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Could the Jazz Milk Washington if The Ace Saga Sours?

tksavis said:
It’s interesting that Ace had such a national profile already. Maybe we’re a bit uncomfortable with the stupid drama, but it’s part of the glitz and glamour of the game. We should embrace it, and Ace with it. It’s good for the team and the franchise.
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I agree with this. The old jazz wouldn’t have drafted him to avoid the drama but I love that they took a chance.
 
Schrödinger's Gerbil said:
Surprisingly, getting alcohol here is easier than several Eastern or Southern states. When I lived in Maryland, for example, you couldn't buy beer in convenience stores. Here, every convenience store is well stocked with beer. Now that the stupid "club membership" law is gone, and we simply have bars, and they're reasonably plentiful in SLC. This particular stigma is lagging well behind reality.

Perhaps an even bigger stigma, however, is Utah's association with the Mormon Church, which is viewed as a kind of strange religion outside of Utah and generally viewed quite negatively by those of a more Evangelical bent. (Although their perceptions are based on a log of misunderstanding/misinformation.)

I will say this, however, I've hung and worked with Born Again and Evangelical Christians, and I'll take Mormons over them any day as a group. My experience, Mormons are much better at compartmentalizing religion from their normal work-a-day life. The others are much more likely to wear their religion on their sleeves and violate personal boundaries. That's only my experience, however. I can't speak for others.
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As someone from what is maybe the least religious country in the world who came out to Texas for grad school and have lived in California and Utah since, at least no one here has tried to "talk with the spirit" to me here. It's a weird place, but at least as an outsider so were Austin and the Bay Area. It's been my favorite flavor of weird in the US, but European players are famously more ok with these "small markets" and I am white and like nature

I will say I have been invited by two different people here to go to their church with them, and Mormons got to stop pretending it's fun. It's just a business meeting where everyone looks asleep and then they all act like they loved it after. I like disassociating in all-hands company meetings as much as the next person, but I'm not spending my weekend doing it.
 
Schrödinger's Gerbil said:
Surprisingly, getting alcohol here is easier than several Eastern or Southern states. When I lived in Maryland, for example, you couldn't buy beer in convenience stores. Here, every convenience store is well stocked with beer. Now that the stupid "club membership" law is gone, and we simply have bars, and they're reasonably plentiful in SLC. This particular stigma is lagging well behind reality.

Perhaps an even bigger stigma, however, is Utah's association with the Mormon Church, which is viewed as a kind of strange religion outside of Utah and generally viewed quite negatively by those of a more Evangelical bent. (Although their perceptions are based on a log of misunderstanding/misinformation.)

I will say this, however, I've hung and worked with Born Again and Evangelical Christians, and I'll take Mormons over them any day as a group. My experience, Mormons are much better at compartmentalizing religion from their normal work-a-day life. The others are much more likely to wear their religion on their sleeves and violate personal boundaries. That's only my experience, however. I can't speak for others.
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Good post. Agreed.
 
Benny17976 said:
If it's been previously posted my apologies if not a great interview with Ace at the Hoops Summit last year. I like this kid and his personality.

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That was an amazing interview. I loved it. Perfect amount of humility and confidence. High energy/High motor talk is nice. Both ends of the floor. Loyalty. Fun loving. Upbeat. More fishing talk is nice. Very very well done by the kid. Seems like a great, nice dude.
 
Jaanipoeg said:
As someone from what is maybe the least religious country in the world who came out to Texas for grad school and have lived in California and Utah since, at least no one here has tried to "talk with the spirit" to me here. It's a weird place, but at least as an outsider so were Austin and the Bay Area. It's been my favorite flavor of weird in the US, but European players are famously more ok with these "small markets" and I am white and like nature

I will say I have been invited by two different people here to go to their church with them, and Mormons got to stop pretending it's fun. It's just a business meeting where everyone looks asleep and then they all act like they loved it after. I like disassociating in all-hands company meetings as much as the next person, but I'm not spending my weekend doing it.
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When I was young, I took books to church with me to read. As I grew older, I took magazines (Sunstone, Dialogue, Time, Newsweek. etc.). Anything to stave off the boredom of hearing the same thing for the 1,000th time. The talks are dull and insipid, the music droning and uninspiring, the lessons redundant and reductive, and don't get me started on the cringe-inducing testimony meetings. I almost needed eye surgery as a result of the many intense eye rolls. The overall vibe is one of obligatory attendance rather than joyous participation. I now celebrate the sabbath hiking or running the many trails near my house with my trusty dogs or skiing. My brain cells thank me. (Of course, I speak only for myself.)
 
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