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Craig Bolerjack on the Utah Jazz post All Star break, Grizzlies tonight in Memphis, NBA considering more anti-tanking measures, Jaren Jac... · The Sean O'Connell Show

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Speaker 1: Loggy maybe ye skies. This is the Sean O'Connell Show.
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Speaker 2: Oc from the Murder Chevrolet Studio of the ESPN seven
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Speaker 2: hundred and ninety two one af Am Sean O'Connell Show
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Speaker 2: continues here on a Friday, We're lucky enough to welcome
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Speaker 2: the voice of the Utah Jazz Craig Bowler.
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Speaker 3: Jack in Memphis, Walking in Memphis a great song. By
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Speaker 3: the way, James, you should have bumped us in with
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Speaker 3: Walking in Memphis. That's where Bowler's at. Bowler how are you, sir?
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Speaker 4: I'm good O see how you're doing it? Hey, I
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Speaker 4: don't mind some rush by the way, Friday Russ, Memphis
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Speaker 4: Rush is.
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Speaker 1: Never a bad choice. But how's Memphis treating you? A
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Speaker 1: little bird?
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Speaker 3: Told me that you had to cut a vacation short
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Speaker 3: in order to make it on time.
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Speaker 4: A little bit, but well, we still had a great time.
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Speaker 4: Got a chance to go to Gus's Worl's Famous Fried
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Speaker 4: Chicken last night, and it's just it's just a must
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Speaker 4: stop for anyone who ever makes a trip into Memphis.
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Speaker 4: Gus's world Famous Fried Chicken. It's it's terrific.
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Speaker 3: All right, let's talk about the life of this Utah
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Speaker 3: Jazz team post All Star Break, which, by the way,
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Speaker 3: the NBA All Star Break.
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Speaker 1: Maybe we should start there.
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Speaker 3: It felt like a kind of refreshed perspective, a different
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Speaker 3: take the new format, and obviously we saw the ratings
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Speaker 3: things are good. Has the NBA started to fix it's
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Speaker 3: All Star weekend problems?
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Speaker 1: In your mind?
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Speaker 4: You know it's to start right, Oh see. I think
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Speaker 4: it was more intriguing the way that they do these
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Speaker 4: you know, round robin tournaments to earn a chance to
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Speaker 4: go in for the title. And I like it. It
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Speaker 4: seemed more competitive. It wasn't just a free for roll, rebound,
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Speaker 4: stand back and let guys run down to paint. Seem
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Speaker 4: more competitive, and it looked like, at least through what
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Speaker 4: the NBA released on ratings, they spiked this year, the
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Speaker 4: interest level was higher. Adam Silver, I think in the
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Speaker 4: league desperately needing to find new ways to make All
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Speaker 4: Star Weekend let's just say, competitive, but more intriguing for
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Speaker 4: the fans right to tune in. It looks like this
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Speaker 4: year things came around and you have a Damian Lillard, who,
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Speaker 4: by the way, jumps off the bench after cheering the
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Speaker 4: Achilles and miraculously wins the three point shooting contest. So, yeah,
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Speaker 4: a lot of things fell into place for sure in LA.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, good to see for the league in that perspective,
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Speaker 3: and I think probably timely and needed, because some of
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Speaker 3: the conversation in the league was focusing on some of
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Speaker 3: the negative stuff, and you know, the tanking situation going on,
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Speaker 3: and the Jazz at the center of that contrapt in
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Speaker 3: my mind in a way that was unjustified, pretty unfair.
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Speaker 3: Didn't like the way that the Jazz were singled out.
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Speaker 3: And I'm curious, you know, you're a lot closer to
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Speaker 3: the team than I am. How does it feel like
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Speaker 3: everyone's kind of taking that or took that and maybe
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Speaker 3: has moved on from it now. But the fact that
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Speaker 3: you know, you're doing things that other teams have been
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Speaker 3: doing for decades and doing it in a way that
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Speaker 3: I think is actually better for the fan because you're
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Speaker 3: at least getting to see those star players for a
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Speaker 3: half or three quarters or whatever, and yet still punished
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Speaker 3: heavily by the league for it. I didn't get to
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Speaker 3: talk to players and see how they felt about it.
