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Forward · 1981–82

Howard Wood

East Hampton High School won a New York state championship with Wood in 1977, and at Tennessee he teamed with future pros Reggie Johnson and Dale Ellis, earning first-team All-SEC honors as a senior and helping the Volunteers to their first Sweet Sixteen in 1981. The Utah Jazz drafted the 6-foot-7 power forward in the second round that year.

His NBA career was brief, 42 games and 3.4 points a game for the 1981-82 Jazz, but the playing life continued across the Atlantic with several seasons in Spain's premier leagues.

HOW HE CAME & WENTUtah took him 27th overall in 1981 and signed him that September. The Jazz waived him a year later, then signed the same second-round pick again in 1983.

Full name
James Howard Wood
Utah Jazz tenure
1981–82
Position
Forward
Born
1958, New York City
Height
6′7″ (201 cm)
Weight
236 lb (107 kg)
College
Tennessee
Drafted
1981, 2nd round, Utah
Signature in the archive 1981-82 Type 1 Press Photo Utah Jazz rare SDFP BXOS

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With the Jazz

HOWARD WOOD · 1981–82 · PER GAME
SEASONTEAMGMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFG%3P%FT%
1981–82UTA428.13.41.50.20.20.1.458.000.654
JAZZ TOTAL1 SEASON428.13.41.50.20.20.1.458.000.654

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

Did you know

HOWARD WOOD · 3 NOTES
  • His entire NBA career was played for this franchise.
  • By 2015 he was head coach of the East Hampton girls team, working in the same gym where he had won that state title.
  • He finished at Tennessee with 1,201 points and 595 rebounds, and the Jazz took him 27th overall that June.