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Why Are You a Jazzfanzer?

I needed a source for my jazz info during the summer of 2009... I was visiting family in South Africa and went to the Internet cafe everyday to check JazzFanz and see if we had traded boozer!!

When I got back from South Africa that fall I just lurked.... Almost started an account two weeks before Jerry stepped down, Cuz some girl at my college claimed that Jerry asked the FO it was either him or Deron... My buddy and I laughed at her Cuz it was only like a week after the miracle in Miami and I thought it would be a good thread to open up with... If I only knew...

Then after everything went down, that April I decided to join!!!
 
Nate505 said:
There have been good times on this board. I've flown out to 3 (or is it 4...I want to say 4 actually) Jazz games with other people here, including both Stockton and Malone's retirement jersey ceremonies. Got to sit on the court for Malones.
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Forgot about that Nite Out! Good times.
 
YB85 said:
I blame Boozer. When Cleveland announced they couldn't match the offer sheet, I read through some Cavs boards and one of them linked to JF. That's what got me to the site but it was the posters like Pearl, Tater, SeattleJazzFan, Kicky, Catzies, and others who kept me here. Then other great posters like Jazzgal, JohnDeereJerry, and OSR joined, Bordy stopped lurking and started posting, and then a bomb was dropped on the site when Trout joined. From there, it took off.

Edit: I forgot to mention the very polarizing LTV. I was always a fan and still enjoy his tweets.


:grouphug: Defense wins!
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My brother introduced me to the site. He was mainly a lurker and would never tell me his user name. But I started posting and he got on me a little for some risqué jokes and posts, so I changed my name and never told him my new one. Great mention of the old-timers, YB. I was co-champion of a board contest back in the days on picks/FA ideas to rebuild the team. That got me some kudos and I started posting a lot more, although I really took some heat back then for being one of the first to suggest trading AK.
 
I joined Jazzhoops more than 10 years ago. Mostly because I'd never met another Jazz fan in real life and was blown away by the idea that there are other people out there who have internet and support the Jazz. Also, around that time, my old man started detaining DishNet signals that were illegally trespassing in our backyard so we suddenly had League Pass. For the first time, I was actually able to watch most Jazz games so I actually had something to talk about.

Joined this board when Jazzhoops went down. Lurked. Started posting after this board went through reboot.
 
colton said:
Same exact story for me. Got involved with the alt.sport.whatever newsgroup and with realgm while trying to find people to converse with about Jazz stuff (I lived in California). Then came here with Jason and other founding members when the Big Realgm Split happened. Got asked to be a moderator a year or two later.

P.S. I didn't know you were an alt.sport.basketball.nba.jazz guy, Nate... do you remember me from there at all? I posted under "John Colton"* I believe. What was your username there?


* ...which was cause for some confusion because there was also a "Jon Colton" if I recall correctly who was fairly abrasive, judging by how some people reacted to me at the time.
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Don't remember you specifically, but then again I hardly remember anyone there. I think there was a guy named Dustin or something who also was a Packers fan. My name was either Nate505 or Nate Walker there (I'm not that original either).

I more remember the place for the cross group flame fests that would happen between the Lakers board (mostly), and on occasion the Rockets/Blazers/Sonics boards.
 
Nate505 said:
Don't remember you specifically, but then again I hardly remember anyone there. I think there was a guy named Dustin or something who also was a Packers fan.
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Dustan Setner was probably his name... he is one of the few I remember, as well. And tatermoog--his unique name made it easy to remember.
 
colton said:
Dustan Setner was probably his name... he is one of the few I remember, as well. And tatermoog--his unique name made it easy to remember.
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That's it...wow, and tater was there too. That was like nearly 15 years ago now, good recall.
 
Nate505 said:
That's it...wow, and tater was there too. That was like nearly 15 years ago now, good recall.
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I think it was his unusual spelling of "Dustan" that caused his name to stick with me. Plus he was always the one that lit into trolls from other teams. And probably had twice as many posts as any of the rest of us. Wonder what he's doing now...
 
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