INSIDER: Utah's ROUTE to PROMINENCE in the West | PITFALLS along the PATH

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🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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David Locke, radio voice of the Utah Jazz and Jazz NBA Insider, outlines the Utah Jazz's path to NBA success, emphasizing the need for a top-10 player and high-level depth. He discusses the challenges of drafting and developing talent, with hopes pinned on future picks like Ace Bailey and potential 2026 selections. Locke explores the intricacies of timing roster moves, managing cap space, and making crucial decisions before fully knowing players' potential.

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0:00.0	The Utah Jazz now have a clear defined route to respectability, importance, and winning basketball.
0:09.0	But there are many pitfalls on the route.
0:11.4	Next, on Locked on Jazz.
0:14.4	But-um-pum-pum-pum-pump-pum-pump-pump-pum-pump-pump-pum-pump-pump.
0:27.1	You are lockeded on Jazz, your daily podcast on the Utah Jazz.
0:32.1	Part of the Locked on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:34.7	How are you? I'm David Locke. Radio Voice for Utah Jazz. Jazz MBA Insider. This is Locked on Jazz.
0:40.9	It's your daily podcast on the Utah Jazz. Give you insight, expertise, geeky numbers, and hopefully making it way better to be a jazz fan.
0:48.9	Each and every day, thank you so much for making Locked on Jazz your first listen of the day. We are free and
0:56.5	available on all podcasting apps as well as YouTube into the everydayers. You're the greatest. Thank you
1:02.7	for making the show what it is. Here's what we got today. We'll wrap up with a thought on
1:06.0	Jayden Springer. The Jazz released him. It's not a big deal. It's just I find him fascinating.
1:10.1	The jazz under
1:11.0	Austin Age have now built a route, and it's clear what we're trying to do on how to be good.
1:17.0	And one of the most frequently asked questions I get is, when are we going to be good again?
1:21.1	So let's walk through what it's going to take, but there are numerous sharks and pitfalls
1:26.7	along the way in this route for the Utah Jazz.
1:30.8	All right.
1:31.5	So the model when we started this rebuild, three and a half years ago and traded Donovan and Rudy,
1:39.0	the concept was, at least the way I presented it, was you need a top 10, a top 20, and a top 50 player
1:46.7	in the NBA. And that was true until the teeth of this new collective bargaining agreement
1:53.7	got onto the league this year. And now I do not believe that to be the case anymore.
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