Sharp Notes: A Utah Jazz Pod

This week, Ben and SCH's Dan Clayton jump around some off season Jazz and NBA targets, including some officiating points of interest, Jazz acquisition methods for talent this summer, and some brief NBA Finals previews. For more podcasts like this, check out bluewirepods.com

Ben is joined by Dennis Lindsey, Executive VP of Basketball Operations for the Utah Jazz, to discuss his recent promotion, Justin Zanik's new role as GM, the franchise's pivotal off-season approaching, and how Dennis and his staff value internal progression and excellence. For more podcasts like this, check out bluewirepods.com.

Ben is joined by Ian Tulloch of The Athletic to discuss systemic officiating bias issues in the NHL, how these compare to the NBA in the past, and how the NHL could learn a few things from what the NBA did to solve their issue. For more podcasts like this, visit bluewirepods.com.

Ben this week hosted Blue Wire Buckets, Blue Wire's NBA Playoffs podcast, along with Andy Liu of Light Years. The two discussed the Warriors' thrashing of Portland in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals & looked ahead to preview the Bucks-Raptors series. They also discussed the ramifications of the unexpected results of the NBA Draft Lottery.

Host Ben Dowsett takes a number of listener questions on the Utah Jazz's offseason targets, developmental needs and much more headed into a pivotal franchise summer.

Ben is joined by Andy Larsen of the Salt Lake Tribune to look back on a completed Utah Jazz season, then look ahead to a pivotal summer upcoming. For more podcasts like this, check out bluewirepods.com.

Ben is joined by Justin Rowan of The Chase Down & Richie Randall of Buzz Beat for another edition of Blue Wire Buckets. Here is a segment on the officiating in Warriors-Rockets from the most recent episode.

Ben is joined by SCH's Dan Clayton to recap the Jazz's Game 5 and series loss to the Rockets, plus some broad takeaways from the series and season.

Ben is joined by SCH's Dan Clayton to recap the Jazz's first win of the series, strong play from Mitchell, Favors and others, and whether Utah has a shot to win Game 5.

Ben and guest Dan Clayton break down a tough, nailbiting loss for the Jazz in Game 3 to the Rockets.