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Non-Utah folks: how did you become a Jazz fan?

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We have a number of people on the forums who haven't ever visited Utah so I'm interested to hear people's conversion stories of how they ended up being fans of our perceived obscure team.
 
There used to be a computer game called Lakers vs Celtics when I was a kid.. My brother was a bulls fan, My best friend at the time was a Lakers fan (Yeah.. I know...) ..So I picked the Jazz so I could play against them without the same team.. We played the game a lot, and I started to learn more about each of the players and the team. Selecting the Jazz continued as a tradition from 'xbox inside drive'.. nba live and then the 2k based games.

Being in Australia, I could only rely on free to air TV NBA shows, and I think it was hoops magazine for information.. But it was frustrating because Jazz games weren't shown all that much til the late 90's, so it was pretty exciting to be able to see them on TV (low def sucked for basketball watching)..

Later on, as the internet came to fruition .. more information became accessible in regards to news. When multimedia took off on the internet, and NBA live became available, it was great to be able to sign up and watch all of the Jazz games. Sometimes I see empty seats and thought it would be cool to be there ..But I've never been to the US let alone Utah.

I'm also grateful that David Locke is around as an insider for the Jazz as it helps feed more news and info when I'm bored.
 
Aneurism said:
There used to be a computer game called Lakers vs Celtics when I was a kid.. My brother was a bulls fan, My best friend at the time was a Lakers fan (Yeah.. I know...) ..So I picked the Jazz so I could play against them without the same team.. We played the game a lot, and I started to learn more about each of the players and the team. Selecting the Jazz continued as a tradition from 'xbox inside drive'.. nba live and then the 2k based games.

Being in Australia, I could only rely on free to air TV NBA shows, and I think it was hoops magazine for information.. But it was frustrating because Jazz games weren't shown all that much til the late 90's, so it was pretty exciting to be able to see them on TV (low def sucked for basketball watching)..

Later on, as the internet came to fruition .. more information became accessible in regards to news. When multimedia took off on the internet, and NBA live became available, it was great to be able to sign up and watch all of the Jazz games. Sometimes I see empty seats and thought it would be cool to be there ..But I've never been to the US let alone Utah.

I'm also grateful that David Locke is around as an insider for the Jazz as it helps feed more news and info when I'm bored.
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Same here. Always played with the Jazz on Lakers v Celtics.

Been to SLC once on a vacation lots of years ago, but never seen them live.
 
I opened this thread thinking I'd post a quirky, endearing story about my childhood love affair with the Jazz only to see that literally every person so far has the same story of Lakers vs. Celtics I was going to post. :D
 
I started following NBA closely in 2007. And it is not really easy to follow NBA because of time difference. I was in university, having evening classes, so i was just watching games at night and wake up late. That was when Memo was allstar, and Utah made a good run. Well i was a Homer for Memo and Hedo and i didnt really like Hedo's team even though i supported them. I just started rooting for jazz, i loved the colors, blue and White and the atmosphere in the court. That was it. Once you pick a team you cant go back. Also i really liked Deron Williams back them. He was good. Too bad he couldnt be half of what CP3 is now.
 
I was a short kid growing up on the coast of Alabama in the 80's. Due to the Jazz history starting in nearby New Orleans and short John Stockton being such a stud, I went all in on Utah and have ever since.

I've been to one game. It was the season and home opener in 2001 vs Milwaukee. Stockton hit a shot to send it to OT but Ray Allen and Glen Robinson were too much. Great game and electric atmosphere.

Really cool seeing the history of guys playing LvsC. Great game. Great memories. Go Jazz.

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1997. 7 years old. Bulls v Jazz in the Finals and it was just something about the Jazz that made them look cooler than Michael Jordan. The mountain jerseys. Karl Malone whispering whatever he was whispering at the FT line, John Stockton being an emotionless badass, and Chris Morris' face made me crack up. Here I am today a diehard Jazz fan like no other.
 
Grew up in Toronto, since I was 5 I rooted for the Jazz from 1988 onward. As a kid I kept seeing them winning and loved Stockton and Malone, boy they killed it back in the day. Still a Jazz fan, always and forever!
 
I'm a butler bulldog fan who has followed since Hayward drafted. Bought NBA league pass and have watched every jazz game since

Actually got to see a game in SLC when I was on a business trip
 
When I was a kid every year I'd watch the NCAA Tournament and pick one player who I'd follow when he got into the NBA.

One year I just happened to pick Jeff Hornacek. For years (pre-internet of course) I'd follow his stats in the newspaper box scores.

For whatever reason he was the one player I stuck with. He was traded to Utah just around the time NBA League Pass started so I decided to give it a shot and buy the package. And that was that.
 
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