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Guard · 1992–95

Jay Humphries

Inglewood High went undefeated and won the 1980 national championship with Humphries in the backcourt, and at Colorado he led the nation in steals in 1982-83. Phoenix took him 13th in 1984, Milwaukee got his prime years, and the Jazz traded Blue Edwards for him before the 1992-93 season. He scored 25 points in a Game 2 playoff win over San Antonio in 1994, part of Utah's run to the Western Conference Finals.

After touring China in 1998 with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Oscar Robertson on a team of retired stars, he made coaching a global trade — head jobs in South Korea and China, first head coach of the D-League's Reno Bighorns, and NBA assistant work in Memphis and Brooklyn.

HOW HE CAME & WENTMilwaukee sent him and Larry Krystkowiak to Utah on draft night 1992 for Blue Edwards, Eric Murdock and a first-rounder — the Jazz wanted a backup for John Stockton. In February 1995 Utah traded him to Boston and got Edwards back.

Full name
John Jay Humphries
Utah Jazz tenure
1992–95
Position
Guard
Born
1962, Inglewood, California
Height
6′3″ (191 cm)
Weight
185 lb (84 kg)
College
Colorado
Drafted
1984, 1st round (No. 13), Phoenix
Signature in the archive Utah Jazz 1993 Fleer #208 NBA Basketball Card

No photograph of this signature is online yet.

With the Jazz

JAY HUMPHRIES · 1992–95 · PER GAME
SEASONTEAMGMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFG%3P%FT%
1992–93UTA7826.18.81.84.11.30.1.436.200.777
1993–94UTA7521.67.51.72.90.90.1.436.396.750
1994–95UTA1212.40.80.80.80.60.0.160.667
JAZZ TOTAL3 SEASONS16523.07.61.73.31.00.1.430.316.767

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

Did you know

JAY HUMPHRIES · 6 NOTES
  • He led all of college basketball in steals in 1982-83, averaging 4.1 per game for Colorado.
  • He left Colorado holding sixteen school records, among them 315 career steals.
  • On December 18, 1990 he scored a career-high 36 against Detroit, playing all 48 minutes and going 5-for-5 from the line.
  • Off the bench in the 1994 playoffs at the Alamodome he scored a game-high 25, outdoing Karl Malone and John Stockton the same night.
  • He coached five years in the Korean league and later ran the Foshan Long Lions in China.
  • He came to Utah at 29 having just led Milwaukee in assists with 6.6 a game to go with 14 points in 71 games.