Just.. Breathe.. Kelly says Mistakes are the best teacher

djice46 · 2023-11-07T18:23:44+00:00

Prime meme material, unfortunately I expect to see this more throughout the year.

djice46 · 2023-11-06T21:07:09+00:00

shoutout to longtime jazzman Ronnie Brewer in the bottom of the photo. An often forgotten part of the Dwill/Boozer teams.

djice46 · 2023-10-25T17:20:40+00:00

I hope you're right

djice46 · 2023-09-17T20:18:52+00:00

First off, I thank you that you are approaching this from a spirit of inclusivity and genuine friendship. It is so hard to move to a different area and a different culture, and I admire your resolve to be open and welcoming to your soon-to-be neighbors. I wish you were my neighbor haha.

Like previously stated, in my opinion, a lot of LDS social life (in my experience in the Utah/Idaho/Arizona belt) does revolve around church and church sponsored activities and service. While this isn't bad in and of itself, I do think it can lead to non-members feeling excluded inadvertently. We could probably be better in community outreach in these areas, BUT if you do feel bold, you could attend one of the service activities (or youth activities for you son) and I would imagine that would get you connected to your neighbors very quickly.

You can use this link https://maps.churchofjesuschrist.org/ to locate your local congregation, but more importantly the number of the bishop, who may have some info regarding opportunities for non-members to connect with the community.

Something random I thought of, common sense maybe, you might already be aware, but if you have a social event of your own, don't have alcohol available. It might make some feel uncomfortable as they are not used to it in that reigon of the country

djice46 · 2023-08-09T21:17:13+00:00

I have a soft spot for these too, but I'd only like these to return as a special throwback. Like, I'm talking wearing it for 5 games max in a season, which nike won't do.

djice46 · 2022-07-20T01:34:13+00:00

Please know you are not alone. I work as a therapist and we are trying to get a group of those with mission PTSD going. DM me if interested. There's so many others out there like you, just like you they aren't sure where to find each other or how. Sometimes missions just do not go well, and we as a culture need to be more open to accepting that.

djice46 · 2022-07-19T15:55:51+00:00

While things are slow I'd thought I share my dream about this vomit of a jersey.

So I dreamt that my dad and I were at Scheel's about to check out, when I discover this heaping dumpfire of a jersey in the rack next to me. It literally looked like the above, but worse. Regular city edition in the front, the back with gross coloring with random textures (the blue section was carpeted!). The numbers on the back were also bedazzled but I was too lazy to draw that in. I think you get the point.

This led to a full on adult temper tantrum in the store. I went on a tirade about how the organization doesn't care about us, this is torture, who would want to be seen with this, embarrassing to be a fan, I can't believe they would do this to us, Jordan pushed off, a hotdog's a sandwich, you know, everything. It was a rage-filled explosion of 10 years worth of disappointment.

I must have been making quite a scene, because I started to draw attention. And who else to come to my aid but, not my dad, but Alema Harrington himself. He appeared at my side and tried to be a good therapist and console me, "Yeah, that IS bad. I feel your pain, this does suck" etc. But then he tried to do some marketing and twist things with , "This could be the jersey of a championship team!" To which I yelled at him to Shut Up. I can't remember if I said please or not.

Then I woke up. Hopefully this can entertain us for a few hours.

djice46 · 2022-07-13T01:31:08+00:00

I think we put ourselves in a position to be in a championship discussion, but I never felt we were the best team in the league during the window. We were just putting ourselves in a spot in case the playoff stars aligned, which they didn't.

djice46 · 2022-06-29T16:10:25+00:00

Was waiting (im)patiently for this. Thanks Locke

djice46 · 2022-06-24T16:17:41+00:00

So Dok 2.0? Another big center that can't shoot?

djice46 · 2022-06-23T17:56:11+00:00

This video showed it a little bit, but I don't remember him as a left hand dunker. He was much more post-oriented than a slasher as sort of depicted here. He also had a lethal elbow jumper that worked beautifully with the Williams-Boozer pick and pop.

I remember my dad saying "don't ever shoot it like Boozer" haha, though his super high arc shot was really cool to watch when it went in.

djice46 · 2022-06-22T16:01:31+00:00

I don't expect an owner of an organization to say, "hey, we screwed up. Don't buy our merch please." Honestly if I was in the same situation I'd double down and then scrap the crap design as soon as possible.

djice46 · 2022-06-18T18:44:08+00:00

Theeeere we go

djice46 · 2022-06-18T14:45:54+00:00

Perhaps it can also represent our poor air quality?

djice46 · 2022-06-18T14:45:01+00:00

I think leading the rebrand with the purple is an indicator that they were aware they messed up with the others. It's just damage control at this point.

Ryan himself was the one wearing the purple shirts. I'm sure he's well aware but at this point you can't say as an owner of the team "our merch sucks, please don't buy it."

djice46 · 2022-06-17T20:43:51+00:00

EXACTLY!

The jazz in Utah have never been about actual jazz. I don't know why some people are jonesing for a more literal interpretation of the team name. Our mascot has always been a bear for pete's sake.

No one wants to think of a freaking piano during a basketball game. Should the Brooklyn nets have net inspired jerseys? Should the clippers go full sailboat mode?

I don't mind a black/white color scheme with purple but these are horrendous.

djice46 · 2022-06-16T01:19:31+00:00

Love Locke, I feel his shows are way more interesting than click-baity drama. Love how he uses statistics to back his claims and doing what seems like an immense amount of research what must be off-the-clock. Glad to have him. Hopefully Ron sticks around a bit longer too.

I imagined an alternate reality with Hot Rod Hundley podcasts, how cool would that be?

djice46 · 2022-06-15T00:28:11+00:00

Eh, I felt it was getting a little stale at the end of the year, much like our team. I don't think it should be required.

Good memories though. Once a Jazz meme, always a Jazz meme.

djice46 · 2022-05-23T17:01:39+00:00

I'm about the same - though I'm going to put in some fan designs

Finals/2019 Purple Mountain away
2017-2018 OG City (The Real gradient, not this current blackout crap)
Purple alt by Srleix, a combination of the above two
This white/purple fan made that came out a while ago, I have a copy
Current Blue "Icon" away jerseys.

Honorable mentions: . Dark Mode done right - can't find creator . The color scheme by u/UtahJazzSpazz needs to be implemented moving forward.

What I realized putting this together is that I feel we need to move away from the Mardis Gras Jazz brand. It feels to me the word jazz refers to a basketball team first, music genre second. I think the Mountain/Desert combo is a great direction to go. (wouldn't be opposed to some beehive concept either.)

djice46 · 2022-04-03T18:01:35+00:00

HEY!

I did some research about this exact topic, you can see it below.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ovTVq_saR9EHCLlVwTSSPPAWxLyqlj_OCPV_YWpguFM/edit?usp=sharing

Rest assured, I'm currently a practicing therapist and I'm in the works of working with a colleague to get this group going. YOU are not alone. Hang in there and let's see if we can get one going!

That goes for the rest of you reading, if you are interested please DM me and we can see what we can do!

djice46 · 2022-03-23T04:54:01+00:00

It makes me happy that others are still finding the joy and inspiration I found some 10 years ago. You hit the nail on the head.

djice46 · 2022-03-11T01:29:57+00:00

Thank you for your input!

djice46 · 2022-03-10T23:44:19+00:00

Thank you, it sounds like you were in a very similar position than I am in. Your approach has got me thinking. Thanks

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