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Jazz Social Media Personalities

Tony Jones - Great at his job. Nailed the entire off season showing that he is a great reporter/journalist. I don't take his twitter exchanges too seriously because he doesn't either. If you've ever talked to someone in real life basketball and not on a forum e-peen measuring contest, this is how people talk.

Ben Dowsett - Worst of the bunch. Actually arrogant and personifies the keyboard intellectual. Speaks on topics that he is obviously unfamiliar with as if he's an expert and thinks everyone who disagrees with him is dumb. Though, his arrogance leads to some pretty good content ngl. Him lying about the Warriors and getting called out for it was hilarious. As are his several rants on soccer/football. He's a guy who's fun to watch make an *** out of himself, and he does it often.

Dan Clayton - Don't pay too much attention to him, but he's a decent blogger.

Andy Larsen - Solid reporter, but it's also clear that he's of the blogger turned journalist type (which he is). That's not necessarily a bad thing, but there's a different vibe to a blogger and a journalist. He does good work

Ben Anderson - Not very informed, just see him as a face level shallow analysis guy. Which is fine, doesn't take himself too seriously.

Eric Walden - Does good work, not a basketball expert...but again doesn't act like everything he says is gospel.

David Locke - The hardest working man in the business. A big homer, but understandable as he is a team employee. Better insight than just about anyone I've seen in the whole NBA media. He essentially leaks our draft decision every year. He is a very bad spokesperson for analytics, however. He's very out of date with modern NBA analytics.

Andy Bailey - The worst type of "analytics" person.
 
This. Keep sports in their proper lane.

Thanks for the non-sequitur life advice.

For the record, I devote about .0001% of my emotional bandwidth to this topic, I was just curious how my observations accorded with others' and whether I should adjust my thinking a bit.

I did forget Locke (pretty big omission). I can see why people find him annoying, but the content he delivers is pretty incredible. I agree with whoever said he's one of the hardest working guys out there. Plus, one's got to admire his entrepreneurial chops creating his Locked-on podcast network. I admire the hell out of him.

Andy Baily can be arrogant and dismissive as well. I do like his content and analysis, so I tend to overlook the rough edges of his personality.

Eric Walden's an easy going personality, but I find his analysis to not be on the same level as others'.
 
The only Jazz personality I find annoying is Andy Bailey. From how annoying he was with his Exum > Rubio takes to his weird ego when it comes to Player A vs Player B tweet format (for those who dont kniw what Im talking about, he complained that KOC stole his idea when made the same kind of tweet).
 
I use to not like Dowsett, but I do think he is generally the best and smartest Jazz writer.

Larsen is cool because he puts in a lot of work with the triple team breakdowns, but I havent read one this year. His humor often misses the mark for me as well.

Tony is the best personality wise. He does shoot down others opinions and I disagree with a lot of his, but if you cant take that you is a baby.

Ben Anderson is easily the least informed Jazz twitter person. Hes a general sports radio guy though, so as a super fan Im not looking for him to teach me anything.

Clayton is good. Hes another person who can rub people the wrong way with how stubborn he can be, but Im the same way.

Walden is cool enough.
 
There’s a lot of “I write for a blog, so I’m an expect” sort of personalities out there, which is honestly obnoxious. But for someone who tries to follow the team from out of state it’s these personalities, especially in my case following Locke podcasts, that help you stay connected. So I won’t complain too much.
 
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