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Larry Miller's future involvement with Jazz unclear

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John S. | 10:14 p.m. July 16, 2008
My best wishes and prayers for Larry Miller to get better.
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J J Wright | 10:49 p.m. July 16, 2008
We send our best wishes and add our prayers to many others. Larry Miller must take care of himself so he can direct his family and continue to do all the wonderful things he has the ability to do. Enjoy some time off...get well and have faith in those you have trained so well.
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Hate it For you LHM | 11:49 p.m. July 16, 2008
I'd really feel bad for you if I didn't see you pigging out at the Seigfrieds Delicatessen a while back. You have an obligation to the health of your self that should at least mirror the way you look after the health of your franchise. OOPS! I guess just doing the same thing for 2 decades is the way you look after your health and the Jazz.
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VegasJazzFan | 11:56 p.m. July 16, 2008
I echo the previous sentiments and prayers for LHM. Thanks Larry, for bringing the Jazz to Utah way back when, and for keeping them here and having a "let's win now" attitude most of the time (looking back, it seems that way). He's not been stingy, and along with Jazz management and coaches, they have built one of the league's most reliable teams (over Sloan's 20-year tenure, winning an average of 3 games for every 2 lost... a legacy many teams have not come anywhere near). We true fans have not given up on a ring, and neither have LHM, KOC, Rigby, Sloan, etc. Get Deron signed, which will make Boozer more likely to re-up after next season, and this off-season or next hopefully find that one missing free-agent to enable us to contend with ANY team... soon. Please, Miller family, if you decide to sell the Jazz in the future, stipulate that it must remain in Utah... it's mutually good.
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Dick Richards | 12:00 a.m. July 17, 2008
I think Larry is a patriot and a statesman. This man single-handedly saved Utah, so it wouldn't turn into the cess-pool that is Las Vegas...

I am glad that I bought a Honda from this man. I think the Jazz will win the Championship in two years (without Boozer), and that it will be hilarious to laugh at Laker Fans at that time...
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John in Korea | 12:14 a.m. July 17, 2008
Larry Miller has been one of the best owners in NBA history. I don't think there's been a more supportive owner in all of basketball for as long as the Jazz have been prominent. Think about it, without Larry there would be no Sloan, Karl and John might not have stayed and Deron might be moving on due to the coming expense.

Larry is a Godsend and I mean that, I hope he stays healthy and involved for at least another decade.

If he has been unhealthy, I'm sure that will change. There is no reason, or stock, in castigating the sick or dying, so please do not do it, it reflects badly on you more than your victim.
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Anonymous | 8:16 a.m. July 17, 2008
Thank you, Larry Miller, for keeping the Jazz in Utah for the last 25 years. Your courage in purchasing a struggling NBA franchise -- and keeping it from moving to Minnesota -- will always be remembered. God bless.
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Tuffy Parker | 8:42 a.m. July 17, 2008
LHM has contributed much to the community and the state of Utah at large. It's likely we'll never know the full extent of it all but would certainly feel the void if it all went away. LHM has been a great example of how to balance self interest (business) and the good of the community. This country could certainly use more like him.

Get better soon, Larry! Go Jazz!!!

Moronic buffoons like "Hate it For you LHM | 11:49 p.m" embarrass themselves. It's the same kind of mentality as those who write 'wisdom' on the wall in the men's room.



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Michael | 9:07 a.m. July 17, 2008
You have to admire what LHM has done over all of these years for the folks in Utah, AZ, OR, ID.... Even being a fan of another team, you can admire this great man, and what he has done to keep the club in Utah.
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James | 10:26 a.m. July 17, 2008
Greg Miller's first act should be to bulldoze the Mayan restaurant. What a catastrophe that restaurant is.
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johndallas | 11:08 a.m. July 17, 2008
Great American, he's an example of how to pull yourself up by the boot straps and make things happen. A poster boy for the free enterprise system. Get well, our prayers are with you.
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Gus | 11:51 a.m. July 17, 2008
I agree completely with James on the Mayan. But I like Miller for the most part.
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SJ Bobkins | 12:41 p.m. July 17, 2008
Sadly ones life can change dramatically in an eyelash. LM seemed to be fine during the playoffs but after 5 weeks in a hospital with no mention of a future release, I suspect his condition is precarious. I have been in medicine for 25 years and no illness is as unpredictable or as insidious as Type 1, adult onset diabetes. It can take a limb, cause blindness, and every other type of circulatory disorder, (heart infarction, stroke, embolism , etc.) I hope I'm very wrong or that LM has an exceptional recovery. From experience, I would guess that a person with a similar history might next appear publicly to be a much different physical personage than the person was before a flare-up.
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Offseason | 4:21 p.m. July 17, 2008
Geez, I'm not surprised at all he is hospitalized. It's a rough time to be alive right now, it's the Jazz off season. I go through the day trying to find a reason to wake up the next morning, just praying that opening tip-off will come sooner than it seems.
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Laker Fans | 5:34 p.m. July 17, 2008
Larry Miller is a competitor and a class act. We pray for him and his rapid recovery.
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Sharron | 11:31 p.m. July 26, 2008
Larry, take care of yourself. Pressure, diabetes,
stress, too many goodies can kill a person. I know, I buried my husband this year with adult onset diabetes which led to heart and stroke problems. Follow the doctors orders and have your wife or someone control and make sure you take your meds and eat correctly! Best wishes to you and thanks for all you have done for Utah and especially to help Ogden get on it's feet! THANKS!
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