I have a new appreciation for the tech guy who owns the Utah Jazz.  If you asked me yesterday… I’d woulda said  I don’t like the boring black and yellow uniforms. I’da questioned the decision to blow up the team and reboot.

But today… today.. Ryan Smith stands tall in my eyes.  Even with a mediocre team, the Jazz has managed to fill an arena close to capacity on many nights… by selling the sizzle.  It’s the experience.  At some point, you might have said to a co-worker “we went to the Jazz game last night… it was fun!”  

And I appreciate that they’re selling fun as I look at the Los Angeles Clippers.  Owner Steve Ballmer is building a new 2-billion-dollar arena.  It’s a palace.  And yesterday … the owner dragged the entire team to the construction site.  Ballmer -who was one of the founders of Microsoft - put on a hard hat and told the world why they’re gonna love this new arena… 

--How’s that again?—

1160 toilets.   This is a numbers guy… from Microsoft.  His data-driven conclusion… you should watch his basketball team because there are no bathroom lines.

This guy clearly doesn’t know how to sell the sizzle… so Los Angeles gets toilets.  
We get the return of the Delta Center.

Thank you, Ryan Smith