Yeah, but you're used to living in Utah, so it's likely not going to seem weird.
** What if? Lebron and the Jazz/ is it that off track??**
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UGLI baby
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To be clear, I like Utah wether or not it's weird. I just think the "OMG'zers soooo weird!!" speaks more about that individual person and their inability to adapt to new environments than anything else.
If I went to the deep South would it be "weird" that there are a lot of black ppl there, or just something that's new to me?
All I know is I'm moving to CA in 2 weeks and will FINALLY discover the secrets of the universe that vinvlone already knows. I hope to even meet a Mexican!!
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If I went to the deep South would it be "weird" that there are a lot of black ppl there, or just something that's new to me?
All I know is I'm moving to CA in 2 weeks and will FINALLY discover the secrets of the universe that vinvlone already knows. I hope to even meet a Mexican!!
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QuinSnydersHair
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Yeah, the black people in the south. That's what makes it weird. smfh
UGLI baby
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I don't actually think the South is weird. It's just another place on the globe with a different culture.
I honestly don't think anywhere is "weird". Just different people with different cultures.
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jazzrule
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To Thriller...I have friends in Canada. He is white and his wife is black. They lived in Utah for a while and said she felt very comfortable there, and everyone was very nice to her. I would bet if you ask any of our black jazz players they would tell you the same.
I take it you have liberal leanings, so the state being highly conservative bothers you.
I take it you have liberal leanings, so the state being highly conservative bothers you.
UGLI baby
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This.
Don't want Lebron coming in just to steal minutes from Exum and would rather tank for Thon Maker anyways.
Stifle Tower
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Just to be perfectly clear, we don't want you here.
Don't forget you have to tell your parole office so he can update the predator website.
What the ****. This is what you think makes a place weird?
You think I think Utahr is weird because of a lack of diversity? Laughable. Nah, bro, it's weird because of the religious culture that permeates the Utahr lifestyle in almost every facet. A religion, mind you, that is also incredibly different than most mainstream religions.
UGLI baby
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So it's weird cuz you say it's weird. Gotcha.
I think you're weird cuz you're not like any of my friends.
You ever travelled outside the country bro? Most of the world would consider Los Angeles very very weird.
Every place on earth is different and has a different culture, glad you are comfortable in yours.
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Places that are unfamiliar are weird. Utah and SLC area in general are even more unfamiliar to a large amount of people because of the religious culture. Few people have lived in a similar place as there are not very many. Therefore, Utah is classified as weird to a larger amount of people than most states. That seems to make sense to me.
I don't really consider it weird. I just call it Utah.
Sidenote: I generally don't like using the word 'weird'. Although, I'm sure the word was not intended to be demeaning, society has made it that way. Shows an etic perspective of things imo, and I like to avoid that kind of stuff.
Back to TAH: But 'weird' seems a viable descriptor in this case.
I don't really consider it weird. I just call it Utah.
Sidenote: I generally don't like using the word 'weird'. Although, I'm sure the word was not intended to be demeaning, society has made it that way. Shows an etic perspective of things imo, and I like to avoid that kind of stuff.
Back to TAH: But 'weird' seems a viable descriptor in this case.
UGLI baby
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PS: I can honestly say that the Mormon religion (which I believe is a false religion and I do not agree with in any way) affects my life almost zero.
Maybe it has a bigger effect on out of towners who come to visit, but for me they are just friendly neighbors living a different lifestyle than me.
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Maybe it has a bigger effect on out of towners who come to visit, but for me they are just friendly neighbors living a different lifestyle than me.
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Bawse Dawg
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Had to check about 10 times to make sure it was actually Core4 who said this. You will all tell your kids about this someday.
You must be religious.
Lebron was all set to come to town. But the deal stalled when Lindsey realized he would have to let these 3 go.
I guess it's settled then.
Thanks for reassuring us. We really got worried for a minute.
Seriously the worst thread I have ever read through. I had several more quotes check marked but apparently there is a limit. I hate you all for making me read this, and hate you even more for making me respond.
UGLI baby
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Bawse Dawg
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**** Hosmer
I'm just still salty about dat Belgium game. **** you Wondo! How do you miss that?!
UGLI baby
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jazzrule
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[h=1]Report: LeBron James has left Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh in the dark about his future with Heat[/h]Dan Feldman
Jul 2, 2014, 9:00 PM EDT
That’s not necessarily the case forDwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.
If he wants, LeBron could re-sign for two years with a player option at the exact same salary he was set to earn in his previous contract. Or he could give himself a slight raise. Or he could sign a five-year max contract. Or he could sign a shorter max contract. Or he could accept less to give the Heat more flexibility.
Whatever LeBron wants to do, the Heat will bend over backward. If they don’t, other teams will line up to do so.
That might even be the case for Bosh, too, though I’m not absolutely, totally, 100 percent certain Bosh can get a full max deal. With his health, Wade almost certainly can’t. Maybe they’ll get long-term security in exchange for taking lower salaries, but that’s still sacrificing something.
There are a lot of moving parts to accommodating all three, but they went through this in 2010. I figured they could get on the same page again this summer. After all, they met last week to discuss their contract status.
But that meeting didn’t resolve much.
Chris Broussard of ESPN:
That’s lower than a previous report indicated, but it’s much more than the non-taxpayer mid-level exception ($5,305,00) Miami could have offered had Bosh and Wade opted in or demanded larger salaries.
