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Still A Harsh Reality... Players not wanting to play in Utah

SoberasHotRod said:
Yeah, I grew up there. I still have a lot of family and friends that live there. I go back every couple of years.
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What area did you live? The only reason I'm asking is because just in Salt Lake County alone you will get an entirely different experience from one neighborhood to another.
 
sip said:
What area did you live? The only reason I'm asking is because just in Salt Lake County alone you will get an entirely different experience from one neighborhood to another.
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I grew up in Salt Lake County, went to school in Cache Valley, but currently have family and friends all over the state. I've now lived in a lot of different places all over the country.

I do miss the mountains, but we specifically really like the Midwest. We like how green it is and all of the trees. We like that the cost of living is reasonable. We really enjoy taking weekend trips to go visit other places and we currently live within 5 hours of about 10 major cities.

I get that Utah has a lot to offer as well, but like I said, different strokes for different folks. It's ok that people don't want to live in Utah. There are a lot of people that hate the Midwest. It's all good.
 
I know Mitchell is not looked upon with favorable eyes on this board but I think his racial injustice struggles with the politics kinda made Utah look bad negating any positive progress. But the battle is ongoing.
 
Utah advantages:
Good development program
Great coach
Interesting owner to help get plugged into the latest cool thing or cool thing to do. Guidance into what to do with their free time.
Chance to play
Engaged fanbase
Good place to raise a family
Chance to be in the playoffs
 
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infection said:
The only rookies that have options are undrafted. And they kinda… don’t have options.
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Yeah, that's not true. Agents can dictate a lot. Plus there are players who have to workout for everyone because they can't afford to pick and choose.
 
“I hate to use names, but I will. Donovan Mitchell is not happy with us,” Adams says in the video. “And you start to get ... very popular sports stars like that that are pushing back. We’ve got work to do to try to educate them. My text back was, ‘Let’s get after him and let’s go tell him what we’re doing,’ because I don’t really think he understands what happened.”

On a separate issue, Adams also pointed to general pushback from sports organizations on a bill proposed earlier this year that would have banned transgender athletes in girls sports, but stalled.

“(The transgender athletes bill) made it through the House, came to the Senate, we thought we had it done, but then there was pretty good backlash from the Jazz and other sports organizations and the NBA, and it stalled in the Senate,” Adams said in the video. “I hate to tell you that, but it did.”
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The reality is, Utah needs the NBA if it can exert this level of pressure on our legislature.
 
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