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Dave Checketts working for Pistons.

Quick tangent:
Larry was also alot more hot-headed and impulsive during his early days as Jazz owner, while Checketts was more patient. I read a story about a time Larry was so ticked off after a bad Jazz road trip, that he called up Checketts after the game and told him to go meet the plane and fire Layden as soon as he stepped off, and that Larry would take over as head coach himself. Thankfully Checketts refused, Larry calmed down and that fiasco never occured.
 
Checketts was a key guy in getting the Jazz viable and stable in Utah. He left because he wanted Miller to give him some ownership and Larry would not do it. With the Real Salt Lake thing, Checketts threw Larry under the bus and accused him in a public forum of using his influence to block the Real Salt Lake plan for a stadium. It was very much a sucker punch the way Chedketts did it. Larry then passionately denied having anything to do with it. Dave seems to thrive on power and public spotlight. I used to really like him but when the public throwing under the bus of Larry cured me.
 
I guess this would explain how his son (Spence) was getting information on draft day that the Jazz were trying to work a deal with Detroit to move up.
 
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