Originally Posted by unluckyseventeen

..Then perhaps you are interpreting it wrong. Reading what I have written in this same paragraph will show you that I meant no harm. If I wanted to strike up an argument I would come in here saying "The Blazers are complete crap and I hate the city of Portland!!". I wanted to strike up some conversation either about your team (I've already seen you guys say how much Magloire sucks), or just some general humorous conversation. Then all I get back is either people responding with a brain, or some other people saying "You know what else is funny? How much you SUCK! Yeah, and Utah sucks... and we beat you guys in a game that doesn't even matter. That's right, I know how to make a good point!!"

Seriously, is it that hard to interpret sarcasm?

I didn't know you guys were so attached to the same people you can't stand. You guys are more than welcome to come on over to the Jazz board and make fun of Jarron Collins. I think he sucks. If he airballed a freethrow and you thought it was funny, go ahead and post about it. At least I won't go out of my way to say "I've been to Portland once and it sucks, and you suck for even being from there!!"... that much is for sure.

I know there are people that are classy here, but you are trying to justify somebody being a complete jerk. Are you sure that's what you want to do?

Originally Posted by Spud147

I have no credibility whatsoever here but our computer is down at work so I've got some time to kill... I didn't think you were snarky at all. I thought you were just starting up a conversation about one of our new players and weren't trying to offend anyone. Some people make it a point to flame fans of other teams on principle no matter what you say. I've never been to SLC but was impressed when I watched the Olympics... it looks incredible. The stereotypes about Utah are just as lame as the stupid stuff we get from people who don't know Oregon (it rains all the time, it's a bunch of rednecks, etc.) and should be ignored. Okay, that's it in a nutshell, I've found the Jazz fans to be some of the most informed fans in the NBA who are as rabid about their team as we are about ours. Seriously I think it's great you stopped by to talk.

Originally Posted by Kiss_My_Darius

Ahhhhh. You're so sweet.

Originally Posted by Spud147

Uhhhh... okay. Computer's up, I'm out.

Originally Posted by drexlersdad

Utah is a proud and storied franchise, just like the Sonics, Bucks, and Bullets/Wizards. Except they all won a title. We feel your pain though, Michael Jordan cost us our second championship.

Originally Posted by tlong

Actually Magic Johnson cost us our second championship. MJ cost us the following year.

Originally Posted by unluckyseventeen

Oh, by the way I was saying that Ben Wallace had offensive deficiency syndrome... just incase you guys were thinking I was still talking about Jamal.

Those finals years were still really great. To show you how neat it was that we got it, the night that Stockton hit the 3 in Houston to send us to the finals, about 15,000-20,000 fans showed up at the airport (keep in mind there was about 750k in our city at that time... not a bad ratio!) to greet the Jazz and they all cheered them when they got off the plane and stuff. Keep in mind, when their plane arrived it was 3:15 AM!

Even if we lost it was awesome just to host them. This city was nuts, and the Delta Center was by far the loudest building in the NBA.

Then, when they lost the Finals in Chicago, there were another 15k there to greet them at the tarmac. It was really something.

Anyway, nice to chat with you all. (not trying to end the thread)

Originally Posted by Hap

we did that back in 90, altho not 15K..

btw, did you mean SLC metro had 750K? because iirc, the city of SLC has like 200K, and the metro is what, 1.2 bills, right?

did you mean SLC metro?

Not meaning to nitpick, I just always assumed the population of SLC proper was bupkiss.

Originally Posted by gambitnut

I didn't see anything wrong with your orininal post, unluckyseventeen. Did you insult the city? No. Did you insult the team? No. Did you insult Jamaal? Not really, you just let us know about one ugly shot that you saw live and wanted to share with people who couldn't see it. I don't stand for baiting or trolling, but I don't see your post as either. I hope you continue to post in this forum sometimes, I meant it when I said in my rules post that I like it when fans of other teams visit.

By the way, be sure to stop by Free Geek when you come to Portland!

Also, I love your sig!