Salt Lake City Stars
American professional basketball team of the NBA G League
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The Salt Lake City Stars are an American minor-league basketball team. They are a member of the NBA G League, based in the Salt Lake City suburb of West Valley City, Utah, and are affiliated with the Utah Jazz. Their home arena is the Maverik Center. Before the 2016–17 season, they were based in Boise, Idaho, and were known as the Idaho Stampede.
1997–2016
CBA: 1997–2006
NBA D-League: 2006–2016
Salt Lake City Stars
NBA D-League/G League: 2016–present
| Salt Lake City Stars | |
|---|---|
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| Conference | Western |
| League | NBA G League |
| Founded | 1997 |
| History | Idaho Stampede 1997–2016 CBA: 1997–2006 NBA D-League: 2006–2016 Salt Lake City Stars NBA D-League/G League: 2016–present |
| Arena | Maverik Center |
| Capacity | 12,500 |
| Location | West Valley City, Utah |
| Team colors | Mountain purple, sky blue, midnight black[1][2] |
| Head coach | Rick Higgins |
| Ownership | Utah Jazz |
| Affiliation | Utah Jazz |
| Championships | 1 (2008) |
| Conference titles | CBA: 1 (2001) D-League/G League: 2 (2007, 2008) |
| Division titles | 2 (2007, 2008) |
| Showcase Cup titles | 2 (2019, 2025) |
| Website | saltlakecity |
History
Idaho Stampede
The Stampede's sole NBA affiliate was the Utah Jazz, with whom they originally had a hybrid partnership. However, on March 24, 2015, the Utah Jazz and the Idaho Stampede announced that the Jazz had purchased the Stampede, becoming the 8th NBA team to become owners of their D-League affiliate.[3]
They also had past affiliations with the Denver Nuggets, Seattle SuperSonics, Toronto Raptors and most recently the Portland Trail Blazers, with the Jazz taking sole affiliation after the 2013–2014 season.[4][5]
During the 2007–08 season, the Stampede set a D-League record for longest winning streak with 18 consecutive wins between December 18, 2007 & February 7, 2008.[6]
Salt Lake City
The team was purchased by the Jazz on March 24, 2015, and signed a one-year lease at CenturyLink Arena.[3] Shortly after the Jazz bought the Stampede, rumors abounded about the team's relocation to Orem, Utah to be closer to the parent club; coincidentally, Orem was home to the D-League's Utah Flash from 2007 until 2011 (the team now plays in Wilmington, Delaware as the Delaware Blue Coats). These rumors were not far off, as on April 4, 2016, the Utah Jazz and the D-League announced that the Stampede would relocate to Salt Lake City for the 2016–17 season and would be renamed the Salt Lake City Stars.[7]
On October 10, 2022, it was announced that the team would move to the Maverik Center for the 2022–2023 season.[8]
In 2025, the Stars conducted a rebranding that included a new logo and new uniforms based on the original uniforms of the Utah Stars of the American Basketball Association.[9]
Season-by-season
| Season | League | Conference/Division | Head coach | Standing | W | L | % | Postseason | |||
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| 1997–98 | CBA | National | Bobby Dye | 4th | 25 | 31 | .446 | Lost First Round (Fort Wayne) 2–3 | |||
| 1998–99 | CBA | National | Russ Bergman | 4th | 25 | 31 | .446 | Lost First Round (Sioux Falls) 2–3 | |||
| 1999–2000 | CBA | National | Russ Bergman (9–17) Rory White (10–20) | 5th | 19 | 37 | .339 | ||||
| 2000–01[a] | CBA | National | Rory White | 1st | 17 | 7 | .708 | ||||
| 2001–02[b] | Did not play | ||||||||||
| 2002–03 | CBA | National | Rory White | 3rd | 17 | 31 | .354 | ||||
| 2003–04 | CBA | Larry Krystkowiak | 2nd | 34 | 14 | .708 | Won Semifinals (Gary) 3–1 Lost CBA Finals (Dakota) 129–132 | ||||
| 2004–05 | CBA | Western | Joe Wolf | 3rd | 23 | 25 | .479 | ||||
| 2005–06 | CBA | Western | Joe Wolf | 3rd | 25 | 23 | .521 | Lost Round-Robin Tournament 1–2 | |||
| 2006–07 | D-League | Western | Bryan Gates | 1st | 33 | 17 | .660 | Lost Semifinals (Colorado) 91–94 (OT) | |||
| 2007–08 | D-League | Western | Bryan Gates | 1st | 36 | 14 | .720 | Won Semifinals (Los Angeles) 97–90 Won D-League Finals (Austin) 2–1 | |||
| 2008–09 | D-League | Western | Bryan Gates | 2nd | 31 | 19 | .620 | Lost First Round (Austin) 116–119 (OT) | |||
| 2009–10 | D-League | Western | Bob MacKinnon | 6th | 25 | 25 | .500 | ||||
| 2010–11 | D-League | Western | Randy Livingston | 7th | 24 | 26 | .480 | ||||
| 2011–12 | D-League | Western | Randy Livingston | 8th | 21 | 29 | .420 | ||||
| 2012–13 | D-League | Western | Mike Peck | 4th | 19 | 31 | .380 | ||||
| 2013–14 | D-League | Western | Mike Peck | 4th | 24 | 26 | .480 | ||||
| 2014–15 | D-League | Western | Dean Cooper | 5th | 9 | 41 | .180 | ||||
| 2015–16 | D-League | Western/Pacific | Dean Cooper | 4th | 20 | 30 | .400 | ||||
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| 2016–17 | D-League | Western | Dean Cooper | 5th | 14 | 36 | .280 | ||||
| 2017–18 | G League | Southwest | Martin Schiller | 4th | 16 | 34 | .320 | ||||
| 2018–19 | G League | Southwest | Martin Schiller | 2nd | 27 | 23 | .540 | Lost First Round (Oklahoma City) 113–118 | |||
| 2019–20 | G League | Southwest | Martin Schiller | 1st | 30 | 12 | .714 | Season cancelled by COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| 2020–21 | G League | — | Nathan Peavy | 17th | 4 | 11 | .267 | ||||
| 2021–22 | G League | Western | Nathan Peavy | 13th | 9 | 23 | .281 | ||||
| 2022–23 | G League | Western | Scott Morrison | 4th | 20 | 12 | .625 | Lost Quarterfinals (Sioux Falls) 107–115 | |||
| 2023–24 | G League | Western | Steve Wojciechowski | 5th | 20 | 14 | .588 | Lost Quarterfinals (Santa Cruz) 111–113 | |||
| 2024–25 | G League | Western | Steve Wojciechowski | 3rd | 21 | 13 | .618 | Won Quarterfinals (Rio Grande Valley) 129–102 Lost Conference Semifinal (Austin) 113–123 | |||
| Regular season total | 602 | 635 | .487 | 1997–present | |||||||
| Playoffs total | 12 | 17 | .414 | 1997–present | |||||||
Current roster
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NBA affiliates
Idaho Stampede
- Denver Nuggets (2009–2012)
- Portland Trail Blazers (2007–2014)
- Seattle SuperSonics (2006–2008)
- Toronto Raptors (2008–2009)
- Utah Jazz (2006–2007, 2011–2012, 2014–2016)
Salt Lake City Stars
- Utah Jazz (2016–present)