RIP Larry Miller

[Pelicans78]

Owner of the Jazz, just passed away. Condolences.

[FromWayDowntown]

Knew he was in poor health, but I'm saddened by this news.

[Trainwreck2100]

at least he got to see them win one last time

[Pelicans78]

Life is too short. If anyone here has a family history of diabetes please take care of yourself now so the future becomes much easier.

[lurker]

Just saw that on ESPN. Sad news.

[Lakers999]

Owner of the Jazz, just passed away. Condolences.

the guy was a racist

[IronMexican]

My condolences to his family.

[Trainwreck2100]

the guy was a racist

and now he's dead so the moral of the story is racists die???

[baseline bum]

Wow, that sucks. I know he had been having some nasty problems with his diabetes, but I never knew he was in bad enough shape for it to be immediately life-threatening. RIP.

[Findog]

Condolences to the man's family. Now, let the flame war commence...

[Ghazi]

Indifferent

[tlongII]

R.I.P. I thought he was a good owner. The Jazz have been a very competitive team for many years. You can't do that without good ownership, imo.

[Findog]

I'm not happy that it happened, but I'm not moved by it either.

[lil_penny]

R.I.p. condolences to his friends and family and everyone that's a part of the jazz community... very sad

[FromWayDowntown]

R.I.P. I thought he was a good owner. The Jazz have been a very competitive team for many years. You can't do that without good ownership, imo.

He basically put the people in place and got the hell out of the way, which is probably a better ownership style than meddling in every decision or thinking that you know more than the basketball people.

Regardless, his teams were always ferociously competitive and very successful, particularly given the constraints that Salt Lake City imposes.

[timvp]

R.I.P.

Very good owner. When owners are always itching to fire their coach, Miller has stood by Jerry Sloan through it all. If more owners would learn to trust their coach like Miller did, the NBA would be a better league. Sloan's success can be as tied to Miller as it can be tied to Sloan himself.

And Spurs fans should respect both Miller and the Jazz. When Pop took over the team, he basically modeled the franchise using the Jazz as the example.

[DeadlyDynasty]

RIP...highly respected owner.

[baseline bum]

He basically put the people in place and got the hell out of the way, which is probably a better ownership style than meddling in every decision or thinking that you know more than the basketball people.

Regardless, his teams were always ferociously competitive and very successful, particularly given the constraints that Salt Lake City imposes.

Yeah, the Jazz have been a hell of a consistent team. It was easy to just attribute that to Stockton and Malone for a long time, but it's pretty clear Sloan and the management really know what they're doing.

[Spurs Brazil]

R.i.p

[Shastafarian]

Wow, that sucks. I know he had been having some nasty problems with his diabetes, but I never knew he was in bad enough shape for it to be immediately life-threatening. RIP.

He recently had both legs amputated (maybe below the knee). That's always a sign it's getting very bad.

RIP Larry Miller.

[MarHill]

R.I.P.

Very good owner. When owners are always itching to fire their coach, Miller has stood by Jerry Sloan through it all. If more owners would learn to trust their coach like Miller did, the NBA would be a better league. Sloan's success can be as tied to Miller as it can be tied to Sloan himself.

And Spurs fans should respect both Miller and the Jazz. When Pop took over the team, he basically modeled the franchise using the Jazz as the example.

A good post, Timvp!

I totally agree!

R.I.P and my condolences to the Miller family.

[MarHill]

the guy was a racist

I hate drive-by posts like this.

Just pay your respects and move on!!

:bang

[LockBeard]

RIP.

Everyone get off your ass and take care of yourself. Diabetes is a bitch.

Having a serious injury while already suffering from diabetes complicates things 1000000000000x worse.

[mogrovejo]

Great club owner, great entrepreneur, great philanthropist. As a basketball fan, I had more fun watching the Jazz playin in the last 20 years or so than any other NBA team.

[ginobili's bald spot]

Sad news. RIP.

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

Condolences to his family. Here's hoping for a Jazz win tonight in memory of him :toast

[Holt's Cat]

Good owner, kept a pro team in a small market which is no small task. As much as I bag on Holt there's definitely something to be said for that, considering that both could've cashed out handsomely.

[jacobdrj]

Sorry to hear this.

[BWS-1994]

Condolence to the whole Jazz family.