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🗓️ 6 October 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

David Locke, radio voice of the Utah Jazz and Jazz NBA Insider, sounds the alarm on the defensive metrics that plagued the Jazz last season and demands immediate improvement. He breaks down the team’s last-place rankings in half-court defense and transition prevention, emphasizing that opponents had the fastest pace off makes, misses, and turnovers against Utah—highlighting an “Olay defense” with little resistance. Locke singles out glaring weaknesses at the rim, where the team allowed a league-worst 70% shooting, and struggles defending the floater. He points to promising rim denial percentages, yet laments that when teams got inside, they converted with ease. Can the Jazz reverse these trends and build a more resilient defensive identity?

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0:00.0	These defensive numbers absolutely positively have to change this year.
0:09.0	Next on Locked on Jazz.
0:12.3	But um,
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0:25.9	You are lockeded on Jazz, your daily podcast on the Utah Jazz.
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0:33.6	How are you?
0:35.5	I'm David Locke, Radio Voice to Utah Jazz.
0:39.2	Jazz MBA Insider, this is Locked on Jazz. It's your daily podcast on the Utah Jazz. Give you insight, expertise, geeky numbers,
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