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Locke Podcast Today

You really think Dennis Lindsey and the rest of the FO sit around caring about what fans think of their partially guaranteed training camp roster moves?

DL "Make sure Locke hypes up Jeff Withey, I really want Jazz fans to think I'm extra special on this one.... actually get Locke on the phone for this one. Listen Locke, Im really proud of this move so you need to sell it. You know that guy Pleiss? Yeah, just say you like Withey more than Pleiss. I actually just signed Pleiss so you could make the comparison between the 2 and say you like Withey more so I look like I'm really good at signing partially guaranteed contracts. It's really important Jazz fans know how good I am at signing partially guaranteed contracts."
 
ONE LOVE said:
Not talking about that. Talking about the way he rushed around doing Jazz PR type stuff without appearing on the surface to be doing it. It's a clever ploy this podcast of his. It seems like he's doing it for free out of passion but he is paid to do it and he has been more public about it recently.


I'm not against it I just don't like to be manipulated that's all.
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Lol.

You are getting manipulated by someone not trying to manipulate you.

Talk about a week mind. Maybe you are just manipulating yourself???
 
I think as dumb as Cy is, he got lucky and came to the right conclusion on this One Love.

Locke does suck though. I could maybe appreciate his work if he just wasn't so unbearable to listen too. His speech patterns drive me nuts. He'll be talking about something and then pause, and then go in a completely different direction. Then pause 40 times more. Practically stuttering every word. He never finishes a sentence. He relies way too much on his own weird statistical formulas. He breathes heavy into the phone in interviews. There is no flow or easy listening to him. He just weird.
 
I like Locke. His analysis is solid and often sheds new light or a new way to think about the game. I have lived in 5 NBA markets and he is one of the best IMO. Not crazy about his play by play but it works. I don't get how anyone thinks he is just saying what the Jazz FO wants him to say. I have heard him question personnel moves as well as coaching decisions on multiple occasions.
 
The Larry H. Miller Group owns 1280 The Zone sports radio too, so they pay salaries to Gordon Monson, David James, Hans Olsen, Scott Girard, Patrick Kinnehan, Tony Parks, Spence Checketts and a whole lot more (in addition to David Locke). Craig Bolderjack and Matt Harpring are also paid by the Miller Group. I think it's worthwhile to note all of that, but until I see evidence to the contrary I'm comfortable with the assumption that these guys are all professional journalists who have not signed away their rights to tell the truth just because they are receiving a paycheck. BTW, I think some of the previously mentioned people are excellent at what they do... and I think some of them suck.
 
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