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Speaker 4: Maybe you did you know, it really came at a
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Speaker 4: time where we were breaking for the All Star break,
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Speaker 4: and really, I got to be honest, So see, not
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Speaker 4: much was said about it. I think the Jazz know what.
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Speaker 1: You know.
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Speaker 4: The storyline is, you know, I didn't talk to Justin
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Speaker 4: Zaniki is on this trip. I'm going to try to
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Speaker 4: do that sometime today or tonight. And you know, the
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Speaker 4: bottom line, as you make a great point, this isn't
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Speaker 4: anything new. This has been going on for years with
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Speaker 4: multiple teams, and if you look at the standings in
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Speaker 4: the West and the East, you know what teams are
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Speaker 4: trying to focus on getting a high level draft pick.
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Speaker 4: Why all of a sudden it's become first, you know,
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Speaker 4: and at the forefront of NBA discussions. I think it's
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Speaker 4: just at the point where the frustration has finally grown
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Speaker 4: to such a high level around the league that the
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Speaker 4: fans have spoken as well. On a personal note, I mean, oh, see,
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Speaker 4: the bottom line is fans come up to me all
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Speaker 4: the time and first thing they ask is who's playing?
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Speaker 4: And I thought, man, I never thought i'd hear that, right,
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Speaker 4: But they're very aware around the league on you know,
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Speaker 4: the injury report, and it comes out mostly twice a
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Speaker 4: day morning, late afternoon before game time, and sometimes we
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Speaker 4: don't even know actually who is on that list and
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Speaker 4: who who is going to be put on it late
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Speaker 4: or who maybe becomes from questionable to probable or available.
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Speaker 1: So it's a.
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Speaker 4: Test every day, every game day to kind of figure
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Speaker 4: out who who I'm prepping for. But you know, I'm
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Speaker 4: glad to see what Shams wrote on ESPN yesterday and
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Speaker 4: what Adam Silver had to say and the general managers
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Speaker 4: all got on the phone call. I'm sure you're aware of.
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Speaker 4: And you know, there's some interesting potential problem solvers in this,
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Speaker 4: in this whole you know discussion, and you know, freezing
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Speaker 4: lottery odds at the trade deadline, you know, no longer
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Speaker 4: allowing a team to pick in the top four in
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Speaker 4: consecutive years. That's pretty intriguing too. So if you make
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Speaker 4: a pick, then you got to play. And I just
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Speaker 4: hope that they can find answers in the off season.
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Speaker 4: You know, there are tanking bylaws that have been semi implemented,
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Speaker 4: find I don't think personally, we'll probably do the trick
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Speaker 4: because this is a money league and yeah, five hundred
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Speaker 4: thousand steep, but I don't know if that really deters
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Speaker 4: a team or one hundred grand here or two point
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Speaker 4: fifty there. I think you have to get it down
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Speaker 4: to basics and making it a little more simplified, but
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Speaker 4: direct on what you can and cannot do. And I
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Speaker 4: think the consecutive years of trying to tank that has
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Speaker 4: to be tossed out the window. And hopefully you know,
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Speaker 4: the competition guys. Oh see, there are so many great
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Speaker 4: athletes out there. Fans come to see them play, and
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Speaker 4: I think that's what has to That's the first and
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Speaker 4: foremost most important thing to me as I watched games
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Speaker 4: call games is let's put them on the floor. Let's
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Speaker 4: put guys on the floor. Yes the world, they're well paid,
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Speaker 4: and let's go play hoop and let's see how it
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Speaker 4: turns out. I hope we can get back to that.
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Speaker 1: Well.
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Speaker 3: I think the nice thing for a lot of Jazz
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Speaker 3: fans is it does feel like there's a little light
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Speaker 3: at the end of this tunnel with you know, however,
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Speaker 3: you could finish this year, hopefully keep that first round
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Speaker 3: pick protected, but also you made a big trade before
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Speaker 3: the deadline, and I have not had a conversation since
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Speaker 3: that happened. And Jaron Jackson Junior's shut down because of
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Speaker 3: the knee surgery, and so we're not going to see
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Speaker 3: what his real contributions to this team will be in
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Speaker 3: a practical sense. But man, it's easy to envision what
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Speaker 3: that front court can look like if you're able to
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Speaker 3: keep Walker Kesseler and you put Jared Jackson Junior and
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Speaker 3: Lowry markin. Is suddenly a three again in all of this,
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Speaker 3: I mean, the potential is there? Pair that with what
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Speaker 3: Keante has done and the potential for a high draft
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Speaker 3: pick and further development for Mace Bailey. And now we're
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Speaker 3: cooking with some gas here, Bowler, And I know I'm
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Speaker 3: telling you things you already know, But the light at
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Speaker 3: the end of the tunnel is there? What's it actually
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Speaker 3: going to look like when it all starts coming together?
