	.774
1994–95	UTA	36	16.8	6.6	1.8	0.8	0.7	0.2	.495	.344	.762
JAZZ TOTAL	4 SEASONS	261	24.5	9.8	3.1	1.6	0.9	0.4	.516	.344	.734

Season by season, regular season, with this franchise only. More info: Basketball-Reference ↗ · Wikipedia ↗

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BLUE EDWARDS · 7 NOTES

Blue is a childhood nickname that followed him through his entire career.
Had two separate spells with the Jazz, appearing in two different eras of the team.
His last-second bucket against Minnesota ended Vancouver's 23-game skid, sparing the Grizzlies a share of the NBA record for consecutive losses.
He grew up in Walstonburg, a tiny town in eastern North Carolina, and reached Division I by way of two years at Louisburg College.
Injury kept him out of the 1990 Slam Dunk Contest and teammate David Benoit took his place. He finally entered in 1991 and placed sixth.
He tied for the 1992-93 Bucks scoring lead at 16.9 a game, losing it to Frank Brickowski by four thousandths of a point.
He wore number 30 nearly everywhere he played, switching to 32 in Miami only because Terry Porter already had it.