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What's wrong with SLC?

I think in some cases players/people may come into Utah with the thought that SLC is a boring place and then will search for reasons to dislike the place because of that notion. I do think its half decent place to live even for a millionaire player at a young age. Not saying its the best or most entertaining place, but its a decent enough place to live while collecting an NBA salary.
 
I don't see what this has to do with Deron. Clearly, he was fine with living here.
 
I think this is overplayed. What SLC deals with isn't much different than most other larger, more diverse NBA cities out there.

Do you think Baron Davis is glad he was traded from L.A. to Cleveland? Of course not. Cleveland is a hole and even though it has a large black population, that alone isn't keeping the talent there.

The Nuggets were just forced to deal its star player because he outgrew the town. Denver is Salt Lake on steroids without the Mormon vibe and even they are now faced with a rebuild. Hell, up until their draft of Carmelo Anthony, the entire franchise was a goddamn purgatory for most NBA players. Who the hell wanted to go and play for the Nuggets?

Ultimately, unless you're Miami, L.A. or New York, we're all in the same boat. That includes Boston, San Antonio, Minneapolis, Portland, Orlando and any other city in between.

Hell, even Chicago, for a stretch, had a helluva time getting talent there and even when they eventually landed Carlos Boozer, it was only after whiffing out on Wade and James.

No city is exempt from the potential of losing great players. Is Salt Lake further down on the pecking order? Sure. But we're not that far off most the league in terms of perception and ability to draw free agent talent.

We'll have our losing battles and we'll certainly lose talent to better franchises - but we'll still do well in trades and draft picks and in the end, that's just as good of a way to rebuild a franchise as doing it through free agency.
 
look at the los angeles clippers no one really wants to play for the clippers they are in los angeles but they are 2nd fiddle to the lakers and they have a cheap owner who will pay there players to keep at times, who else washington,atlanta milwaukee, the golden state warriors teams that plays in larger market citys...are unable to land true star players and these city has more night life than salt lake city but it all boils down what the player is looking for and were they feel they will get the playing time they are looking for. every city goes through this...why do players want to play in a place like green bay for football its even smaller than salt lake city...but green bay they are a team that wins games what counts the most. best shot to win it all each and every year that is the ?
 
There's a lot wrong with SLC...a whole hell of a lot. And for an urban, black kid, its the most misunderstood and foreign state in the Union.
 
Bodhi said:
LOL, I've lived here (right downtown....same building as 3 former and 1 current Jazz player(s) live(d) for 3 of them) for 10 years and never.....not once.....had a missionary knock on my door. I've never even seen one on the streets around where I live. There are 8 clubs within one block of where I live.

It aint LA, and I mean that as a compliment to SLC.
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Ive lived in SLC area for 30+ years and NEVER had missionaries knock on my door. Other than JW once.

One thing that does really suck about the SL Valley is the HORRIBLE air quality. It's like a bowl so the smog and pollution tends to gather and if it doesn't snow or rain in a week or so it looks really depressing.

If you didn't do any outdoors stuff here and didn't appreciate the mountains and slower pace I can imagine there would be plenty of place you'd rather live.

Honestly do you really think a lot of the NBA greats are spending a lot of time in the clubs? Vegas is an hour flight if you want to hit up some clubs.

I can see the Mormon white majority being a factor, but the team is only here for what 4 months out of the whole year if you factor in offseason, road trips.
 
I like that so many people perceive SLC as a weird, weird place to live. I don't want a bunch of tools coming to wreck my fair city. I live three blocks from ESA, one block from the Main Street pubs, and four blocks from my gym. I can take TRAX home for less than the price of the subway or a taxi.

I'm a three-minute run from City Creek Canyon, where I can run seven miles up and back, and not hear any sirens, horns, or people. The air is fresh up there. There's ****ing deer and ****. It's very peaceful.

True, if you're in the unique position of being under 30 years old, having millions of dollars and finding yourself in this town, and you're looking to get rubbed to death by your zipper in a booty club with premier DJs and half-nekkid womens jumping out of tubs with rose petals covering their lady-parts and bouncers the size of a Hummer and cocaine that makes you feel like Billy Dee Williams, you're going to have to settle.



But once you get that **** out of your system, or you can handle the hour-flight to Vegas once in a while, you're gonna be just fine.



I'll always say that SLC in the summertime is totally underrated. Running around at 11pm with no shoes, and it's still 75 degrees, perfect for a night swim...


JESUS-when did this turn into the Wonder Years or Dandelion Wine...
 
UB said:
But once you get that **** out of your system, or you can handle the hour-flight to Vegas once in a while, you're gonna be just fine.
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Well, that's the thing, dave, these guys are kids. It'll be a while before it's out of their system, though if they get married early and have kids early, like Williams, their perspective changes....usually for the better.
 
SL has a stigma that Jazz players are reminded of every time they play against their peers. It must get old, even if the place doesn't deserve it's reputation.
 
Sheer numbers game. New York is not any more interesting than Moscow, Tokyo, Bagkok, or any other big city that is supposedly homogeneous. Get enough people in SLC of any type and build the infrastructure that comes with that, and it would suddenly become a lot more exciting.

I think that's it really. Excitement level. Salt Lake's fine, the people are good, there just isn't anything over the top happening in the downtown area at this point.
 
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