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Speaker 3: It won't be this year, but do you feel like
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Speaker 3: we've got a good sense?
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Speaker 1: Oh?
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Speaker 4: I think six months from now we'll be talking high
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Speaker 4: level excitement if everybody stays healthy and if you know,
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Speaker 4: whatever happens with Walker and restricted free agency. But you
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Speaker 4: talk about a very dominant I mean about this SoC
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Speaker 4: I mean seven footers galore, athletic and also who can
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Speaker 4: step out marketing and triple j they hit threes. Walker
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Speaker 4: defensively on the rim, offensive rebounder, defensive rebounder, shot blocker,
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Speaker 4: can get the outlet pass and can run. I mean,
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Speaker 4: it's really amazing to think about just defenses trying to
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Speaker 4: figure who they're going to try to cover and double
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Speaker 4: team and then drop off from. And then the Jazz
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Speaker 4: have the potential to take advantage of the switch or
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Speaker 4: the mismatches, and then you bring up the backcourt. Kyante
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Speaker 4: has made incredible strides from a year ago, not only
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Speaker 4: from you know, his playing ability, but also who he is.
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Speaker 4: I think he feels more comfortable in the quote skin
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Speaker 4: of Kiante George, understands what it's like to be an
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Speaker 4: NBA player and the pressures that go with it. And
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Speaker 4: Ace Bailey. You know, of course the Jazz disappointed that
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Speaker 4: the number one pick one to Dallas, but you know,
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Speaker 4: all things for a reason. And I mean Ace is
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Speaker 4: a talented kid with high level potential. I know that
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Speaker 4: gets over you some, but I really do what I've
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Speaker 4: seen and talking to Will Hardy and Justin Zanik is that, yeah,
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Speaker 4: they're excited about you know, he hasn't even barely put
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Speaker 4: his toe in the water of you know, some of
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Speaker 4: the abilities that he's shown, especially at the rim, incredible
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Speaker 4: talent strength. He's only going to get better. And I
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Speaker 4: think the future is bright. You said the light is shining,
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Speaker 4: and I think is getting brighter day by day. As
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Speaker 4: a fan base, you know, moves forward. I mean, the
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Speaker 4: summer is going to be fun. Draft Night's going to
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Speaker 4: be wild. Off season moves that the Jazz will maker
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Speaker 4: or potentially will make with with potential drafts or excuse me, trades,
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Speaker 4: and then the draft pick that they're trying to secure
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Speaker 4: at number eight. So you know, I always say this
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Speaker 4: summer is always fun, it's maybe one of the most,
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Speaker 4: but this one may be one of the most important
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Speaker 4: off seasons coming the Jazz I've had in a long
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Speaker 4: time and maybe entire during their entire franchise. I know
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Speaker 4: that's saying a lot. They've had some great picks, They've
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Speaker 4: had moments in time, Dominique Wilkins, you know the draft
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Speaker 4: pick sold off for a million to make you know, payroll.
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Speaker 4: I mean, that's saved a franchise. This one is big.
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Speaker 4: Just to move it ahead and to be a real
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Speaker 4: competitor again in the West.
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Speaker 3: Well, I'm very curious if you had a sense. I
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Speaker 3: guess the trade to get triple J in town feels
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Speaker 3: like old news now because so much has happened since,
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Speaker 3: but massively significant accelerates the timeline and all that. And
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Speaker 3: you folks hit in the building, did you get a
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Speaker 3: sense that, you know, maybe the patients had run out,
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Speaker 3: either from the front office, from ownership itself, from the
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Speaker 3: coaches and players, like, let's make a move now, let's
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Speaker 3: not continue to try to build through this draft exclusively.