On a four-year contract, a free agent could make $41,188,480 with that projected cap room – $18,536,130 more than he could with the full MLE. That’s a significant difference, one large enough to keep the Heat in playfor players like Kyle Lowry, Pau Gasol and Luol Deng.
But it would require convincing Wade and Bosh to accept the low end of their desired salary ranges and fully backload their deals. That’s not an automatic sell, though those two seem committed to the cause.
I’m pretty surprised LeBron is leaving this burden on them. LeBron reportedly wants the max, and without question, he deserves it.
Bosh and Wade – especially the former – were in line for higher salaries, though. If LeBron wants the max, he must realize that cuts into the Heat’s flexibility to assemble a quality supporting cast around him. He can’t have his cake and eat it too.
Maybe Wade comes out ahead in this deal. He was due $41,819,000 over the next two years, and there’s no guarantee he would have earned $13,181,000 in 2016-17 and 2017-18 had he played out his recently terminated contract and then sought a new deal. I’d been estimating Wade could draw $8 million per year in those seasons for $16 million total, but it’s obviously difficult to prognosticate three and four years ahead. If Wade is sacrificing salary – and I think he is a little – it’s not a huge amount.
But Bosh – whose max contract would pay $118,792,889 over five years – almost certainly comes out behind. Even if he couldn’t draw the full max – which would be $88,216,633 over four years if he left Miami – he could do better than this.
However, Wade and Bosh are adults. If they want to accept less money to placate LeBron, they can. LeBron isn’t forcing them to do anything.
He’s just putting them in a surprisingly tough spot.
Jul 2, 2014, 9:00 PM EDT
Houston Rockets v Miami Heat
LeBron James sacrificed nothing by opting out.That’s not necessarily the case forDwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.
If he wants, LeBron could re-sign for two years with a player option at the exact same salary he was set to earn in his previous contract. Or he could give himself a slight raise. Or he could sign a five-year max contract. Or he could sign a shorter max contract. Or he could accept less to give the Heat more flexibility.
Whatever LeBron wants to do, the Heat will bend over backward. If they don’t, other teams will line up to do so.
That might even be the case for Bosh, too, though I’m not absolutely, totally, 100 percent certain Bosh can get a full max deal. With his health, Wade almost certainly can’t. Maybe they’ll get long-term security in exchange for taking lower salaries, but that’s still sacrificing something.
There are a lot of moving parts to accommodating all three, but they went through this in 2010. I figured they could get on the same page again this summer. After all, they met last week to discuss their contract status.
But that meeting didn’t resolve much.
Chris Broussard of ESPN:
The only certainty coming out of the meeting concerning James was that he wanted a maximum-level salary.
James did not ask or suggest that Wade and Bosh opt out of their deals or take lesser salaries to allow the Heat to add other top players, according to the sources.
James did not ask or suggest that Wade and Bosh opt out of their deals or take lesser salaries to allow the Heat to add other top players, according to the sources.
Bosh and Wade are intent on returning to Miami, but neither of them knows what James will do.
Bosh and Wade were so uncertain about James’s future after last week’s meeting that one of them spoke about what the Heat might look like without James, according to one source.
The decisions of Bosh and Wade to opt out of the final two years and $42 million of their contracts were sparked by their desire to add better players in an effort to entice James to stay in Miami, one source said.
The decisions of Bosh and Wade to opt out of the final two years and $42 million of their contracts were sparked by their desire to add better players in an effort to entice James to stay in Miami, one source said.
Bosh is looking to sign a five-year deal worth between $80 million and $90 million while Wade is thinking along the lines of $55 million-60 million over four years, sources said.
If Wade and Bosh accepted salaries on the lowest end of those ranges and fully backload their deals and LeBron gets the max, the Heat would fall $9,646,014 below the projected salary cap.
That’s lower than a previous report indicated, but it’s much more than the non-taxpayer mid-level exception ($5,305,00) Miami could have offered had Bosh and Wade opted in or demanded larger salaries.
On a four-year contract, a free agent could make $41,188,480 with that projected cap room – $18,536,130 more than he could with the full MLE. That’s a significant difference, one large enough to keep the Heat in playfor players like Kyle Lowry, Pau Gasol and Luol Deng.
But it would require convincing Wade and Bosh to accept the low end of their desired salary ranges and fully backload their deals. That’s not an automatic sell, though those two seem committed to the cause.
I’m pretty surprised LeBron is leaving this burden on them. LeBron reportedly wants the max, and without question, he deserves it.
Bosh and Wade – especially the former – were in line for higher salaries, though. If LeBron wants the max, he must realize that cuts into the Heat’s flexibility to assemble a quality supporting cast around him. He can’t have his cake and eat it too.
Maybe Wade comes out ahead in this deal. He was due $41,819,000 over the next two years, and there’s no guarantee he would have earned $13,181,000 in 2016-17 and 2017-18 had he played out his recently terminated contract and then sought a new deal. I’d been estimating Wade could draw $8 million per year in those seasons for $16 million total, but it’s obviously difficult to prognosticate three and four years ahead. If Wade is sacrificing salary – and I think he is a little – it’s not a huge amount.
But Bosh – whose max contract would pay $118,792,889 over five years – almost certainly comes out behind. Even if he couldn’t draw the full max – which would be $88,216,633 over four years if he left Miami – he could do better than this.
However, Wade and Bosh are adults. If they want to accept less money to placate LeBron, they can. LeBron isn’t forcing them to do anything.
He’s just putting them in a surprisingly tough spot.
Bawse Dawg
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Can't make a deal with you. Cobb started giving me death threats. I don't dare make another trade.