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Forward · 1993–95

Tom Chambers

Born in Ogden and a college star at Utah — the Utes retired his No. 42 — Chambers became the NBA's first unrestricted free agent when he left Seattle for Phoenix in 1988. A four-time All-Star, he took MVP honors at the 1987 All-Star Game with 34 points, and he later came home to sign with the Jazz, playing two seasons off the bench and in 1996 becoming the 24th player in league history to reach 20,000 points.

A hunter and horseback rider who never wanted to play outside the West, he closed with a league title at Maccabi Tel Aviv and retired in 1997. The Suns retired his number, and he remains one of only two eligible 20,000-point scorers not in the Hall of Fame.

HOW HE CAME & WENTPhoenix declined his option right after the Finals, and he signed a two-year deal with Utah — a homecoming for the Ogden native and former Ute.

Full name
Thomas Doane Chambers
Utah Jazz tenure
1993–95
Position
Forward
Born
1959, Ogden, Utah
Height
6′9″ (206 cm)
Weight
220 lb (100 kg)
College
Utah
Drafted
1981, 1st round (No. 8), San Diego
Signature in the archive 2006-07 Upper Deck Chronology #88 0r4

No photograph of this signature is online yet.

With the Jazz

TOM CHAMBERS · 1993–95 · PER GAME
SEASONTEAMGMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFG%3P%FT%
1993–94UTA8023.011.24.11.00.50.4.440.311.786
1994–95UTA8115.36.22.60.90.30.4.457.167.807
JAZZ TOTAL2 SEASONS16119.18.73.30.90.40.4.446.261.793

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

Did you know

TOM CHAMBERS · 3 NOTES
  • Breeds and raises horses on his Utah ranch — the kid from Ogden ended up a genuine rancher.
  • Grew six inches in the six months after his sophomore year of high school without losing his guard's coordination.
  • He reached 20,000 career points as a Jazzman in April 1995 against the Clippers, the team that had drafted him fourteen years earlier.