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Speaker 3: Let's find a way to make an impact. And you know,
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Speaker 3: it came together in a way that none of us expected,
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Speaker 3: at least none of us outside looking and expected. Did
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Speaker 3: you get any sense was there any rumblings in the
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Speaker 3: building before that happened?
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Speaker 4: And I think that they were if the right deal
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Speaker 4: oc was there, they were jumping on it, and they jumped.
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Speaker 4: I remember the first time we listened to Austin Ainge
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Speaker 4: was that. You know, you remember the quote I believe
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Speaker 4: you asked it, am I right, yeah, yeah, yeah? And
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Speaker 4: big game hunting, well he bagged one, sob and you
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Speaker 4: know you get conchar and Vince Williams Junior that are
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Speaker 4: intriguing additions to that. Jacques Landell was moved, but you know,
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Speaker 4: an intriguing trade all the way around. A couple of
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Speaker 4: defensive minded guys in Conchar and Vince Williams Junior. And
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Speaker 4: we know what Jaron Jackson Jr. Is truly all about.
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Speaker 4: Here's what I was looking for. OC was just my
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Speaker 4: first introduction to him. Excuse me, was how's he going
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Speaker 4: to react? Is he's going to embrace it? And I
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Speaker 4: met him in Orlando and yeah, he felt like, I
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Speaker 4: think that this is a new beginning, which is a
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Speaker 4: good thing. Nearly eight years in Memphis and the Grizzlies
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Speaker 4: have their own issues. I mean they're trying to figure
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Speaker 4: things out, and John Moran has lost his you know,
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Speaker 4: his trade ability, and so I think I think Jaren
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Speaker 4: looked at this as a great opportunity with an incredibly
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Speaker 4: young team. He's still young in his own own right. Yeah,
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Speaker 4: eight years in this league, but he's what twenty six
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Speaker 4: going on twenty seven. So I think it's a good
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Speaker 4: deal all the way around. And I think he's embraced
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Speaker 4: the Jazz. He's here. He's had successful knee surgery that
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Speaker 4: the Jazz found on a post trade MRI to remove
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Speaker 4: of growth, and that knee, and tonight the Grizzlies I
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Speaker 4: know are going to roll out the red carpet for
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Speaker 4: him to welcome him back, and also Conchard and Vince
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Speaker 4: Williams Junior will get some love. But you know, I
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Speaker 4: think he is good that he's with this team at
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Speaker 4: this moment. I think he's building very quickly a relationship
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Speaker 4: with marketing with Keyante sins A baw call your will Hardy,
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Speaker 4: and I think that's really important even though he may
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Speaker 4: not play I don't know over these final twenty six games,
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Speaker 4: but he's a part of the franchise and Walker's here
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Speaker 4: as well, and so this is like again, you know,
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Speaker 4: the Kumbaya moment right where you just get to know
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Speaker 4: who your new teammates are. And I think they're excited
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Speaker 4: themselves as players to know the talent that's here and
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Speaker 4: what can happen as they jump into camp next September
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Speaker 4: or October.
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Speaker 3: A few more minutes with Craig Bowler Jack here on
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Speaker 3: the Sean O'Connell show, Voice of the Jazz in Memphis,
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Speaker 3: Ready to call Jazz Grizzlies, I was going to ask
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Speaker 3: you about, you know, kind of the the overall vibe
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Speaker 3: of Triple J coming because there's that narrative that you know,
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Speaker 3: sometimes I probably feel the same way a lot of
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Speaker 3: fans do, and sometimes I dismiss and I go back
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Speaker 3: and forth on it, where like, oh, it's Salt Lake City,
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Speaker 3: it's not the best NBA market for some of these
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Speaker 3: young players, for some young African Americans, it might be
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Speaker 3: a bit of a culture shock.
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Speaker 1: Whatever. It feels like.
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Speaker 3: This ownership group has done a lot in making that
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Speaker 3: go away from a I mean, bringing Dwayne Wade in
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Speaker 3: from the Ace Bailey situation where it was talked about like, oh,
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Speaker 3: he doesn't even want to be here, and now he's
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Speaker 3: really embraced things. All signs point to positivity with Triple J.
