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So by all reports the Utah SL was a wild success.

What ways can the Jazz build on that success and keep those huge (for SL) crowds coming back?
 
Stoked said:
So by all reports the Utah SL was a wild success.

What ways can the Jazz build on that success and keep those huge (for SL) crowds coming back?
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They can't ... we'll be in a temporary venue next year as the ESA has already been booked for another event.
 
fgcamel said:
I really hope HOOD will be given some chances in these situations this year as well. I really believe he can be a real go to guy on offense, and is a cool head to boot.

Hayward is still my number one though.
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Wouldn't it be great if our go to move was ball movement/distribution and a wide array of weapons. That puts a lot more pressure on the defense than a situation where everyone knows who the ball is going through on key plays. I'm not sure any team has ever relied primarily on their team concept down the stretch, but I think it could actually be more potent than turning to one guy. The Jazz are built to do this. I'm certain some people will laugh at this saying "that's not the way it's done," but that's one of the reasons it might be so effective.
 
ONE LOVE said:
They can't ... we'll be in a temporary venue next year as the ESA has already been booked for another event.
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Seems like poor planning by the Jazz FO. Change the SL dates by a day or two and use ESA...why mess with a good thing?
 
Joe Bagadonuts said:
Do you know what the conflict is and where they will be holding the games?
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Here's the article.. looks like it could be back at Salt Lake Community College for the 1 year..


Basketball fanatics Tim Ormond, Kris Chatelain and Steve Furse loved the intimacy of those Rocky Mountain Revue games at Salt Lake Community College, when NBA hopefuls and future stars laced up each summer for years.

They were up close and personal for highlight reel plays by Kevin Durant and Deron Williams. They angered the family of former Seattle Supersonics center Robert Swift with their heckling and made future Memphis star Zach Randolph chuckle with the same.

"The gym was just so small," recalled Ormond, one of the thousands of people at EnergySolutions Arena this week for the NBA's return to Salt Lake City summers. "You could hear everything everyone was saying."

But after witnessing a bigger, better revival to the event, Ormond and his friends might find themselves back in that smaller gym next year.

Just for one more summer.

"Before we got this cemented in, we already had a contract in place for an event next year [at ESA]," Jazz President Randy Rigby said. "We've got to now find a home for next year's summer league. For a one-year interim situation, we may be going back to SLCC or we might go somewhere else for one year. We'll make it work, and then we'll be back permanently for the future."

For Rigby and other Jazz officials, that may be the only real hiccup they've faced since winning their fight to bring these games back to Utah. Announced attendance for this week's two double-headers has topped more than 19,000 — a turnout that has justified to Jazz officials their work in an eight-year battle.

"It reiterated what we've always felt — that our fans love NBA basketball, they love the Jazz and they want something to do during the summer months," Rigby said. "… Even though it's been an eight-year hiatus, they've come back."

The Rocky Mountain Revue ran for more than 20 years, expanding from a four-team pro-am at East High School to a major NBA summertime outpost, before being shuttered in 2008 when NBA officials threw their weight behind the summer league competitions in Las Vegas.

That's also when the Jazz started fighting to bring them back.

"We've never given up on it in eight years," Rigby said.

After the better part of a decade, Utah got its chance.

New NBA commissioner Adam Silver expressed an interest in creating more summertime product for the league. Meanwhile, the appetite around the league for more talent evaluation, perhaps spurred on in part by the rise of the D-League, created an opportunity for the Jazz to pounce, Rigby said.

The result is playing out this week.

Utah's four-team tournament, which includes the Jazz, the Boston Celtics, the Philadelphia 76ers and the San Antonio Spurs, has been an appetizer and a launching pad for the larger Las Vegas tournament, which will feature 24 teams when it kicks off Friday afternoon.

"We didn't want to undermine it," Rigby said. "We felt like we could complement it."

Fans, players and coaches, meanwhile, are complimenting it.

"It was great," Celtics assistant coach Jay Larranaga said after Monday's exhibition with the Jazz. "It felt like some-sort of regular season game. The crowd was great."
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fishonjazz said:
Ingles, sap, booker, neto, alec, dante, hood, Rudy all there.
Favors was there on Tuesday along with all those guys except ingles.

