Looks like the Warriors were right after all.
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Matt Barnes was one Golden State player who said the Warriors were rooting for the Clippers in the first round of the playoffs because the night life in Los Angeles is better than it is in Salt Lake City.
Former Jazz point guard Trey Burke agrees. In response to a tweet about Utah's struggles in free agency, Burke said it's simple — no one in the NBA wants to play in Salt Lake City.
Lol no I'm just afraid no one wants to play there my guy 😭😭
— Trey Burke (@TreyBurke) July 9, 2017
lol what I said was a fact .. get over it
— Trey Burke (@TreyBurke) July 9, 2017
Burke, who spent his first three seasons in Salt Lake City averaging 12.1 points in just under 30 minutes per game, has a history of taking shots at the organization. This past fall when playing with the Wizards, Burke spoke on a Washington, D.C. radio station about his playing time decreasing significantly during his third season in Utah.
"They (Jazz) couldn’t break me. That's what they tried to do," Burke said, via The Deseret News. "They couldn’t break me, though. They gave me DNPs. Everybody asked me what’s going on, 'Why aren’t you playing?' There’s a reason everybody asked me that."