Why are you a Jazz fan?

[The Midnight]

im an exiled knicks fan, watching the knicks put me in a permanent bad mood.

Can you juxtapose the highlighted part against what's it like watching the Jazz play?


Please put more emphasis on the jazz during the Corbin era.

 

[scootsy]

@PG_AB I love Wilson Chandler, would love to have him. He's Lebron w/o the basketball skills. Lebron-esque size/strength/athleticism though. What's John Starks up to these days?

 

[PearlWatson]

When I was real young, early 80s, my dad said the NBA was okay but really only during the playoffs. I remember him watching the Utah-Lakers series with Pat Riley and Frank Laden. I think he really became a Jazz fan after that series. Coincidentally that was also a time when two of the greatest players of all time played for the jazz and were getting better and better every year. I didn't pay much attention until my parents bought a used car from a LHM dealership and got nosebleed seats in the brand new Delta Center. My mom and dad went to the first game, which was against Golden State or something and it was lame. My dad took me to the Bulls game. It went triple OT, Jordan got ejected, I had lost my voice and the Jazz won. I was hooked.

ditto

 

[Gameface]

ditto

You're a Jazz fan because you also went to the triple overtime Bulls game where Jordan got ejected with tickets your parents got for free buying a used car from LHM? Wow. Were you also sitting behind a guy bagging on Eaton the whole game who left at the end of the third qtr so he could beat traffic since there was no way the Jazz could win? That would be super crazy.

 

[franklin]

Because I was born in Utah. Because basketball is in my blood. Kinda 1+1 relationship me and Gregg-0 have y'know?

 

[Sexual Favors]

I was a fan before, but I became one for life when Jeff Hornacek signed my Karl Malone jersey at a Grizzlies game when I was 9 years old.

I miss you Horny!

 

[PearlWatson]

I was the tallest 3rd grade kid in school (in the Middle East), so the basketball coach kept pushing me to give the sport a go. When I finally did, I became kind of obsessed, and I started following the NBA. Back then, my only source was a European channel that televised 2 games every Sunday. I would follow those religiously.

I did not have a favorite team at first. Then one day, I saw a Jazz v Lakers game where Utah played beautifully and got the win. I still remember how awed I was to see Stockton run back after a turnover, and draw a charge against the Lakers' 3 against 1 fast break. I remember Stockton to Malone running the PnR over and over and over, and I remember the commentator saying that everyone knew the PnR was coming, but nobody knew what to do about it. I loved the fact that the Jazz' strength came from perfectly executed tactics that depended on harmonious cohesion across the entire squad. I then bought a Malone jersey, and started wearing it to practice. I became known for being a Jazz fan, and that created a sort of emotional investment that further entrenched my fanhood.

When I began applying to schools, U of U and BYU were on top of my list, because that's where the Jazz played. And that was that.

Anyone who plans their future around their love of Jazz Basketball and moves across the world to do so, and then endures 4 years as an atheist among a brazillion Mormons deserves to be crowned as King Jazz Fan of World.

 

[orangello]

Anyone who plans their future around their love of Jazz Basketball and moves across the world to do so, and then endures 4 years as an atheist among a brazillion Mormons deserves to be crowned as King Jazz Fan of World.

Yep.

 

[PearlWatson]

You're a Jazz fan because you also went to the triple overtime Bulls game where Jordan got ejected with tickets your parents got for free buying a used car from LHM? Wow. Were you also sitting behind a guy bagging on Eaton the whole game who left at the end of the third qtr so he could beat traffic since there was no way the Jazz could win? That would be super crazy.

No, I was at home watching that game, but I love that guy and his son who left to beat traffic in the third quarter.

 

[Gameface]

Yep.

Motion carried. Siro is the ultimate jazz fan

 

[scootsy]

Robert's Rules win again.

 

[Game6Conley]

@PG_AB I love Wilson Chandler, would love to have him. He's Lebron w/o the basketball skills. Lebron-esque size/strength/athleticism though. What's John Starks up to these days?

Wilson Chandler is a great fit for the Jazz, excellent player, his contract is nice too, but its also the reason hes not avail, the nugs signed him til the end of 2016 for good reason