I agree. I may not always listen, but I'm impressed that he does this.
David Locke's Utah Jazz Morning Tip Off
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I agree. I may not always listen, but I'm impressed that he does this.
I have listened every day since he started doing Tip off. Can't do the live part but I alway catch it sometime in the day. Most of the time they are really good. Every once in a while he goes off on a tangent and goes for 10 minutes on it and you think to yourself why did I just listen to that?
But I love listening to his take on the Jazz and other teams in the NBA. Very loyal to tipoff. I also really enjoy his phone a friend podcasts. When he talks to the play by play guys from another team.
But I love listening to his take on the Jazz and other teams in the NBA. Very loyal to tipoff. I also really enjoy his phone a friend podcasts. When he talks to the play by play guys from another team.
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Darkwing Duck
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He'd rather be called a blithering idiot than a corporate shill. Fair enough.
Definitely seems like he's looking for ways to defend the use of Favors, however. Not necessarily as a shill, but as a defender of the coaching staff. The two I've listened to so far were the 5-6 and 5-15 casts, and one was defensive ppp of the Jazz with Favors and the two starting bigs and the other was a comparison of Favors' minutes to other bigs in relation to age.
With the former, the whole story was never told, I felt, and in twenty five minutes ramblings really should be kept to a minimum. The latter seems like a useless argument, since total minutes played in relation to seasons played really is a better indicator than minutes played at a specific age. Kobe Bryant's minutes played and his production are MUCH better compared against players who've played similar amounts of seasons, and not what age they were at.
And my production values on my Twitch stream are much, MUCH higher than his podcasts. I listened today to this podcast after listening to the ESPN Fantasy Baseball daily podcast, and it's cringe worthy to say the least. Hopefully that will get better in time.
Definitely seems like he's looking for ways to defend the use of Favors, however. Not necessarily as a shill, but as a defender of the coaching staff. The two I've listened to so far were the 5-6 and 5-15 casts, and one was defensive ppp of the Jazz with Favors and the two starting bigs and the other was a comparison of Favors' minutes to other bigs in relation to age.
With the former, the whole story was never told, I felt, and in twenty five minutes ramblings really should be kept to a minimum. The latter seems like a useless argument, since total minutes played in relation to seasons played really is a better indicator than minutes played at a specific age. Kobe Bryant's minutes played and his production are MUCH better compared against players who've played similar amounts of seasons, and not what age they were at.
And my production values on my Twitch stream are much, MUCH higher than his podcasts. I listened today to this podcast after listening to the ESPN Fantasy Baseball daily podcast, and it's cringe worthy to say the least. Hopefully that will get better in time.
Lion's Roar
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Full capacity it's either 9 or 10 folks at the same time. During the season it's normally full everyday. During the off-season it's just a couple of dudes there.
The Thriller
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Locks said that Jerry left not because of deron but because he lost his passion for coaching.
Enough said.
Locke cannot be trusted. He meets with greggy then shovels out the companie's fertilzer to the masses. Bon appetite!
Enough said.
Locke cannot be trusted. He meets with greggy then shovels out the companie's fertilzer to the masses. Bon appetite!
Actually, I agree with that. Deron was just the straw that broke the camel's back; he wasn't the root cause.
Batman
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The Thriller
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Could be true but the whole conversation was Locke denying deron or KOC had anything to do with Jerry retiring. He denied that there had been a spat at the half of the bulls game. It just... Happened! I remember this conversation on the radio because I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I remember Hans Olsen, Monson, and Gunther were all reporting the deron spat. Folks here on this board reported he and Jerry having a spat right before the half. Yet, the folks closest to the situation denied it all happening. Why?
It was clearly the case of the jazz hitting damage control and going to their media to spew cheap propaganda.
So while I would have agreed with Locke that Jerry had lost some fire he clearly went Wayyyy too far in order to try and protect the franchise player and gm.
It was only after deron had been traded when Locke and company finally began to report the entire story. Only after deron was 1,000 miles away and the direction of the jazz franchise had changed did Locke begin to report that deron had become a cancer.
To me, that is dishonest reporting. He knew that Deron had been a cancer. But he didnt report any of that at the time of Jerry's ah-hem retirement.
Locke showed his true colors. He valued the reputation of the fo and franchise player rather than reporting what actually happened. He is nothing more than a puppet. How do we know he isn't doing the same right now?
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//r00t 4 Jazz
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Thrillers conspiracy theory that the Jazz are plotting and planning to fool all Jazzfanz sounds an awful lot like one of his other favorite things to complain about. People that complain about Stern or the refs. Guess it makes sense would take one to know one right.
The Thriller
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I complain about stern and the refs? Link? If you want, I could give you several links to this very site criticizing jazz fans for bringing up the refs or otherwise insinuating some conspiracy involving David Stern. Your choice.
Oh, that's fine. I was just replying to what you said in your post. I do remember that Locke really played down the spat with Deron, but I can't remember to what extent.
//r00t 4 Jazz
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Sorry guess I wasn't clear, I was just giving you crap because I know you give those people that do complain about Stern & the refs a hard time. So I was comparing you saying the Jazz are trying to hide some conspiracy from Jazz fans to fans complaining that Stern and/or refs.
Jazzonic3030
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Should include 3rd option, sometimes.
Beantown
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Like what? [edited for inappropriate content] to a picture of David Locke?
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The Thriller
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But there isn't any conspiracy here.
1320 kfan (owned by the Jazz) completely downplayed, denied, and/or didn't report the Deron spat until after Deron was traded. Pretty obvious why. Because that the time, Deron was the franchise player. No one wanted to see him traded.
1280 the zone (which wasn't owned by the Jazz at the time) did the day after Jerry retired. They reported the news, did their jobs, weren't covering stuff up for fear of losing their jobs.
It's pretty obvious that 1320 and Locke merely play the tune of whatever the Miller group wants. It's not a conspiracy at all. It's common sense as David Locke, Tony Parks, etc all want to keep their jobs, right? Hence, why every thread which brings up Locke's thoughts includes an "eye-roll" for me. David Locke is smart and works hard. Unfortunately, his bias because of who writes out his checks leads me to dismiss nearly EVERYTHING he says.
Just look back and see the interview he did a month or so ago to defend Corbin and Al Jefferson. It's hilarious.
