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Jazz move their D-League affiliate renamed *Salt Lake City Stars*

homeytennis said:
This is a good post. Also the Stamps weren't making money the last two years in Boise and for all the reasons listed above why not have them within a 5 minutes drive like OKC, Dallas, the Lakers, Golden State, the Knicks and the Sixers.
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My guess is that within 10 years it will be the norm to run a D-League team alongside each NBA franchise. I love that the Jazz are ahead of the curve on this.
 
Maybe this is a step towards rebranding the Jazz and selling the Jazz name back to New Orleans. Perhaps they sell the name but keep the note. Maybe they turn the note into a treble clef that's the first letter in STARS.

Back to reality, I'm a little bummed that the colors are blue and yellow with no green. With News that the Jazz are going to have new unis next season this makes me think the green ones are out. :(
 
On another DLeague note Tibor Pleiss finished 3rd in the DLeague in rebounding at 10.5 board per game and tied for 8th in blocks at 1.4 per game. He also shot 87.5% from the foul line.
 
They should get off to a good start by sending Burke to the D-League where can be a real star. Also that way he can still preach that Salt Lake's his town.

"Look mama, I'm a star!"
 
Ooh, I just had another thought...what if the Stars Games were broadcast on KJZZ tv for everyone to watch for free!

It brings in local advertising, is a chance to train TV broadcast staff, and exposes the Jazz brand to a bunch of people who don't have cable tv.
 
Here's the Press Conference if anyone's interested:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL6tJlkXI_w


Edit: Dennis Lindsey speaks at 12.54m mark.
 
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homeytennis said:
Does anyone know what they did with the Stampede front office personnel. Are they pink slipped?
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All they said was Jazz assistant GM Justin Zanik will continue to overseas the basketball operations as he had previously for the Stampede.


I don't see why they would suddenly sack the coaches, trainers, etc, just because they relocate?
 
Something i'd like to point out... NBA teams d-league affiliates follow their counterparts logo's pretty closely in terms of color. There's no green present in the SLC Stars logo. I wonder if the new Jazz logo is gonna be absent of the green.
 
Seems a little odd they are playing in SLC. Why compete with yourself? Why not the Sandy Stars, or the Provo Prudes?
 
Revolution 9 said:
Seems a little odd they are playing in SLC. Why compete with yourself? Why not the Sandy Stars, or the Provo Prudes?
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Their arena is actually in West Valley. Obviously they think the advantages of having both teams integrated outweigh the disadvantages of canabalizing their own market. I'm sure the total revenue of a full stadium for the Stars is nowhere close to the front row revenue for the Jazz so they probably don't care about Stars profitability in a traditional way.
 
Joe Bagadonuts said:
Their arena is actually in West Valley. Obviously they think the advantages of having both teams integrated outweigh the disadvantages of canabalizing their own market. I'm sure the total revenue of a full stadium for the Stars is nowhere close to the front row revenue for the Jazz so they probably don't care about Stars profitability in a traditional way.
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Yeah I don't think this is a business deal in terms of ticket revenue... It's about development and logistics to make that development more effective.

Cool logo though...
 
Revolution 9 said:
Seems a little odd they are playing in SLC. Why compete with yourself? Why not the Sandy Stars, or the Provo Prudes?
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The Wasatch Front is really just one big Metro. There really isn't a separate market to put them in. Provo is 100% within the Jazz market area.

Even the College teams(especially BYU & UTAH) compete along the entire Wasatch Front. They share a market, they don't have their own. They might be stronger in their respective neighborhoods but both fan bases run the entire 90 or so miles.
 
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