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How you become a Jazz fan?

gregbroncs said:
I was born and raised in Utah...But was not a Jazz fan for a while. I loved watching Larry Bird and the Celtics play and he was my favorite player. I followed Utah loosely through those years but never considered myself a fan. When Bird retired I no longer had interest in the Celtics, I only followed them because of him. As it became obvious that Bird was just about done I had already started watching more of the Jazz because of Stockton. I had been told by a few people in Junior Jazz I played like him so started following him closer. At that point I became a Jazz fan. I loved the dirty things Stockton got away with on the floor. I loved that he had this boy scout image yet did things that pissed the other team off.
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Those nasty screens, fouls, charges, toughness...he never talked trash, his play did all the talking. Thanks for sharing
 
latin jazz said:
Those nasty screens, fouls, charges, toughness...he never talked trash, his play did all the talking. Thanks for sharing
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It's funny but it was the trash talk and attitude that made me love Bird. But the hard core play that made me love Stockton. If you've never read Dominique interview about the first time he faced Larry Bird as a rookie you should. It was hilarious and told a lot about Bird's demeanor on the court. I won't try and quote it been to long since I read it.

Here it is just in case anybody is interested in it.
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/eye-o...ns-shares-awesome-larry-bird-trash-talk-story
 
The Fresh Prince said:
Been a fan since Game 6 of the NBA Finals. 7 years old at the time and I've been a die hard fan since. I grew up on Stockton, Malone and Hornacek. Thing is I've never been to an NBA game, and I grew up in West Virginia, and moved anywhere but Utah, but one day I might. I've drove through Utah once, but never saw SLC.
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What's your nearest NBA city? Just buy a ticket for the next Jazz game near your town. Go for it!

I really liked SLC...small, quite, clean. It felt like a great place to raise your family. Friendly people. And the mountain view and landscape are really nice.
 
Noomskull said:
When I was 9 yrs old my family was visiting some friends in Salt Lake and I was given an opportunity to be an honorary ball boy for a game. I got to go out on the floor during the shootarounds and rebound, pass and dribble with the players. Jeff Hornacek and David Benoit were really cool and actually let me take a shot...which I nailed btw.

Been a Jazz fan ever since.
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Hornacek seems like a really cool guy. I would've thrown a brick...you know, like Trey Brick. Cool story, thanks
 
Grew up in Detroit and was a fan of the Pistons throughout the 80's culminating with the double championship winning Bad Boys. Went to a lot of games including playoff finals against the almighty Lakers in 1988.

That same spring the Jazz took the Lakers to game 7 in the Western conference semi-finals, also in 1988. I had my first exposure to Karl Malone and John Stockton, as I was in school at Western State College in Colorado and we watched all of the games on T.V. with my bros. It was a hell of a series and a coming out party for Karl Malone.

That fall I transferred to the University of Utah and I have been a fan ever since. Got to see game 4 of the finals in 1997, Where we crushed the Bulls and Phil Jackson complained about how loud the Delta Center was. CRAZY loud. Then in 1998 I had great seats for game 6 of the finals where Jordan made "the shot" over Bryon Russell. Rodman ripped off his shirt after the shot right in front of me and some dude threw a big gulp drink at him and it exploded all over him. Rodman loved it and went berserk.

I don't worry too much if we win or lose as long as I see good effort and a path towards a goal. 2007 was really fun and I have actually loved the rebuilding efforts since losing D-will. I'm convinced that we are on a really solid track with this latest rebuild.

Jazz fans are the loudest on earth and really knowledgeable; coupled with a stellar run through the 90's and part of the 2000's, that makes for a lot of incredible games over the years.
 
str8line said:
Grew up in Detroit and was a fan of the Pistons throughout the 80's culminating with the double championship winning Bad Boys. Went to a lot of games including playoff finals against the almighty Lakers in 1988.

That same spring the Jazz took the Lakers to game 7 in the Western conference semi-finals, also in 1988. I had my first exposure to Karl Malone and John Stockton, as I was in school at Western State College in Colorado and we watched all of the games on T.V. with my bros. It was a hell of a series and a coming out party for Karl Malone.

That fall I transferred to the University of Utah and I have been a fan ever since. Got to see game 4 of the finals in 1997, Where we crushed the Bulls and Phil Jackson complained about how loud the Delta Center was. CRAZY loud. Then in 1998 I had great seats for game 6 of the finals where Jordan made "the shot" over Bryon Russell. Rodman ripped off his shirt after the shot right in front of me and some dude threw a big gulp drink at him and it exploded all over him. Rodman loved it and went berserk.

I don't worry too much if we win or lose as long as I see good effort and a path towards a goal. 2007 was really fun and I have actually loved the rebuilding efforts since losing D-will. I'm convinced that we are on a really solid track with this latest rebuild.

Jazz fans are the loudest on earth and really knowledgeable; coupled with a stellar run through the 90's and part of the 2000's, that makes for a lot of incredible games over the years.
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growing up in detroit? you must have interesting childhood lol



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str8line said:
Grew up in Detroit and was a fan of the Pistons throughout the 80's culminating with the double championship winning Bad Boys. Went to a lot of games including playoff finals against the almighty Lakers in 1988.

That same spring the Jazz took the Lakers to game 7 in the Western conference semi-finals, also in 1988. I had my first exposure to Karl Malone and John Stockton, as I was in school at Western State College in Colorado and we watched all of the games on T.V. with my bros. It was a hell of a series and a coming out party for Karl Malone.

That fall I transferred to the University of Utah and I have been a fan ever since. Got to see game 4 of the finals in 1997, Where we crushed the Bulls and Phil Jackson complained about how loud the Delta Center was. CRAZY loud. Then in 1998 I had great seats for game 6 of the finals where Jordan made "the shot" over Bryon Russell. Rodman ripped off his shirt after the shot right in front of me and some dude threw a big gulp drink at him and it exploded all over him. Rodman loved it and went berserk.

I don't worry too much if we win or lose as long as I see good effort and a path towards a goal. 2007 was really fun and I have actually loved the rebuilding efforts since losing D-will. I'm convinced that we are on a really solid track with this latest rebuild.

Jazz fans are the loudest on earth and really knowledgeable; coupled with a stellar run through the 90's and part of the 2000's, that makes for a lot of incredible games over the years.
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Great post
Basically Stockton and Malone are the **** and jazzfanz/saltpalace/deltacenter/energysolutionsarena are the **** too
 
I used to always play with the Jazz with a DOS game called 'Lakers vs Celtics'.. and Mark Eaton was a defensive beast.. and of course there was always Stockton to Malone.
 
Born and raised in Utah. Started watching when I was in the third grade. Still watching today.


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fishonjazz said:
Great post
Basically Stockton and Malone are the **** and jazzfanz/saltpalace/deltacenter/energysolutionsarena are the **** too
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I never went to a Jazz Game at the Salt Palace. I went to a Monster Truck Rally doe. I was all about Bigfoot when I was a little one. I was there at this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y57X2OHCc2g
 
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