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One collector is trying to find a single signature from every man who ever played for the Jazz — all 370 of them, from the 1974 New Orleans team to today. For many of them, this page is the only one on the internet. Here is Jay Humphries: what he did on the floor, a few things most people never knew, and every card that carries his name. If you own something he signed — or you know who might — there is a note at the foot of this page.
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
A card. A photo. A program. A page from an old autograph book. Anything he put his name on.
You do not need to know what it is. Take a photo with your phone and send it to me. I will tell you what you have, for free, whether or not anything comes of it. I pay the postage both ways. I answer every message myself, usually the same day.
With the Jazz
JAY HUMPHRIES · 1992–95 · PER GAME| SEASON | TEAM | G | MPG | PPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992–93 | UTA | 78 | 26.1 | 8.8 | 1.8 | 4.1 | 1.3 | 0.1 | .436 | .200 | .777 |
| 1993–94 | UTA | 75 | 21.6 | 7.5 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 0.1 | .436 | .396 | .750 |
| 1994–95 | UTA | 12 | 12.4 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 | .160 | .667 | — |
| JAZZ TOTAL | 3 SEASONS | 165 | 23.0 | 7.6 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 0.1 | .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.