Time for the Utah Jazz on our ongoing season outlook series here joined for the second straight season

Buy my good friend David Locke radio voice of the Utah Jazz also the creator of the Lockdown podcast network and

The host of course of the daily podcast locked on jazz and

David good to hear for you

We of course we're in Salt Lake City together when the Hayward news it came down

But now I thought the jazz did pretty well to recover once it was clear that Hayward would not be returning and so

How are people feeling about this team in Utah now?

I think there's a level of optimism

There's not of them, you know

I think if Hayward was back I think teams would be talking about whether they could make it to the Western conference finals

I don't think there's that level. I think there's still just a feeling that there's a cornerstone in Rudy Gobehr

There's a healthy franchise led by you know great leadership and the Miller family is amazing

Then you have Dennis Lindsay and it was very you know, I think recognized in quince nighters both being elite

Facilities have all been upgraded over the offseason

So I think there's a feeling that everything about the organization is heading in the right direction and then all the corner

Just think there's great mystery. I find this to

Incredibly fascinating team. I don't think it's in the sense that it's probably a league past team or anything of that nature

But there are so many things for those of us that are basketball junkies on what wins in the NBA

What the value of things are in the NBA?

Career progression of players. I find all four backward players maybe even five of include Albert's just incredibly interesting

So I think this is a lot of unknowns. I'm not gonna have a lot of answers for you today Nate

But I do find this as a team very very intriguing

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