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Speaker 3: Like you just mentioned, how big a role does you know,
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Speaker 3: the roster itself play in welcoming these guys and letting
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Speaker 3: them know what it's really like here, and of course
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Speaker 3: the coaching staff and all the way up to ownership
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Speaker 3: in maybe battling some of those narratives that have been
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Speaker 3: fair or unfair about the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake
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Speaker 3: City in the NBA circles.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I would see. That's a great question and one
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Speaker 4: that's been discussed for years and years about salt Lake
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Speaker 4: City small market. I don't believe it's small market. I
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Speaker 4: believe it's mid market. Now Olympics coming again for not
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Speaker 4: the first, for the second time. Downtown's growth if you know, look,
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Speaker 4: you're only going to be in town for forty one
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Speaker 4: games and right in practice, I just I'm a transplant
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Speaker 4: and I don't buy into it. I think that salt
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Speaker 4: Lake is intriguing, inviting. The Jazz have done a marvelous
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Speaker 4: job within the organization to embrace the families of these
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Speaker 4: players as well to introduce them to the city. And
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Speaker 4: I I I just I think when you have a
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Speaker 4: player or two that excel and become All Stars, and
15:34
Speaker 4: Jared Jackson Junior is a two timer and a defensive
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Speaker 4: Player of the Year winner as well, that incites excitement
15:42
Speaker 4: and also it turns heads to other players in the
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Speaker 4: league who may be looking to make a move and say, hey,
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Speaker 4: Salt Lake has a young base. I want to be
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Speaker 4: a part of it. I think that's the selling point.
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Speaker 4: And it's you know, the Stockton and Malone era. You know,
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Speaker 4: they got Hornseck and that pushed it to another level.
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Speaker 4: With Jerry Sloan, I think the Jazz are kind of
16:02
Speaker 4: repeating some history here where you add a piece or
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Speaker 4: two with youth through the draft, and you got to
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Speaker 4: be smart in the draft. And this, this pick this
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Speaker 4: summer will be uber important how it fits, if in
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Speaker 4: what direction they go. I've always asked, who do you pick?
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Speaker 4: Do you go position? You go best player, And it's
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Speaker 4: always been best player, you know, and they'll they'll work
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Speaker 4: around it the other way. So again, I don't just
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Speaker 4: buy this. You know, no one wants to come to Utah.
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Speaker 4: I think once they get here, they find out that
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Speaker 4: it's a damn good place to play, and the facilities
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Speaker 4: are high, high level. And I've been to every arena,
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Speaker 4: every practice facility in the league, and I will be
16:43
Speaker 4: the first to tell you I'm sure what they're building
16:45
Speaker 4: at Southtown right now is going to be about the
16:47
Speaker 4: highest level of any level in the league. So I
16:51
Speaker 4: think Utah is on the rise. I mean, is it
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Speaker 4: tough right now, Absolutely, But I think fans are understanding
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Speaker 4: what Ryan and Ashley are doing and hopefully the goals
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Speaker 4: are going to be met. They don't want just a
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Speaker 4: quick fix. They want this to be more long term,
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Speaker 4: and sometimes those growing pains are tough, and I think
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Speaker 4: we're living at right now, but hopefully it moves to
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Speaker 4: the next level in a hurry.
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Speaker 3: The basketball itself, we all know that you've got to
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Speaker 3: protect that pick. We know that the NBA has already
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Speaker 3: come down with the hammer and tried to find you,
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Speaker 3: and that might adjust how things are being done the rest.
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Speaker 1: Of the way.
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Speaker 3: And you know you've got injury situations to manage and
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Speaker 3: to handle and things like that. But I imagine these
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Speaker 3: players more than anyone else, are starting to feel those rumblings,
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Speaker 3: starting to feel like, hey, what you know, we'll be patient,
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Speaker 3: but what is this going to be? We got to
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Speaker 3: lay this foundation now, what does that look like from
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Speaker 3: a basketball perspective?
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Speaker 1: During this final post All Star Game stretch?
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think tonight's going to be really interesting to see.
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Speaker 4: You know what the lineup is. Look, Keyante sprained both
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Speaker 4: the left and now the right angle, and he's been
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Speaker 4: cleared out to start this final twenty six game stretch.
