Friday, May 9th, 2008 | 42 Comments
How Dare They Play Basketball on Sunday?!
Larry Miller, the outspoken owner of the Utah Jazz, will not be in the building for Game 4 of the Lakers/Jazz series because it’s being played on Sunday (which doesn’t jive with his spiritual beliefs.)
(Hopefully, his team won’t show up either.)
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42 Responses to “How Dare They Play Basketball on Sunday?!”
May.9 at 2:06 pm
Bryant Reeves says:
“his wife might watch the game and give him updates while he takes a long drive” - umm, how is taking a long drive a religious activity? And does this remind anyone else of the Big Lebowski, or am I alone on that one (”I don’t roll on the Sabbath!”)
May.9 at 2:09 pm
shakey handle says:
see you in mormon hell mrs. miller
May.9 at 2:17 pm
King David says:
dat pisses me off
Game 1 in the first round btw the lakers and the nuggets was cancelled because of that stupid religous crap
May.9 at 2:17 pm
s2 says:
he just doesnt want anyone to see him cry like he does all the time..hes a big cry baby
May.9 at 2:17 pm
t-rocc says:
SHOMER SHABBAS
May.9 at 2:22 pm
The Second Coming says:
SHOMER SHABBAS! Shomer f***ing shabbas.
May.9 at 2:23 pm
The Second Coming says:
haha well done t-rocc
beat me to it
May.9 at 2:25 pm
B. Long says:
But I guess its OK to have 7 underaged wifes? No wonder Karl loved playing in Utah.
May.9 at 2:25 pm
mamadou n'diaye says:
Miller should make an exception here. His next chance to watch the Jazz play won’t be until late October.
May.9 at 2:34 pm
John E. Sanford says:
Is playing on Sundays a new phenomenon or something?
May.9 at 2:44 pm
Punky Brewster says:
Guess Danny Ainge and Shawn Bradley won’t watch the game either.
May.9 at 2:51 pm
capostat says:
i’m kinda surprised that this is reported on NBA.com. it’s weird. a religious observance, for one. two, it’s a personal decision from 1 person who isnt a player. three, its like a story in which the “object” (the league or game) is telling on itself in a way. i dunno…
May.9 at 2:54 pm
MC Welk says:
It’s “jibe.”
May.9 at 2:56 pm
Dutch Rich says:
Dude f*ck it, let’s go Bowling.
May.9 at 3:23 pm
lane says:
the 7 wife comment is pure ignorance — and Danny Ainge will probably watch the game - to each his own. To obey the Sabbath is one of the 10 commandments and to each his own on your interpretation of remembering the sabbath day and to keep it holy — God chose to rest on that day. Leave the man be.
May.9 at 3:31 pm
Spaceship Jay says:
I co-sign Lang. Let the man be. Those are his principals, and I agree with keeping the Sabbath day holy. But if I owned a NBA basketball team….. Watching them wouldn’t be “work”
May.9 at 3:36 pm
James AKA the artist formerly known as Krayzie Bone says:
and this is not new for the NBA to play on sunday. I can’t remember them ever not playing on Sunday.
May.9 at 3:44 pm
Spaceship Jay says:
Yeah… Wait a minute… How many times have the Jazz played on a Sunday BEFORE this?
May.9 at 3:46 pm
Sam Rubenstein says:
I won’t be watching because it is the most important holiday of all on Sunday… Mother’s Day.
May.9 at 3:46 pm
what says:
Better start that campaign for the owner of Chick fil A to become NBA commissioner, Larry Miller.
May.9 at 4:15 pm
Jolst says:
Is it just a creative way to let the media know that he already knows the outcome of the series.
May.9 at 4:21 pm
Shaun says:
Lane - the Sabbath is a Saturday not the Sunday. The Sunday is the Lord’s Day - the day Jesus Christ was raised which was not on the Sabbath.
May.9 at 4:33 pm
tealish says:
Wow, what ignorance on this board. Yes, let’s all bash the man’s religious stand and bring mormonism into this because it’s UTAH (LOLOOLOL) and we love our basketball.
Or we could just watch the game ourselves and not make an issue out of this.
May.9 at 5:01 pm
daniel says:
“the mailman dont deliver on sunday” either
May.9 at 5:22 pm
lane says:
ah — a 7th day adventist? Yes it was on Saturday in the old Testament - Christ rose on a Sunday .. and thus Sunday became the sabbath
May.9 at 5:49 pm
Rubens Borges says:
Sam are you asking your mother for $$$? LOL
May.9 at 6:10 pm
cooler than that guyy says:
had to hit up morman church in utah..watta weirdo
May.9 at 6:11 pm
stillcantbelieveitsnotbutter says:
Just remember that when all is said and done the Mormons are going to heaven. Everyone else is screwed. Its a fact cuz I saw it on South Park, haha!
May.9 at 6:36 pm
RV says:
so exactly what percentage of the population is mormon in Salt Lake? Shouldn’t the arena be half empty on sunday then..
May.9 at 6:55 pm
Tariq says:
That rug really tied the room together.
May.9 at 7:12 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
Yeah, well, you know, that’s just, like, your opinion, man.
May.9 at 7:51 pm
Bryant Reeves says:
The Bengtson abides
May.9 at 8:01 pm
Adrian Zapata says:
hey Brad… underage wife? - Try West Texas buddy! - you guys are dirrrrrrrrty!
May.10 at 1:45 am
Mayor of Lovetron says:
To be fair, it explicitly says in the Book of Mormon that taking a long drive is what God would have you do instead of going to a basketball game. Though, the only music that you’re allowed to put on is the Osmonds and the Tabernacle Choir.
May.10 at 1:55 am
Buddy says:
“The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath” Who said it? JESUS CHRIST! PLAY BALL!
May.10 at 1:56 am
Jimmy G says:
Cant fault a man for following his religion. Although I bet his religion says something about holding grudges aganist people, like the one he has with Don Fegan.
May.10 at 3:03 pm
Tuomas says:
Larry Miller is pure ignorance.
May.10 at 4:35 pm
Kevin Wilson says:
Larry Miller owns the Jazz. He spends money to make sure the Jazz are competitive and have a strong product for their fans every single year. He can attend or skip games as he damn well pleases, religious reasons or otherwise.
May.10 at 7:29 pm
Shaun says:
Lane: Nothing about being a 7th day. I’m a Christian. Read Acts - the Christians met on the first day of the week - thus Sunday never became the Sabbath. Saturday has been and continues to be the Sabbath. Christians chose to use the OT rule for resting on the Sabbath and replaced it with the Lord’s Day - but it never replaced the day itself.
In any case, Buddy’s quote is right.
May.11 at 2:47 am
Brandon says:
What a biased title. The guy didnt say games shouldnt be played on Sunday he simply said he will not watch one on Sunday.
May.11 at 10:52 am
Dacre says:
If I may…the “sabbath day” was considered a day fo rest from work to pursue religious activity…sure that bit we know…what I don’t really fathom is that, by having his wife give him updates anyway….isn’t that defeating the purpose of him trying to set this day of the week aside? He’s trying to worship properly by the Jewish law-code but on the other hand his looking for a share of the goods…It’s a shame he didn’t look into the part of the Christian-Greek scriptures where the old Jewish law code was replaced (thus doing away with 1 set ‘holy’ day…but oh well… he’s the one with an NBA team after all.
^_^
go jazz.
p.s.
hasn’t he being doing this for the past decade anway?
May.12 at 11:20 am
lane says:
sunday did became the sabbath when the last supper took place on a Sunday — read again.