Demand Of Steel

The story of how one company statement to the Utah Jazz drew battle lines in the sands of the local sports scene and changed it forever

This story has been updated following new Utah Jazz owner Ryan Smith's majority stake purchase in the franchise.

Ten.

The email was probably buried in someone's computer for two weeks. 

At least that's how the story goes. “I wouldn't be surprised if it was in a junk folder,” said one insider.

In Utah though, sometimes that notion can veer much further fro…