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Speaker 4: We know Triple J had the growth and the knee removed,
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Speaker 4: so they basically haven't announced the shutdown like some teams have,
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Speaker 4: but I doubt we see him the bit of time
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Speaker 4: that we did. You felt it, fans felt it we
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Speaker 4: saw it, we lived it with the excitement of what
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Speaker 4: potentially could be. So these twenty six games I think
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Speaker 4: will be continued to be about development. Oh see, there's
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Speaker 4: still kind of forgotten probably issue of evaluation that is
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Speaker 4: so important. There's about five to six players that are
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Speaker 4: on the cusp of being a part of this long
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Speaker 4: term roster, and there's a few that may not be here.
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Speaker 4: And I think that's the one thing that we get
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Speaker 4: lost in this discussion is that the Philipowski's, the bright
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Speaker 4: Sins of Oz, the Isaiah Colliers, they've made improvement. But
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Speaker 4: is it enough to impress the Jazz front office to
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Speaker 4: say we're going to extend when the time comes, to
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Speaker 4: keep them in Salt Lake because we see them as
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Speaker 4: part of this future. Or do they move on like
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Speaker 4: they did in the trade with Taylor and Kyle Anderson
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Speaker 4: obviously a well traveled vet and a young rookie. I
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Speaker 4: saw Walter Clayton Junior last night here in Memphis. You know,
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Speaker 4: he seems to be on the upswing and they like
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Speaker 4: him here and hopefully he has a great career. But
19:31
Speaker 4: you have to give up stuff to get something in return. Right,
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Speaker 4: as part of the whole deal, in the NBA and
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Speaker 4: any any professional sport. But I still think the evaluation
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Speaker 4: process is continuing in these next twenty six games could
19:45
Speaker 4: make or break several players future with this franchise. So
19:50
Speaker 4: we'll just have to kind of watch it and wait
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Speaker 4: and see together, honestly, to see again how it plays
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Speaker 4: out and who stays and who goes. I remember Will
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Speaker 4: Hardy told us this past summer was but you know,
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Speaker 4: this is a quote damn tough business. And it is
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Speaker 4: and some make it and some don't. And that's the
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Speaker 4: reality of it. Oh see, And I think we're going
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Speaker 4: to see that reality as the next twenty six games,
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Speaker 4: you know, are played out. Who really elevates their game
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Speaker 4: to it even a higher level and maybe who doesn't.
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Speaker 4: Really the Jazz don't have plans for and that's what
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Speaker 4: these twenty six games I think will be all about.
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Speaker 3: Look, I know you're a busy man. How much Winter
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Speaker 3: Olympic coverage are you able to watch?
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Speaker 4: You know what? I'm loving hockey, both men's and women's,
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Speaker 4: crazy crazy games. The US men's team man physical, more
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Speaker 4: physical than I've ever seen an Olympic hockey team. I
20:43
Speaker 4: mean they have been throwing gloves down pretty crazy, But
20:48
Speaker 4: I have watched skiing. I am a curling fan. I
20:52
Speaker 4: gotta be honest. I am a curling fan. If I
20:55
Speaker 4: could and someone threw a stone my way, I would
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Speaker 4: try to see what I could do. But it's a
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Speaker 4: fascinating sport. You did, I wouldn't think it. And then
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Speaker 4: you know what, in the summer, I'm a I dig
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Speaker 4: ping pong. Isn't that crazy? You're in ping pong?
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Speaker 1: You're a table tennis guy, Bowler, can you yeah? Can
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Speaker 1: you play?
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Speaker 4: I played a lot when I was a kid. Yeah,
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Speaker 4: a lot. My dad, my dad, I don't know if
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Speaker 4: he wanted in a sales contest. A one day at
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Speaker 4: ping pong table stood up in the garage. My brother
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Speaker 4: and I started just going crazy on it. And I've
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Speaker 4: always loved ping pong.
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Speaker 3: That's awesome. Well, enjoy Memphis. Next time we have you on,
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Speaker 3: well chat some more Olympics. Probably thanks for your time today, Bowler,
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Speaker 3: have a.
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Speaker 4: Great call, you bet, thank you. PLL talk soon.
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Speaker 3: Greg bler Jack, voice of the Utah Jazz on the
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Speaker 3: Call tonight as the Utah Jazz take on the Memphis Grizzlies,