I think basically the whole team has been there except Hayward and trey.
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FWIW Trey is in Ohio running his basketball camp.
 
Cool article but I'd continue to push the SL. Larger crowds than Vegas, gives SLC more exposure to the talent, other teams FOs and the fans, some prestige for the Jazz, best chance some of these guys will have for playing in front of a large, yelling crowd...

Jazz have something here. In three days they had about 30,000 in attendance and last nights game that went to OT got crazy loud.

I really liked how many team members and former Jazz personell and players showed up.

They should work on expanding that. Contact Malone, Stockton, Bailey, Eaton, Harpring...have the whole team show up and support these guys, sign autographs, give away Jazz swag...

If I was the Jazz FO I'd center this around basketball but push the history and unity of the Jazz.
 
My2Cents said:
FWIW Trey is in Ohio running his basketball camp.
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Locke said that that most of the team has been in Utah for a couple weeks now. Gave Favors props for that for basing himself in SLC during the offseason. Said this is the most the team has ever had in SLC in June and early July.

Chemistry!
 
fishonjazz said:
Ingles, sap, booker, neto, alec, dante, hood, Rudy all there.
Favors was there on Tuesday along with all those guys except ingles.

I think basically the whole team has been there except Hayward and trey.
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Yeah why would Hayward wanna be with his teammates watching mere SL games, that kid just gets on my nerves, who does he think he is our team superstar?

Far from proven.
 
Stoked said:
So by all reports the Utah SL was a wild success.

What ways can the Jazz build on that success and keep those huge (for SL) crowds coming back?
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They did lots of cool stuff. They had bands playing, very discounted jazz gear for sale, rock climbing wall, a hoop to shoot free throws on for prizes, a court set up for people to play pick up games.... All of that was outside the arena.
Plus both days I went that had giveaways at the door. (Day one jazz notepads and pens, Day two jazz sunglasses. They were pieces of **** but they were free)

I thought they did a fantastic job!
 
ONE LOVE said:
Here's the article.. looks like it could be back at Salt Lake Community College for the 1 year..
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That sucks.
The slcc gym gets too packed and hot. I didn't like it there.
It was still better than when I used to go to the Rocky mountain review when it was held in east high schools gym though.
I remember an 18 year old Shawn Kemp blowing me away with his high flying power dunks.

Ya, I'm old
 
Stoked said:
Cool article but I'd continue to push the SL. Larger crowds than Vegas, gives SLC more exposure to the talent, other teams FOs and the fans, some prestige for the Jazz, best chance some of these guys will have for playing in front of a large, yelling crowd...

Jazz have something here. In three days they had about 30,000 in attendance and last nights game that went to OT got crazy loud.

I really liked how many team members and former Jazz personell and players showed up.

They should work on expanding that. Contact Malone, Stockton, Bailey, Eaton, Harpring...have the whole team show up and support these guys, sign autographs, give away Jazz swag...

If I was the Jazz FO I'd center this around basketball but push the history and unity of the Jazz.
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Plus we went undefeated. Dat home court advantage doe.
Last night there was over 12,000 people there. It was an awesome atmosphere
 
Jamezz said:
Yeah why would Hayward wanna be with his teammates watching mere SL games, that kid just gets on my nerves, who does he think he is our team superstar?

Far from proven.
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His wife just delivered their first child a month or two ago, you idiot. Hayward is, without question, the leader of this team and our go-to guy. He has All-Star potential and will lead us to greatness. Because he's not with a bunch of the guys at Summer League means nothing.
 
I noticed that on a few rebounds last night, Lyles was more concerned with finding someone to box out rather that going after the ball. I liked that. That always bugged me about Al Jefferson.
 
fishonjazz said:
They did lots of cool stuff. They had bands playing, very discounted jazz gear for sale, rock climbing wall, a hoop to shoot free throws on for prizes, a court set up for people to play pick up games.... All of that was outside the arena.
Plus both days I went that had giveaways at the door. (Day one jazz notepads and pens, Day two jazz sunglasses. They were pieces of **** but they were free)

I thought they did a fantastic job!
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Nice! So mainly just increase the presence of current and past Jazz people.
 
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