Some people aren't really fans of NBA games, they are fans of draft prospects and front office strategy. HH, with his obsession of the D-league, his concern for how much money the team spends, his concern for drafting non-NBA talent, leads me to an assumption about what category of fan he is.
Agreed.HH is a solid poster, despite the fact he misjudges smart management for being cheap.
Truth be told, I wish this board had more posters who understood all the inner workings of team building/management as well as HH.
The hell you talking about... been a Jazz fan since I could watch a damn TV... was in attendance of the game stockton broke the steals record... attended Game 7 versus the Mutombo Nuggets... spent $700 for tickets to Game one of the GSW series this year where my son and I got autographs from half the team.
I don't give one **** about d-league... the fact that i can point out that we haven't used as much money as we could have to make the team better doesn't make me a bad fan... it makes me an educated fan.
I am not just talking about dipping your toes into the LT. I am talking about really being aggressive and spending money. We haven't really seen that since Larry has died. Even more than that we have been way conservative with contracts. Which has cost us. We could have been aggressive with Hayward and signed him to the max instead of making him sign the offer with The hornets.
The Jazz have not spent money in years. My opinion is that this trust has spred the money to thin. We consistently waste our cap space.
if the jazz paid LT for the DWill years (where they more or less went as far as we did this year) they'll do it again, I think. Greg has been pretty good for spending money where it was needed (Rudy, bringing in players to work out, etc.)
Arena renovations as well
I like the additions to the arena.Wrong.
"Miller: I think it's had the effect of levelling the playing field. the luxury tax is now so punitive that even the markets with deeper pockets would have to be really crazy to go into that. I can tell you that as long as our family owns the team and the current tax structure, you'll never see the Jazz go into the luxury tax."
-Greg Miller
Still duped by marketing ploys.