Sloan retired in 2011 as the fourth-winningest coach in NBA history after a head coaching career that spanned 26 seasons.
"It was a privilege to play against a Jerry Sloan coached team, I always knew that we would be severely tested," Miami Heat president Pat Riley said."His overall philosophy on both sides of the ball was fundamentally solid and always one step ahead of the game."
A year later, in his first seasons as head coach, Sloan took the Jazz to the playoff, only for Utah to lose in five games against George Karl's Golden State Warriors. "I'd put Jerry as one of the top three or four all time I've ever faced," Karl, who sits two spots behind Sloan at No. 6 on the all-time coaching wins list, was quoted as saying by ESPN."His teams were really difficult to play against. They were very tough-minded, very team-oriented.
Karl is fourth in the list of coaches with the most playoff games against Sloan behind Rick Adelman, Don Nelson and Phil Jackson.
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