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Could the Jazz Milk Washington if The Ace Saga Sours?

Sean said:
I think the Jazz should drop the Utah from their name and go with Salt Lake...I bet the stigma of SLC is way less than Utah lmao
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For real.
Great idea
 
Sean said:
I think the Jazz should drop the Utah from their name and go with Salt Lake...I bet the stigma of SLC is way less than Utah lmao
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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.
 
Shad said:
Favors, Jeff Teague, Kendrick Perkins, and more and more have all said that Utah is the perfect fit for Ace. He's going to love it here
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One more thing about Jeff Teague.

I really wanted to get him when we had that chance several years ago.... He ended up going to the wolves and completely smashing Rubio into the announcers table and getting A LOT of hate here.

If Jeff Teague can say great things about Utah, and still dog on the Wizards and Nets, that should speak for something.
 
Jazz need to roll out the red carpet for Ace and his family. Throw them a welcome dinner and fly out some of their friends. Jazz have a lot of eyes on them right now. Use it as an opportunity. They should buy out the roof deck at Le Meridien and the Van Ryder bar. There's a nice view of the valley and, of course, Delta Center.
 
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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.
 
Shad said:
One more thing about Jeff Teague.

I really wanted to get him when we had that chance several years ago.... He ended up going to the wolves and completely smashing Rubio into the announcers table and getting A LOT of hate here.

If Jeff Teague can say great things about Utah, and still dog on the Wizards and Nets, that should speak for something.
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Teague makes fun of the Jazz and Utah plenty lmao
 
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.
 
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