POSTCAST - Utah Jazz get big performances from Jonny Juzang and Keyonte George and beat the Hawks

Locked On Jazz podcast is your daily ticket to stay ahead of the game and the first to know the latest news, analysis, and insider info for the Utah Jazz and the NBA. Jazz Radio Play-by-Play announcer David Locke provides expert, local analysis and post-game highlights. Locked On Jazz takes you beyond the scoreboard for the inside scoops on the biggest stories from within the Jazz locker room and all over the NBA. The Locked On Jazz podcast is part of the Locked On Podcast Network. Your Team. Every Day.

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Each year David Locke looks at the NBA draft by the numbers.  He starts the 2024 NBA Draft look with the top 11 players in the NBA draft.  3 of those players have shooting numbers so bad that Locke's numbers say you can't draft them.

3 top 10 players in the NBA Draft who numbers say you shouldn't draft

LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Steph Curry are out of the playoffs for the before the 2nd round for the first time since 2005, 18 years ago.  It is change of the era in the NBA with Anthony Edwards, Luka Doncic, Nikola Jokic and Shai leading the way.  Should the Utah Jazz have pushed with Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert to see if they could have taken advantage of the changing of the guard?

The NBA era is over should the Utah Jazz have tried to push through this door?  Draft history of Danny Ainge and Dennis Lindsey

The Phoenix Suns might be the death of the super team as they flame out in the first round of the NBA playoffs and now take all the burden of being a team over the 2nd apron.   David Locke, radio voice of the Utah Jazz and Jazz NBA Insider takes a look at this and thinks it could be a bad trend for the Utah Jazz.

It's the death of the super team and that is bad for the Utah Jazz

David Locke, radio voice of the Utah Jazz and Jazz NBA Insider,  breaks down the last 14 NBA Draft and gives each pick a number value and the analysis values each pick and how a draft plays out.

Locke takes a look at each picks value and then looks over the last 14 years and looks at what is a good draft v. bad draft.  If this year is a bad draft what is it we can really expect and how bad is a bad draft?  

Then Locke looks back over some of the trades of the past years from this spectrum, the OG Anuaoby, Rudy Gobert and the Donovan Mitchell trades.

The reality of NBA Draft by the numbers and what is a bad draft

Leif Thulin analyzes the 2024 rookie class and discusses the games of Donovan Clingan, Dalton Knecht and Isaiah Collier. Leif then speaks about the value of a ready to play rookie like Jaime Jacquez Jr or Brandin Podziemski and who could resemble this type of player from the 2024 Draft Class. Lastly, Jaden McDaniels and Peyton Watson make a tremendous impacts on the Western Conference's elite teams. They were picked 28th and 30th respectively so Leif investigates who could mimic their impact for the Jazz to select at 29 and 32.

POSTCAST - Utah Jazz get big performances from Jonny Juzang and Keyonte George and beat the Hawks

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