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Chris Paul and Dwight Howard should consider Utah.

David Stern

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I don't know what the hell this guy is smoking, but I definitely want some. I thought some of you could enjoy a laugh:

https://sports.yahoo.com/news/chris-paul-dwight-howard-shouldn-t-rule-utah-200900119.html

It's no secret that the Utah Jazz are not on Chris Paul's and Dwight Howard's wish lists.
And that's a shame.
While Salt Lake City may be one of the smaller markets in the NBA, it could be a solid home for one of these soon-to-be free agents.
Here's why:
Winning Culture
The Jazz have yet to win the two-foot-tall, 14.5-pound Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy, but they are one of the most successful franchises in NBA history. Since moving to Utah in 1979, the Jazz have collected just six sub-.500 seasons while making it to the playoffs 25 times. Plus, their .543 all-time win-loss percentage is good for fifth best in the league.
Money
With just $25,696,809 committed to 2013-2014 contracts, the Jazz have the most cap space of any team in the NBA and could therefore provide a top-tier player like Paul or Howard with a pretty juicy contract.
Family Friendly
Compared to other major cities in the nation, Salt Lake (according to Travel + Leisure Magazine) is the cleanest and safest. As in No. 1.
Family man Chris Paul has to like that.
(I won't mention the inversion if you don't.)
Scenery
Having grown up in Arizona, surrounded by Saguaros and sagebrush, there isn't a day that goes by when I don't appreciate the shear majesty of the Wasatch Mountains. Each season brings a unique quality to these awe-inspiring sculptures of Mother Nature, including thick and misty low-hanging clouds in the spring, deep gold and fiery red leaves in the autumn and snow-capped peaks in the winter.
Paul and Howard may also like what they see at the nearby Arches and Zion National Parks, where jaw-dropping slot canyons are plentiful.
Attractive Women (For Dwight)
Bill Simmons will back me up here. In fact, when Utah took Enes Kanter in the 2011 NBA draft, he wrote in his Draft Diary XV, "Somehow this leads us to start talking about whether it's an easy transition to go from Turkey (a religious place with good-looking women) to Salt Lake City (a religious place with good-looking women)."
No Competition
2009 Major League Soccer champ Real Salt Lake is growing in popularity, but Salt Lake is, and always will be, a Jazz town. The fans' loyalty can be seen through (a) league attendance numbers, where Utah holds the ninth-best home attendance average (18,680), and (b) EnergySolutions Arena's raucous atmosphere.
Statue Potential
A bronze Chris Paul would look nice next to John and Karl.
Jared Bray, a graduate of Brigham Young University's broadcast journalism program, has followed the Utah Jazz since 2008, when he covered the team as a sports correspondent for KBYU-TV's Daily News at Noon.
 
I thought Utah was quite picturesque and was planning to have it on my lists of places to visit during my US trip. Was I wrong?
 
They should do it just to see how everyone would react. The heads of ESPN anchors would explode to reveal bolts, springs, and other cartoony robotics. Kevin O'Connor would talk about how his staff didn't even contact Paul's and Howard's camps because they thought they would get laughed at. Jazz fans would be eerily quiet until contracts were signed because we'd be paranoid it was all some practical joke.

It's sad that the idea is so ridiculous. The Jazz can't even pretend to be clearing cap space for a run at CP3 or Dwight.
 
They should do it just to see how everyone would react. The heads of ESPN anchors would explode to reveal bolts, springs, and other cartoony robotics. Kevin O'Connor would talk about how his staff didn't even contact Paul's and Howard's camps because they thought they would get laughed at. Jazz fans would be eerily quiet until contracts were signed because we'd be paranoid it was all some practical joke.

It's sad that the idea is so ridiculous. The Jazz can't even pretend to be clearing cap space for a run at CP3 or Dwight.

It's OK.. the new CBA is gonna save us.
 
I thought Utah was quite picturesque and was planning to have it on my lists of places to visit during my US trip. Was I wrong?


You are not wrong. It is a nice place. People just don't see Chris Paul and Dwight signing here for those reasons.
 
I thought Utah was quite picturesque and was planning to have it on my lists of places to visit during my US trip. Was I wrong?

Utah most definitely is beautiful and world class, it is just funny to think of CP3 hiking up the narrows and exploring slot canyons. Most NBA players leave their team's city/state in the offseason, so when
Would they go exploring our national parks?

If I was an NBA player, I'd love to play in Utah. As long as I wasn't a d-bag: the fans would king me, I'd save a lot of money on great real estate, would have less distractions to focus on the game, and I would be leaving town all the time anyways. It's not like players are stuck here all year. They have tons of road games and the offseason, and it's not like our downtown is half bad anymore.
 
I'd take CP3 in a heart beat.

I would not take an injury prone, FT bricking, completely offensively inept center who is a drama queen. Favors or Kanter >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dwight Howard.

Howard might possibly be the most overrated player in the entire league. He is the new age T-mac.
 
I'd take CP3 in a heart beat.

I would not take an injury prone, FT bricking, completely offensively inept center who is a drama queen. Favors or Kanter >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dwight Howard.

Howard might possibly be the most overrated player in the entire league. He is the new age T-mac.

Agreed
 
I get it....ya'll are looking at this wrong.

DH got Mike brown and Stan Van fired. Chrissy got Byron Scott and VDN. Jazz Fanz want Ty out. Greg Miller has gone all in with Ty.

Bring in the two prima-donna (or is it pre-Madonna sp?) and let the chemistry stew for a while. Something is bound to happen.
 
i love the notion of howard or paul signing here, and at their press conference saying... " I really had no problem deciding to sign with utah, after all they have cloudy mountains and plentiful slot canyons. I like that."
 
Where are those slot canyons, I can't quite see them.......

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