David Locke

[stitches]

I have lived in 6 NBA cities and been exposed to the radio and color commentators in each of those cities. I also travel a lot for work and watch and listen to local commentators. In my book Locke is not only above average he is very good at what he does. Works very hard and provides insights from his analytics that few others do. With regard to his homerism, he is far far less that way than most I have listened to. He doesn't trash the Jazz but he is very comfortable questioning things they do. So I don't think he is a homer or a sell out at all. Not the greatest play by play guy but I like him for what I learn from his research and analytics. Compared to others, I have never understood why folks like to trash him.

Agree overall. We are lucky to have a local guy that puts out so much free content. If you know what to ignore/take with a grain of salt from him, he's excellent part of the Jazz media presence. In addition to being paid by the team, something else that people underestimate is that he's developing relationships with those players. It's so easy for us to go out and be like "this player is a scrub, this draft pick is a total bust, that coach screwed up and cost us games, that executive should go", it's not easy when you are embedded in the team and have to interact with those people every day.

 

[Jazz Fusion]

I do apologize. You're right, I haven't been here very long, just passing through. I haven't been here long enough to develop an alt identity. I haven't been here long enough to appreciate the subtle business nuances of paying someone to give you affection and affirmation. Please just chalk this up to a lack of talking points during this dead space between summer league and preseason.

 

[Jazz4ever]

I think Jazz fans are lucky to have Locke. He provides some insight and analysis that we didn't have before and that many teams still don't have. He has always been a little full of himself (most successful people are), but it seems to have gotten worse over the last few years.

What most bothers me about him is how in one podcast he preaches against group think, and then in the next he says if anyone disagrees with his way (often the front office's way) of thinking then it is "asinine" or short sighted or unfair. I think it would be a richer program if he allowed regular fans that disagree with him a voice (not media members with their own agenda or biases).

He's been condescending to fans for a couple years now. For instance last show answered someone...."Brandon, you're usually pretty good with questions.....I have no idea what your talking about."
So clearly he should have just passed on this question why waste the air time?

Besides this he can't finish a sentence without 3 "uhhhs". He loses his train of thought constantly and will digress into something else, getting back to his original point 2 minutes later. Just annoying to listen to.

 

[8]

I do apologize. You're right, I haven't been here very long, just passing through. I haven't been here long enough to develop an alt identity. I haven't been here long enough to appreciate the subtle business nuances of paying someone to give you affection and affirmation. Please just chalk this up to a lack of talking points during this dead space between summer league and preseason.

You're forgiven. Keep trying, you'll get there eventually.

 

[whatthe]

I love Locke! He is a quality broadcaster. He IS THE PRIMARY REASON that we have a basketball educated fan base. He talks smart and well informed and is insightful and his content never ends. Yeah, I suppose you can complain about some unimportant things, but his plusses are many and his negatives are very little. We are lucky to have him in this market. If you are grated by him, let it go man - it's kind of a statement of your character, not his.

 

[Watcher]

Besides this he can't finish a sentence without 3 "uhhhs". He loses his train of thought constantly and will digress into something else, getting back to his original point 2 minutes later. Just annoying to listen to.

That part does bug me. It's because he's usually trying to look things up while he's talking or reading questions or messing with his computer. He thinks he can talk and multitask but he can't.


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[checkbookdoc]

I love Locke! He is a quality broadcaster. He IS THE PRIMARY REASON that we have a basketball educated fan base. He talks smart and well informed and is insightful and his content never ends. Yeah, I suppose you can complain about some unimportant things, but his plusses are many and his negatives are very little.

This is a fair summary. There are things I would like to see changed, but I also believe he adds more value to the fan experience than any other broadcaster I can think of (in any market or sport).

 

[Getting Traded]

He's been condescending to fans for a couple years now. For instance last show answered someone...."Brandon, you're usually pretty good with questions.....I have no idea what your talking about."
So clearly he should have just passed on this question why waste the air time?

Besides this he can't finish a sentence without 3 "uhhhs". He loses his train of thought constantly and will digress into something else, getting back to his original point 2 minutes later. Just annoying to listen to.

LOL ... Have you ever been a broadcaster or tried to be one. Have you ever done public speaking? It's not that easy. Sure, he is a professional, he's supposed to be good at this but no one is perfect. I think his strengths far outweigh his liabilities.

 

[FalseFlagg K]

I do apologize. You're right, I haven't been here very long, just passing through. I haven't been here long enough to develop an alt identity. I haven't been here long enough to appreciate the subtle business nuances of paying someone to give you affection and affirmation. Please just chalk this up to a lack of talking points during this dead space between summer league and preseason.

How to win friends and influence people.

But seriously I don't think he exactly hides the fact that he's paid by the Jazz, and that he has to walk the fine line between being informative without betraying and confidences. He's very thorough and well researched and thought out and pretty realistic. Try listening to Celtics or Cavs or other announcers, they can be clueless. The only thing I don't like is he gets pretty salty and unnecessarily defensive about criticism of coaching decisions/player rotations at time but hey just take him with a grain of salt.

 

[Engorged On Unborn Gore]

Brown, Harrington, and Harpring are all far worse than Locke. Bolerjack is essentially a talking mannequin.

 

[Et tu Brute]

I love Locke! He is a quality broadcaster. He IS THE PRIMARY REASON that we have a basketball educated fan base. He talks smart and well informed and is insightful and his content never ends. Yeah, I suppose you can complain about some unimportant things, but his plusses are many and his negatives are very little. We are lucky to have him in this market. If you are grated by him, let it go man - it's kind of a statement of your character, not his.

Yea it's my character bro.

He is the one who gets all jerky when someone challenges his narratives. He has some significant blindspots amidst the really good work he does.

The only basis for suggesting playing Mack was necessary over Dante was to keep Gordon happy... So glad they kept Gordo happy.

 

[Et tu Brute]

LOL ... Have you ever been a broadcaster or tried to be one. Have you ever done public speaking? It's not that easy. Sure, he is a professional, he's supposed to be good at this but no one is perfect. I think his strengths far outweigh his liabilities.

He has a pretty terrible voice for broadcasting I reckon. Zero polish and kind of high pitched.