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Utah Not even a thought for Free Agents...

This shouldn't be a huge surprise. As others have mentioned, SLC isn't the coolest place for most 20 something year old millionaires. Sure Park City is cool but most of those guys would prefer warmer weather rather than 6 feet of snow. There will always be the "Mormon" sterotypes. However, I think another big factor is Sloan.

Sloan can be a hard... In Utah he is the boss not the player. There aren't a lot of other places where that is the case. These guys have huge egos and some of them haven't had a coach like Jerry in their entire lives.

Another big factor is that we aren't one player away from a championship. We have a long ways to go and if you are a NBA player and you can go to a bigger market, a more exciting city, play for a more "player friendly" coach on a team that is contending or can contend for a championship or the Jazz which would you choose?
 
Nate505 said:
Salt Lake is a nice little city. It reminds me of a smaller version of Denver, which is also a good city.

There are far worse places in the US than it. Most of them in the rust belt area of the US. Or most cities in Texas.
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You're either lying or delusional. I grew up in Salt Lake City for 18 years. I've lived in Texas for 6 years since then. Salt Lake City seems nice on the surface, but overall it is a close-minded, suffocating place that pushes people who think differently into an underground subculture where trouble often follows them. The city has a property and violent crime rate on par with places like Baltimore and is one of the meth capitals of the world. Many non-mormons are pre-destined as outcasts and criminals from birth for having the wrong faith and are treated accordingly.

Anyways, cities in Texas that I'd rather live in than Salt Lake:

1. Austin
2. Georgetown
3. Richardson
4. Denton
5. New Braunfels
6. Schertz
7. San Marcos
8. Selma
9. Boerne
10. Canyon Lake
11. Mansfield
12. Round Rock
13. Sugarland
14. Carrollton
15. Frisco
16. Allen
17. League City
18. Plano
19. The Woodlands
20. Pearland

San Antonio, Corpus Christi, and Dallas are toss-ups. Hell no to Houston.
 
VINY is right. Salt Lake blows. Sorry. The mountains are beautiful, but the city itself is garbage. It wouldn't be a thought for me either if I was a free agent who could afford any city in the country. The entire city closes at 9, all year around. You think LeBron James and D-Wade want to go hang out in a city that is completely deserted past 9:00 p.m.? No way. They want to go to Miami, LA, Orlando, NYC, Dallas, Denver, SF/Oakland etc... where they can actually go out at midnight after a game and party for a few hours.

Even I think the nightlife here is lame and I only go out once a week at the most. I was just out tonight and I couldn't find a restaurant or place to hang out. And the sun wasn't even down.
 
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I never really had a problem with Salt Lake's night life, but I grew up there. So for players coming in from bigger cities I think it is going to be a bit of a shock, especially culturally. To say that Salt Lake City lacks diversity is a huge understatement. I can see why players are reluctant to play in Utah, even though many do end up liking it ultimately.
 
The Ghost of Blue Edwards said:
No it's not.
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As a non mormon living in Utah it is great. I am not forced into some underground culture and trouble is not following me. I have a lot of non-mormon friends in Provo and Salt lake and none of them are in this underground culture as well. But you claim Texas is great so there is no reasoning with you. Texas is long overdue to secede from the US and make the rest of us happy. What a **** hole.
 
There's nightlife in SLC, you just have to find it. Downtown is a dump right now which is part of our problem, I'm pretty sure the Jazz's next arena should be in Sandy.
 
Utah has the type of fans that NBA players want. The Delta Center (I refuse to call it what it is now) is a crazy place to play in May.
 
Broncster said:
As a non mormon living in Utah it is great. I am not forced into some underground culture and trouble is not following me. I have a lot of non-mormon friends in Provo and Salt lake and none of them are in this underground culture as well. But you claim Texas is great so there is no reasoning with you. Texas is long overdue to secede from the US and make the rest of us happy. What a **** hole.
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That's good.
 
The Ghost of Blue Edwards said:
You're either lying or delusional. I grew up in Salt Lake City for 18 years. I've lived in Texas for 6 years since then. Salt Lake City seems nice on the surface, but overall it is a close-minded, suffocating place that pushes people who think differently into an underground subculture where trouble often follows them. The city has a property and violent crime rate on par with places like Baltimore and is one of the meth capitals of the world. Many non-mormons are pre-destined as outcasts and criminals from birth for having the wrong faith and are treated accordingly.
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In Salt Lake? The city that elected Rocky Anderson mayor twice? They're the ones who are closed minded? Wow.

As for your crime, you have no f'ing idea as to what you're talking about. Compared to Baltimore? Seriously? Baltimore "beats" SLC is every violent crime stat but rape (oddly enough), and by very large margins. The property crime did strike me as being high though. I have no idea about the meth problem there, but I can't imagine it's worse than any other western city and their drug problems. I've never heard of it being worse than Denver and the methheads that run around here.

I walked from the Amtrak station in Salt Lake to my hotel (a Howard Johnson about 2 blocks from the Delta Center, about 8 or so blocks total) at 2 in the morning. I wasn't hassled once. I wouldn't dare do that in most US cities.

Anyways, cities in Texas that I'd rather live in than Salt Lake:
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You mention Austin (the one good city) and a bunch of suburbs. They aren't that comparable.
 
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**** all these overpaid primadonnas. If delusional fans want loyalty anymore, just buy a ****ing cat or some Craftsman tools.

NBA - Let the drama begin!
 
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