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Greg Miller to step down as CEO of Larry H. Miller Group of Companies (Including Utah Jazz)

Sneakers said:
Would NBA lobby for Utah to keep its team as much as it did for Sacremento? Are there rich enough people in Utah to buy a team and keep it?
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There are a couple families that are that rich. Not sure what they think of the Jazz or owning an NBA team though.

I don't know how much money the Vivint guy is worth at the moment, but Blackstone did pay 2 billion for a stake in that company a few years ago, so that's probably a guy that could put together a bid group, and he seems like the type that would.
 
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Would you still follow the Jazz if they relocated? I hope it doesn't happen, this would really suck. I guess I would just become an NBA fan, in general...
 
I've heard rumblings that a potential move to Las Vegas and selling the team has been a consideration for many years and that there's league influence from Silver and Co. to tap into the Vegas market.

Don't forget that the NBA is basically saying that legalized gambling is here and here to stay. The timing of this with that is a bit unnerving.
 
Avery said:
I've heard rumblings that a potential move to Las Vegas and selling the team has been a consideration for many years and that there's league influence from Silver and Co. to tap into the Vegas market.

Don't forget that the NBA is basically saying that legalized gambling is here and here to stay. The timing of this with that is a bit unnerving.
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Well the 'Vegas Jazz' can go screw it if that ends up being the case.
 
Avery said:
I've heard rumblings that a potential move to Las Vegas and selling the team has been a consideration for many years and that there's league influence from Silver and Co. to tap into the Vegas market.

Don't forget that the NBA is basically saying that legalized gambling is here and here to stay. The timing of this with that is a bit unnerving.
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I say stay in SLC but a Vegas move brings them 1-2 hours closer to me haha
 
I would think the NBA would pull a team from Minn, NO, Milwaukee, Charlotte to Las Vegas before they'd move the Jazz. The Jazz make too much money here.
 
green said:
I would think the NBA would pull a team from Minn, NO, Milwaukee, Charlotte to Las Vegas before they'd move the Jazz. The Jazz make too much money here.
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The NBA doesn't move the teams, the owner of the team does. I think the NBA has to sign off on it and I think they would support Utah keeping their team, but at the end of the day I think it's whoever owns the team who has the most say.
 
Cy said:
The NBA doesn't move the teams, the owner of the team does. I think the NBA has to sign off on it and I think they would support Utah keeping their team, but at the end of the day I think it's whoever owns the team who has the most say.
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It's unlikely the owners would ever vote to disallow a team to relocate, as such a vote devalues their teams. They might take action to force/encourage a sale to local owners, as they did with Sacramento and, to a much lesser extent, Seattle (Clay Bennett obviously had no intention of keeping the team there).
 
I think a move of the Jazz is unlikely. This was said the purpose was to bring the company a more corporate structure. My concern with that is that profit of the company may become a bigger priority than the success of the team itself.
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If by a long shot the team does leave Utah my interest in the NBA will evaporate.
 
Greg Miller is getting too much credit. The dude is an idiot. Everything good the Jazz have done recently comes from Kevin O'Connor.
 
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