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"it's our only time we are allowed to be impolite" freaking killed me.

I think it was Stifletower or whatever his freaking name was at the time that argued that the whole 'players don't want to come to Utah' argument isn't real and that doesn't happen. So yeah, I'm sure this means nothing to you too. This is why we have to overpay to get players.
 
slc > cleveland, okc,orlando, milwaukee

for sure.

i don't love slc, but it has plenty of things to do.
 
Pretty sure if you play in Cleveland there is a decent chance you will be invited to party with Drake/Johnny Football/Lebron, so that alone probably pushes it way above Utah in most young NBA athlete's eyes.
 
Cy said:
Not if you like the typical club/party scene.
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I really do wish SLC would allow a club/party scene to thrive, but I also find it silly to define a city solely on the vibrance of it's club scene.
 
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I really do wish SLC would allow a club/party scene to thrive, but I also find it silly to define a city solely on the vibrance of it's club scene.
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The only thing that is really a positive about SLC compared to other cities is that mountains are nice to look at and you are close to some cool hiking, if you like hiking. It's not like you can go snowboarding during the NBA season.
 
I hope Lawson has to play here on every single one of our death air inversion days and Quinn plays a run and gun BYU offense.
 
Cy said:
The only thing that is really a positive about SLC compared to other cities is that mountains are nice to look at and you are close to some cool hiking, if you like hiking. It's not like you can go snowboarding during the NBA season.
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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.

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Cy said:
The only thing that is really a positive about SLC compared to other cities is that mountains are nice to look at and you are close to some cool hiking, if you like hiking. It's not like you can go snowboarding during the NBA season.
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I think that the fact that slc is perceived to be safer than other places and a great place to raise a family is a nice selling point as well.
 
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I think that the fact that slc is perceived to be safer than other places and a great place to raise a family is a nice selling point as well.
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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.
 
Cy said:
NBA players have enough money to afford to live in the "nice" parts of any city
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Really good point tbh. Didn't think about that.
 
Cy said:
The only thing that is really a positive about SLC compared to other cities is that mountains are nice to look at and you are close to some cool hiking, if you like hiking. It's not like you can go snowboarding during the NBA season.
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I would say that there are many more positives than that, but whatever.

Cities are 90% the same everywhere you go. It has a lot more to do with what you do than what the city is, imho.
 
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.
 
Hantlers said:
"it's our only time we are allowed to be impolite" freaking killed me.

I think it was Stifletower or whatever his freaking name was at the time that argued that the whole 'players don't want to come to Utah' argument isn't real and that doesn't happen. So yeah, I'm sure this means nothing to you too. This is why we have to overpay to get players.
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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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