fgcamel
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It doesn't seem like there would be much time for doing anything during the nba season. and it's not as if they have to stay here once the season is finished. I'm genuinely surprised that it matters to players how 'exciting' their teams city is.
I mean being in a high profile place like LA or New York to boost your fame i can understand, but if a player is picking his team based on the nightlife i'm not particularly sure i want them on my team.
namsayin??
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NBA players have enough money to afford to live in the "nice" parts of any city, so I think that part is always a little overstated, but still probably true.
It's only true, or trueish, if the player is more mature and has a stay-at-home family.
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I think the nightlife in SLC has regressed from when I grew up there. Was there the 1st weekend in October, weather was great and at night the streets were deserted. The bars we hit (red door, Gracie's, the bayou) were really slow. Don't know if it was just an off week, but I remember liking the nightlife back in the day when Bricks, Vortex, the bay, the zephyr and port o call existed. I am sad to say that it SLC truly is boring when compared to most other major cities, but I like it the way it is.
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Better get your facts straight; it wasn't me. There are many players over the years who have publicly stated they didn't want to play in Utah. And I agree with you; we sometimes do need to overpay. But overpaying isn't always just to get a player to come to Utah; it's often to win a bidding war. Many other teams have had to "overpay" for a FA. Charlotte was going to overpay to get Hayward. Then they paid Stephenson a pretty hefty price. Dallas outbid Houston for Parsons. But in general yes, I do believe if a player is presented with identical offers, 9 times out of 10 he will choose the other team instead of Utah. During the peak of the Stockton/Malone era, Utah always seemed to be just one player away. Imagine had one or two solid vets decided to play in Utah for the vet minimum in order to chase a ring. Just didn't happen. WE got a few vets, but Utah was the last stop before the rest home for many of them.
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Ok, let's look at this.
You have to report to training camp around Oct 1. Almost half of the players in the league will be done mid-April. That's about 200 days give or take. You have 41 games you play on the road where you either spend that night in the city you're playing in or on the plane to either SLC or another away game. That's 160 days. You also don't do "one-home, one-away" like they do in Europe. You might have 4-5 road games in a week. Let's say, for the sake of argument, that the road-trippin' will add another 40 days where you're not in SLC. That's 120 days you are.
Of the 41 games you play at home, I think about 30 will be evening games that start at 7pm and end around 10pm. Factor in post-game interviews, the fact that they presumably shower, and I can't imagine most players leaving the arena before 11. Do NBA players really go to clubs after every one of those games? That's about 90 or so days when you are in SLC and don't have a game. Of those 90 days, only 2/7 can be Fridays and Saturdays. That's about 25 days. Is it really THAT important for you to be able to make it rain like James Harden during every one of those days?
Some of these players pretend as if their lives are a continuous stream of parties, champagne rooms, strippers, and blow. As much as I think little of your average NBA player, I know that's not true. The season is grueling. Why do they make it sound like they're going to spend most of their time enjoying the nightlife?
You have to report to training camp around Oct 1. Almost half of the players in the league will be done mid-April. That's about 200 days give or take. You have 41 games you play on the road where you either spend that night in the city you're playing in or on the plane to either SLC or another away game. That's 160 days. You also don't do "one-home, one-away" like they do in Europe. You might have 4-5 road games in a week. Let's say, for the sake of argument, that the road-trippin' will add another 40 days where you're not in SLC. That's 120 days you are.
Of the 41 games you play at home, I think about 30 will be evening games that start at 7pm and end around 10pm. Factor in post-game interviews, the fact that they presumably shower, and I can't imagine most players leaving the arena before 11. Do NBA players really go to clubs after every one of those games? That's about 90 or so days when you are in SLC and don't have a game. Of those 90 days, only 2/7 can be Fridays and Saturdays. That's about 25 days. Is it really THAT important for you to be able to make it rain like James Harden during every one of those days?
Some of these players pretend as if their lives are a continuous stream of parties, champagne rooms, strippers, and blow. As much as I think little of your average NBA player, I know that's not true. The season is grueling. Why do they make it sound like they're going to spend most of their time enjoying the nightlife?
♪alt13
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It definitely has calmed down. Everyone that was young had kids and decided to stay in the city and eat up all the housing. Plus the younguns that should be replacing us are still playing xbox and living with their parents.
NAOS
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I grew up in SLC, too, and during my time there I found quite a few good places to hang out.
When I was there last year for about 3 weeks, I barely found a living soul in any of the places I used to go. So I started searching for new places. Nobody. When this emptiness got paired with the inversion... damn, I was itching to leave.